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Expansion & Interconnection

The development of agriculture brought larger cities and expanded networks. Transportation became more sophisticated, making it easier to cover long distances. These changes quickened the process of collective learning.

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Unit 8 Driving Question

What are the positive and negative impacts of interconnection?

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8.0 Expansion

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What Caused Expansion?external link
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Vocab – Word Wallexternal link
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DQ Notebookexternal link
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Timeline: Expansion and Interconnectionexternal link
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World Zone Gameexternal link
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The Four World Zonesexternal link

8.1 Exploration & Interconnection

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World Travelersexternal link
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Vocab Trackingexternal link
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China: The First Great Divergenceexternal link
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An Age of Adventureexternal link
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An Age of Adventureexternal link
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Ibn Battutaexternal link
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Marco Poloexternal link
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Zheng Heexternal link
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Explorers Mini Projectexternal link
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Human Migration Patterns IIexternal link
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Issues of Colonization Mini Projectexternal link
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Lion of the Sea: Ahmad Ibn Mājidexternal link

8.2 The Columbian Exchange

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Columbian Exchange Snap Judgmentexternal link
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Causation – Columbian Exchangeexternal link
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Consequences of the Columbian Exchangeexternal link
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Athanasius Kircher's Quest to Know Everything – Graphic Biographyexternal link
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When Humans Became Inhumaneexternal link
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Columbian Exchange Timelineexternal link
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Columbian Exchange Infographicexternal link

8.3 Commerce & Collective Learning

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Quick Poll - Has the Scientific Revolution Ended?external link
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DQ Notebookexternal link
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One Lump or Two? The Development of Global Economyexternal link
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The First Silk Roadsexternal link
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Claim Testing – Expansion and Interconnectionexternal link
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Lost on the Silk Roadexternal link
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The Navigator: Mau Piailug – Graphic Biographyexternal link
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Aka’s Voyage for Red Feathers – Graphic Primary Sourceexternal link
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A Curious Case: African Agrarianismexternal link
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Personal Supply Chainexternal link
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Little Big History - Final Projectexternal link
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She Blinded Me With Scienceexternal link
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Thank You for Algebra: Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmiexternal link
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Benjamin Banneker: Science in Adversityexternal link
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Debate: Has the Scientific Revolution Ended?external link
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Revising Investigation Writing – Sentence Starters Part 2external link
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Investigation 8external link
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Investigation 8 Writing Samplesexternal link

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Collective Learning (Part 3)external link
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The Columbian Exchangeexternal link
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societiesexternal link
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A Little Big History of Horsesexternal link
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Comparing Mapsexternal link
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A History of the Magnetic Compassexternal link