Imperialism
OBJECTIVE:
By the end of this particular lesson, the students will begin their inquiry of the basic concepts of Guns, Germs, and Steel, and see how these ideas line up to what we have learned thus far in the course. The learning task for this lesson with be the article, “A Talk by Jared,” with a corresponding worksheet to complete, which will set up with basic premises of the focus of the unit. The students will be shown a lecture on the basic outline of the unit and the concepts we will be learning over the next few weeks. By listening to the lecture and taking notes, and then reading the introductory article by Diamond and completing a worksheet, they will begin to interpret the ideas relayed by the novel into a more complete understanding of how the world has globalized and humanity has progressed.
RATIONALE: Students need to understand the key key factors which allowed for certain civilizations to develop faster and more robustly than others
EVIDENCE: By annotating the prologue to Jared Diamonds novel, students will be introduced to and will grapple with the basic concepts of the book
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Here is the Prologue you will use for this assignment.
There are three questions posed at the top of the reading. Please make sure you include these answers a the end of the reading.
When you finish (if you do) upload it to the Classroom folder I made.
If time permits, use any time on your Africa Maps
