Agenda: Week of May 18 - 22, 2015

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

AP World History ~ "Hotel Rwanda" & History of Genocide

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: FRQ 2014 Breakdown; Video Project Introduction; Extra Credit Reminder; Intro to Genocide Unit; Inspiration.
TUE: Genocide Project: Hotel Rwanda w/discussion questions.
WED: (1, 2, 5, 7) Hotel Rwanda w/discussion questions.
THU: (No Late Arrival; Rather Early Release - 3, 4, 6) Genocide Project: Hotel Rwanda w/discussion questions.
FRI: (1st 90 min; remainder of sched. shortened; no advisory) Genocide Project: Hotel Rwanda w/discussion questions. Discuss "Rwanda Today"

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SENIOR FINALS ARE THIS WEEK. HENCE, MESSED UP SCHEDULE:

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Monday, May 18, 2015
Quote: "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try." 

1. 2015 FRQ Questions Released - Discussion in groups.
2. Video Project is optional and a bonus extra credit score. 

I. Freshman Transition to WHAP Video: You will work with Mr. Duez on a project to create a 5-10 minute video to capture the essence of WHAP. This video will be used to help freshmen transition to the course.      -OR-II. Video to Teach Future Classes about a topic:
* How to do well on the AP Test (Tips for study, etc.)
* Document a certain area of world history - to teach future classes about the issue.
* How to survive Mr. Duez's WHAP class. 

3. Final Exam Discussion: Our final will be an AP Test for World History -or- one of our Practice AP Tests. Study those and prepare. The FRQ questions will be extra credit for your final exam grade.
4. Introduction to Genocide Unit - Hotel Rwanda - We will begin the movie with discussion questions tomorrow to follow tomorrow. 

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Tuesday, May 19th, 2015
Quote: "I am the person I am today because of the choices I made yesterday." Elanor Roosevelt

1. DO NOW: Pick up the handout in the front of the room over Hotel Rwanda.
2. Watch the movie Hotel Rwanda and answer questions that go with it. 
Mr. Duez will also discuss it throughout and at the end of the period.

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Wednesday & Thursday, May 20st & May 21st, 2015
Quote: "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." - Jim Rohn

1. View Hotel Rwanda Movie. Use the handout to follow along with the movie and help you discuss.

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Friday, May 22nd, 2015
Quote: "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

1. View Hotel Rwanda Movie. Use the handout to follow along with the movie and help you discuss.
2. Wrap Up: Discuss Rwanda Today.

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Agenda: May 19 - 23, 2014

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez

Movie Study - Genocide "Hotel Rwanda"

Video Project Details; Extra Credit Reminder

Final Exam Review

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: FRQ 2014 Breakdown; Video Project Introduction; Extra Credit Reminder; Intro to Genocide Unit; Inspiration.
TUE: Inspiration; Genocide Project: Hotel Rwanda w/discussion questions.
WED: (1, 2, 5, 7) Inspiration; Genocide Project: Hotel Rwanda w/discussion questions.
THU: (No Late Arrival; Rather Early Release - 3, 4, 6) Inspiration; Genocide Project: Hotel Rwanda w/discussion questions.
FRI: (1st 90 min; remainder of sched. shortened; no advisory) Inspiration; Genocide Project: Hotel Rwanda w/discussion questions.

SENIOR FINALS ARE THIS WEEK. HENCE, MESSED UP SCHEDULE:

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Monday, May 19, 2014
Quote: "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try." 

Discuss the following items:
1. 2014 FRQ Questions Released - Discussion in groups.
2. Video Project is optional and a bonus score. You will work with Mr. Duez on a project to create a 5-10 minute video to capture the essence of WHAP. This video will be used to help freshmen transition to the course.
3. Final Exam - Our final will be an AP Test for World History -or- one of our Practice AP Tests. Study those and prepare. The FRQ questions will be extra credit for your final exam grade.
4. Introduction to Genocide Unit - Hotel Rwanda - we will begin the movie with discussion questions tomorrow.

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Quote: "I am the person I am today because of the choices I made yesterday." Elanor Roosevelt
1. DO NOW: Pick up the handout in the front of the room over Hotel Rwanda.
2. Watch the movie Hotel Rwanda and answer questions that go with it. Mr. Duez will also discuss it throughout and at the end of the period.

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Wednesday & Thursday, May 21st & May 22nd, 2014
Quote: "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." - Jim Rohn

1. View Hotel Rwanda Movie. Use the handout to follow along with the movie and help you discuss.

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Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Quote: "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

1. Finish Hotel Rwanda. Discuss.
2. Rwanda Today

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Monday, May 27, 2013
Memorial Day. 
No School!

Quote: "True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." - Arthur Ash

Remember those who sacrificed their lives to protect your freedom and liberty.

Extra Credit is due next Friday.

Hotel Rwanda Parent Notification

One of the 100 most inspirational
movies of all time. (link)

So what is happening after the test? We are going to engage students in discussion and analysis of the film Hotel Rwanda, a dramatized depiction of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Having shown this film before, I can attest to its power to motivate students to think critically about international violence, and the responsibility of the individual, groups of individuals, and political movements. I will use a teaching guide produced by Amnesty International. 

We will not only study the Rwandan Genocide (1994), but also relate it to the other atrocities of the modern world. The genocide of Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-1995) also occurred at the same time as Rwanda (1994). Many are familiar with the Holocaust (1930s and 1940s) during World War II. The students have already studied about the horrors of the Nanking Massacre, Mao’s Great Leap Forward (late 1950s and early 1960s), Stalin’s forced famine of his own people in Russia or Holodomor (1937), Pol Pot's Killing Fields in Cambodia (1969-1975) and The Armenian Genocide (1915-1924). We will also discuss The War in Darfur (2003-present). Information on Hotel Rwanda will be included on the final exam. 

I would also like you to be aware that this film is rated PG-13. As a courtesy to you, I would like you to acknowledge your consent before I show the film. If a student is not given permission, an alternative assignment will be provided.

Link to Questions for Hotel Rwanda Film.

Official Trailer for Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages. Written by Sujit R. Varma from IMDB.