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World History I Research Final: Individuals & Authority

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Individuals & Authority: What is the difference between freedom and chaos?

Station 1: Directions

Individuals & Authority:

  • Use the resources on this page to think about the question: What's the difference between freedom & chaos?
  • Use the GID Immersion Stations worksheet to record your ideas, observations and questions
  • You will have 15 minutes at each station

Completing the assignment at home? 

You will need the database passwords to access many of the documents

DATABASE PASSWORDS

Video

The Ancient World: Civilizations and Ideas

  • Watch: 9. Ancient Persia
  • The Ancient Persian Empire formed in a northwest corner of Iran. Cyrus the Great conquered many indigenous people but allowed them to retain their language and culture; he ruled with mercy instead of might. Darius the First divided the empire into 20 provinces and appointed a Satrap to govern.

  • Runtime: 03:01

Citation: 

“The Ancient World: Civilizations and Ideas.” Films Media Group, 2016, learn360.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102783&xtid=129081. Accessed 14 Feb. 2019.

Resource 1: Images

40 Maps that Explain the Roman Empire

Citation:

Lee, Timothy. "40 Maps That Explain the Roman Empire." Vox, Vox Media, 19 Aug. 2014, www.vox.com/world/2018/6/19/17469176/roman-empire-maps-history-explained. Accessed 23 Feb. 2019.

Resource 2: Primary source

Resource 3

Feudal systems

Feudalism in Japan (print)

Citation:

Gharipour, Mohammad, and Ethan Savage. “Feudalism in Japan.” Encyclopedia of the Medieval World: 600 to 1450, Facts On File, 2016, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=&itemid=&articleId=215312. Accessed 23 Feb. 2019.

Resource 4

King Nebuchadrezzar: Builder of Babylon, Sacker of Cities (print)

National Geographic: History Magazine Nov/Dec 2018 

Resource 5

Clemency of Cyrus

King Cyrus the Great of Persia allows Jews in captivity in Babylon to return to the Holy Land, 6th century B.C. French manuscript illumination from ' Antiquites des Juifs' by Jean Fouquet (c1420-c1480) after Josephus.

Resource 6

The Kamakura Period Shogun Rule and Zen Buddhism in Japan

The Kamakura Period in Japan lasted from 1192 to 1333, bringing with it the emergence of shogun rule. Japanese warlords, known as shoguns, claimed power from the hereditary monarchy and their scholar-courtiers, giving the samurai warriors and their lords' ultimate control of the early Japanese empire. Society, too, changed radically, and a new feudal system emerged.