Agenda: Sept 8 - 12, 2014

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez

Unit 1 - First Things First, to 500 BCE

Ch. 1 First Humans, Ch. 2 First Farmers, Ch. 3 First Civilizations

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Reading Check Quiz CH 1 & 2; Andrew Marr's "Survival" (first few min)
TUE: Guns, Germs, & Steel: Episode I "Out of Eden" with questions
WED/THU: Guns, Germs, & Steel: Episode I continued; Discussion; FRQ Project Intro
FRI: FRQ Comparative Essay strategies

Chumash of Southern California

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Monday, Sep 8, 2014
Quote: “People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar

Learning Targets:
To familiarize students with the spread of human societies in the Paleolithic era
To explore the conditions of life in gathering and hunting societies
To examine factors that eventually led to change in the gathering and hunting societies

Essential Questions:
1. What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?
2. In what ways did various Paleolithic societies differ from one another, and how did they change over time?
3. What statements in this chapter seem to be reliable and solidly based on facts, and which ones are more speculative and uncertain?
4. How might our attitudes toward the modern world influence our assessment of Paleolithic societies?
5. In what ways, and why, did Chumash culture differ from that of the San?
6. Why did some Paleolithic peoples abandon earlier, more nomadic ways and begin to live a more settled life?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Reading Check Quiz. You may use any hand written notes. NOTHING PRINTED.
2. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
3. Review quiz answers in class.
4. Andrew Marr's "History of the World" Episode 1 "Survival"
(we'll see the first 10 minutes or so and discuss, relating to Strayer)

Assignment:
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Use the Target Sheet. Learn the definitions.
Watch the video notes Mr. Duez has posted.
Unit 1 Test is next Wed/Thu
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Tuesday, Sep 9, 2014
Quote: "If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work." - Thomas J. Watson

GGAS - Much better than having
to read the book!

Learning Targets:
To make students aware that agriculture evolved independently in several regions of the world
To trace the development of agriculture and its local variations
To consider the social implications of the Agricultural Revolution

Essential Questions:
1. The Agricultural Revolution marked a decisive turning point in human history. What evidence might you offer to support this claim, and how might you argue against it?
2. How did early agricultural societies differ from those of the Paleolithic era? How does the example of settled gathering and hunting peoples such as the Chumash complicate this comparison?
3. Was the Agricultural Revolution inevitable? Why did it occur so late in the story of humankind?
4. “The Agricultural Revolution provides evidence for ‘progress’ in human affairs.” How would you evaluate this statement?
5. What accounts for the emergence of agriculture after countless millennia of human life without it?
6. What different kinds of societies emerged out of the Agricultural Revolution?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Viewing Guide: Copy the questions on the overhead for Guns, Germs, and Steel.
2. Video Study: Guns, Germs, and Steel, episode 1: "Out of Eden." Students will watch the video and take notes. Students should also answer the questions from the DO NOW in their notes. We will discuss the video throughout.

Assignment:
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Use the Target Sheet. Learn the definitions.
Watch the video notes Mr. Duez has posted.
Unit 1 Test is next Wed/Thu

"How come white man have so much cargo, yet can't shoot a bow?" - might not be a direct quote :)

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Wednesday, Sep 10 & Thursday, Sep 11, 2014
Quote: "Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then." - John Wooden

Learning Targets:
Understand the need for art in the human condition and its purpose in facilitating imagination, knowledge, and understanding.

Essential Questions:
1. Why did paleolithic peoples create cave rock art?
2. What is it about the human condition that makes us want to connect with previous and future generations?
3. What is history?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up Diamond article from front table: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race - first 15 min to read & annotate
2. Finish Video Study: Guns, Germs, and Steel, episode 1: "Out of Eden." Students will watch the video and take notes. Students should also answer the questions from the DO NOW in their notes. We will discuss the video throughout.
3. Discuss documentary & finish read/annotate Diamond.
4. Discuss What Accounts for the initial breakthrough into civilization?

Assignment:
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Use the Target Sheet. Learn the definitions.
Watch the video notes Mr. Duez has posted.
Unit 1 Test is next Wed/Thu

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Friday, Sep 12, 2014
Quote: "Humanity is losing its geniuses. Aristotle died, Newton passed away, Einstein died, and I'm not feeling well today... "

Learning Targets:
1. Understand that the Comparative Essay is one of three FRQ questions on the AP Exam.
2. A direct comparison means that you will connect both topics that you are comparing in each paragraph.
3. You must describe both similarities & differences; as well as analyze WHY many of them exist.
4. The thesis statement is the key to the entire essay. It is the answer to the prompt. Without a thesis statement, your essay will not be given a score.
5. There are literally no wrong thesis statements. You either prove them with your evidence, or you have fallen short of the mark and have been unconvincing.

Essential Questions:
1. Why do we write in history?
2. How do historians write?
3. What do I do if the prompt seems completely VAGUE?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the AP Acronyms Handout & FRQ Essay Assignment - due Next Friday in class completed.
2. Review the 6 Glasses essays. Discuss best practices, show examples of great work. Emphasis on Thesis and the "Comparative Essay."
3. Cover the key points to the WHAP-COMPARISON-ESSAY-INTRO-THESIS notes on writing.

Assignment:
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Use the Target Sheet. Learn the definitions.
Quiz over CH 3 on Monday
Watch the video notes Mr. Duez has posted.
Unit 1 Test is next Wed/Thu
FRQ is due next Friday. It is a take home essay.

Agenda: Week of Sept 2 - Sept 5, 2014

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez

Summer Reading Unit - Standage - Six Glasses
and
Strayer Unit 1: First Humans, Chapters 1, 2, & 3

Week at a Glance:

MON - LABOR DAY - No School. YES!

TUE - 6 Glasses epilogue; review for the test

WED/THU - TEST: 6 Glasses; Pick up article - "First Americans"

FRI - 1st Americans article due; Socratic Discussion; Crash Course WH #1 Ag Revolution
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MON next week - Quiz Chapter 1 & 2.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Quote: "I am a great believer in luck. I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

What does Labor Day celebrate? (it's not barbecue or football!) 

Targets:
Examination of the major themes of WHAP:
The course covers these 6 themes:

Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment

Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures

Theme 3: State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict

Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems

Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures

Essential Questions:

1. How was beer "essential" to human civilization?

2. How did the use of wine in Roman culture differ from that of ancient Greece?

3. Why do Christians Drink Wine and Muslims Do Not?

4. How did Columbian Exchange change the globe?

5. What is colonization and how to British imperial power change the world?

6. How does 'coca-colonization' explain American dominance in the 20th century?

Agenda:

1. DO NOW - Pick up the 6 Glasses Epilogue from the front desk. Annotate. (10 min)

2. Discuss the epilogue: Do you agree with Standage that the most important drink of the present and future is WATER?
3. SPICE CHART: Students will get a SPICE chart. They should use this for each of the six drinks, but especially to compare 2 of them. This will help them study for the test and also prepare for any kind of essay prompt.

3. Quick informative quiz - what words should be associated with each of the six drinks Standage refers to in his book? (Example, Age of Reasoning = Coffee)

4. Video - CBS Sunday Morning - A Drink To History (June 11, 2006)

Mark Phillips speaks with Tom Standage, the author of "A History of the World in 6 Glasses," about the influence of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola from the stone-age until the present.

Assignment: 
Fill out the student survey. This is your first grade. - due by end of day Tuesday.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes. 

Bring your notes, 3 ring binder, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day. 

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Wednesday, Sept 3, 2014 & Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014

Quote: "Unless you pay the price for success, you will not know it's worth." - Apoorve Dubey

Learning Targets:

Part 1 - First Things First Beginnings in History, to 500 BCE

Chapter 1 "First Peoples: Populating the Planet, to 10,000 BCE" Learning Targets

To familiarize students with the spread of human societies in the Paleolithic era

To explore the conditions of life in gathering and hunting societies

To examine factors that eventually led to change in the gathering and hunting societies 

How do we know our past, before writing?

Essential Questions:

1. What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?

2. In what ways did various Paleolithic societies differ from one another, and how did they change over time?

3. What statements in this chapter seem to be reliable and solidly based on facts, and which ones are more speculative and uncertain?

4. How might our attitudes toward the modern world influence our assessment of Paleolithic societies?

Agenda:

1. TEST - Summer Reading - A History of the World in Six Glasses

2. Read Article: First Humans "Finding the First Humans: When and how did the first humans arrive in the Americas?" 

3. Video: The Incredible Human Journey: Part I by Dr. Alice Roberts
In the first episode of the Incredible Human Journey, Roberts introduces the idea that genetic analysis suggests that all modern humans are descended from Africans. She visits the site of the Omo remains in Ethiopia, which are the earliest known anatomically modern humans. She visits the San people of Namibia to demonstrate the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. In South Africa, she visits Pinnacle Point, to see the cave in which very early humans lived. She then explains that genetics suggests that all non-Africans may descend from a single, small group of Africans who left the continent tens of thousands of years ago. She explores various theories as to the route they took. She describes the Jebel Qafzeh remains in Israel as a likely dead end from a crossing of Suez, and sees a route across the Red Sea and around the Arabian coast as the more probable route for modern human ancestors, especially given the lower sea levels of the past

Assignment: 
Review the notes from Unit 1, either by presentation or Mr. Duez's video. Read Strayer Chapters 1 and 2. Use the Target Sheet for Unit 1. Know your vocabulary for the quiz - along with hand written notes.

Bring your notes, 3 ring binder, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day. 

Quiz over Chapter 1 and 2 on Monday.

Dr. Alice Roberts: her incredibly inquisitive nature leads her to Africa to discover the beginning of our Human Journey.

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Friday, Sept. 6, 2013

Quote: “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers

Learning Targets:

Part 1 - First Things First Beginnings in History, to 500 BCE

Chapter 1 "First Peoples: Populating the Planet, to 10,000 BCE" Learning Targets

To familiarize students with the spread of human societies in the Paleolithic era

To explore the conditions of life in gathering and hunting societies

To examine factors that eventually led to change in the gathering and hunting societies 

Essential Questions:

1. What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?

2. In what ways did various Paleolithic societies differ from one another, and how did they change over time?

3. What statements in this chapter seem to be reliable and solidly based on facts, and which ones are more speculative and uncertain?

4. How might our attitudes toward the modern world influence our assessment of Paleolithic societies?

Agenda:

1. DO NOW - In what ways, and why, did the Chumash culture differ from that of the San? (Strayer p. 29)

2. Socratic Text Based Discussion - First Humans "Finding the First Humans: When and how did the first humans arrive in the Americas?" 

3. Crash Course WH Video: If time remains, watch & discuss: Crash Course World History #1 - Agricultural Revolution

Assignment: 
Review the notes from Unit 1, either by presentation or Mr. Duez's video. Read Strayer Chapters 1 and 2. Use the Target Sheet for Unit 1. Know your vocabulary for the quiz - along with hand written notes.

Bring your notes, 3 ring binder, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day. 

Quiz over Chapter 1 and 2 on Monday.

AHS Tour of Mr. Duez's Room

Trying something new this year.
Thought this might be nice for parents. Or for students to show someone what our room looks like. :)

The view out of our back window in 1207.

The view just inside the door in the front of the classroom looking towards the assignment board.

See a slideshow of images, including the 360 degree shots from below at this link:
Mr. Duez's Classroom Slideshow Tour Extravaganza 2014

View of Mr. Duez's room from the podium at the front:

Views: My classroom. From the podium. by David Duez

View more 360 viewpoints below:

Agenda: Week of August 25 - August 29, 2014

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez

Summer Reading Unit - Standage - Six Glasses

Week at a Glance:
MON: Welcome, Introductions, History Pre-Quiz.
TUE: How to use the website, 6 Glasses Discussion
WED/THU: How to WHAP - through 6 Glasses: Periodization, Themes, & Historical Thinking with 6 Glasses
FRI: Quiz over Standage. Review the quiz results. How to prepare for the test next Wed/Thu over the summer reading - 6 Glasses.

4th Period last year. What a great group! Many will be joining me in again for AP Psych this year.

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Monday, August 24, 2015
Quote: "Begin with the end in mind."

Unit: Introduction to Course: Summer Reading Discussion - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

Targets:
1. Clearly understand the scope and procedures of WHAP.
2. Examine the major themes of the WHAP course.
3. Understand expectations regarding summer reading text.
4. WHAP Skills: Periodization, Themes, Historical Thinking Skills. Understand them and apply them to the summer reading Six Glasses.

Essential Questions:
1. What is World History?
2. What is Advanced Placement?
3. Why Standage and Six Glasses?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW - Pick up the AP World Syllabus
Read, mark, and write down any questions you have as Mr. Duez takes attendance.
2. Welcome to World History ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Discuss the summer reading, syllabus, course objectives.
3. History Pre-Quiz. A quick 20 minute quiz that will check for some knowledge of history students may already have coming into the class. Students will do it on their own. If time permits they will share and compare answers with a partner and then a full class discussion.

Assignment:
Fill out the student survey. Due on Tuesday of next week.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes from the Mr. Duez's presentations.
Bring your notebook, pens/pencils, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day.
Bring questions you have over anything and ask them at any time.
Six Glasses: Quiz is on Friday. Test is next Wed/Thu.

Does Standage match each period with a drink, roughly? 

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Quote: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Laozi

Unit: Introduction to Course And Summer Reading Discussion - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

Targets:
Examination of the major themes of WHAP:
Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures
Theme 3: State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Political)
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures

Mr. Duez created this "SPICE" rack this summer. NICE!

Essential Questions:
1. Which two of the six glasses that Standage refers to are the most similar? How & Why?
2. Which 2 are the most different? How & Why?
3. Can you group them in twos? How & Why?
4. Also discuss periodization through the summer reading:
5. Can you explain the major events from each period that can be tied back to each drink?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Which 2 six glasses that Standage refers to are the most similar? Explain How & Why? (Think in terms of WHAP Themes: S.P.I.C.E.)
2. Video Clip: How to Use The Website, by Aidan Duez. (5 min) Discuss any questions after the video ends. Pull up the website, walk through how to find the resources needed to study and prepare for the Six Glasses quiz on Friday & test next Wed/Thu.
3. Six Glasses Comparison: Students will discuss six glasses in terms of grouping the drinks. Which have similar characteristics? Which drinks contributed to world history in similar ways?

Assignment:
Fill out the student survey. Due on Tuesday of next week.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes from the Mr. Duez's presentations.
Bring your notebook, pens/pencils, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day.
Bring questions you have over anything and ask them at any time.
Six Glasses: Quiz is on Friday. Test is next Wed/Thu.

The beach and Six Glasses... two great things that work great together! That's why it's summer reading folks!

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Wed. & Thu. August 27 & 28, 2014
Quote: “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Unit: Introduction to Course And Summer Reading Discussion - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

Targets:
Examination of the major themes of WHAP:
Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures
Theme 3: State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Political)
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures

Essential Questions:
1. How was beer "essential" to human civilization?
2. How did the use of wine in Roman culture differ from that of ancient Greece?
3. Why do Christians Drink Wine and Muslims Do Not?
4. How did Columbian Exchange change the globe?
5. What is colonization and how to British imperial power change the world?
6. How does 'coca-colonization' explain American dominance in the 20th century?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Students will pick up the Introduction to Six Glasses. They will annotate the text by following directions at the top. 
2. Periodization through Six Glasses:
I. Individual students will copy down the periods of world history written on the board. Using their notes from the summer reading, they will pencil in each of the six glasses to where they correspond.
II. Individual students will write the important historical events that occur during those time periods.
III. Working in pairs, students will put their heads together to fill in anything they may be missing. We will also write each drink next to each period on the board. Then write the corresponding important events that may have occurred in those time periods. Students have a better understanding of how Standage's Six Glasses connect with world history.

Discuss these questions in pairs and then as a full class:
A. What was the impact of beer and wine on world history? 
B. Explain what a spirit drink is and what is the significance of this drink on world history?
C. How is coffee a "revolutionary" drink?
D. How is Tea and Coca-Cola similar? 
E. Students will discuss the impact of trade on the globalization of the planet.

3. Video Clip: The History of the World in 7 Minutes. Students will watch the video clip.
A. Then they will discuss their reaction in pairs. 
B. How did the video make you feel, did your feelings change during the video? Why?
C. What is the creator of the video attempting to show? 
D. How does this video portray his "Point of View"?
E. Can you explain the first drink that Standage refers to in context with the video clip?

Assignment:
Fill out the student survey. Due on Tuesday of next week.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes from the Mr. Duez's presentations.
Bring your notebook, pens/pencils, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day.
Bring questions you have over anything and ask them at any time.
Six Glasses: Quiz is on Friday. Test is next Wed/Thu.

History is many things to many people. To me, it is pretty awesome.

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Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 -- shortened periods due to extended Advisory for AHS Pep Rally
Quote: “If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.” - Milton Berle

Unit: Introduction to Course And Summer Reading Discussion - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

Targets:
Examination of the major themes of WHAP:
Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures
Theme 3: State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Political)
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures

Essential Questions:
1. How was beer "essential" to human civilization?
2. How did the use of wine in Roman culture differ from that of ancient Greece?
3. Why do Christians Drink Wine and Muslims Do Not?
4. How did Columbian Exchange change the globe?
5. What is colonization and how to British imperial power change the world?
6. How does 'coca-colonization' explain American dominance in the 20th century?

Agenda:
1. Quiz over Six Glasses.
2. Review the quiz and answers.
3. How to succeed & survive in WHAP. Advice from students of the past in video form. :)
How will I survive WHAP? - A Google Search - Video YouTube
How to survive AP World History - a student perspective - Video YouTube

Assignment:
Fill out the student survey. Due on Tuesday of next week.
Watch the screencasts over Six Glasses, take notes from the Mr. Duez's presentations.
Bring your notebook, pens/pencils, and your brain to class. We will use them in class each day.
Bring questions you have over anything and ask them at any time.
Six Glasses: Quiz is on Friday. Test is next Wed/Thu.

Textbooks

If you still have not gotten a textbook...  

The textbook room will be open every day after school for the first week for those students that did not attend Flight School.  We will open at 2:50 and close at 3:15.

If a student has early release then they must see Gold 2 Secretary or Principal before school to fill out a textbook request form and we will have them pick them up the next morning.

Any student that has any lost textbook(s) from the previous year will not be allowed to check out textbooks until the books have been paid for.

Of course you could always purchase a book if you wished. 

I had several students do that last year.

Textbook: Strayer, Robert W. Ways of the World: A Global History with Sources. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s 2011, 1st Edition.

Funny Email

Got this email tonight from a former WHAP and future AP Psych student:

"I saw you the other day on television! I didn't think I would see you again until school started back up again!
Many people wanted me to share this with you, so I hope you get a good laugh or two! Have a great day/night!
Sincerely,
B~"

Pretty funny. The pic on the right is what they sent me, but I figured it looked more like Colonel Sanders & Donald Sutherland combined. But, come to think of it, I love both of those guys.

So, be it. "Let the Southern Fried Chicken Games Begin!"

AP Psych Summer Read: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology

Please see this link for all the information on the summer read for AP Psychology.

Psychology is NOT all common sense. It is the scientific study of the mind and behavior.

Looking forward to seeing so many of you again next year (or your senior year)! I am a lucky man to have the chance to continue teaching such wonderful students. Thanks again for a great year!

Also, there are new Crash Course Psychology videos being released each Monday this summer! :) Trade in John Green for his brother Hank. (DFTBA!)

7th Period: Thanks for a Great Year!

6th Period: Thanks for a Great Year!

5th Period WHAP: Thanks for a great year!

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.

We made it - 25 shirts sold. They WILL BE PRINTED.

:)
Great news for those of us who purchased a T-Shirt.
Way to go. Glad you get to celebrate with a shirt.

Wow, we only need 5 more shirts.

TeeSpring sent me an email tonight and asked if I would like to lower the goal of shirts purchased to $11. Of course, I said YES! This gives us a chance to get the shirts printed and shipped. But we still need 5 more. Of course, this increases your chances of getting a shirt, so it is much more of a realistic possibility now.

I am very impressed with this company and I will definitely be going back with them the next time I do a t-shirt. What an awesome thing to do.

The ball is in your court. You have until 9pm Wednesday night to order.

HTTP://WWW.TEESPRING.COM/WHAP

Agenda: May 12 - May 15, 2014

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez

Preparation for the AP Test on Thursday

Week at a Glance:
MON- Mock AP Test - Last one.
TUE- Review for AP Test: Game in groups covering the 2013 AP Released Test, Periodization, Themes, Geographic Locations, Historical Thinking Skills, & FRQ analysis.
WED/THU- Party Prep, Quick Review, Last minute tips
FRI- PARTY! Celebrate the tremendous effort you have put in and the challenge you have accepted & met.
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TURN IN YOUR TEST CORRECTIONS FROM 2011 AP TEST AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THEM COMPLETED. 

Only a couple of days left. Get yours before they are gone forever.

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Monday, May 12, 2014
Quote: "Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden

Agenda:
DO NOW QUESTION: What do you need to do to score points on the DBQ? The CCOT? The Comparison FRQs? Do you know the rubrics?
1. 2013 AP RELEASED TEST - ALL PERIOD.

Good luck on your AP Test!

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Quote:  "Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day." - Polish Proverb

Agenda:
DO NOW QUESTION: How can you 'cram' and how shouldn't you 'cram' before a big test like the AP World History Exam?
1. Review Link: Freeman's Key Concepts Charts
Practice Exam & Course Overview (great to review)
Last minute tips on preparing for the AP test. 
2. Review Game, Part I: Review for AP Test: Game in groups covering the 2013 AP Released Test, Periodization, Themes, Geographic Locations, Historical Thinking Skills, & FRQ analysis.

Don't leave any blank. Bubble.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 & Thursday, May 15, 2014
Quote: “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”  - Albert Einstein

Agenda:
DO NOW: What final questions do you have?
1. Review Game, Part II.

2. Plan the party for Friday! 
4. If time remains, and it will on Thursday because students will have already taken the AP Test....

Video Study: Full Episode of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain: Mozambique. 

If extra time, we'll discuss recent history with a focus on Mozambique. 
How did colonization from Portugal, communism, and revolution impact the people living in Mozambique. How is it unique in Africa? 
What do they need to succeed in the modern world?

8 Years of No Reservations: "Anytime you can walk in another person's shoes, the world is a slightly better place."

No Reservations: Mozambique - Food & Spices

No Reservations: Mozambique - The Grand Hotel

"Woman washes clothes in the pool behind ruins of Grand Hotel." -- Tony Bourdain

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Friday, May 16, 2014
Quote: "Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts." - Sir Winston Churchill

Agenda:
1. PARTY!
Time to celebrate all of the hard work. 

Or is that sand in his mouth?

WHAP T-Shirts - 2014 edition

Quick, simple, and hopefully fun.

I put together a very simple and easy design to celebrate the year. Some have asked about getting T-Shirts. They are very difficult to do. So many people have different ideas, different design wishes, and last year was a real battle to get it all completed in time. Frankly, I was not going to do them this year.

Teespring.com has a very simple way to deal with this. Read the details here at this link:
http://teespring.com/whap

If we sell 50 shirts they will be created. If we don't sell at least 50, they won't and it will just be over and done. We can sell 5,000 - that's fine.

The cost is $11 per shirt.

I trimmed the cost down as low as possible. Yet the design and typeface are still simple and should be easy to read with a nice black boarder around the white typeface.

Let me know if you ordered one. :)

We have already sold 2. One for me and one for Aidan. Only 48 more to go.

Oh yeah, I am including ANYONE - including Ms. Jordan's kids and Mr. Williams' WHAP students. The more the merrier and the better the chance they will get completed. :)

Agenda: Monday, May 5 - Friday May 9, 2014

 Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
REVIEW FOR AP TEST
AP Test Review & Preparation: Unit 5 & 6 Focus

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Item Analysis on AP Practice Test from last week; Group discussion of FRQ Planning from last Friday. Focus on DBQ. POV/Additional Doc/Grouping/Historical Context/Analysis/Thesis.
TUE: Matching Trios Game; Test Corrections on 2011 Practice Test
WED/THU: FRQ Prep; Ferguson's China: Triumph & Turmoil.
FRI: Practice Test 2011 Corrections due. FRQ Friday - 2010-2013: One of those AP FRQ sets will be presented to you to do a quick plan & write.

Keep marching on to the AP Test. Study each night!

USE THE FRQ TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE: 
Study and Prepare for the FRQs - The AP Test is coming!

USE THE AP-TEST-REVIEW TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE: 
Study & Prepare --- The AP Test is coming!

***The days of this week won't perfectly correspond to our schedule. Basically we'll run through the Monday through Friday schedule throughout. Monday and Friday will be the same. Tue/Wed/Thu are varied because of the schedule change this week.***

We have a ridiculous testing bell schedule this week:
Mon:
5th: 11:30 - 12:58 (b lunch 11:56-12:25) 1 hour class.
6th: 1:05 - 1:50 45 minute class.
7th: 1:57 - 2:45 48 minute class.

Tue:
5th: 11:27 - 1:35 (b lunch 12:33 - 1:02) 90 minute class.
7th: 1:42 - 2:45 About an hour long class.

Wed: 
7th: 1:42 - 2:45 About an hour long class.

Thu:
6th: 1:14 - 2:45 90 Minute Class.

Fri:
Modified Schedule (no Advisory)
5th: 11:19 - 12:52 (b lunch 11:45 - 12:14) 1 hour class.
6th: 12:54 - 1:49 Close to an hour.
7th: 1:56 - 2:45 Close to an hour.

In total for the week:
5th period: 3 hours & 30 min.
6th period: 3 hours & 15 min.
7th period: 3 hours & 48 min.

They have always been -and always will be- An Exception. Exceptionally awesome.

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Monday May 5, 2014
Quote: "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." – Amelia Earhart

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Which question did you struggle with on FRQ Friday during your planning session?
2. Item Analysis: AP Practice Test results from last week. Students will mark a sheet to determine which period, question type, that they missed most often. Which did they do the best on?
3. FRQ Breakdown: Students will work together to look over their plans for the FRQ Planning that they did in class on Friday.
4. Practice Test corrections: 2011 Practice Test

Good luck on your EOC (and SAT/ACT practice) tests this week.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Quote: "The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now." –Bill Cosby

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up Matching Trios in the front.
2. Matching Trios competition in teams.
3. Practice Test corrections.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 & Thursday May 8, 2014
Quote: "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." –Anne Frank

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: We are one week away, what can you do to prepare?
2. FRQ Analysis: Focus on DBQ - Point of View Discussion. 
3. Video Documentary: This documentary will march us through some of the key moments in the development of China. It is a huge part of the AP Test. This is also a good break in our Mock Testing. We'll do the 2013 Mock Test again next Monday. We won't have the entire 55 minutes, like the test. But this will be a good chance to push yourself to see how many you can complete in the 50 minutes we will have to do it.

• Niall Ferguson's China: Triumph & Turmoil, Part I: Emperor Part I
• Niall Ferguson's China: Triumph & Turmoil, Part I: Emperor Part II
• Niall Ferguson's China: Triumph & Turmoil, Part I: Emperor Part III
• Niall Ferguson's China: Triumph & Turmoil, Part I: Emperor Part IV

**Because you are testing for End of Course & taking the practice ACT/SAT this week, I have pushed the MOCK test back a week. Corrections on 2011 Mock Test are due on Friday at the end of class.

Great tips from the "Master" - Bill Strickland.

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Friday, May 9, 2014
Quote: "Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." –Teddy Roosevelt

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Turn in 2011 Mock Test Corrections.
2. FRQ FRIDAY - Mr. Duez will pass out one of the full FRQ question sets from the years 2010-2013. 30 min.
2. After FRQ Friday - planning & analysis of the prompts, we will discuss those prompts and planning procedures.

On Monday we'll do the 2013 Practice test again. This will be a good chance to push yourself through the questions and work on pacing.