AP TEST SIGNUP - DEADLINE IS MONDAY


Last year we had 90% sign up for the test.

At this point, with just a few days left we had 74% signed up. This year we aren't really close to that. I'm not sure why this is, but hopefully people have just waited to the end. Please do not forget to sign up. I know you can do it!

We had great success last year.

And we have been getting better and better every year. Let's make 2018 the best yet!

2017 Test Signup - just before the deadline with less than a week remaining.
Last year's AP Banner celebrating the very best scores in AP World History - a RECORD NUMBER of Top Scores!
We have seen great growth in the AP Program. Very proud of the students and the work they have done.

Agenda: Week of March 26 - March 30, 2018

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 6: The Most Recent Century, 1914 - 2010
Chapter 21: Collapse & Recovery of Europe
Chapter 22: Rise & Fall of World Communism
Week at a Glance:
MON - Quiz CH 21 - Collapse & Recovery of Europe
TUE - DBQ Question #2 - Introduction - Responses to the Spread of Influenza; WWII - War in Europe (Blitzkrieg, Battle of Britain; Pearl Harbor; Operation Torch; Operation Barbarossa) 
WED - WWII - War in Asia (Strategy of Island Hopping; Differences between War in Europe & Asia; Soviet Advance on Japan; US Use of Atomic Weapons)  
THU - DBQ Question #1 - Chinese Peasants Relationship with Communism; Finish WWII - Post war peace; Rebuilding of Europe; Documentary: The War of the World, Episode 5: Ice Box
Questions for the documentary: Ice Box
FRI - GOOD FRIDAY - NO SCHOOL
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, March 25th - Quiz CH 21 "Collapse & Recovery of Europe"

Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22 

DBQ FLIP: Thursday, April 5th
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Learning Targets:
 •  To examine the history of Europe between 1914 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts
 •  To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan
 •  To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars
 •  To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century 

Essential Questions:
BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS
1.   What explains the disasters that befell Europe in the first half of the twentieth century?
2.   In what ways were the world wars a motor for change in the history of the twentieth century?
3.   To what extent were the two world wars distinct and different conflicts, and in what ways were they related to each other? In particular, how did the First World War and its aftermath lay the foundations for World War II?
4.   In what ways did Europe’s internal conflicts between 1914 and 1945 have global implications?

Margin Review Questions
1.   What aspects of Europe’s nineteenth-century history contributed to the First World War?
2.   In what ways did World War I mark new departures in the history of the twentieth century?
3.   In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
4.   In what ways did fascism challenge the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy?
5.   What was distinctive about the German expression of fascism? What was the basis of popular support for the Nazis?
6.   How did Japan’s experience during the 1920s and 1930s resemble that of Germany, and how did it differ?
7.   In what way were the origins of World War II in Asia and in Europe similar to each other? How were they different?
8.   How did World War II differ from World War I?
9.   How was Europe able to recover from the devastation of war?


Here's the Hitler Rant Video - "Hitler Hates Duez"

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Monday, March 26, 2018
Quote: "At the root of this dilemma is the way we view mental health in this country. Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distinction." - Michelle Obama

Agenda:
1. Quiz Chapter 21 - Collapse & Recovery of Europe

2. Review Quiz CH 21 
Question after quiz...
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
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The Germans perfected the use & coordination of mechanized tools for war with horrific consequences.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Quote: Quote: "There is no difference between acute schizophrenia and a world at war." -Gary Zukav

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up the DBQ Packet at the front of the classroom
Concentrate on the second question - Spanish Influenza. 

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: War in Europe
Blitzkrieg; Battle of Britain; Pearl Harbor; Operation Torch; Operation Barbarossa
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
In 1942 the world teetered on a knife's edge.
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Wednesday, March 28th 
Quote: "Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair." - R.D. Laing

1. DO NOW: What were Hitler's 2 Big Mistakes in WWII?

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Victory in Europe: 
Stalingrad & Operation Torch; 
D-Day Invasion & Victory in Europe

3. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Victory in Pacific: 
Mr. Duez's Trip to Pearl Harbor & 
War in the Pacific (Video: Making of The Pacific Anatomy of a War - HBO)
Victory in Japan - Nature of the fighting Island hopping; terribly brutal & deadly; finished with horrifying Atomic Weapon and final Japanese Surrender as Soviets & Americans were poised to possibly invade
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
The War in the Pacific had a different DNA than the War in Europe
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Thursday, March 29th, 2018
Quote: "The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare." - Elyn Saks

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up the DBQ Packet at the front of the classroom
Concentrate on the first question - Chinese Communism. 

2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Finish WWII - Post war peace; Rebuilding of Europe

3. Documentary Study: The War of the World, Episode 5: Ice Box
Questions for the documentary: Ice Box
How did the cold war affect countries emerging from colonial rule in the second half of the twentieth century?
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
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Friday April 1, 2016
GOOD FRIDAY - NO SCHOOL

Agenda: Week of March 19-23, 2018

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 6: Most Recent Century, 1900 - 2013
Chapter 21: Collapse & Recovery of Europe, 1914 - 1979
First World War; Great Depression; Rise of Dictators & Authoritarian Rule
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - WWI Recap Causes & Events - Trench Warfare; Trench War simulation
TUE - End of WWI; Versailles Treaty; Roaring 20's -> Capitalism Unraveled - Great Depression
WED - Video: Schama's Power of Art: Guernica; WWII Begins: Causes of WWII; Japanese Invasion of Manchuria 1937; Hitler; Propaganda; German invasion of Poland, 1939; The Nature of WWII: Differences between the War in Europe & Pacific Theaters
Documentary: War of the Worlds, Part II - Killing Space
Questions for War of the Worlds, Part II - Killing Space
FRI - The end of WWII - Asian Theater of War; Atomic/Nuclear Age - Recovery Brings A Cold War
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, March 25th - Quiz CH 21 "Collapse & Recovery of Europe"
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22 
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Monday, March 19, 2018
Quote: "We are masters of the unsaid words, and slaves to those we let slip out." - Winston Churchill

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: New Seats
What was the nature of Trench Warfare? 

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: WWI - Trench Warfare; Trench War simulation; How the end of WWI will spur on WWII Post WWI Peace - Versailles Treaty

3. Trench Warfare Simulation

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, March 25th - Quiz CH 21 "Collapse & Recovery of Europe"
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22 
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Quote: "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." - Adolf Hitler

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: 


2. Notes, Video, Discussion:  Roaring 20's -> Capitalism Unraveled - Great Depression; Rise of Dictators in Europe

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: World War II Begins - But where does it begin first? 
In what way was nationalist Japan most similar to fascist Italy and Nazi Germany?
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, March 25th - Quiz CH 21 "Collapse & Recovery of Europe"
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22 
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Quote: "We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender... " - Winston Churchill

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: 
Pick up questions for Power of Art
Video: Schama's Power of Art: Guernica

2. The Great Depression & Rise of Dictators
How capitalism & democracy failed - but why did it fail?
1st 45 Minutes: Video Documentary: War of the Worlds: Part II - "Killing Space" w/Questions.
Documentary: War of the Worlds, Part II - Killing Space
Questions for War of the Worlds, Part II - Killing Space

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: 2nd 45 Min: Major Battles & Course of WWII:
1940: Battle of Britain; 1941 - The War Intensifies; 
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, March 25th - Quiz CH 21 "Collapse & Recovery of Europe"
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22 
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Friday, March 23, 2018
Quote: "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds." - J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hindu Scripture, the Bhagavad Gita

1. DO NOW: What are Hitler's 2 big mistakes in WWII? 

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: The end of WWII - Asian Theatre of War; Atomic/Nuclear Age
Asian Theatre of War: The Pacific - Island Hopping; 
1945: Atomic Bombs Bring Final Victory in Japan; 
Recovery Brings A Cold War
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, March 25th - Quiz CH 21 "Collapse & Recovery of Europe"
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22 

Agenda: March 5-9, 2018

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 6: Most Recent Century, 1900 - 2013
Chapter 21: Collapse & Recovery of Europe, 1914 - 1979
First World War; Great Depression; Rise of Dictators & Authoritarian Rule
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - British Imperialism & India
TUE - TEST CH 19 & 20; Article: WWI - Propaganda & Tragedy of Consent - due on Wed.
WED -  Article due; Discuss Article; WWI: Causes, Impact, & Course of the War
THU - Nature of WWI: Trench Warfare; Conclusion, Aftermath, & Consequences of 'Great War'; Trench War Simulation
FRI - VIDEO: Ferguson's War of the World: Episode One: The Clash of Empires; Video Questions & Viewing Guide.
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ASSIGNMENTS:
TUESDAY: TEST CH 19 & 20
DUE Wed: Article: WWI - Propaganda & Tragedy of Consent
Have a wonderful SPRING BREAK! No Quiz on the Monday after the break!
No work due after the break. Enjoy your time with your friends and family!
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Monday, March 05, 2018
Quote: "History is a myth that men agree to believe." - Napoleon

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: What was the result of Westernization on those who were colonized?

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: 2nd Wave of Imperialism - India

3. Document Analysis: Chicken Tikka Masala - today it's the national dish of Britain.


Assignments:
TEST CH 19 & 20
Article: WWI - Propaganda & Tragedy of Consent
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Quote:  "Ongoing research continues to demonstrate conclusively that your IQ is an excellent predictor of your score on an IQ test." - Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Agenda: 
1. TEST: CH. 19 & 20 Test

2. Pick up article after test. 
Article: WWI - Propaganda & Tragedy of Consent - due on Wed.
Assignments:
TEST CH 19 & 20
Article: WWI - Propaganda & Tragedy of Consent
It sure seemed like it was going to be fun. Whoops.
 •  To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan
 •  To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars
 •  To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century 

BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS:
      1.   What explains the disasters that befell Europe in the first half of the twentieth century?
      2.   In what ways were the world wars a motor for change in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   To what extent were the two world wars distinct and different conflicts, and in what ways were they related to each other? In particular, how did the First World War and its aftermath lay the foundations for World War II?
      4.   In what ways did Europe’s internal conflicts between 1914 and 1945 have global implications?

Margin Review Questions:
      1.   What aspects of Europe’s nineteenth-century history contributed to the First World War?
      2.   In what ways did World War I mark new departures in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
      4.   In what ways did fascism challenge the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy?
      5.   What was distinctive about the German expression of fascism? What was the basis of popular support for the Nazis?
      6.   How did Japan’s experience during the 1920s and 1930s resemble that of Germany, and how did it differ?
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Quote: "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill


Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Prepare article to turn in after a discussion.

2. Discuss Article: WWI - Propaganda & Tragedy of Consent
Collect Article

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: First World War: European Civilization in Crisis. Causes, development, and historic difference from wars past

Notes: 

MAIN - Causes of WWI: 
Militarism
Alliances
Industry/Imperialism
Nationalism
* plus assassination of Archduke FF

ASSIGNMENT:
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Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Quote: "A life without love is like a year without spring." -Octavian Paller

1. DO NOW QUESTION: What were the causes of World War I?

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: The Course of WWI - The nature of Trench Warfare

3. Simulation: Trench Warfare Simulation

ASSIGNMENT:
Chapter 21 - Read, Target Sheet Vocabulary, Take Notes from Presentations
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Friday, March 9, 2018
Quote: "The war has ruined us for everything." - Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front  

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the video questions for Part 1 of War of the World, by Ferguson
Video Questions & Viewing Guide

2. Video Study: Niall Ferguson's The War of the World
The series begins with how the first World War ignited fires of racial animosity in people, exploited by new and more terrible nation-states that were far more preoccupied with national and racial purity. It was the beginning of an age of genocide.

Video Questions & Viewing Guide. Will collect answers at the end of the period.

Discussion and introduction of World War I. 

ASSIGNMENT:
No assigned work over Spring Break

Enjoy your break!
Come back rested and ready for the sprint to the finish line!

Agenda: Week of Feb. 26 - March 2, 2018

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 5 - European Moment, 1750-1914
Chapter 19 - China, Ottomans, Japan: Internal Trouble, External Threats
Chapter 20 - Colonial Encounters (Africa, India, Asia)
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - Quiz CH 20; Review CH 20 Quiz - Discuss Colonial Encounters
TUE - LEQ CCOT Timed-Writing
WED/THU - SAQ - African Colonization; Scramble for Africa
FRI - Christianity & Christianization of Africa; Religion in the time of Imperialism

ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz this Monday on CH: 20 Colonial Encounters
Tuesday: LEQ CCOT Timed-Writing
Next Tuesday: TEST: CH 19 & CH 20

Duez Presentation - 2004 LEQ-CCOT Labor Systems
2004 - Student Sample #1 & Student Sample #2

Duez Presentation - 2011 LEQ-CCOT Long-Distance Migrations
2011: Student Sample #1 and Student Sample #2
2011 Migration CCOT - Sample Thesis work


A Quiet Little Game. Caption: "CHORUS: I wonder what card Uncle Sam has in his hand?"
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LEARNING TARGETS:
Chapter 20 Targets:
•  To examine the ways in which Europeans created their nineteenth-century empires
•  To consider the nineteenth-century development of racism as an outcrop of European feelings of superiority and to investigate the ways in which subject peoples were themselves affected by European racial categorization
•  To consider the extent to which the colonial experience transformed the lives of Asians and Africans
•  To define some of the distinctive qualities of modern European empires in relationship to earlier examples of empire 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Chapter 20 Essential Questions:
1. Why were Asian and African societies incorporated into European colonial empires later than those of the Americas? How would you compare their colonial experiences?
2. In what ways did colonial rule rest upon violence and coercion, and in what ways did it elicit voluntary cooperation or generate benefits for some people?
3. Was colonial rule a transforming, even a revolutionary, experience, or did it serve to freeze or preserve existing social and economic patterns? What evidence can you find to support both sides of this argument?
4. Why might subject people choose to cooperate with the colonial regime? What might prompt them to rebel or resist?
5. How did the power of colonial states transform the economic lives of colonial subjects?
6. How did cash-crop agriculture transform the lives of colonized peoples?
7. How were the lives of African women altered by colonial economies?
8. What impact did Western education have on colonial societies?
9. What were the attractions of Christianity within some colonial societies?
10. How and why did Hinduism emerge as a distinct religious tradition during the colonial era in India?
"English Methods of Colonizing Africa," a German view of the British Empire, 19th c. 
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Monday, Feb. 26, 2018
Quote: "Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come." - Robert H. Schuller

Agenda:
1. QUIZ Chapter 20. 
...after the quiz... 
DO NOW: In what different ways did the colonial takeover of Asia and Africa occur?

2. Review CH 20 quiz

ASSIGNMENTS:
Tuesday: LEQ CCOT Timed-Writing
Next Tuesday: TEST: CH 19 & CH 20
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Quote: Quote: "The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces." - Will Rogers

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for the CCOT Timed-Writing Flip

2. Timed-Writing CCOT
ASSIGNMENTS:
TEST: CH 19 & CH 20 next Tuesday
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Quote:  ”A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” - David Brinkley

Agenda: 
1. DO NOW QUESTION: SAQ Question regarding European Colonization of Africa
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Scramble for Africa 
David Livingstone, Henry Stanley, & King Leopold II - Exploration & Control of Africa
Video: Andrew Marr's Industry 39:00 min

ASSIGNMENTS:

TEST: CH 19 & CH 20 next Tuesday
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Friday, March 2nd, 2018
Quote: "Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'"  -Robin Williams
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Copy the questions on the screen down for the video that we will watch regarding Christianity in Africa.

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Education, Religion, Race/Tribe
What impact did Western education have on colonial societies?
What were the attractions of Christianity within some colonial societies?
How and why did Hinduism emerge as a distinct religious tradition during the colonial era in India?
In what way were “race” and “tribe” new identities in colonial Africa?
4. (if time permits) Review CH 19 & 20

ASSIGNMENTS:
TEST: CH 19 & CH 20 next Tuesday

Agenda: Week of Feb. 19-23, 2018

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 5: THE EUROPEAN MOMENT IN WORLD HISTORY 1750-1914
CH 19 Internal Troubles, External Threats: China, the Ottoman Empire, & Japan 
& CH 20 Colonial Encounters
THIS IS A 5 DAY WEEK; 5 DAYS - 7 PERIODS EACH
Week at a Glance:
MON - Imperialism: The British Empire & the world's reaction; Notes, Video, Discussion: Colonial Conquests & Imperialism; The British Empire; Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe; Chinese Self-Strengthening (not); Japanese Meiji Restoration. 
TUE - Quiz CH 19; Quiz Review
WED - 2011 Migration CCOT - Sample Thesis work; Crash Course WH: Imperialism
THU - 2004 CCOT Annotated Rubric; Labor Systems - How to attack the CCOT & Historical Context; Breakdown the Political Cartoon: "China, the cake of kings, and of emperors."
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz CH 19 on Tuesday, this week
Quiz CH 20 on Monday, next week
We will write the CCOT Essay on Tuesday, Feb. 27th.

Duez Presentation - 2004 LEQ-CCOT Labor Systems
2004 - Student Sample #1 & Student Sample #2

Duez Presentation - 2011 LEQ-CCOT Long-Distance Migrations
2011: Student Sample #1 and Student Sample #2
2011 Migration CCOT - Sample Thesis work
LEARNING TARGETS:
Chapter 19 Targets
• To make students aware of the refocusing of racism in the nineteenth-century West
• To examine the effects of Western dominance on the empires of Asia
• To explore the reasons behind the collapse of the Chinese and Ottoman empires
• To investigate the reasons for Japan’s rise to its position as an industrial superpower and to compare Japan’s experience with that of China 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Chapter 19 Essential Questions
1. What differences can you identify in how China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan experienced Western imperialism and confronted it? How might you account for those differences?
2. In what ways did the Industrial Revolution shape the character of nineteenth-century European imperialism?
3. “The response of each society to European imperialism grew out of its larger historical development and its internal problems.” What evidence might support this statement?
4. What accounts for the massive peasant rebellions of nineteenth-century China?
5. How did Western pressures stimulate change in China during the nineteenth century?
6. What lay behind the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century?
7. How did Japan’s historical development differ from that of China and the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth century?
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Monday, February 19, 2018
Quote: "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: How did the pursuit of tea by the British impact their colonial advancement? 


3. Compare Chinese, Ottoman, & Japanese responses to Colonization & later Imperialism:
ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz CH 19 on Tuesday, this week
Quiz CH 20 on Monday, next week
We will write the CCOT Essay on Tuesday, Feb. 27th.
'The Sick Man of Europe' - The Ottoman Empire's final days.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Quote: "I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back." - Erica Jong

Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - CH 19: Internal Trouble & External Threats 

2. Review Quiz Ch 19 - Internal Struggles; External Threats


ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz CH 20 on Monday, next week
We will write the CCOT Essay on Tuesday, Feb. 27th.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Quote: "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up handout on 2011 Migration CCOT - 
2011: Student Sample #1 and Student Sample #2
2011 Migration CCOT - Sample Thesis work

Answer these questions:
A. Why did China have a favorable balance of trade with Britain until the Taiping Rebellion?
B. What 2 factors drove imperialism? 
C. What prevented the Europeans from colonizing Africa before the 19th century?
D. What technologies facilitated Europe’s domination of Africa?
E. Why did most European powers use indirect rule to control their colonies?
F. How did business imperialism compare to political imperialism? 
Discuss.

3. Compare Chinese, Ottoman, & Japanese responses to Colonization & later Imperialism:
ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz CH 20 on Monday, next week
We will write the CCOT Essay on Tuesday, Feb. 27th.
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Thursday, February 20, 2018
Quote: "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." - Erica Jong

Agenda:
1. Pick up 2004 CCOT Annotated Rubric - How does historical context factor into this question? How can you use it in a CCOT? 

2. Breakdown the Political Cartoon: "China, the cake of kings, and of emperors."

2. Andrew Marr's History of the World: Industry (which also goes into colonialism & imperialism a great deal)  Students will take notes over the video. Keep the notes for use with your quiz tomorrow over CH 19. 


ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz CH 20 on Monday, next week
We will write the CCOT Essay on Tuesday, Feb. 27th.
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Friday, February 23, 2018
Quote: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Labor Systems 2004 - Pick up Student Sample #1 & Pick up Student Sample #2

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Focus on African colonial expansion

Scramble for Africa DBQ - Look at documents to analyze context & pov

ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz CH 20 on Monday, next week
We will write the CCOT Essay on Tuesday, Feb. 27th.