Seven Great Cities CHY4U Unit 1 Activity

Course/Unit Questions How did we get here? What were they thinking? Let’s start out by looking at 7 places around the world in 1450.

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What to Think About for Greatness Roles, groups, contributions How do beliefs shape culture? What is life like for women? Is education valued? Economics What is the biggest economic strength/problem? What are living standards like? For all?

Political Sci/Tech Who has power? How does architecture reflect values? What scientific or technological innovations originated here?

Seven Cities - Stations Divide into 7 groups. Start with your first city. Take notes in the form of annotations Markings Notes to self HTC connections Greatness aspects Annotation is NOT just highlighting.

Seven Cities Follow-Up Identify one key example of differing historical perspectives. Identify one example of a turning point. Identify an important continuity. Identify an individual or group who progressed. Identify an individual or group who declined. Identify 2 key links between regions. Identify a key technological advance.

Rankings Develop criteria for greatness (now that you’ve seen seven potentially great cities). Criteria = a set of standards against which you will assemble evidence and draw conclusions.

HTC Journal Write down your ranking of the 7 cities (based on your criteria). Explain/justify your #1 and # __ ranking using criteria. Make sure to explain, not just say/mention/assume. Remember that criteria is not just a category. For example, you shouldn’t say you ranked a city number one because it had the best economy. That is very vague. You might say that it had a high level of wealth – that would be more specific.