Danger of a Single Story
A disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in an unfair way.
What is Biases?
The name of the two continents described as a single continent.
What is Eurasia.
An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
What is artifact.
Bathroom Policy
Not during first 10 minutes of class and last 10 minutes of class. Not during lesson.
Key component that made settlement feasible.
Rivers or Agriculture
Focus on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world; implicitly regarding European culture as preeminent.
What is Eurocentric.
Why are all maps inherently incorrect.
The world is a sphere and difficult to project on a flat map.
Evidence which confirms or supports a statement, theory, or finding; confirmation.
What is Corroboration.
Food policy
Food is not allowed in the classroom. If there is an emergency, you have to sit outside with a dean.
The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.
Domestication of Plants & Animals
What is Ethnocentric
A person who draws or produces maps.
The four corners
Point of View, Historical Context, Audience, & Purpose.
Start of class policy
Grab a classwork, take our homework, begin do now silently.
Identify 2 river valley civilizations.
Kemet, Mesopotamia, Yellow River (Qin), Indus
During Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk, she warned of the dangers of a single. Those warnings were...
It can lead us to default assumptions, conclusions and decisions that may be incomplete, and may lead to misunderstanding.
The five/seven continents.
North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, & Asia (Eurasia).
What are factors that shape a person's point of view than can lead to biases.
Occupation, Age, Political Beliefs, Economic Status.
Policy for group discussions or questions.
Do not blurt out the answer, raise hand, wait to be called on, wait your turn.
Due to the roles of hunters and gathering, gender roles became...
What is Egalitarian.
Chinua Achebe stated "Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter," paraphrase his quote.
There is a danger of a single story. The victors are often celebrated, while the marginalize are misrepresented.
Identify the two maps discussed in class, which map is seemingly more accurate. Explain.
What is Robinson Projection & Mercator Projection.
Mercator distorts the shapes and sizes of countries with European descent.
Title, Source line, Blurb, First paragraph.
Grade breakdown
Major Assessment: 50%
Minor Assessment: 20%
Classwork: 20%
Homework: 10%
The shift from Paleolithic Revolution to Neolithic Revolution led to...
Division of Labor, agriculture, transition from nomads to settlement.