World History Advanced Placement with Mr. Duez

Agenda - Week of Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 - Friday, Feb. 20, 2012

CHAPTER 19 Internal Troubles, External Threats:

China, the Ottoman Empire, & Japan 1800–1914

• 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

Extra Credit is due Friday!
Quiz - 19 - this Monday.
Quiz - 20 - Next Tuesday.
Presentations to the class on 19 & 20 beginning on Friday.
Each group will spend a couple of class periods researching their target 'expert' area. They will design a visual presentation (poster, skit, video, power point, discussion) using Strayer and any other World History source material needed. There will be two formative grades assessed for this work (preparation/proposal -and- presentation).
CH 19 Groups:
1. Europeans
2. China
3. Ottoman Empire
4. Japan
CH 20 Groups:
5. 2nd Wave European Conquests
6. Colonial Economies
7. Colonial Identities and Cultural Change
Test for Chapters 19 & 20 is next Friday, Feb. 24

Monday, Feb 13, 2012
Quote: "You know you are in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." - Dr. Seuss
Agenda:
1. Quiz - Chapter 19
2. Discuss Group Project on 19 & 20.
3. Get into groups for planning.

Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012
Quote: "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." - Aristotle
Agenda:
1. Video Clip - Love. Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions. She's best known as an expert on romantic love, and her beautifully penned books -- including Anatomy of Love and Why We Love -- lay bare the mysteries of our most treasured emotion.
2. Group work in preparation for presentation to the class beginning on Friday.

Wednesday & Thursday, Feb 16/17, 2012
Quote: "You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." - Sam Keen
Agenda:
1. Video Clip - Imperialism.
2. Group work in preparation for the presentation to the class beginning on Friday.

Friday, Feb 17, 2012
Quote: "Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it." - Benjamin Franklin
Agenda:
1. First group in CH. 19 will present:
Europeans!

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY.
QUIZ Chapter 20 on Tuesday.
Presentations will continue.
Test next Friday the 24th.

Agenda - Week of Monday Feb 6, 2012 - Friday Feb 10, 2012

Learning Targets:

• To explore the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution
• To root Europe’s Industrial Revolution in a global context
• To examine the question of why industrialization first “took off ” in Great Britain
• To heighten student awareness of both the positive and the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution
• To examine some of the ways in which nineteenth-century industrial powers exerted an economic imperialism over their non-industrialized neighbors

Monday, Feb. 6, 2012
Quote: "The more I know about people, the more I like my dog." - Mark Twain
Agenda:
1. Quiz Ch 18 "Revolutions of Industry" (open notes)
2. Students will pick up a Rubric for the Comparison Essay Prompt. Friday's test will be a timed writing on Comparison in the Industrial Revolution.
3. We'll discuss the prompt and also review the quiz.

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012

Quote:“I find your lack of faith disturbing.” - Darth Vader

Agenda:

1. Do Now Question: What was distinctive about Britain that may help to explain its status as the breakthrough point of the Industrial Revolution?

2. The Industrial Revolution. Notes, Video, and Discussion.

Wednesday & Thursday, Feb. 8/9, 2012
Quote: "All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it." - Samuel Butler
Agenda:
1. Review DBQ from Enlightenment, French Revolution & Slavery
2. Discuss writing prompts for Friday's timed-writing, the rubric, and tips for the AP test essays.
3. Review the concepts of the Industrial Revolution, especially from the perspective of US and Russia. Why did Russia have a revolution and turn to socialism and the US did not?

Friday, Feb. 10, 2012
Quote: "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." - Ben Williams
Agenda:
1. Timed-writing Comparison Essay. All period.
2. Begin reading CH. 19 and 20 for the next quiz on Chapter 19 on Tuesday. Chapter 20 Quiz is Wed/Thu.

Learning Targets - Chapter 18 - Revolutions of Industry

Click here to download: Learning Targets - Chapter 18 - Revolutions of Industry

Prep Guide for Test - 17 and DBQ

WHAP DBQ RUBRIC.
HOW TO WHAP! THE DBQ.

French Revolution:
Targets Chapter 16 - Atlantic Revolutions & Their Echoes
French Revolution Summary Notes.
Great video from "Horrible Histories: The French Revolution." (3:37)
French Revolution Documentary with Video Questions
God and Grain: The French Revolution Part I with John Green
Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II
Regin of Terror: The French Revolution, Part III
The French Revolution ("Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga)
Napoleon ("Gone Daddy Gone" by the Violent Femmes)

American Revolutions:

America: The Story of US - The Revolutionary War (3:31)

Nicely created student video "The Haitian Revolution." (7:19)

Bolivar & San Martin, The Latin American Revolutions (10:00)

Slavery:

Great documentary on Slavery: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/rough-crossings/

Simon Schama tells the fascinating story of the African-American slaves who chose to fight for Britain – and their freedom – in the American Revolutionary War.

With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land at the war’s end.

Their fate became entwined with British abolitionists: inspirational figures such as Granville Sharp, the flute-playing father-figure of slave freedom, and John Clarkson, the ‘Moses’ of this great exodus, who accompanied the blacks on their final rough crossing to Africa, where they hoped that freedom would finally greet them.

Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence.

The French Revolution ("Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga)

Agenda for Week of January 30 - February 3, 2012

Learning Targets:
Chapter 17 - The Atlantic Revolutions
• To make students aware of the number and diversity of Atlantic revolutions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

• To explore the cross-pollination between revolutionary movements

• To investigate the real impact of the Atlantic revolutions

• To consider the broader long-term implications of the revolutionary movements for sweeping social change

Delaroche's The Conquerers of the Bastille before the Hotel de Ville in 1789 oil on Canvas

Monday, January 30, 2012
Quote: "All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." - Henry Ellis
Agenda:
1. John Green explains the 2nd and 3rd portions of the French Revolution.
2. We will discuss the impact of the French Revolution.
3. Students will work in groups to deconstruction the DBQ on Slavery, Revolutions and the Enlightenment. They will group the documents in 2 with a T-Chart. We will review their findings at the end of period.

J.M.W. Turner, The Slave Ship (1840). Oil on canvas.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Quote: "Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - William Wallace
Agenda:
1. Each student will have 5 minutes to write their thesis statement for the DBQ on Slavery, Revolutions and the Enlightenment.
2. We will work in groups to write one single group thesis statement for the DBQ.
3. We will discuss each group's thesis and choose a single best one for the class at the end of the period.

Wednesday/Thursday, Feb. 1 & 2, 2012
Quote: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost
Agenda:
1. DO NOW Question: "What accounts for the growth of nationalism as a powerful political and personal identity in the 19th century?"
2. We will discuss Nationalism and Feminism.
3. Review game over Chapter 17's Margin Review Questions.
4. Video "The Power of Art: Jacques-Louis David."

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Friday, February 3, 2012
Quote: "The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases." - Carl Jung
Agenda:
1. TEST CHAPTER 17 - Atlantic Revolutions
2. Begin to prepare for the Quiz on Monday Chapter 18 "Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750-1914"

Crash Course: World History with John Green, episode 1 Jan. 2012

YES! This is what I'm talking about. As I mentioned in class last week, John Green (Best-Selling New York Times Author and DFTBA initiator) has a new channel on Youtube called "Crash Course World History." It is devoted to World History. Very, very good work.

There are at least a dozen things here that I would love for you to really have learned by the AP test (May 17th, btw). Check it out. Let me know what you think:

John has also just recently been interviewed by NPR on his new book - The Fault in Our Stars.
A book that Time Magazine called this week "damn near genius."

John Green on The French Revolution

Great videos to help you keep all the events of the French Revolution in order and context:

Part I:

Part II:

Part III:

John Green is a New York Times Bestselling Author. He is also part of a brother tag-team called The Vlogbrothers on Youtube. John and his brother Hank post videos to each other (and anyone else who would like to view them). John will be hosting a World History channel on Youtube as well. I am very much looking forward to seeing what he comes up with on there. He has some really cool & fun insight.

These guys also made famous: DFTBA :)

TAKE HOME DBQ - Due Friday, Feb. 3, 2012

Here is a link to our Take Home DBQ. The essay response is due back to Mr. Duez on Friday Feb. 3rd, 2012.
Link to the DBQ here.

CH 17 - French Revolution Video Questions

Click here for the direct link to the Google Docs for CH 17 - French Revolution Video Questions
Watch the video on Youtube:

Agenda: Mon-Fri, January 23-27, 2012

Liberty Leading the People By Eugiene Delacroix (1830)

Learning Targets for Chapter 16 "Atlantic Revolutions":
• To make students aware of the number and diversity of Atlantic revolutions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

• To explore the cross-pollination between revolutionary movements

• To investigate the real impact of the Atlantic revolutions

• To consider the broader long-term implications of the revolutionary movements forsweeping social change

Jacques-Louis David's painting of the Tennis Court Oath.

Monday, Jan. 23, 2012

Quote: "The brain is wider than the sky." - Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886
1. Quiz Chapter 17 - Atlantic Revolutions & Their Echoes
2. Begin the documentary History Channel's French Revolution.
3. Use the question handout to assist and help prepare for the test.

Jacques-Louis David's painting of the Death of Marat.

Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012
Quote: "We know what we are but not what we may be." - Ophelia in Hamlet, Shakespeare
1. Continue The French Revolution video. Use questions to assist.
Just before we watch the next portion, we'll review what we watched on Monday with this:
God and Grain: The French Revolution Part I with John Green

Jacques-Louis David's painting of Napoleon crossing the Alps.

Wed/Thursday Jan. 25, 2012
Quote: "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 things that do not work." - Thomas Edison, 1847-1931
1. Finish any portion of the French Revolution & Discussion, if needed.
2. After the video is over, we will review and discuss. Mr. Duez will collect the question sheets & answers for the video. We'll also see these two short video clips that help to review what we have learned:
Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II
Regin of Terror: The French Revolution, Part III
3. Work in groups on Document 17.1 "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789" (page 806-809) and Docuument 17.2 "A Vindication of the Rights of Women, 1792" (Pages 808-809). We will work to answer the questions associated with each and compare & contrast both documents.

The Execution of Robespierre.

Friday Jan. 26, 2012
Quote: "Great spirits have often overcome violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
**Mr. Duez will be out today**
1. Substitute will take attendance.
2. Students will have the remainder of the period to work independently on three documents:
Document 17.3 "The Jamaica Letter, 1815"
Document 17.4 "What to the Slave is Fourth of July?, 1852"
Document 17.5 "Letter to a Friend, 1899"
Students will answer the questions that are bullet-ed in the section before each document.
And they will write out their answers to page 816 1-3 "Using the Evidence: Claiming Rights"

Targets - Chapter 17 - Atlantic Revolutions

Click here to download the Google Docs Targets CH 17 Atlantic Revolutions

Great Martin Luther Documentary - PBS Reluctant Revolutionary

Direct link to the website to watch it on PBS.com.

Watch Martin Luther: Reluctant Revolutionary on PBS. See more from Empires.

Notes - Chapter 16 - The Enlightenment

Google Docs direct link to CH 16 - The Enlightenment

Notes - Chapter 16 - Scientific Revolution

Direct link to the Google Docs Presentation for CH 16 - Scientific Revolution.

Notes - Chapter 16 - English Reformation

Direct link to the Google Docs Presentation for Ch 16 English Reformation.

Notes - Chapter 16 - Protestant Reformation

Link to the Google Docs page for the Protestant Reformation Notes.

Course Selection Information

On Friday you will need to bring your course selection sheets to class. The counselors will be taking you to a computer lab to complete your junior schedule course requests.

The counselors sent this power point to assist you in helping to understand the flow of course selection. Good luck!

CH 15 Notes - East Indies Company

Link to the Google Docs for CH 15 East Indies Company

AP TEST SIGNUP!

AP STUDENTS

It is that time of year again to sign up for your Advanced Placement Tests!

Registration

When: January 9th – February 10th
Where: 7:30 – 11:00 and 1:00 - 3:00 White II reception area

OR All Lunches in Registrar’s Office

Cost: Cash or Money Order Only
$57 per test
$17 for Free and Reduced

No refunds after March 2nd.

Unfortunately you do have to pay to take the test. It is not administered by me or AHS. It is a College Board test and very official. So there is a fee to administrate, score, and send those scores to colleges/universities.

These details on my website about the AP test, are copied from Eaglemail that was sent out from Ms. Rovengo today.

If you have free or reduced lunch, there is a discounted price.

One other note to consider, the fee is $57 for the test. That may seem like a lot, until you consider the fact that you could gain enough college credit to by pass taking an entire course in college. Here is a link to explain the benefit in further detail: Graduate from college early, might mean some students could save as much as $50,000.

And this link: AP Classes - 6 Reasons Why They Matter

This link discusses some very specific examples of what AP credit can do for you at certain schools: AP World History - Score and College Credit Guide. But, don't be deceived by schools like Stanford U. or Yale U. -- they do take certain AP credits (English, APUSH for example) but if you want to try to get into either school not having taken any AP classes or tests, good luck. It won't happen.

Just some food for thought.

Like I said today in class. Taking 2 AP classes statistically doubles your chances of graduating from college (and that's not even taking the AP test). So it is well worth your time and effort.

Agenda for the Week of 1-6-2012 through 1-10-2012

Texas 31 - Bengals 10. On to Baltimore!

Monday
Quote of the Day: "You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act." - Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000
1. Quiz Chapter 15. Students may use their notes & target sheets on the quiz.
2. Video - Engineering an Empire - Russia.
3. Discuss the 3 "S's" of this pre-modern world trade: "Silver" "Slaves" and "Soft Gold (Furs)"

No one deserves it more than Dre.

Tuesday
Quote of the Day: "Life is something that everyone should try at least once." - Henry J. Tillman
1. DO NOW Question: "In what specific ways did trade foster change in the modern world?"
2. Review Chapter 14 & 15 with particular focus on slave trade & the documents.

Beast Mode.

Wednesday & Thursday
Quote of the Day: "Life is difficult and complicated and beyond anyone's total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes." - J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
1. Test - Chapter 14 & 15
2. After the test, begin reading chapter 16. Quiz is on Tuesday, test is next Friday.

Namaste!

Friday
Quote of the Day: "Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream." - Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
1. Counselor will be scheduling classes for next fall.
No school Monday.
Tuesday - Quiz Ch. 16
Friday - Test Ch. 16

GO TEXANS!

CH 14 - DO NOW Question - Comparing European Colonization of Americas

Link to the Google Docs CH 14 - DO NOW Question - Comparing European Colonization of Americas

Chapter 15 - Targets

Link to the Google Documents for Chapter 15

Visual Sources - Chapter 14 Considering the Evidence: The Conquest of Mexico Through Aztec Eyes

Agenda: Week of Tue, Jan 3rd - Fri, Jan 6th, 2012

Welcome to 2012. :)
Thursday, May 17, 2012 -- > World History AP Test!
We have work to do.
My favorite photo from 2011:

“I saw the plane, which didn’t seem out of the ordinary, since planes had been in the sky all night, but for some reason this plane looked like it was heading towards the tribute in lights. It crossed over, and I was able to make about four frames of the plane actually passing through the lights. Of those, only one was in focus. I had actually hoped to expose for the plane, but I didn’t have time to change the settings. But in the end, the plane in white heading into the clouds seemed a fitting tribute on the September 11 ten year anniversary, so I’m glad the image was exposed as is and that I was lucky enough to capture this frame.”
Canon 5D, lens 50mm, f1.2, 1/50, ISO 800
Caption: A plane flies through the "Tribute in Lights" in lower Manhattan in New York September 10, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012:
Quote of the Day: "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." - Oprah Winfrey
1. 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes.

2. New Seats
3. Notes, Discussion, & Video - European Expansion, Colonies in the Americas, & Columbian Exchange.
4. Begin Guns, Germs, & Steel Video (link below) and answer the questions on the Viewer's Guide (download at the link here).

Wednesday & Thursday, January 4th & 5th, 2012:
Quote of the Day: "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." - Einstein
1. Continue Guns, Germs, & Steel: Episode 2 - Conquest.
2. Students will write answers to questions from the viewing guide and discuss after the video.
Watch GGAS "Conquest" video here.

3. Discussion G,G,A,S - Compare Strayer to Diamond. How could 80,000 Inca soldiers fall to 168 Spanish conquistadors?
4. Students will be in 4 groups, they will read the Visual Sources of Chapter 14. (There are 4 of them) The students will discuss each visual source, relate it to GGAS and present briefly to the full class about it.
Answers to the viewing guide GGAS.

Friday, January 6th, 2012:
Quote of the Day: "It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago." - Jim Bishop
1. Quiz Chapter 14. Students can use notes, & target sheets to assist.
2. Do Now Question - after the quiz - "Compare British Colonization of the Americas to that of the Spanish." What is similar/different in those colonies. (consider: Culture, Trade, Social Systems, Slavery)
2. The Russian Empire. We will discuss the rise of Russia & Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible.
We will also view portions of Engineering an Empire: Russia

Next Wed/Thu is the test for Chapters 14 & 15. Review Chapter 15 for Monday. Quiz on Monday.

History of the World Video - Arts & Crafts Edition

Pretty Nice Job!

Happy Holidays!

Hope Everyone has a safe, happy, and fun holiday. Two weeks away from school is just what we all need. We'll start Chapter 14 on the Tuesday when we return. That week's crazy schedule is posted below this picture.

If you'd like to know your final grade for the semester, or how you did on your final...
Just email me and I will gladly look it up for you and send it along. They will not be able to be seen by students until January in the HAC computer system.

Tuesday– January 3, 2012

Wednesday– January 4, 2012

Advisory 7:25 – 8:12 (47 min)

First Period 8:19 – 9:02 (43 min)

Second Period 9:09 – 9:52 (43 min)

Third Period 9:59 – 10:44 (43 min + 2 min)

Announcements 9:59 – 10:01 (2 min)

Fourth Period 10:51 – 11:34 (45 min)

Fifth Period 11:41 – 1:05 (57 min + lunch)

Lunch A 11:34 – 12:01 (27 min)

Lunch B 12:06 – 12:33 (27 min)

Lunch C 12:38 – 1:05 (27 min)

Sixth Period 1:12 – 1:55 (43 min)

Seventh Period 2:02 – 2:45 (43 min)

First Period 7:25 – 9:02 (97 min)

*Freshmen in PAC 7:35 – 8:05

*Sophomores in PAC 8:15 – 8:45

Third Period 9:09 – 10:48 (97 min + 2 min)

*Juniors in PAC 9:20 – 9:50

*Seniors in PAC 10:00-10:30

Announcements 9:09 – 9:11 (2 min)

Fifth Period 10:55 – 1:01 (99 min + lunch)

Lunch A 10:48-11:15 (27 min)

Lunch B 11:20 – 11:47 (27 min)

CLASS 11:52

Lunch C 12:34 – 1:01 (27 min)

Seventh Period 1:08 – 2:45 (97 min)

*students will be released by announcement only

Targets - Chapter 14

Click here to go directly to the Targets for Chapter 14 on Google Docs

What Do I Have To Make On My Final?

Great little calculator sheet to help you determine what grade you will need on your final exam to get the score you would like:
Final Exam Calculator

Agenda: December 12-16, 2011 Final Exam Week!

2 Prep Days for the Final Exam
1 Final Exam
DONE!
It's been a great semester. Let's end it on a strong note. Sprint through the finish line.

Monday, December 12, 2011
Quote of the Day: "One kind word can warm three winter months." - Japanese Proverb
Agenda:
1. Questions on the Review Target Sheet.
2. Team Review Games.
3. Discuss exemption forms, sign 'em if you got 'em and earned it!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Quote of the Day: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” - Anne Bradstreet
Agenda:

1. Questions on the Review Target Sheet.
2. Team Review Games.
3. Discuss exemption forms, sign 'em if you got 'em and earned it!

Sunset on the Juniata River, Huntingdon, PA. near Juniata College where Mr. Duez graduated in 1992.

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE:
Quote: "A good conscience is a continual Christmas." - Benjamin Franklin

WED:

7:25 - 8:50 1st period exam
9:00 - 10:25 3rd period exam
10:35 -12:00 5th period exams

THU:

7:25 – 8:50 2nd period exam

9:00 – 10:25 6th period exam

FRI:

7:25 – 8:50 4th period exam

9:00 – 10:25 7th period exam

Agenda: Week of Dec. 5 - Dec. 9, 2011

Review for Final Exam Week.

Monday, Dec. 5, 2011
Quote of the Day: "What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.” - Steve Jobs

Agenda:
1. Inspiration.
2. Pass out review sheet (if copies are finished)
3. Review Games in cooperative groups.

Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
Quote of the Day: "Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” - Steve Jobs

Agenda:
1. Inspiration.
2. Questions over review sheet considered and fielded.
3. Review Games in cooperative groups.

Wednesday/Thursday, Dec. 7/8, 2011
Quote of the Day: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown
Agenda:
1. Inspiration.
2. Questions over review sheet considered and fielded.
3. Review Games in cooperative groups.

Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
Quote of the Day: "Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." - Isaac Asimov
Agenda:
1. Inspiration.
2. Questions over review sheet considered and fielded.
3. Review Games in cooperative groups.
4. Last 15 minutes - AP Final Review Quiz. (Mostly over Unit 1 and Unit 2)

Fall Final Exam Review

Link to Google Docs version of Fall Final Exam Review.