Period 4: Global Interactions, c. 1450 to c. 1750
- Key Concept 4.1. Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange
- Key Concept 4.2. New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production
- Key Concept 4.3. State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion
Period 5: Industrialization & Global Integration, 1750 to 1900
- Key Concept 5.1 Industrialization & Global Capitalism
- Key Concept 5.2 Imperialism & Nation-State Formation
- Key Concept 5.3 Nationalism, Revolution & Reform
Crazy schedule this week. No late arrival at all. 1-2-3 periods each day of the week. 4th and 6th periods will not meet much at all, compared to the rest.
Monday May 7, 2012
Quote: "If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else." - Yogi Berra
Agenda:1. Review for Unit 4.
2. Periodization work. Students will analyze a number of periodization attempts by history books, authors, and historians. Which works the best?
3. Students will work in groups to line up key events in world history to the period that matches it according to the AP Guidelines.
Tuesday May 8, 2012 & Wednesday May 9, 2012 (These are both "block days" due to testing)
Quote: "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss
ONLY PERIODS 3, 5, & 7 on Tuesday
ONLY PERIODS 3, 4, & 6 on Wednesday
Agenda:
1. Students will watch the Millennium Series for the 15th Century: The Century of the Sail (Renaissance & Aztecs). They will also answer questions corresponding to the video.
2. If any time remains (3rd period will have extra time) - they will be given a chance to work on test corrections quietly -or- do practice exam questions or essays.
Thursday May 9 & 10, 2012
Quote: "You don't look up truthfulness in a book, you look it up in your gut." - Stephen Colbert
Agenda:
ONLY PERIODS 3, 5, & 7 Today
1. Students will watch the Millennium Series - The 18th Century - The Age of the Furnace. Questions here.
2. If any time remains (3rd period will have extra time) - they will be given a chance to work on test corrections quietly -or- do practice exam questions or essays.
Friday May 11, 2012
Quote: "It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company." - George Washington
Normal Schedule Today
Agenda:
1. Students will turn in Test Corrections for AP Practice Test #2.
2. Students will write the Comparison Essay in class. 35 minutes to complete.