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Announcements Week of 4/9-4/13 APWH: APWH Ch 32 Latin America. Compare and contrast any two Latin American countries on the basis of their approach to social and economic problems in the late 20th century. Notes/Essay map/thesis due 4/12, test 4/13
Advanced World History: WWII as posted Advanced Contemporary Issues: Robot presentations due 4/13 Week of 4/2-4/4 APWH: CHAPTER 31: WESTERN SOCIETY AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE DECADES OF THE COLD WAR What were the key influences on Western cultural developments in the mid-20th century? Essay map/thesis/notes test on Thursday 4/4
Advanced World History: Between the Wars (turn in WWI pdfs) Advanced Contemporary Issues: Robotics and the Singularity Week of 3/26-3/30 APWH Chapter 30: A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order How did the World Wars of the 20th century demonstrate the application of "total war?" Notes/Essay map due 3/29 Test 3/30
Advanced World History: Europe maps 1914/1918, Treaty of Versailles/Wilson's Fourteen Points graphic organizer Advanced Contemporary Issues: Fallout Shelter plans/budget due Wednesday 3/28 Week of 3/19-3/23 APWH Read/take notes/complete essay map/thesis over Ch 29 The World Between the Wars: Compare the impact of the Great Depression on two of the following regions: Latin America, East Asia, Western Europe, the USSR ?
Week of 3/12-3/15 APWH Ch 28 Descent into the Abyss, watch All's Quiet on the Western Front Mon-Wed, In what ways did the Great War give impetus to forces of independence and resistance to European imperialism around the globe? Complete Ch 28 Essaymap, take notes, test on 3/15
Advanced World History: watch film Advanced Contemporary Issues: Backyard Bomb Shelter, see 3/12 folder for instructions. For AP and Adv World, the dongle for student laptops is on my desk, connect a student laptop and watch the film on the Smartboard. Week of 3/5-3/9 APWH Ch 27 Russia and Japan: Industrialization outside the West Notes/Essay Map due 3/8, Compare the abilities to respond to western pressure in two of the following countries: China, Japan, Russia.
Advanced World History: Start Imperialism, notes, White Man's Burden Advanced Contemporary Issues: Intelligence, continue graphic notes, read Gladwell article, read Flynn effect Week of 2/27-3/2 APWH Chapter 26: Civilizations in Crisis: The Ottoman Empire, the Islamic Heartlands, and Qing China Describe and explain continuities and changes in political stabilities in the Ottoman Empire and Qing China between 1700 and 1918. Complete the Essay Map and thesis and Ch 26 notes, due Thursday, March 1.
Advanced World History: Compare Malthus/Ricardo/Marx and create a graphic organizer of their main ideas. Advanced Contemporary Issues: Infographics due Tuesday, we will view all classes infographics Tue-Wed, and we will choose the topic of our next project, and discuss formats for projects starting Thursday Week of 2/20-2/24 APWH Chapter 25: The Consolidation of Latin America, 1830–1920
Describe and explain continuities and changes in religious beliefs and practices in ONE of the following regions from 1450 to the present. Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America/Caribbean (do this one) Notes/essay map/thesis due Thursday Advanced World History:
Analyze the changes the Industrial Revolution brought to 18th century Great Britain agrarian society, especially the family unit, living conditions, and work levels, and compare it to Foxconn workers in present-day China. Advanced Contemporary Issues: continue Infographic, status check on Wednesday. Week of 2/13-2/17 APWH Chapter 24: Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order
Notes/Essay Map/Thesis due 2/16 In what ways did the colonizers of the late 19th century control the indigenous people and increase economic exploitation? Advanced World History: Turn in Industrial Revolution inventions slideshow 2/16, Watch Mill Times 2/17 Advanced Contemporary Issues: Choose topic for research for Infographic 2/15, begin research Week of 2/6-2/10 APWH Period 5: Industrialization and Global Integration, c. 1750 to c. 1900 Chapter 23:
The Emergence of Industrial Society in the West, 1750–1914: What political, economic, and intellectual/cultural factors led to Europe and the U.S.’s global domination by the end of the 19th century? Notes/Essay Map/Thesis due 2/9, Test 2/10 Advanced World History: Industrial Revolution: Watch ppt, download outline, make a slide show of I.R. Inventions, (top 5 of the textile industry), make a ppt of the Agricultural Revolution. Advanced Contemporary Events: We are done with politics!!!, moving on to Economics. Files and links to simulations will be in folder. Week of 1/30-2/3 APWH
Asian Transitions in an Age of Global Change Analyze the effects on East Asia of the intensification of European contact in the period 1450–1750. Read chapter and take notes. Complete either Essay Map from Read, Write, Think, or fill in my chart for the prompt. Note-check on Thursday, so we are not as rushed Friday. Advanced World History: Industrial Revolution, get outline from Industrial Revolution folder, we will begin a graphic organizer. Advanced Contemporary Issues: Political ideology, continued. We will take notes on the Political Spectrum and economics. Week of 1/23-1/27 APWH Chapter 21 Muslim Empires
Advanced WH French Revolution, Essay due 1/27 Advanced Contemporary Events: Notes on Political ideologies Week of 1/17-1/20 APWH CHAPTER 20:
AFRICA AND THE AFRICANS IN THE AGE OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE How did Europeans in Africa, in an era before the outright conquest of the continent, impact the African economy? Complete the Essay Map in the Early Modern folder, take notes/complete thesis for 1/20.
Advanced World History: continue the French Revolution, building toward an essay test Advanced Contemporary Issues: Turn in 2011 Year in Review html file, view class newspaper Week of 1/9-1/13 APWH CHAPTER 19:
EARLY LATIN AMERICA
How did the features unique to Iberian history influence the development of Spanish and Portuguese colonies? To what extent were the Spanish and Portuguese able to perpetuate their own political, social, economic, and religious structures in their Latin American colonies? Week of 1/3-1/6 APWH Ch 18 The Rise of Russia/Read take notes/Ch 18 Test 1/6/Essay Map: What motivated Russian implementation of reforms inspired by western Europe? What factors limited these reforms?
Advanced World History: The Enlightenment and the Age of Revolutions Contemporary Issues: Top Issues of 2011 Week of 12/12-12/16 APWH CHAPTER 16: THE WORLD ECONOMY:
How did trade change from the Post-Classical to the Early Modern Period? Choose two regions: Americas, Europe. East Asia, South Asia, West Africa Thesis/essay map, notes, DBQ practice, Semester Digital Research Project due 12/16, Test 12/16 http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cotlist.htm http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/40896.html Advanced World History: All projects due12/16, Common Assessment 12/15, Essay: What was the role of Humanism in the Renaissance, Reformation, and the Enlightenment? Make sure your answer relates the state of art before the Renaissance, Roman Catholic practices pre-Reformation, and Absolutism and the Divine Right of Kings before the Enlightenment. Two page maximum. Advanced World Geography: continue Europe-Asia presentations, Common Assessment 12/15 over first semester, all unturned in assignments due 12/16 Week of 12/5-12/9 APWH Ch 15 The World in 1450 Assess the changes and continuities in the economies of one of the regions below in the post-classical period, c. 600–c. 1450. Americas; East Asia; South Asia. Southwest Asia; Western Europe (to Russia/Balkans) Essay map/notes
Advanced World History: Turn in Children's book, work on Tweets from History Advanced World Geography: Europe-Asia project due 12/8 Week of 11/28-12/2 APWH CHAPTER 14: THE LAST GREAT NOMADIC CHALLENGES
Advanced World History: Finish Children's Book, turn in Mind Map 12/2, Open Enlightenment folder and begin downloading documents, and download documents from Prehistory folder Advanced World Geography: Complete Africa presentations 11/29, select European and Asian country for next presentation, 11/30, 12/1 are workdays Week of 11/14-11/18 APWH: Chapter 13: The Spread of Chinese Civilization
Compare the role of the elites of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam in the process of Sinification. How did borrowing from China evolve along with their own political and cultural traditions? Week of 11/7-11/11 APWH Chapter 12:
Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization Evaluate the extent to which the status of women changed over time from the beginning of the Tang dynasty to the end of the Song. (Change-over_Time Essay prompt) Week of 10/31-11/4 APWH Ch 11: The Americas on the Eve of Invasion. Essay question: Choose three of the following categories and compare the Aztec and Inca civilizations: Political, Religious, Economic, Social Structures. (Complete an Essay Map) Test 11/4
Advanced World History: Turn in Renaissance worksheets (10/31) Essay Question: How was the Reformation an outgrowth of Renaissance Humanism? Advanced Geography: Watch Latin America presentations, turn in Country Report Cards, discuss upcoming unit on Africa. Homework No "Homework" exist(s) Links Helpful Stuff  A primer on note-takingA site that contains a variety of note-taking strategies, some with templates. Annotated RubricsCheck out the annotated rubrics for a discussion of how to write for the APWH exam. |
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