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-land surge

- when the tide moves in

-warm water causes hurricanes.

- when they hit land they stop

- sun heats big areas of water, heat rises causing storms, wind speeds pick up, when reaches 74 mph it is a hurricane

-can get 9 miles high and 500 miles wi

Week 1 Notes

8-28 to 9-1

8/28-9/1

week 1

Monday- Notes

Tuesday- "History of the World in Two Hours" movie

Wednesday- Movie

Thursday- Notes

Friday- Notes

Notes URL

Week 1: August 28th - September 1st

Monday: “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” - Bernard Wood

• Questions

  • What is World History?

  • BC and AD?

    • Before Christ and anno domini(Latin for “in the year of our Lord”)

  • BCE and CE?

    • Before common era & commo

Week 1 8/28-9/1

Week 2 9/4-9/8

Week 3 9/11-9/15

Week 4 9/25-9/29

Week 5 10/2-10/6

Week 6 10/9-1/13

Week 7 10/16-10/20

Week 8 10/23-10/27

Week 9 11/6-11/10

Week 10 11/13-11/17

Week 11 11/27-12/1

Week 12 12/4-12/8

Week 13 12/11-12/15

Notes

Notes

Monday:

What is World History? BC and AD? BCE? CE?

Before Christ and anno Domini (Latin for "in the year of our Lord")

How old is the Earth?
4.6 billion years

Where were the oldest human fossils found?

Africa - Specifically Tanzania, Ethiopia, and recentl

Week 1 notes 8/28-9/1

Monday: 8/28/17

World History Introduction Chapter 1

• "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" (George Washington paleoanthropologist Bernard Wood)

• Paleoanthropologist = Someone who digs in the ground looking for fossils/items from past cultures

• W

Monday-

Hurricane Harvey- 

• Currently Hitting Huston Texas
• A very powerful storm that is "Once in 100 years"
• Warm Water is powering it
• Starts on the coast of Aferica
• Once it hits land it starts to die
• Harvey is a category 4 hurricane

Tuesday-

Sheriff Arapaho-

• T

WORLD HISTORY INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER 1

• "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." George Washington University paleoanthropologist Bernard Wood

- What Does it Mean? Just because you can't find evidence of something, doesn't mean it didn't happen

Monday-World History Introduction

"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"- Bernard Wood. Just because you can't find anything from it doesn't mean it didn't happen. 

BC- Before Christ

AD-anno domini(Latin for the year of our lord) 

BCE-Before co

Monday -

• Forum post leaders discussed topics
• Set up weekly blog

World History Introduction (Chapter 1)

• "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." - Bernard Wood, George Washington paleoanthropologist 
• What is World History? BC and AD? BCE? CE?
  • The h

Monday- set up blog post (for newbies)

Chapter 1 Notes

What is world history? BC and AD? BCE? CE?

• BC- Before christ
• AD- anno domini 
• BCE- before common era
• CE- common era

How old is the Earth?

• 4.6 billion years old

Where were the oldest human fossils found?

• Af

Notes for this week here.