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=Extra Credit Opportunities:=

3. Worth 15 points: Write a 10 minute (approved) skit on the Salem Witchcraft Trials and have classmates act it out.
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Time Line
===5000 B.C.: [|Stone tools] begin to be utilized for such activities as grinding corn. This is extremely important to the peoples of this time because it made hunting and skinning the animals much easier. The tools were also used to protect tribes of hunters and gatherer's.===

"Village Life." Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center. 3 Dec. 2007 .
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2000 B.C.: Trade Routes spread from Mediterranean throughout Europe. This map shows the major trade routes that went between the Empires of 100 A.D. How does living on the coast help the Empires?
"Early World History." 3 Dec. 2007 . ===1000 B.C.: Farming is well established throughout the Andes, Central America, and Mexico. Such crops as maize (corn) being migrating towards North America, while farming causes the hunting and gathering tribes to become more sedentary and begin domesticating animals and plants.=== media type="custom" key="293675" "Teacher Tube." __Teacher Tube__. 18 Aug. 2007. 3 Dec. 2007 . ===509 B.C.: The [|Roman Republic] is established. This is when the great thinkers such as Plato and Socrates begin to form ideas that shape the world as it is today. Julius Caesar declared himself ruler during this time.===
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===214 B.C.: [|Qin Dynasty] begin to build the Great Wall of China. [|Great Wall of China Virtual Tour]===

40 A.D.: Earliest Christian Church is established in Corinth. [[image:Church.jpg width="77" height="108"]]
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===1215 A.D.: King Henry of England was forced to sign the Magna Carta- a document that limited his powers as a monarch, when he angred many nobles by raising taxes. media type="youtube" key="6RrYKt1HMK8&rel=1" height="355" width="425"=== "King Henry VIII." __You Tube__. 15 May 2007. 3 Dec. 2007 .

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Moorhouse, Dan. "Slavery." __Teacher Tube__. 30 May 2007. 3 Dec. 2007 .

=Chapter Two- Empires of the Americas=

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1522 A.D.: Ferdinand Megallan becomes the first person to successfully circumnavigate the world.
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===1594 A.D.: [|Shakespear] writes the classic love story of Romeo and Juliet. Watch this modern dramatization of the classic love story. Do you think this relates to teenagers today?===

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"Romeo and Juliet." __You Tube__. 11 Feb. 2007. 3 Dec. 2007 .

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===1765 A.D.: The potato, originally from the America's is exported to Europe where it becomes one of the most popular foods. [|Tour virtual Irish Town during Potato Famine]===

Reddick, Maureen, Vivien Kelly, Lorana Gardiner, and Mary McVeigh. "Irish Potato Famine." __Irish Potato Famine__. Public Records Office. 3 Dec. 2007 <[|http://www.irishpotatofamine.org/flash.html>.]

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1661 A.D: Virginia passes an act recognizing African Slavery. After listening to the sound of the whip, why do think it is relevant? What kind of cruelty did the slaves have to face day after day?
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===1763 A.D.: The [|Treaty of Paris] is signed which put an end to the French and Indian war and marked the beginning of Englands rule outside of Europe.===



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===Pictures Cited at top of Page: Constitutional Convention: http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/WebQuests/WQ-ConstitutionalConvention/ConstituitonalConventionPtg.jpg Salem Witchcraft Trials: 3 Dec. 2007 . Magna Carta: "Magna Carta." 3 Dec. 2007 .===