• China's Great Wall

  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  • Angkor Wat, Cambodia

  • Trans-Saharan Caravan

  • Indian Ocean Dhow

  • Rome, Italy

  • Moscow, Russia

 

Monday
3/5

Period V Exam. All Classes. HW: Log into Educanon and view video on Bolshevik Revolution (the first video on Video Lessons page)

Tuesday
3/6

(Substitute) Video: Shell Shocked  

Wed
3/7

Read Origin of the Great War. Then analyze in-class document analysis: The origin and global nature of World War I. 

Thurs-Fri
3/8-3/9

The resolution of World War I: Versailles Peace Conference. HW: Listen to Podcast 1 for Period VI, The Great War. Class notes.  

Monday
3/12

Quiz on Podcast and 12 min SAQ drill. Continue the World Between the Wars. HW: Go to Video Lessons Page and watch video #2, The Crisis of Democracy. HW: Before Wednesday, Peer Grade three other students' SAQs.

Tuesday
3/13

Continue the World Between the Wars, a comparative analysis. Class notes: The World Between the Wars: A Summary. HW for tomorrow: Print, read and annotate this article for causation practice tomorrow. 

Wed/Thurs
3/14-3/15

DBQ LEQ Jam session, Practice and review: skills, argumentation, and using evidence. practice: Document Analysis and Essay. HW: Listen to Podcast 2 for Period VI.

Friday 
3/16

Quiz on Podcast 2. LEQ  Begin Civilians at War Video. HW: Compete the video from class (It's video #3 on Video Lessons Page) Class notes: The Second World War. 

 

Monday
3/18

Work in-class on Mid Period VI Content Inventory.  HW: For Wed/Thurs, thesis and contextualization paragraph for Post WWI LEQ

Tuesday
3/19

Today's topics: The conclusion of the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War. HW: Listen to Podcast #3 for Period VI. Take notes. This is due Wed/Thurs block. 

Wed-Thurs
3/20-3/21

Timed SAQ practice. HW: go to Peer Grade and grade two other classmates' SAQs according to the rubric. Due Today: Podcast #3 and Thesis/Contextualization Paragraph for Post WWI LEQ. Write 1st body paragraph for LEQ. Peer evaluation and discussion. 

Friday
3/22

Timed SAQ practice. HW: go to Peer Grade and grade two other classmates' SAQs according to the rubric. Continue with Cold War/Decolonization

Monday
3/25

Review online SAQ. Continue Cold War: Korea, proxy wars, nuclear proliferation and the arms race

Tuesday
3/26

Continue with Cold War in class. Students begin to annotate Period 6 Key Concepts 

Wed/Thurs
3/27-3/28

DBQ practice: Document Analysis and Essay. Peer Review. 

Friday 
3/29

Quiz (Or, flying to Italy/Greece with Mr Henderson's school trip)

 Day

Date

              Topics/Key Concepts

MON

9/17

Period 2 Exam, Key Concepts 2.1-2.3

TU

9/18

Annotating Documents exercise: Creating annotations that serve the prompt. HW: Listen to Period 3 Podcast #1: Islam Podcast 1

WED/THR

9/19-9/20

Bucket DBQ: Spread of Buddhism. HW: AP Worldipedia 3.2.I.B. and 3.1.III.A. due tomorrow

FR

9/21

Quiz: Document Annotating and Analysis skills, AP Worldipedia readings, Islam 1 podcast. 

                                            FALL BREAK

 Day

Date

              Topics/Key Concepts

MON

10/1

Sourcing Documents. 

TU

10/2

Continue DBQ work in class. Sourcing and Contextualization. HW for Friday: Peergrade exercises in sourcing and contextualization

WED/THUR

10/3-10/4

Continue DBQ work in class. Document sourcing and Contextualization.  HW: Podcast 2 on Islam; AP Worldipedia 3.1.I.E. -- the effects of the Caliphate on trade. 

FR

10/5

Quiz on Islam. HW for Monday: Period 3 Podcast 3 China; China's reunification. 

 

 

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

M

11/5

Students read and map Southernization article.  Students should be studying Thematic Questions for Period III Exam 

T

11/6

Students work in groups preparing for Harkness Discussion (see directions HERE; group lists are on ItsLearning.) 

W/TH

11/7-11/8

Harkness Discussion

F

11/9

Period III Exam

M

11/12

Intro to Period IV: Continuities with previous Key Concepts. Key Concept Review for Periods 2 and 3.

T

11/13

Key Concept Review presentations on Periods 2 and 3. 

W/TH

11/14-11/15

Europe Recovers: Renaissance and the drive for exploration through document analysis.

F

11/16

TBA

 

 

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

MON

1/7

Last day of Holiday Break

TUE

1/8

Complete "Post-Holiday Inventory" for Period 4.

WED/THUR

1/19-1/10

Mankind Episode: Treasure: What were the causes and consequences of the growth of silver as a global currency? Growth of Land-Based Empires: The Ottomans Read AP Worldipedia 4.3.II.B on the Ottoman Empire. Silver and Global Currency. Annotate Silver DBQ Docs.

FRI

1/11 Begin Russian empireHW: Read pages 523-531 in CH 19 Bulliet (find it on ItsLearning)

MON

1/14

SAQ quiz on Ottoman Empire. Continue notes on Russian Empire.  HW For Friday read pages 536-542 in CH Bulliet (Find it on ItsLearning)

TUE

1/15

In-class skill activity: Claim Chain paragraph builders on Russian and Ottoman EmpiresYou might find Snapshot summaries of the  Qing and Russian Empires helpful.

WED/THUR

1/16-1/17

A comparison of Empires (KC 4.3.I.): The Russian and Qing. You will need to access these documents/resources for today's tasks. 

FRI

1/18

Quiz on Post-Holiday Inventory content and readings so far. 

 

 

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

MON

1/21

MLK Holiday

TU

1/22

In class notes on Qing Empire. HW: For tomorrow watch video on The Little Ice Age. For block this week, read Bulliet CH 17 pages 469-479. Also, begin Key Concept Review for Period 4 Exam. 

WED

1/23

Key Concept review and wrap-up for Period IV.

THU/FR

1/24-1/25

(Substitute) What video "Conquest" and take notes. Quiz on reading from Monday.

MON

1/28 Exam on Period IV 1450-1740

TU

1/29

Introduction to Period V. Notes on Industrialization. HW: Read AP Worldipedia 5.1.I-IV

WED/THU

1/30-1/31

The Urban Game. Follow up questions and writing tasks. HW: Read AP Worldipedia 5.1. to the end.  

FR

2/1

Industrial Societies (Quiz Today for some classes). Due today: All of AP Worldipedia 5.1   HW: Stayer CH 18 pp. 832-839