• China's Great Wall

  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  • Angkor Wat, Cambodia

  • Trans-Saharan Caravan

  • Indian Ocean Dhow

  • Rome, Italy

  • Moscow, Russia

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

MON

12/9

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

TUES

12/10

Nature and Consequences of the Industrial Revolution. Comparison of Marxist response and classical Liberalism (Smith)

WED/THUR

12/11-12/13

Article for class todayPractice Sentence Expansion. Notes on Industrial Societies, the spread of Industrial Revolution, Second Industrial Revolution. Mankind clip on London. HW: Read AP Worldipedia 5.1 by Friday.

FRI

12/14 Review for and info about Mid-term

NEXT WEEK

12/16-12/19

MID-TERM EXAMS this week. 

 

 

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

MON

1/20

MLK Holiday

TU

1/21

Continue with the "New Imperialism." Finish African imperialism (settler colonies) and begin China. Brief Mankind video on Opium Wars. Vocab: Opium Wars, Treaty of Nanjing, extraterritoriality, Taiping Rebellion. In remaining class time student begin to formulate historical claims on imperialism. Students begin their annotations on Topics 6.1 to 6.5, all due Friday.

WED/THURS

1/22-1/23

Review of Historical Claims. Students will do a "cold write" on an LEQ or DBQ prompt today in class.

FR

1/24

Due today: annotations on Topics 6.1 to 6.5. Document review on changes in imperialism: The British and Chinese, the USA and Japan. Introduction to Harkness Discussion: Societies at Crossroads. HW: Podcast Challenges to the Old Order in Russia and the Ottoman Empire

MON

1/27

Industrial Revolution and new patterns of global migration (Begin annotating Topics 6.6 and 6.7) Japan's reaction to US imperialism and its own version of Industrialization Meiji Japan). HW: Podcast Challenges to the Old Order in Asia

TU

1/28

Comparing varieties of industrialization. Documents for today

WED/THU

1/29-1/30

Create thesis and topic sentences from yesterday's document annotations.

FR

1/31

Podcasts #3 and 4 are due today. 

 

 

Day#

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

M

2/3

Personal Progress Check on Unit 6, then source a single document in the context of the given prompt. 

TU


2/4

In-class DBQ. Using the annotations you made in class, write the DBQ on Japanese and Russian imperialism. 

WED/THU

2/5-2/6

Students color code their written DBQs for the rubric items. Begin assembling notes for Friday's Harkness Discussion, incorporate the documents into your discussion notes. 

FR


2/7

Harkness Discussion: Societies at Crossroads. You are allowed to have hand written notes and the annotated documents at your desk. Nothing printed. 

M

2/10

Peer review of DBQ on Japanese and Russian industrialization.

TU

2/11

In-class SAQs for 1750-1900.

WED/THU

2/12-2/13

Documents for analysis. (Annotation/Sourcing guide)

FR

2/14

School Holiday

 

Monday
2/17

No School 

Tuesday
2/18

District Collaboration Day (No School)

Wed-Thurs
2/19-2/20

In-class Content Inventory for Topics 5.1 to 6.7 (Study guide for Unit 5, Unit 6)

Friday
2/21

EXAM on 1750 to 1900 Begin to look at Documents for World War I

Monday
2/24

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

Tuesday
2/25

 "Claim-chain" argument on causes of the War. Continue the World Between the Wars. HW: For Tuesday, Read and annotate this article

Wed/Thurs
2/26-2/27

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 
2/28

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
3/2

Students annotate documents on the Spanish Flu DBQ. Using the annotations, create topic sentences (historical claims) and build out one body paragraph. This paragraph must source at least one document.

Tuesday
3/3

(Substitute today) Watch The Century: From Boom to Bust   Using this scoring guide, students grade essay samples on the Spanish Flu DBQ.

Wed/Thur
3/4-3/5

Today students will rewrite one of the sample essays to produce an essay that obtains all the rubric points. Remember to include new requirements (Contextualization, Evidence Beyond the Documents, Complexity, and the new Sourcing requirements)

Fri
3/7-3/8

(Substitute) Students edit the Learning Objectives and Historical Developments for Unit 7. There will be a quiz on Podcast 1 and 2 from this time period on Monday.

Monday
3/11

Quiz on Podcasts 1 and 2 from this time period. Debrief the Spanish Flu DBQ. HW: Read and annotate this article 

Tuesday
3/12

Continue the World Between the Wars, a comparative analysis. Class notes: The World Between the Wars: A Summary. Go to Video Lessons Page and watch video #2, The Crisis of Democracy. 

Wed/Thurs
3/13-3/14

DBQ LEQ Jam session, Practice and review: skills, argumentation, and using evidence. practice: Document Analysis and Essay. 

Friday 
3/15

Teacher Work Day. No School.





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