World History AP with Mr. Duez - Learning Targets
Unit 5: THE EUROPEAN MOMENT IN WORLD HISTORY 1750-1914
Chapter 17 Atlantic Revolutions & their Echoes
Week at a Glance:
MON: District Test BA - Covers CH 12 Mongols through CH 16 Reformation
TUE: French Revolution Video; DBQ Introduction
WED/THU: French Revolution Video; DBQ Doc Analysis
FRI: French Revolution Video - finish
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Quote of the Day: "The brain is wider than the sky." - Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886
Learning Targets:
Agenda:
1. District BA Test. 30 questions that will test your knowledge of the middle of the year. From Mongols through Enlightenment. It will count as a double formative grade (or 2 quiz grades).
2. Pick up DBQ after the test. Review at home. Bring back on Friday with document analysis completed.
This week you should be reading Chapter 17 and preparing for the quiz next Monday while also prepping the DBQ. We will also work on the DBQ in class some on Friday and next week.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Quote of the Day: "We know what we are but not what we may be." - Ophelia in Hamlet, Shakespeare
Learning Targets:
• Understand the number and diversity of Atlantic revolutions in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries and how forces at work through the Enlightenment impacted them
• Explore the cross-pollination between revolutionary movements and compare
their various causes and overall results
• Compare the real impact of the Atlantic revolutions on their citizens and understand
the global impact of the revolutionary movement of the era.
• Consider the consequences of using violence to achieve liberty and equality.
How much violence is necessary or justifiable?
Essential Questions:
1. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to the Atlantic
revolutions?
2. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution, and what was not?
3. How did the French Revolution differ from the American Revolution?
Agenda:
1. French Revolution Documentary - answer the questions as we view and we will pause and discuss throughout.
Video: The French Revolution Documentary. We will watch this Tue-Fri in class with questions and discussion.
French Revolution Documentary Questions for discussion.
2. Bring your DBQ Doc packet back on Friday with analysis completed and ready to hand in for a grade.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 & Thursday, January 31, 2013
Quote of the Day: "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 things that do not work." - Thomas Edison, 1847-1931
Learning Targets:
• Understand the number and diversity of Atlantic revolutions in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries and how forces at work through the Enlightenment impacted them
• Explore the cross-pollination between revolutionary movements and compare
their various causes and overall results
• Compare the real impact of the Atlantic revolutions on their citizens and understand
the global impact of the revolutionary movement of the era.
• Consider the consequences of using violence to achieve liberty and equality.
How much violence is necessary or justifiable?
Essential Questions:
1. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to the Atlantic
revolutions?
2. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution, and what was not?
3. How did the French Revolution differ from the American Revolution?
Agenda:
1. French Revolution Documentary - answer the questions as we view and we will pause and discuss throughout.
Video: The French Revolution Documentary. We will watch this Tue-Fri in class with questions and discussion.
French Revolution Documentary Questions for discussion.
2. Bring your DBQ Doc packet back on Friday with analysis completed and ready to hand in for a grade.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Quote of the Day: "Great spirits have often overcome violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
Learning Targets:
• Understand the number and diversity of Atlantic revolutions in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries and how forces at work through the Enlightenment impacted them
• Explore the cross-pollination between revolutionary movements and compare
their various causes and overall results
• Compare the real impact of the Atlantic revolutions on their citizens and understand
the global impact of the revolutionary movement of the era.
• Consider the consequences of using violence to achieve liberty and equality.
How much violence is necessary or justifiable?
Essential Questions:
1. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to the Atlantic
revolutions?
2. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution, and what was not?
3. How did the French Revolution differ from the American Revolution?
Agenda:
1. French Revolution Documentary - answer the questions as we view and we will pause and discuss throughout.
Video: The French Revolution Documentary. We will watch this Tue-Fri in class with questions and discussion.
French Revolution Documentary Questions for discussion.
2. Bring your DBQ Doc packet back we will hand it in and discuss during the end of the class period.
TEST OVER CHAPTER 17 is Next Friday. DBQ is due that day, written in essay form.
QUIZ over Chapter 17 is Monday.