Day |
Date |
Topics/Key Concepts |
M |
11/4 |
Introducing Contextualization. Zoom exercise, Star Wars Intro creation (example HERE). |
T |
11/5 |
Students prepare their essays for peer review: rewrite intro paragraph by adding contextualization, restructure body paragraphs as needed. |
W/TH |
11/6-11/7 |
Peer Reviewing essays on Columbian Exchange. Begin by calibrating our grading skills on 2018 LEQ student samples (essay #3). Students use the grids on the bottom of the class LEQ rubric to calibrate, then peer grade their essays with a partner. Students have until Friday to rewrite their essays for grade redemption. HW-students need to have 3.1 to 3.2 read and annotated in AMSCO by Friday. |
F |
11/8 |
Begin notes/discussion on GunPowder Empires (Russian Empire). Students begin reading AP Worldipedia |
M |
11/11 |
Personal Progress Check on Unit 4. Continue Russian Empire notes: Petrine Reforms. |
T |
11/12 |
Notes/discussion on Ottoman and Qing (Manchu) Empires. |
W/TH |
11/13-11/14 |
Analyze religious and imperial portraiture. Develop claims about Imperial Administration and build out full LEQ. |
FR |
11/15 |
Peer grade LEQs from yesterday |