Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 - AN AGE OF ACCELERATING CONNECTIONS 500–1500
CH 12: The Mongols & CH 13: Worlds of the 15th Century
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON: Review Ch 12 Mongols & Ch 13 15th Century
TUE: TEST CH 12 & 13
WED/THU: MOCK AP TEST
FRI: Review for Final Exam; MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 11
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MON: Review for Final Exam; MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS
TUE: Review for Final Exam; Collect: MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS
MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS DUE (sooner the better! that way I will be able to add it to your score and increase your chances of exempting if needed)
FINALS
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| Although not a huge part of the test, Chapter 13 is very diverse. Don't forget about Paleolithic Persistence. |
Monday, December 7, 2015
Quote: “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.
Learning Targets:
• Consider the variety of human experience in the fifteenth century and compare those experiences across cultures.
• Contrast the political and cultural conditions in China’s Ming Dynasty and Europe’s “Renaissance Period” on the cusp of the modern world and analyze why Europe came to dominate the world in the modern era.
• Determine the factors that bring about change in the Islamic world (Middle East and West Africa) in the fifteenth century and analyze the differences between the four Muslim Empires.
• Contrast Aztec and Inca thinking about political administration and culture.
Essential Questions:
1. Assume for the moment that the Chinese had not ended their maritime voyages in 1433. How might the subsequent development of world history have been different? What value is there in asking this kind of “what if ” or counter-factual question?
2. How would you define the major achievements of Ming dynasty China?
3. What political and cultural differences stand out in the histories of fifteenth-century China and Western Europe? What similarities are apparent?
4. In what ways did European maritime voyaging in the fifteenth century differ from that of China? What accounts for these differences?
5. What differences can you identify among the four major empires in the Islamic world of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
1. DO NOW: Determine the factors that bring about change in the Islamic world (Middle East and West Africa) in the fifteenth century and analyze the differences between the four Muslim Empires.
2. Notes, Video, Discussion:
Afro-Eurasian Change in the 15th Century
Paleolithic Persistence in 15th Century
Islamic Empires
3. Review 12 & 13 - Prep for Test on Tuesday (pre-Thanksgiving stuff has a heavy emphasis)
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 12
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| Don't forget about The Mongols! |
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Quote: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." - Abraham Maslow
Agenda:
1. Test Chapter 12: Mongols & Chapter 13: Worlds of 15th Century
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 11
For next time - prep for the 70 Question, 55 minute Mock AP Test. Review the semester.
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| Sadly, some students may want to start over from August. Or just ask me to repeat everything I said all semester. |
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 & Thursday, December 10, 2015
Quote: "You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." - Steve Jobs
Agenda:
1. MOCK AP TEST - 70 Questions, 55 minutes. Based off of released
2. Test Corrections. We will continue these on Friday and also on Monday in class. You may not take these questions outside of the classroom.
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 11
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| Hopefully that is not how it will feel on the MOCK AP Test. If you know what I MEME? |
Friday, December 11, 2015
Quote: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown
Agenda:
Extra Credit (Review &/or Graphic Org.) due.
1. MOCK AP Test Corrections: We will continue these on Monday in class. You may not take these questions outside of the classroom.
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 11
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Quote: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown
Agenda:
1. MOCK AP Test Corrections: You may not take these questions outside of the classroom.
2. Mr. Duez will sign any exemption forms... although it is questionable as to why one would exempt the fall final (wouldn't the spring be much better, after the AP Test?).
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| You know you do this... |
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Quote: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown
Agenda:
1. MOCK AP Test Corrections: You may not take these questions outside of the classroom.
2. Mr. Duez will collect Test Corrections near the beginning of the period.
3. Final Exam Review & a look back at a great semester
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| What you might say if given a 1 in a million chance of passing a final exam. Thanks Lloyd Christmas! |
FINAL EXAMS: December 16 - December 18, 2015
Quote: "To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time." - Leonard Bernstein
FULL FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE HERE
WED: 1st, 2nd, & 5th
THU: Advisory, 3rd & 6th
FRI: Advisory, 4th & 7th
