• China's Great Wall

  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  • Angkor Wat, Cambodia

  • Trans-Saharan Caravan

  • Indian Ocean Dhow

  • Rome, Italy

  • Moscow, Russia

Weeks 31 and 32 2018

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

M

4/9

DBQ Peer Review

TU


4/10

The effect of the Cold War on Popular Culture and sports. Short Youtube video Miracle on Ice. American intervention in Afghanistan During Cold War. Rise of Mujahideen. HW: Watch the video on the Green Revolution. Watch the video on 20th century medical advances.

WED/THU

4/11-4/12

Summative DBQ and Peer evaluation.

FR
4/13		 The Mujahideen and the rise of Global Terrorism. Reagan and Thatcher's economic policies. Short video on economics of 1980s. HW (due Monday): Period VI Thematic Questions.

M

4/16

LEQ Practice: 6 minute drills and scoring practice.

TU

4/17

China and reforms of Deng Xioping: from "Tank Man" to the WTO

WED/THU

4/18-4/19

Last lecture/PPT, Complete Period 6. DONE with Content!  HW: Study for review exam. LEQ Review --Rubrics and Essay structure. 6  minute drills. 

FR

 4/20

Begin AP Exam Review: Review Test 1 Today over Periods 1 and 2

Weeks 17 and 18 2017

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

MON/Tues

12/11-12-12

Begin the Industrial Revolution. Read and annotate AMSCO 5.3. Using this information and AP Worldipedia (Key Concept 5.1) Complete the Learning Objective tasks from class. Objectives and Historical Developments for this content can be found HERE. 

WED

12/13

The Spanish Empire in the Americas. HW: Reading Colonial Patterns in the Americas (See ItsLearning) 

THUR

12/14

Quiz on HW Reading. Colonial Patterns in Americas. Document for class analysis today.

FRI

 12/15 Skills: Comparing Colonial Patterns.
The Columbian Exchange

MON-THUR

12/18-12/21

MID-TERM EXAMS this week. Yours will cover Key Concepts 1.1 to 4.1.  Take a look at the "Post-Holiday Inventory" for Period 4 you will complete when you return from break. 

 

 

Weeks 19 and 20 2018

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

MON

1/8

Inclement Weather Day: complete "Post-Holiday Inventory" for Period 4.

TUE

1/9

Review work on Post Holiday Inventory. Science and Exploration (cont). For HW Read Europe, Exploration, and Colonization from Bulliet CH 15 (Find it on ItsLearning)

WED/THUR

1/10-1/11

Growth of Land-Based Empires: The Ottomans (Mankind video on Gunpowder). Read AP Worldipedia 4.3.II.B on the Ottoman Empire. Silver and Global Currency. Annotate Silver DBQ Docs.

FRI

 1/12 Review of DBQ writing: Silver and Global Currency. HW For Tuesday: read pages 562-568 from CH 20 on the Qing and 538-541 on the Russian Empire from CH 19. Use the text files in ItsLearning (Bulliet). You might find Snapshot summaries of the  Qing and Russian Empires helpful. 

MON

1/15

NO SCHOOL

TUE

1/16

In-class skill activity: Analyzing Imperial Portraits--Qing methods of Imperial management. 

WED/THUR

1/17-1/18

A comparison of Empires (KC 4.3.I.): The Russian and Qing. HW For Friday read pages 536-541 on Mughal Empires and pages 524-531 on the Ottoman Empire. You might find the Snapshots of the Mughal and Ottoman Empires helpful. 

FRI

1/19

Setting groups and expectations for next week's Harkness Discussion: Comparing Techniques of Imperial Management: Land-based Empires

 

 

Weeks 21 and 22 2018

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

MON

1/22

 Complete Silver DBQ paragraph and submit thesis/topic sentences to the Thesis Doctor. All Harkness groups should now have documents on the School Google Drive. 

TU

1/23

 Comparing Maritime Empires and overseas colonies. Due tonight at midnight: first check of Harkness contributions on your Google Document. 

WED

1/24

Key Concept review and wrap-up for Period IV.

THU/FR

1/25-1/26

Harkness Discussion on Land-Based Empires

MON

 1/29 Exam on Period IV 1450-1740

TU

1/30

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

WED/THU

1/31-2/1

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

FR

2/2

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

 

 

Weeks 23 and 24 2018

Day#

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

M

2/5

Complete Curriculum Ladder on Key Concept 5.1 Produce thesis and topic sentences on Causation LEQ. Due today: Strayer CH 18 pp. 832-839. HW: Read AP Worldipedia 5.3.I.A-E. on the Enlightenment. 

TU


2/6

Due today: AP Worldipedia Reading on Enlightenment. Documents for class. HW: Listen to Podcast on Revolutions Part I. 

WED/THU

2/7-2/8

Quiz on Readings so far (5.1, Strayer) and Podcast. Thesis/topic sentence evaluations for 5.1 Curriculum Ladder. 

FR

 2/9

Comparing the American and French Revolutions. HW: Revolutions Podcast Part II (Latin America and Haiti) Also, read THIS on the Haitian Revolution (seriously, it's great)

M

2/12

Quiz on Revolutions Podcast II. Comparing Enlightenment transformations: Revolutions or Independence Movements? HW: Read Bentley CH 29 Testing the Limits of Revolutionary Ideals: Slavery and Women, Pp 801-805.

TU

2/13

The Limits of Revolutionary reforms. Social Darwinism and the New Imperialism (Notes on British Empire HERE). 

WED/THU

2/14-2/15

Podcast due: Imperialism 2.0. iQuiz on Podcast (Take notes on podcast). Opium and Sepoys: Comparing Imperialisms--God, Gold and Glory vs. Markets and Raw Materials. Start to look at documents for next week's Harkness Discussion. 

FR

 2/16

School Holiday

Weeks 25 and 26 2019

 

Monday
2/18

Student and Teacher Holiday

Tuesday
2/19

Student Holiday

Wed-Thurs
2/20-2/21

DBQ today.
Friday
2/22

Peer Review DBQ from yesterday. 

Monday
2/25

The New Imperialism: Motives, Social Darwinism, Great Scramble. HW: Annotate Documents from this DBQ

Tuesday
2/26

The New Imperialism: China/India. Documents for class analysis. Prepare for Harkness Discussion on Societies at Cross Roads.

Wed/Thurs
2/27-2/28

12 min SAQ Drill. Harkness Discussion moved to Monday. Graphic Organizers for Harkenss (Russia/Japan, Ottoman/China)
Friday 
3/1

Review of Period V Mashup. HW: Test on Period V is Tuesday. 
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