1. Accelerated World History
September 28, 2015

2. Warm Up – September 29, 2015
Pick up the four pages at the side of the room. Look over them and begin reading. We will begin when the bell rings.

3. Agenda DBQ (Document-Based Question) on the Byzantines Reminders:
Chapter 6, Section 1 & 2 due Today
Chapter 6, Section 3 due Wednesday

4. Grading Rubric – 1 Packet
You will receive 2 grade for this week – 1 quiz grade for the packet, 1 test grade for the final essay
***** Assignment turned in on time – there will be no late work accepted for this assignment.*****
Packet
Participation Point Break Down
10 Points
On task completely, never has to be redirected, work diligently and quietly, contributes to the group work, is seen working during the work sessions.
7-9 Points
Mostly on task, only has to be redirected 1-2 times, works diligently and quietly, contributes to the group work, is seen working during the work sessions.
4-6 Points
Sometimes on task, has to be redirected 3-4 times, works diligently and quietly, contributes to the group work, is seen working during the work sessions.
0-3 Points
Hardly on task, has to be redirected 4+ times, works diligently and quietly, contributes to the group work, is seen working during the work sessions.
Day 1 Participation
10 Points
Day 2 Participation
Day 3 Participation
Day 4 Participation
Day 5 Participation
Completed Packet Turned in On Time
50 Points
Total Available Points
100

5. Grading Rubric – 2 Essay Paragraphs Grammatically correct
Assignment turned in on time
10 points
Essay has 4+ paragraphs
25 points
Grammatically correct
Expresses an opinion and cites textual evidence to support the opinion
Uses evidence correctly
20 points
Follows directions
25 points
4+ paragraphs with 4+ sentences each.
15-20 points
3 paragraphs with 4+ sentences each OR 4+ paragraphs with less than 4 sentences.
5-10 points
2 paragraphs with 4+ sentences each OR 3+ paragraphs with less than 4 sentences.
0-5 points
Less than 2 paragraphs
10 points
0-4 grammar mistakes (including spelling)
7-9 points
5-10 grammar mistakes (including spelling)
4-6 points
10-15 grammar mistakes (including spelling)
0-3 points
16+ grammar mistakes (including spelling)

6. Grading Rubric – 3
Expresses an opinion and cites textual evidence to support the opinion
Uses evidence correctly
25 points
Expresses opinion clearly and supports each claim with a citation from the documents.
15-20 points
Expresses opinion relatively clearly and support each claim with a citation from the documents.
5-10 points
Expresses opinion somewhat clearly and does not support each claim with a citation from the documents.
0-5 points
Does not express opinion clearly and does not support each claim with a citation from the documents.
20 Points
Uses all five documents to support opinion.
15-19 Points
Uses 4 documents to support opinion.
10-14 Points
Uses 3 documents to support opinion
0-9 Points
Uses 2 or less documents to support opinion.

7. Hook – 1
For each of the two sentences below, write a word or phrase that would be a good substitute for “Byzantine”.
“My science teacher drives me crazy. His explanations are always so Byzantine” –
complicated and hard to follow.
“The governor was removed from office because of his Byzantine behavior when choosing the person to replace Barack Obama in the Senate” –
sneaky and underhanded.

8. Hook – 2
Write your own sentence using the term “Byzantine”

9. Hook – 3
Think about the idea of “loaded” words. How might the popular definition of “Byzantine” affect our understanding of the value and importance of the Byzantine people and their empire?
Secondary meanings of “Byzantine” are negative, it can influence people to have negative views of Byzantine history and culture. It might cause some history writing to be biased. It might cause us to ignore history.

10. 1 4 5 7 2 6 3

11. Background Essay Who was Constantine?
“a young Roman military officer, recently stationed in Britain, successfully defeated the other generals to become the Emperor of Rome.” (Paragraph 1)
What two decisions did Constantine make that changed European history?
“he gave Christianity legal standing in the empire. He moved the imperial capital from Rome to Byzantium.” (Paragraph 1).

12. Background Essay
For how many years was Constantinople the imperial capital of the Byzantine world?
1,123 years (Paragraph 1, 2, and 5)
When did the Byzantine Orthodox Church split from the Roman Catholic Church?
1054 CE (AD) (Paragraph 4)

13. Understanding the Question
What is the analytical question asked by this Mini-Q?
What is the Primary Reason to Study the Byzantines?
What terms in the question need to be defined?
Primary, Reason, Study, Byzantines, etc.
Rewrite the question in your own words.
Why should I know about the Byzantines?

14. Pre-Bucketing
Bucket 1
Bucket 2

15. Pre-Bucketing - Examples
Understanding the Spread of Christianity v. Islam
The impact of Byzantine law on Western Civilizations

16. Document Analysis
You will get 15 minutes with each document in your group to discuss and answer the questions. At the need of the 15 minutes, you need to move on to the next document.
Any questions you do not get answered in class by end of class tomorrow, you need to work on for homework.

17. Document A
What religion dominated western and eastern Europe in 1050CE? What religion dominated northern Africa and southwest Asia?
Christianity in Europe and Islam in Africa and Asia
What Christian city was the closest to Muslim lands in Asia?
Constantinople

18. Document A
In the 7th and 8th centuries, which invading groups were the Byzantines able to defeat?
The Persians, Avars, and the Muslim Arabs
According to John Norwich, why was the Byzantine Empire important to Western civilization?
The Byzantines kept Christianity alive in the Western World. Had things gone differently, Islam would be the primary religion throughout much of Europe and America

19. Document A Why should we study the Byzantines?
The background essay shows that the Byzantines controlled territory between Western Europe and the Middle East. They were a buffer between Christianity and Islam. Had the Byzantine Empire fallen to the Arabs in the 7th century, Islam might have overtaken not only the Eastern Orthodox Church, but the Latin Catholic Church as well. Because the consequences of a Muslim advance were potentially so great, this is a good reason to study the Byzantines.