 week of This Week’s Schedule…  Monday:  Introduce: The Final Analysis  Review for our year-end CRES  Stored binders should go home today  Tuesday:  Review for our year-end CRES;  Wednesday:  CRES prep  Thursday:  Group project presentations;  Complete CRES prep;  Buzzer competion  Friday:  Our year-end CRES

 Your Final Writing – “The Final Analysis”  As stated in the beginning of the year, this class has been about reading comprehension and thinking. Medieval history is simply how you master these two points.  The Final Analysis is simply multi- paragraph essay:  Introduce the Talents Unlimited Thinking Skills  Review : how have these skills been used throughout the historical period we have studied this year? Cite history!  Apply : how will these skills be applied by you in your life?  Value: 40 points, as scored by the Social Studies rubric  Due Date: Friday, June 6 th, 2014  Productive Thinking  Communication  Planning  Forecasting  Decision Making Hmmm…Romans, the Church, Islam, Asia, the early American civilizations, ME! Monday,

  The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church: how do we solve the schism?  China: how do we keep the silk road open?  How did the explorers reach the east? Is there a better way? Can we get to the east by sailing west?  Human sacrifice by the Aztecs to please the Gods  How can the Romans control the ever-expanding empire?  China: gunpowder and inventions Productive Thinking: many and varied ideas

  How did the Mayan people communicate?  What did the Mongols do to increase communication along the silk road?  Muslims: calligraphy and geometric designs  Incans people and the use of quipus  Ghana, Songhai & Mali: how can we communicate the Qur’an?  Rome – how did they communicate across a vast empire?  Japan – the folds in the fan  Samurais – dress going into battle Communication: use oral & written words to express ideas

  What are the long-range impacts for Islam in the West African cultures?  Europeans: what will happen if we bring all this gold back from the new world?  How will Shoguns allow for a better government in Japan?  What happens in China if we use the civil service exams (meritocracy) or money (aristocracy) Forecasting: cause & effect of circumstances

  Japan and the Heian Period: plan for keeping our success in culture going  How can we keep Islam pure across Mali, Ghana and Songhai?  How can we maintain or improve the training of the samurais?  How do we as Incans improve our agricultural practices?  What would happen if we as Mayans would control or expand our slash and burn practices?  How did European rulers plan for voyages to the new world?  How did the Mayans train themselves for the extensive math and astronomy skills they had? Planning: identify materials & equipment needed; steps for action

  What would go into the decision making process before funding a voyage to the new world?  How did the Roman empire split into various cultures?  What did the Mayans use to create their empire?  Should Justinian rebuild Constantinople or begin again somewhere else?  How do we use Timbuktu as a trading center in northern Africa? Decision Making: identify your criteria & alternatives