Essay for Friday in class over one of the two below, bring your notes - you can use them to help you.
We will peer grade this on Monday (not a test grade):
Agenda: DECEMBER
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 of Dec. 3-7 -- WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON: Strickland Rules for SAQ Analysis (for Thursday's SAQ questions on the MOCK AP Test)
TUE: TEST CH 12 & 13 - M/Choice Only
WED/THU: MOCK AP TEST - Multiple Choice; 55 Questions in 55 minutes. MOCK AP TEST - SAQ - The Short Answer Questions; 2 SAQ Questions, 30 Minutes
FRI: MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS
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Week of Dec. 10-14 -- WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Review for Final Exam; MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS
TUE: Review for Final Exam; MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS
WED/THU: MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS DUE
FRI: Timed-Writing LEQ Causation Essay; EXTRA CREDIT IS DUE!
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Week of Dec. 17-20 -- WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Review for Final Exam; Review & Peer Grade/Edit the LEQ Causation Essay
TUE, WED, THU: FINAL EXAMS
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?
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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 3, 2018
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.
1. DO NOW: Pick up:
2. Pass back SAQ Responses from last test
3. Review 12 & 13 - Prep for Test on Tuesday (pre-Thanksgiving stuff has a heavy emphasis)
ASSIGNMENTS:
Test Tuesday CH 12 & 13
MOCK Exam Wed/Thu
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 14
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| Don't forget about The Mongols! |
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
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. 8
For next time - prep for the 50 Question, 50 minute Mock AP Test. Review the semester.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Test Tuesday CH 12 & 13
MOCK Exam Wed/Thu
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 14
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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 5, 2018
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Thursday, December 6, 2018
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 - Multiple Choice - 55 Questions, 55 minutes. Based off of released test questions and those that closely approximate them.
1. MOCK AP TEST - 3 SAQ Questions, 50 Minutes.
First 2 questions are mandatory.
The 3rd and 4th students will pick one or the other to complete.
This is exactly like the AP Test.
Reminder:
ASSIGNMENTS:
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 14
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 14
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| Hopefully that is not how it will feel on the MOCK AP Test. If you know what I MEME? |
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Friday, December 7, 2018Quote: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown
Agenda:
1. MOCK AP Test Corrections: We will continue these in class through Wed/Thu of next week.
You may work with other students.
Do not write out the question and answer choices.
Just write it out like this, explaining why your choice is correct:
1. C - The Mongols were able to control the Silk Road trading network, which opened up trade in a more secured and efficient way. Because the Silk Road flourished during their reign, the Indian Ocean trading network saw a dip in activity.
You may not take these questions outside of the classroom.
ASSIGNMENTS:
EXTRA CREDIT DUE ON FRIDAY, DEC. 14
Monday, December 10, 2018
Quote: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown
Agenda:
1. MOCK AP Test Corrections: We will continue these in class through Wed/Thu of this week.
You may work with other students.
Do not write out the question and answer choices.
Just write it out like this, explaining why your choice is correct:
1. C - The Mongols were able to control the Silk Road trading network, which opened up trade in a more secured and efficient way. Because the Silk Road flourished during their reign, the Indian Ocean trading network saw a dip in activity.
You may not take these questions outside of the classroom.
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| You know you do this... |
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Quote: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown
Agenda:
1. MOCK AP Test Corrections: We will continue these in class through Wed/Thu of next week.
You may work with other students.
Do not write out the question and answer choices.
Just write it out like this, explaining why your choice is correct:
1. C - The Mongols were able to control the Silk Road trading network, which opened up trade in a more secured and efficient way. Because the Silk Road flourished during their reign, the Indian Ocean trading network saw a dip in activity.
You may not take these questions outside of the classroom.
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| What you might say if given a 1 in a million chance of passing a final exam. Thanks Lloyd Christmas! |
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
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Thursday, December 13, 2018
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 when students are finished, but they only have until the end of the period.
3. Final Exam Review & a look back at a great semester
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Friday, December 14, 2018
Quote: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown
Agenda:
1. Students will have the entire period to write out their response to one of these two questions:
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Monday, December 17, 2018
Quote: "To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time." - Leonard Bernstein
Agenda:
1. Students will peer grade and edit their responses from Friday & we'll discuss best answers. The LEQ questions will be options on the Final Exam:
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FINAL EXAMS:
December 18 - December 20, 2018
Quote: "DFTBA" - John Green
FULL FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
Best of Luck on Your Finals!
Have a fantastic holiday
Agenda: Week of November 26 - 30, 2018
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: Pick up "The Breakup DBQ" - due on Friday in class; Fifteenth Century Mariners; Engineering an Empire: China (Focus on Ming & Zheng He's Exploration)
TUE: Paleolithic Persistence in the 15th Century
WED/THU: SAQ Practice; SAQ from previous test - review samples;
Engineering an Empire - Aztecs; Crash Course: Renaissance: Was it a Thing?; European Renaissance
FRI: Due: "The Breakup DBQ" - we will also discuss in class; Islamic Empires of the 15th Cent.
ASSIGNMENTS:
"The Breakup DBQ" - due on Friday in class
Tuesday, Dec. 4th - TEST: Unit 2, Part B CH 12 & 13
Wed/Thu, Dec. 5th & 6th - MOCK AP TEST - First Semester Only M/Ch & SAQ
CH. 12 - Pastoral People's on the World's Stage: The Mongols!
Learning Targets:
* Analyze the significance of pastoral societies in world history
* Explain how the conditions of nomadic life differed from the rest of Eurasia
* Explain the impact of the Mongol Empire on world history
* Examine implications of the Eurasian trade sponsored by the Mongols and determine how Eurasian trading systems changed over time.
Essential Questions:
1. Prior to the rise of the Mongols, in what ways had pastoral peoples been significant in world history?
2. What accounts for the often negative attitudes of settled societies toward the pastoral peoples living on their borders? Why have historians often neglected pastoral peoples’ role in world history
3. In what ways did the Mongol Empire resemble other empires, and in what ways did it differ from them?
4. Why did it last a relatively short time?
5. In what different ways did Mongol rule affect the Islamic world, Russia, China, and Europe?
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?
Quote of the Day: "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Lao Tzu
1. DO NOW: Pick up "The Breakup DBQ" - due on Friday in class
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Fifteenth Century Mariners; Engineering an Empire: China (Focus on Ming & Zheng He's Exploration)
ASSIGNMENTS:
"The Breakup DBQ" - due on Friday in class
Tuesday, Dec. 4th - TEST: Unit 2, Part B CH 12 & 13
Wed/Thu, Dec. 5th & 6th - MOCK AP TEST - First Semester Only M/Ch & SAQ
Quote of the Day: "The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection." Thomas Paine
1. DO NOW: Why did China build Zheng He's fleet? Why motivated Europeans to build little ships?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Paleolithic Persistence in the 15th Century
ASSIGNMENTS:
"The Breakup DBQ" - due on Friday in class
Tuesday, Dec. 4th - TEST: Unit 2, Part B CH 12 & 13
Wed/Thu, Dec. 5th & 6th - MOCK AP TEST - First Semester Only M/Ch & SAQ
& Thursday, November 29, 2018
Quote of the Day: "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." - Helen Keller
1. DO NOW: Pick up the handouts for the SAQ practice on the front table.
What is the POV of the author of the document?
European Renaissance
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Engineering an Empire - Aztecs
ASSIGNMENTS:
"The Breakup DBQ" - due on Friday in class
Tuesday, Dec. 4th - TEST: Unit 2, Part B CH 12 & 13
Wed/Thu, Dec. 5th & 6th - MOCK AP TEST - First Semester Only M/Ch & SAQ
Quote of the Day: "A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." - Christopher Reeve
1. DO NOW: Pass back SAQ responses from previous test. Go over samples of previous work - both good and not so good examples.
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Islamic Empires of the 15th Cent.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Tuesday, Dec. 4th - TEST: Unit 2, Part B CH 12 & 13
Wed/Thu, Dec. 5th & 6th - MOCK AP TEST - First Semester Only M/Ch & SAQ
Congrats to our AHS National Merit Scholars! Way to Go!
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Agenda: Week of November 12-16, 2018
Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Chapter 12 - Mongol Moment & Chapter 13 - Worlds of the 15th Century
WEEK AT A GLANCE:*No late arrival this week - 5 regular schedule days*
MON - CH 13 Quiz - World's of the 15th Century; Review Quiz
TUE - 2014 FRQ Prompt - Thesis breakdown; Crash Course: Fifteenth Century Mariners
WED - 2015 FRQ Prompt - Thesis breakdown; European Renaissance?; Islamic Empires of the 15th Cent.; Aztec/Inca Comparison; Engineering an Empire - Aztecs; Paleolithic Persistence
THU - Timed-Writing: LEQ Comparative Flip
FRI - Counselors coming in to class; Depending on time we'll also see some of Andrew Marr's History of the World
ASSIGNMENTS:
This Monday - CH 13 Quiz - World's of the 15th Century
This Thursday - Timed-Writing: LEQ Comparative Flip
Test over CH 12 & 13 - After the Fall Break
Use LEQ Tab for help in preparing
Presentation to help: 2015 - LEQ - Comparative - Trading Networks
2015 scoring guidelines
2015 student samples
Presentation to help: 2014 - LEQ - Comparative - Religion & Politics
2014 scoring guidelines
2014 student samples
Monday, November 12, 2018
Quote: "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus
Agenda:
1. Quiz Chapter 13 - The Worlds of the Fifteen Century
2. Review Quiz
ASSIGNMENTS:
This Thursday - Timed-Writing: LEQ Comparative Flip
Test over CH 12 & 13 - After the Fall Break
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Quote: "Great spirits have often overcome violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein, (1879-1955)
1. DO NOW: What is your thesis for the 2014 LEQ Comparison Prompt?
2014 scoring guidelines
2014 student samples
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Notes, Discussion, Video: The Great Mariners of Unit 3: Crash Course: Fifteenth Century Mariners; Engineering an Empire: China (Focus on Ming & Zheng He's Exploration)
Copy questions from overhead for Crash Course.
Crash Course: Fifteenth Century Mariners
Q1: What political and cultural differences stand out in the histories of fifteenth-century China and Western Europe? What similarities are apparent?
Q2: In what ways did European maritime voyaging in the 15th century differ from that of China? What accounts for these differences?
Engineering an Empire: China (Focus on Ming & Zheng He's Exploration)
Zheng He & the Ming Dynasty created an amazing naval power only to have the emperor destroy it all.
While students watch the video, they will answer this question:
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 counterfactual question?
Copy questions from overhead for Crash Course.
Crash Course: Fifteenth Century Mariners
Q1: What political and cultural differences stand out in the histories of fifteenth-century China and Western Europe? What similarities are apparent?
Q2: In what ways did European maritime voyaging in the 15th century differ from that of China? What accounts for these differences?
Zheng He & the Ming Dynasty created an amazing naval power only to have the emperor destroy it all.
While students watch the video, they will answer this question:
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 counterfactual question?
ASSIGNMENTS:
This Thursday - Timed-Writing: LEQ Comparative Flip
Test over CH 12 & 13 - After the Fall Break
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Quote: "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - Shakespeare (Hamlet)
1. DO NOW: What is your thesis for the 2015 LEQ Comparison Prompt?
Presentation to help: 2015 - LEQ - Comparative - Trading Networks
2015 scoring guidelines
2015 student samples
2015 scoring guidelines
2015 student samples
2. Notes, Discussion, & Video: Ch 13 - World's of the 15th Century: European Renaissance?; Islamic Empires of the 15th Cent.; Aztec/Inca Comparison; Engineering an Empire - Aztecs; Paleolithic Persistence
ASSIGNMENTS:
This Thursday - Timed-Writing: LEQ Comparative Flip
Test over CH 12 & 13 - After the Fall Break
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Quote: "Education survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten." - B.F. Skinner (1904-1990)
1. Timed-Writing: LEQ Comparative Flip
Presentation to help: 2015 - LEQ - Comparative - Trading Networks
2015 scoring guidelines
2015 student samples
Presentation to help: 2014 - LEQ - Comparative - Religion & Politics
2014 scoring guidelines
2014 student samples
ASSIGNMENTS:
Test over CH 12 & 13 - After the Fall Break
Friday, November 16, 2018
Quote: "The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority." - Stanley Milgram (1933-1984)
Agenda:
PEP RALLY SHORTENED PERIODS
1. Counselors coming in to class; Depending on time we'll also see some of Andrew Marr's History of the World
ASSIGNMENTS:
Test over CH 12 & 13 - After the Fall Break
Mongol DBQ Poster - Help
A little help on the DBQ Posters:
The Attitudes Towards Mongols DBQ Handout
ATTITUDES TOWARDS MONGOLS DBQ Question Breakdown
DBQ POSTERS - HOW TO - With Examples of Attitudes Towards Mongols DBQ
For Friday, be sure you are doing whatever your group focused upon. Hopefully you have divided up the work involved to make this easier. If you have:
Meaning of the documentYour group can just cut out those and paste them onto the poster on Friday. The assembly of the DBQ Poster will take some time, but everyone should be able to finish by the end of the period on Friday.
Analysis of the document (focusing on the question)
Point of view of the document
A few examples of the layout (do not just blindly copy their work, it is not necessarily correct):
