Tuesday, February 23, 2010

EDTEC Podcasting Design Document


Implementation Plan for AP World History Chapter Review Podcasts
Series Title: APWH Traditions and Encounters Chapter Reviews

Series Description: This is a series of podcasts that will give a basic overview of each chapter of the APWH textbook, Traditions and Encounters (Bentley, 2006).  Each podcast will cover the big picture topics of the chapter including major themes, time periods and significant people and places.

Format: These podcasts will be hosted on www.padomatic.com and then ultimately on iTunes.

Audience: Primary audience is 10th grade AP world history students who are using Traditions and Encounters in their course work.  Secondary users include, those interested in general world history, students preparing for CST exams, parents wanting to help their kids, etc.

There are 40 chapters in the Traditions and Encounters text which will serve as the foundation for this podcast series. After those, future topics could include: world religion development and spread, changing trade patterns, AP test taking strategies and others.

Marketing Plan:  Since the audience for this podcast is my students, I can easily direct them to either podbean or iTunes.  Given the number of students with iPods, I think most will choose the iTunes option.  Also, our district has an online grade/assignment page (www.edline.net), so I could potentially host the podcasts there.

Episodes: Some potential episode outlines build on the following content guidelines:

Episode 25:  CHAPTER 25 REVIEW:  New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania
Spanish in the New World
                How’d they get there?
                Why Spanish and not Portuguese?
Cortez in Mexico
                Contact with Aztecs
                Journey to Tenochtitlan
                Technological advantage
Pizarro in Peru
                Technological advantage
                Easy destruction
Colonial Societies of the New World
                Audiencias
                Haciendas
                Small pox and natives
                Social Classes
                                Peninsulares, criollos, mestizos, mulattoes, zambos
Trade
                Silver from Potosi
                Sugar from Brazil and Caribbean
                Spanish Galleons
                Firs and timber from North America
Europeans in Pacific
                Dutch first recorded to Australia
                Captain Cook and Hawaii
                English and Australia
                European trade networks

Episode 26:  CHAPTER 26 REVIEW:  Africa and the Atlantic World
African Societies
                Rise of Songhay: Sunni Ali
                                Location, trade, religion, downfall
                Kingdom of Kongo: King Afonso I
                                Relationship with Portuguese
                                Syncretic Religion: Antonian Movement/Dona Beatriz
                                Ndongo/Angola               
                Swahili City States
                                Location, trade, religion
                                Relationship with Portuguese
                                Decline
Triangle Trade
                Goods moving from Europe to Africa (manufactured)
                Africa to New World
                                Slave trade: Middle Passage
                                                Justification for trade of slaves: historical precedent
                                                How many, dangers of trip, etc.
                                                End of slave trade           
                New World to Europe
                                Raw materials/cash crops
African Diaspora
                Spreading and blending of various African cultures in New World
                Slave colonies, revolts  
                Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass

Episode 27:  CHAPTER 27 REVIEW:  Tradition and Change in East Asia
Foundation of Ming Dynasty
                Hongwu, Yongle, Zheng He
                Building projects
                High Points
Dynastic Cycle downturn
                Wanli
                Earthquake
                Manchu Rebellion
Qing Foundation
                Nurhaci, Kangxi, Qianlong
                Civil Service Exams
                Patriarchal society
                Population increase
Japan Unification
                Review of Japanese Feudalism
                Tokugawa Shogunate
                Daimyo/Samurai
                Catholics/Dutch
Chinese/Japanese Isolation
                Cut selves off from Europe
                Limit trade
                Lack of Modernization
               

Episode 28:  CHAPTER 28 REVIEW:  The Islamic Empires
Foundations of Islamic Empires
                Mughal: Babur, Akbar, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb
                                Tolerance with Hindus
                                Decline
                Safavid: Shah Ismail, Abbas the Great
                                Shiite empire
                                Fought Ottomans – Chaldiran
                                Move capital to Isfahan
                                Fight Portuguese, others
                Ottoman: Osman Bey, Mehemed II, Suleiman
                                Take over from Mongols/Seljuk Turks
                                Mehemed II – conquer Constantinople, make Muslim
                                Suleiman – peak of dynasty
Commonalities of Empires
                Co-existence with non-Muslims
                Lack of technological advancement
                Agriculture based, strong military… for a time
                Put faith in emperor – some leaders good, some not so good
                Fight for succession

Episode 29:  CHAPTER 29 REVIEW:  Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
Popular Sovereignty and Political Upheaval
                 Enlightenment and ideals
                                Popular sovereignty      
                                Equality for all                   
                                Social contract
American Revolution
                Declaration of Independence    
                Follows Locke’s theories                              
                Colonists mad about lack of representation
French Revolution
                Causes –short and long term
                Course of war (Estates General, Dec. of Rights of Man, Great Fear, March on Versailles, Robespierre, National Razor, etc…)
                Napoleon’s reign
                Congress of Vienna
Other Revs.
                Haiti                      
                Other Latin American Revs         
                Women’s rights movements
Unification and state building
                Italy: Cavour, Garibaldi
                Germany: Bismarck



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