Agenda: April 22 - April 26, 2013 (TAKS Testing Week & AP Review Week)

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
AP Test Review Week #1 - Units 1 and 2
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - Periodization & Themes of World History AP
TUE THRU FRI - TAKS Testing and "Strange Schedule" List of things to accomplish:

  • Tuesday morning for all AP World History students: MOCK AP Test all morning; 
  • Ferguson's China: Triumph & Turmoil, Part I with questions & discussion;
  • DBQ, CCOT, and Comparison Essay Refresher;
  • Using MAP to analyze documents;
  • Perfecting your thesis statements;
  • 3 FRQ Prompts - analyze, create thesis & plan, write as much of one of them as possible
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Quote:  "I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives." - Annon

ALL STUDENTS SHOULD PRINT OUT THE DUEZ AP "MONSTER REVIEW" AND BEGIN STUDYING IT AT HOME. YOU WILL NEED TO BRING IN CERTAIN PORTIONS DURING THE NEXT 3 WEEKS FOR IN CLASS WORK.
This week, pages 1 through 31 are essential history to understand. Also the tail end of the Monster Review deals with the 3 FRQ prompts. It is a good idea to have that handy as well.

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the Periodization Activity Handout
2. Periodization Activity: Work in cooperative groups to discuss "Periodization" using the handout. Which starting date would work best to you? Understanding Periodization is vital for success on the AP Test.
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Review of Units 1 and 2
Ferguson's "Triumph and Turmoil" is a great look at the development of China.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2013 through Friday, April 26, 2013
Quote: "Without me, it's just aweso." - Anon

Agenda:
EVERYONE WILL TAKE THE MOCK AP TEST ON TUESDAY MORNING.

  1. Print the DUEZ AP "MONSTER REVIEW" AND BEGIN STUDYING IT AT HOME
  2. WHAP Exam Tips; WHAP-AP-TEST-REVIEW-NOTES - Focus on Map Regions
  3. Tuesday morning for all AP World History students: MOCK AP Test all morning; 
  4. Ferguson's China: Triumph & Turmoil, Part I with questions & discussion;
  5. Notes, Video, Discussion: Review of Units 1 and 2 
  6. Duez's WHAP - Monster Review
  7. DBQ, CCOT, and Comparison Essay Refresher;
  8. Using MAP to analyze documents;
  9. Perfecting your thesis statements;
  10. 3 FRQ Prompts - analyze, create thesis & plan, write as much of one of them as possible.


Niall Ferguson travels through this vast country to find out how a fifth of humanity can live under a Communist system of government with a capitalist economy when, according to all the laws of history, it should fall apart.

Held together for more than 2000 years, firstly by imperial rule and now by an imperious Communist Party, what does China stand for? Ferguson talks to the people who know -- including its new billionaires, survivors of Chairman Mao's regime, ardent young nationalists and those defending China's rural poor.

Next week:
Review of Units 2 & 3
Continued look at Periodization, Themes, and FRQ process/analysis
MOCK AP Test on block day 70 questions; Friday - 3 FRQ prompts to break down.
Yeah, there's that.
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