AP World History Exam    Thursday, May 17 at 8:00 am     Due West Methodist 

3rd Annual Kahoot AP World Review/Competition is Monday, May 14. 
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Bring your Barron’s Guide to Class Each Day May 7-16.
 
Monday, May 7
In Class:

1. Read Barron’s guide pp. 6-18—Multiple Choice Strategies
2. SAQ Strategies pp. 18-21
3. Complete SAQs pp. 436-337.

Homework: Read Barron’s guide Unit 1 pp. 58-75
 
Tuesday, May 8
In Class:

1. Full Length Multiple Choice test 1 pp. 417-436—timed
2. Score and Review missed questions.

Homework: Read Barron’s guide Unit 2 pp.79-116
 
Wednesday, May 9
In Class:

1. Read Barron’s guide pp. 21-37.
2. Complete DBQ pp. 439-441

Homework: Read Barron’s guide Unit 3 pp. 119-183
 
Thursday, May 10
In Class:

1. Full Length Multiple Choice test 2 pp. 451-470—timed
2. Score and Review missed questions.

Homework: Read Barron’s guide Unit 4 pp. 187-247
 
Friday, May 11
In Class:

1. Read Barron’s guide pp. 39-44.
2. Complete LEQ p. 441.

Homework: Read Barron’s guide Unit 5 pp. 251-321
 
Sunday, May 13
Homework: Read Barron’s guide Unit 6 pp. 325-411

Monday, May 14
In Class:

1. Complete LEQ p. 477.
2. Peer score.

 
Tuesday, May 15
In Class:

1. Complete DBQ pp. 473-476
2. Peer score.

 
Wednesday, May 16
In Class:

1. Complete SAQ pp. 471-472
2. Peer score.

 
 
 

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Upcoming Due Dates:
​F 4/27--All chapter presentations due to Office 365
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April 23-27, 2018
 
Monday, April 23

1. Group work: Chapter Presentations

Tuesday, April 24

1. Magical Realism:  The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
2. Group work: Chapter Presentations

Wednesday, April 25

1. Existentialism: The Guest
2. Group work: Chapter Presentations

Thursday, April 26

1. Group work: Chapter Presentations

Friday, April 27

1. Chapter 31 Presentation

​April 16-20, 2018

Monday, April 16

1. Turn in The World Wars documentary packet
2. Read article “Literary Modernism.”  Take notes on aspects of Modernism, comparison of Modern art and literature, major Modern artists and writers.
3. Distribute Period 6 Planning Guide
4. Lecture: Unification of Italy and Germany

 
Tuesday, April 17

1. Lecture: Modern Art in the era of WWI
2. Use your history book to complete a WWI & WWII comparison chart.

Homework: Period 6A Modern Literature readings due tonight by 11:59.
 
Wednesday, April 18

1. Lecture: Modern Art in the era of WWII
2. Lecture: Modern architecture, sculpture, photography.

Thursday, April 19

1. Webquest: Modern Art and Poetry: Nude Descending a Staircase and J. Alfred Prufrock.

 
Friday, April 20

1. World Wars Quiz​

April 9-13, 2018
 
Monday, April 9

1. View The World Wars: A History Channel Documentary.
2. Complete viewing guide questions.

 
Tuesday, April 10

1. Distribute Period 6A readings—due T 4/17.
2. View The World Wars: A History Channel Documentary.
3. Complete viewing guide questions.

 
Wednesday, April 11

1. View The World Wars: A History Channel Documentary.
2. Complete viewing guide questions.

 
Thursday, April 12

1. View The World Wars: A History Channel Documentary.​

 
Friday, April 13​

1. View The World Wars: A History Channel Documentary.

March 26-30, 2018
 
Monday, March 26

1. Extra credit opportunities:  A Doll’s House; Get a Five.  Due when we return from break on April 9.
2. Ottoman Webquest

 
Tuesday, March 27

1. Notes on Russia and Japan
2. After lunch: Impressionism quiz

 
Wednesday, March 28

1. Pacific Art
2. After lunch: Test Review

 
Thursday, March 29

1. Period 5 Test

 
Friday, March 30

1. Realism in Literature:  France and Russia
2. After lunch: Period 5 Test Corrections

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March 19-23, 2018

Monday, March 19

1. Notes on how to write a literary analysis essay.
2. ​Notes on Imperialism in Africa
3. Notes on Imperialism in India

 
Tuesday, March 20

1. African Art: Veranda Post
2. Primary Documents Work—How to “explain” perspective, historical situation, audience, purpose:  “Burdens” poetry, political cartoons, colonial documents

 
Wednesday, March 21 

1. Quiz: African Art
2. Finish Primary Documents work
3. * Things Fall Apart analysis essay due to www.turnitin.com by 11:59 pm.

 
Thursday, March 22

1. Impressionism Activity: Monet, Van Gogh, Cassatt, Gauguin, Munch
2. ​"A Beginner's Guide to Impressionism"

 
Friday, March 23

1. Notes on Imperialism in Latin America and U.S. Imperialism
2. Latin America Webquest

March 12-16, 2018
 
Warning:  You may have a quiz on Things Fall Apart any day(s) this week.

 
Monday, March 12

1. Read African Art Enduring Understandings.
2. Notes on African Art
3. After Lunch:  Presentations for TFA ch. 1-3 and 4-6

​Tuesday, March 13
(pop quiz TFA ch 1-4)

1. Notes on the Motivations of Imperialism

 
Wednesday, March 14  EARLY RELEASE

1. Presentations for TFA ch. 7-8 and 9-11
2. Presentations for TFA ch. 12-13 and 14-16

 
Thursday, March 15
(pop quiz TFA ch 13-16)

1. Quiz: History Ch. 25 and Romanticism and Realism in art and literature
2. After Lunch:  Presentations for TFA ch. 17-19 and 20-21

 
Friday, March 16
(pop quiz TFA ch 23-25)

1. Notes on British Imperialism in China
2. After Lunch:  Presentations for TFA ch. 22-23 and 24-25

March 5-9, 2018

​Monday, March 5

1. French Revolution notes
2. Ming Dynasty notes

 
Tuesday, March 6

1. Tokugawa Japan notes
2. Asian Art:  The Great Wave

Wednesday, March 7

1. Quiz: History Ch. 24 and French & Enlightenment Art
2. Industrialism Notes

 
Thursday, March 8

1. Romanticism in Art: The Oxbow, Slave Ship
2. Romanticism in Literature: poems and Faust

Friday, March 9

1. Realism in Art: The Stone Breakers, Still Life in Studio
2. Realism in Literature: Madame Bovary, Tolstoy readings

February 26-March 2, 2018
 
Planning Your Week:
Bring your SpringBoard textbook to class.
Read Things Fall Apart and prepare group presentation
 
Monday, February 26

1. DBQ Reboot—Review the Silver Trade essay
2. Distribute Period 5 Planning Guide
3. Distribute Things Fall Apart group presentation assignment.  Establish your groups and report after lunch.
4. Read TTS 16: Rights and Revolutions  Answer the questions related to each source.

Tuesday, February 27

1. Art:  A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery  Enlightenment Art
2. History:  Enlightenment Stations

 
Wednesday, February 28

1. French Revolution
   1. Read this article  https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/07/french-revolution-bastille-day-guide-jacobins-terror-bonaparte/
   2. In one sentence, answer the questions bolded throughout the article.
   3. Lecture

 
Thursday, March 1

1. Distribute Art Period 5 Review
2. Period 5 Art Terms—Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism
3. French Art--Liberty Leading the People, The Swing, Oath of the Horatii, Self-Portrait

 
Friday, March 2
1. Tokugawa Japan and Ming China

February 12-16, 2018

Monday, February 12

1. Period 4 Test
2. LEQ Comp after lunch
3. Candide section 2 due by 11:59 pm tonight

 
Tuesday, February 13

1. Test Corrections
2. Peer Score yesterday’s LEQ.  Take home to revise tonight.  Due tomorrow.
3. Distribute TFA webquest due after February break on Sunday, Feb. 25 to Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m..
4. Comparison Analysis: Candide and Thomas More’s Utopia

Wednesday, February 14

1. History Essay Lesson: Write a DBQ (2006 flow of silver)
2. Peer Review and Revise
3. Homework:  Read TTS 16: Rights and Revolutions

Thursday, February 15

1. Distribute Period 5 Planning Guide
2. Quiz—History Ch. 23
3. Enlightenment Art
4. Enlightenment Stations

 
Friday, February 16

1. French Revolution.  Read this article  https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/07/french-revolution-bastille-day-guide-jacobins-terror-bonaparte/   In one sentence, answer the questions bolded throughout the article.
2. Distribute Art Period 5 Review
3. Period 5 Art Terms—Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism
4. French Art--Liberty Leading the People, The Swing, Oath of the Horatii, Self-Portrait

 
 
 

February 5-9, 2018

Monday, February 5

1. Review Satire and relate to painting The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode.
2. Latin American Art
3. Rapa Nui

 
Tuesday, February 6

1. Atlantic Slave Trade

 
Wednesday, February 7

1. Turn in feedback analysis
2. Quiz: Ch. 21 and Versailles
3. Ottoman, Savafids, Mughuls, Oh My!
4. Taj Mahal

 
Thursday, February 8
Period 4 Review
 
Friday, February 9
Period 4 Test

January 29-February 2, 2018
 
Monday, January 29

1. Art: Palace at Versailles
2. Finish SPICE presentations for Scientific Revolution
3. Art: German Renaissance
   1. Adam and Eve
   2. Isenheim Altarpiece
   3. Allegory of Law and Grace

 
Tuesday, January 30

1. Quiz: History Ch. 19, Italian architecture, painting, sculpture
2. Lecture: Latin America
3. Latin American Art

 
Wednesday, January 31

1. Don Quixote
2. The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode.

 
Thursday, February 1

1. Lesson: Satire
2. Assign Candide

 
Friday, February 2

1. Quiz: Ch 20 and Dutch Masters and German Renaissance
2. Atlantic Slave Trade

January 22-26, 2018

Monday, January 22

1. Quiz: History Ch. 18, Literature Sonnets and Galileo
2. Distribute readings for Renaissance Part II due Friday, January 26 by midnight.
3. Finish SPICE presentations for Renaissance, Reformation, Absolute Monarchs, Scientific Revolution

 
Tuesday, January 23

1. Italian Renaissance architecture 

Wednesday, January 24

1. Italian painting
   1. Madonna and Child with Two Angels
   2. Last Supper
   3. Sistine Chapel
   4. School of Athens
   5. Entombment of Christ
   6. Venus of Urbino
   7. Calling of St. Matthew
   8. Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’Medici

 
Thursday, January 25

1. Italian sculpture
   1. David-Michelangelo
   2. David-Donatello
   3. Ecstasy of St. Teresa
2. Art: The Dutch Masters
   1. Van Eyck
   2. Bruegel the Elder
   3. Vermeer
   4. Ruysch

 
Friday, January 26

1. Finish SPICE presentations for Absolute Monarchs​
2. Don’t forget: Renaissance Readings Part II due tonight at midnight.

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January 15-19, 2018
 
Monday, January 15
No School—MLK, Jr. Holiday
 
Tuesday, January 16

1. Readings for Renaissance Part I due tonight at midnight.
2. Group Analysis: SPICE Renaissance, Reformation, Absolute Monarchs, Scientific Revolution

 
Wednesday, January 17
No school—snow
 
Thursday, January 18  
No school--snow
 
Friday, January 19
​No school--snow

January 8-12, 2018
 
Monday, January 8
No School—Weather
 
Tuesday, January 9
History Lecture: The Colonization of the Americas
 
Wednesday, January 10
History Lecture: Early Humanists and Renaissance thought
 
Thursday, January 11
Art: The Birth of Venus
Literature: Ekphrasis
 
Friday, January 12
History Lecture: Renaissance

January 4-5, 2018
 
Thursday, January 4   Multiple Choice Boot Camp!

1. Turn in Winter Break Extra Credit
2. Review Multiple Choice strategies (Albert and Richey)
3. Complete the Periods 1-3 questions in your Barron’s guide.
4. Complete the Periods 1-3 questions in 5 Steps to a 5.
5. Begin the Content/Skill/Theme analysis for yesterday’s questions.

Friday, January 5  Multiple Choice Boot Camp Day Two!

1. Complete the Content/Skill/Theme analysis for yesterday’s questions.
2. Complete the MC review and explanation of answers for yesterday’s questions.
3. What types of questions seem most difficult, why?  What types of questions seem easier, why?

December 11-20, 2017
 
Monday, December 11
​Snow Day
 
Tuesday, December 12

1. Period 3B review

 
Wednesday, December 13  

1. Period 3B Test

Thursday, December 14

1. Essay: Periods 1 & 2

 
Friday, December 15

1. Essay: Period 3

 
Monday, December 18

1. Midterm Review

 
 Wednesday, December 20
Midterm Exam
 
 

December 4-8, 2017

 Monday, December 4

1. Complete LEQ comparison essay

 
Tuesday, December 5

1. Reading Quiz: History Ch. 14 and Japanese Literature & Art
2. Mongols recap

 
Wednesday, December 6

1. Begin writing Marco Polo DBQ

 
Thursday, December 7

1. Complete the Marco Polo DBQ

 
Friday, December 8

1. Review for Period 3B test

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November 27 - December 1, 2017
​Monday, November 27

1. China--SAQ

 
Tuesday, November 28

1. Reading Quiz: History Ch. 13 and Chinese Poetry & Art
2. History Lecture: Korea and Vietnam

 
Wednesday, November 29

1. Japanese Literature: Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book pp. 306-313, Tanka and Haiku pp. 294-303
2. History Lecture: Japan

 
Thursday, November 30

1. Japanese Art: Todai-ji and Night Attack on Sanjo Palace
2. History Lecture: Mongol review

Friday, December 1

1. Comparison Essay refresher
2. Compose a period 3 comparison essay.

 HW
Double check the Mongolian Webquest to make sure you have completed all parts. If you did not complete the Evaluation portion (Journalistic, Creative Product, or Persuasion Tasks), please do so and resubmit the completed webquest.

November 13-17, 2017

Monday, November 13

1. Aztec Art: Templo Mayor, Ruler’s Feather Headdress
2. Lecture: Aztec Civilization

 
Tuesday, November 14

1. Inca Art: City of Machu Picchu, All-T’oqapu tunic.
2. North American Native Art
3. Lecture: Inca Civilization

 
Wednesday, November 15

1. Activity:  Complete the SPICE and Comparison chart for the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties.  You may use this chart ONLY on your quiz tomorrow.

​Thursday, November 16

1. Reading Quiz: History Ch. 12 and Mesoamerican Art
2. History Lecture: Sui, Tang Dynasties

 
Friday, November 17

1. Poetry of Li Po and Tu Fu  literature textbook pp. 278-9, 288-90
2. Chinese Art:  David Vases and Forbidden City 

November 6-10, 2017

Monday, November 6
 Period 3A Test--meet in the FA cafe 

Tuesday, November 7
No School
 
Wednesday, November 8

1. Test Corrections
2. Period 3B Planning Guide
   
3. Mayan Art: Yaxchilan and the Mayan Elite

 
Thursday, November 9

1. Mayan Art wrap up
2. Reading Quiz:  History Chapter 11 and Mayan Art

 
Friday, November 10

1. History Activity: Maya, Aztec, Inca

October 30-November 3, 2017

Monday, October 30

1. History Lecture: Byzantium
2. Pop Up Museum Instructions

 
Tuesday, October 31

1. Dante’s Inferno overview
2. Inferno group canto study

 
Wednesday, November 1

1. History Lecture: Medieval Europe and Period 3A wrap up

 
Thursday, November 2

1. Inferno group presentations

 
Friday, November 3

1. Pop Up Museum displays

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October 23-27, 2017

 Monday, October 23

1. History Lecture: African empires
2. Review Map activity: cultures
3. Assign period 3B readings due to turnitin.com by midnight Sunday, November 5

Bring Art textbook to class tomorrow.
 
Tuesday, October 24

1. Quiz: History Ch. 9, African Art
2. Medieval Art activity
   1. Read “History of Medieval Art”
   2. Create a chart that includes Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic style along the horizontal axis and at least three descriptors along the vertical axis.
   3. Identify the art pieces by their style

Wednesday, October 25

1. Mongolian Webquest in lab 9234 ​

 
Thursday, October 26

1. History Lecture: Mongols
2. History Lecture: Byzantium
3. Medieval Art ppt

 
Friday, October 27

1. Quiz: History ch. 10; Medieval art
2. Illuminated Manuscript activity

 October 16-20, 2017

Monday, October 16

1. Share History Activity: Abbasids, Umayyads—Rise, Fall, Decline
2. Finish LEQ analysis
3. Literary Analysis: Sufi Poetry and the Rubaiyat

 
Tuesday, October 17

1. Document Based Question 2002
   1. Deconstruct the prompt
   2. Conduct HAPPY analysis for each document
   3. Write paragraph 1: Thesis/ Claim (Argument)
   4. Write paragraph 2: Contextualization

 
Wednesday, October 18

1. Document Based Question 2002
   1. Review the prompt, HAPPY analysis; Thesis/ Claim; Contextualization
   2. Build your argument: Write body paragraphs that cite evidence from at least 6 documents and add some evidence of your own (think about art and literature as well as history).
2. Quiz: History ch. 8; Literature Sundiata

 
Thursday, October 19

1. History Lecture: Bantu, Ghana, Mali, Songhai

 
Friday, October 20

1.  Primary Source Document Analysis:  HAPPY chart
   1. Ibn Battuta
   2. Mansa Musa
2. African Art
   1. Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe. Southeastern Zimbabwe. Shona peoples. c. 1000–1400 C.E. Coursed granite blocks.
   2. Great Mosque of Djenné. Mali. Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906–1907. Adobe.

October 9-13, 2017
 
 Monday, October 9

1. Review maps and charts AP multiple choice questions
2. Finish Literature Lecture: Islamic literature
3. Islamic Art group work

 
Tuesday, October 10

1. Finish Islamic art group work
2. History Lecture: Rise of Islam

 
Wednesday, October 11     PSAT Today

1. Guest Speaker

 
Thursday, October 12    Early Release Today

1. Quiz: History Ch. 7, Literature Qur’an and The Fisherman & the Jinnee
2. History Activity: Abbasids, Umayyads

 
Friday, October 13

1. Finish Abbasids, Umayyads activity
2. Document Based Question

October 2-6, 2017

Monday, October 2

1. Period 2 test corrections
2. Reminders: Antigone essay
3. LEQ practice: Period 2 Regions
   1. LEQ Rubric and LEQ Historical Reasoning Skills
   2. How to write LEQs

 
Tuesday, October 3

1. Continue writing Period 2 LEQ.  Turn in completed essay.
2. After lunch: PSAT Prep
   1. Read the article “Does the PSAT Really Matter?” https://www.forbes.com/sites/noodleeducation/2015/10/12/does-the-psat-really-matter/#b39505658585
   2. In the Student Guide to the PSAT, review the two Language Arts related sections: Evidence Based Reading and Writing p. 10 and Writing and Language p. 17.
   3. Review the question types for each section.

 
Wednesday, October 4

1. Period 3 Part A Overview: History ch. 6-10
2. Period 3A Readings due Sunday, October 15 by midnight to Turnitin.com
3. Maps/Graphs/Charts Activity
4. After lunch: PSAT Prep
   1. In the Student Guide to the PSAT, read the passages on pages 11 and 14.
   2. Complete questions on pp. 12-16.
   3. In the Student Guide to the PSAT, read the passages on pages 18 and 20.
   4. Complete questions on pp. 19-23.    
   5. Students will use the answer guide and question types to create a “student friendly” explanation of the question and the answer.

 
Thursday, October 5

1. Quiz: History Ch. 6
2. ​Lecture: History--Birth of Islam
3. After lunch: PSAT Prep
   1. In the Practice Test packet, review section 1.
   2. Assign one of the five passages to each group. 
   3. Students will work together to identify the question type and determine the answer.  Then students will create a study tip to help others with the question types.
   4. Each group will share their answers and tips.

 
 
Friday, October 6

1. Lecture: History-Spread of Islam
2. Literature: Q'uran
3. Devise a list of questions for next week's guest speaker
4. After lunch: PSAT Prep
   1. In the Practice Test packet, review section 2.
   2. Assign one of the five passages to each group. 
   3. Students will work together to identify the question type and determine the answer.  Then students will create a study tip to help others with the question types.
   4. Each group will share their answers and tips.

 

September 11-15, 2017

Monday and Tuesday, September 11-12
Hurricane IRMA--No school


Wednesday, September 13

1. Introduction to Greek Drama: Prentice Hall textbook Background for Oedipus Rex pp. 460-468; SpringBoard textbook pp. 310-314.
2. Antigone summary
3.  Antigone performance assignment

Thursday, September 14

1. Antigone performance work
2. History Lecture: Greece

 
Friday, September 15

1. Finish History Lecture: Greece 
2. Greek Art Jigsaw:

• Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble with remnants of paint.
• Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c. 460–450 B.C.E. Clay, red- gure technique (white highlights).

• Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos. Original 450–440 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze).
• Seated boxer. Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 B.C.E. Bronze.

• Peplos Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble, painted details.
• Acropolis. Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallikrates. c. 447–410 B.C.E. Marble.
• Winged Victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic Greek. c. 190 B.C.E. Marble.

3.  Work on  Antigone performance
 
 
 
Monday, September 18

1. History Lecture: Rome
2. Work on  Antigone performance

 
Tuesday, September 19

1. Roman Art Jigsaw

• House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century B.C.E.; rebuilt c. 62–79 C.E. Cut stone and fresco.
• Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii. Republican Roman. c. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic.
• Head of a Roman patrician. Republican Roman. c. 75–50 B.C.E. Marble.
• Augustus of Prima Porta. Imperial Roman. Early 1st century C.E. Marble.
• Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater). Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. 70–80 C.E. Stone and concrete.
• Pantheon. Imperial Roman. 118–125 C.E. Concrete with stone facing.

 
Wednesday, September 20

1. Antigone essay assignment
2.  Antigone performances
3. Turn in  Antigone performance deliverables

 
Thursday, September 21

1. Review for Period 2 Test

 
Friday, September 22
1. Period 2 Test:  China, India, Greece, Rome

 

 

September 4-8, 2017

Monday, September 4
Labor Day Holiday—No School
 
Tuesday, September 5

1. Lecture: Indian Literature (Vedas, Upanishads, Epics: Mahabharata, Bhagavad-Gita)
2. Lecture: Indian Art

• Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja). Hindu; India (Tamil Nadu), Chola Dynasty. c. 11th century C.E. Cast bronze.
• Great Stupa at Sanchi. Madhya Pradesh, India. Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty. c. 300 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome.
• Buddha. Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Gandharan. c. 400–800 C.E. (destroyed in 2001). Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint.

 
Wednesday, September 6

1. Siddhartha chapters 8-12 due
2. Quiz: History Ch. 4, Indian Literature, Indian Art

 
Thursday, September 7

1. History Lecture: Classical Greece

 
Friday, September 8

1. History Lecture: Classical Greece
2. Read TTS 3.2, 3.3, 5.1
3. Period 2 Readings: China and India due to Turnitin.com.

August 28-September 1, 2017

​Monday, August 28

1. Assignment: Period 1 Common Errors List due Wednesday 8/30
2. Finish Chinese art stations
3. Lecture: the novel Siddhartha and the origins of Buddhism

 
Tuesday, August 29

1. Siddhartha chapters 1-4 due
2. Quiz: History Ch. 3, Chinese art

 
Wednesday, August 30 (Early Release Day)

1. Turn in your literature errors list
2. Assignment: Period 2 Readings: Chinese and Indian Literature
3. Lecture: Maurya and Gupta Dynasties

 
Thursday, August 31

1. Reading Indian Literature: Vedas, Upanishads, Epics
2. TTS: 4.4 Bhagavad-Gita

 
Friday, September 1

1. Siddhartha chapters 5-7 due
2. Indian Art

• Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja). Hindu; India (Tamil Nadu), Chola Dynasty. c. 11th century C.E. Cast bronze.
• Great Stupa at Sanchi. Madhya Pradesh, India. Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty. c. 300 B.C.E.–100 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome.
• Buddha. Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Gandharan. c. 400–800 C.E. (destroyed in 2001). Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint.

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August 21-25, 2017
  
Monday, August 21

1. View Jared Diamond’s documentary: Guns, Germs, and Steel Part I and answer questions
2. Fill in World Regions Maps

*Bring Lit & history book on Tuesday.
 
Tuesday, August 22

1. Assignment: Siddhartha
2. Chinese Literature: 
   1. Read the background information on pp. 260-261 and ppp.264-265.
   2. Read the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu on pp. 266-267 and in TTS 4.3
   3. Read the Analects by Confucius on pp. 268-270 and in TTS 4.1. 
   4. Review pp. 38-41 & 47-48 in Stearns. 
   5. Use the comparison chart to analyze the two philosophies. 
   6. Write a thesis for the following question: Compare the social teachings of Lao Tzu and Confucius in ancient Chinese culture.
3. Read the two poems from The Book of Songs on pp. 280-281 and TTS 2.5.  Answer the three bulleted questions with details from all selections.

 
Wednesday, August 23

1. Quiz:  History Ch 2, Chinese literature
2. Lecture: Chinese dynasties overview
3. Prepare Chinese Dynasty SPICE presentations—Zhou, Qin, Han (Students may use laptops.)

*Ch. 3 quiz is Monday.
 
Thursday, August 24

1. Student Presentations: Chinese Dynasty SPICE information—Zhou, Qin, Han
2. Begin Chinese art: Qin Shihuangdi Funerary Complex

  *Join us for Open House Tonight beginning at 7 p.m. in the theater.
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Friday, August 25

1. Chinese art stations

• Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China. Qin Dynasty. c. 221–209 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta.
• Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui). Han Dynasty, China. c. 180 B.C.E. Painted silk.
• Gold and jade crown. Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom, Korea. Fifth to sixth century C.E. Metalwork.
• Travelers among Mountains and Streams. Fan Kuan. c. 1000 C.E. Ink and colors on silk.

 

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August 14-18, 2017

Monday, August 14

1. Reminder: Turn in World Lit Period 1 readings by midnight tonight
2. Multiple Choice thinking skills: Review Quiz 1;  Complete Barrons’ p. 417 #1-3
3. Art Stations: Ancient Egypt  HAPPY

 
Tuesday, August 15

1. Period 1 Review SPICE questions round robin
2. SPICE essay requirements

 
Wednesday, August 16

1. How to write a thesis for AP History.
2. Thesis ppt
   
3. DBQ practice

 
Thursday, August 17

1. Period 1 Test--30 multiple choice plus two short-answer questions

Homework:  Begin reading and taking notes for Ch. 2 in the history textbook.
 
Friday, August 18

1. Period 2 Key Concepts
2. Period 2 chapters : History textbook ch. 2-5

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August 7-11, 2017

Monday, August 7

1. Indus River Civilization, Harappa Society images 
2. Question: Comparison:  What differences do you find among the images of Harappa Society and the hunter/gatherer societies of Paleo/Meso/Neolithic era
3. Stories of the Australian Dreamtime:  world literature analysis, doing history questions

 
Tuesday, August 8

1. Chapter 1 Quiz
2. History Lecture: River Valley Civilization
3. River Valley Civilizations SPICE Chart from Stearns

 
Wednesday, August 9

1. Code of Hammurabi:          SOAPSTone

•  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/ancient-near-east1/babylonian/v/stele-of-hammurabi

1. Hammurabi’s Stele:   OPTIC
2. Art Stations Ancient Iraq:  HAPPY

 
Thursday, August 10

1. Literature Notes: Book of the Dead SOAPSTone 
2. OPTIC Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c. 1275 B.C.E. Painted papyrus scroll.  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egypt-art/new-kingdom/v/judgement-in-the-presence-of-osiris-hunefer-s-book-of-the-dead
3. Art Stations: Ancient Egypt  HAPPY

Friday, August 11

1. Literature Notes: Epic of Gilgamesh
2. Understanding archetypes
3. Characteristics of an epic hero
4. Flood stories comparison
5. Multiple Choice thinking skills: Review Quiz 1;  Complete Barrons’ p. 417 #1-3
6. Study Tip:  Before the Period 1 test, read Unit 1 in Barron’s pp. 47-75

July 31-August 4, 2017

Monday, July 31

1. Seating chart
2. Read Jared Diamond’s article “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race.”  Analyze the argument.
3. TRSS forms
4. Preview the Humanities Practices and Skills.
5. Overview of the class, syllabus, pre-course reading

 
Tuesday, August 1

1. Return signed syllabus.
2. Answer questions concerning the syllabus, review Humanities Practices and Skills.
3. What can we learn from pre-historic art? STATIONS 
   
4. History Lecture notes: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Revolution

 
Wednesday, August 2

1. Finish History Lecture notes: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Revolution
2. Art Lecture notes: Review pre-historic art.​

Thursday, August 3

1. STATIONS  Thinking through Sources:  History before Writing
2. History before Writing DBQ-like essay analysis  
   

Friday, August 4

1. Turn in Pre-course reading
2. World Regions Map, Period 1 Key Concepts
3. Assignment: Period 1 World Lit readings Due Monday, August 14.
4. Notetaking Skills chapter 1

Homework:  Finish reading Ch.1 and take notes.