Day IV Thursday

 

Warm-up (10 min):

Examine your list of hypotheses to the question "Why was Angkor abandoned?" Does Chou Ta-Kuan's eyewitness report of Angkor in the 1200s support any of these hypotheses? Do you want to add a new hypothesis because of this report?

 

1. Intro to sources (5 min):

Brainstorm other kinds of sources that would be helpful if we had them. Explain that the resources available have mostly limited us to reading other's interpretations, not primary documents.

 

2. Divide into groups (8 min):

Get into groups of four and hand out photocopies of Briggs Parts 1-4. Explain that participation points will be given after ten minutes of silent reading. Each student should present for about two minutes on the following topics (write these on the board).

- What are the main arguments/claims of Briggs in the section you read?

- What questions do you have about what Briggs wrote?

- What were the answers to the reading questions in your part?

- How does your reading section relate to the class list of hypotheses?

 

3. Read (10 minutes):

Have students read and answer questions on their own.

 

4. Groups talk to each other (14 minutes):

Groups should share their responses to the previous four questions, and I will award points to those who are engaged and share or ask questions.

 

Closure (5 min):

How does this data set affect the hypotheses. Does it strengthen some, weaken others? Do we need to add new hypotheses?

Finish the questions for homework if you are not done.

 

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