World History Advanced Placement with Mr. Duez

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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

**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.

Agenda: Week of April 28 - May 2, 2014

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez

REVIEW FOR AP TEST

AP Test Review & Preparation: Unit 3 and 4 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: AP World Themes; Geographic locations; Unit 3 & 4 Quizzing.

WED/THU: MOCK AP Test; Review CCOT; Prep for Friday -

FRI: FRQ Friday - 2006-2009: One of those AP FRQ sets will be presented to you to do a quick plan & write.

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Monday April 28, 2014
Quote: "Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend." - Corey Ford

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.

AP World History's 7 Themes.

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Tuesday, April 27, 2014
Quote: “If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them." - Phil Pastoret
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Which Units are the toughest - which were the hardest for you on the AP Practice Test last week? Why?
2. AP World Themes; Geographic locations;
3. Unit 3 & 4 Quizzing.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 & Thursday May 1, 2014
Quote: “I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.” - Ray Bradbury

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: We are one week away, what can you do to prepare?
2. AP TEST Pre-Administration. First 30 minutes will be with test administrators and principals preparing your paperwork for the AP Test Next Week.
3. MOCK AP WORLD HISTORY TEST. 55 minutes - 70 Questions. Multiple Choice only.

AP World History Regions

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Friday, May 2, 2014
Quote: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas Edison

Agenda:
1. FRQ FRIDAY - Mr. Duez will pass out one of the full FRQ question sets from the years 2006-2009.
2. Item Analysis Practice Test - After completing the FRQ, students will discuss the most common missed questions from the Practice Test from last week.

Agenda: Week of April 21 - April 25, 2014

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez

AP Test Review & Preparation: Unit 1 and 2 Focus

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Article due - Schama US & Europe; Group discussion;
TUE: Periodization activity; Quiz over Units 1 & 2
WED/THU: MOCK AP Test; Review CCOT; Prep for Friday -
FRI: 2002-2005: One of those AP FRQ sets will be presented to you to do a quick plan & write.
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Mon-Tue: "Review Units"
Week of April 21: Units 1 & 2
Week of April 28: Units 3 & 4
Week of May 5: Units 5 & 6

Key Concept 1.1
Key Concept 1.2
Key Concept 1.3

"MOCK BLOCK"
Mock Test on Block Day (Wed/Thu)

"FRQ Fridays"
Fri. April 25: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Fri. May 2: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Fri. May 9: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
*All FRQ Questions From 2002-2011 +
Since Test Redesign: 2012 & 2013
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Monday, April 20, 2014
Quote: "When somethings dark, let me shed a little light on it
When somethings cold, let me put a little fire on it
If somethings old, I wanna put a bit of shine on it
When somethings gone, I wanna fight to get it back again"
- The Fixer, Pearl Jam. Lyrics by Eddie Vedder

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prepare Article Schama: European Failure & US
2. DISCUSSION: Socratic discussion over article.
3. REVIEW FOR AP TEST: Key Concept discussion 1.1 - 1.3

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam

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Tuesday, April 21, 2014
Quote: "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick Up Periodization Handout
2. Periodization Activities: Cooperative groups work through identification and understanding of the major period/units of AP World.
3. REVIEW FOR AP TEST: Key Concept discussion 2.1 - 2.3
4. Quiz over Unit 1.

Kurt Cobain, Nirvana.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2014 & Thursday, April 23, 2014
Quote: "An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind." - John Cougar Mellencamp, Minutes To Memories

"MOCK BLOCK"
1. DO NOW: Prep for MOCK AP Test - 70 questions in 55 minutes.
2. MOCK AP Test - 70 multiple choice questions in 55 minutes.
3. CCOT - Pass back last CCOT Timed Writing, discuss points of emphasis to improve upon.
Thesis
Plan - layout of approach with the CCOT
World Historical Context

Mr. Duez grew up listening to DVE in Pittsburgh. Still Rockin Since 1969. Listen Here

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Friday, April 24, 2014
Quote: "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." - Rush, Freewill. Lyrics by Geddy Lee; Alex Lifeson, & Neil Elwood Peart

"FRQ FRIDAY"
1. DO NOW: Prep for Timed Writing Practice

2. FRQ Planning & Specific Historical Skill Analysis from one of the released FRQ set of prompts from 2002, 2003, 2004, or 2005.

Students will have the entire period to write out a plan.

Thesis Statement for each question.

DBQ: Thesis, Grouping, Analysis, POVs, Additional Documents, Evidence, Context.

CCOT: Thesis, Continuities AND Changes, Evidence, World Historical Context.

COMPARATIVE: Thesis, Analysis, Evidence, Planning.

NEXT WEEK: Be prepared to review Units 3 & 4. These are two of the toughest and most densely packed units. So this is a big week!

Notes: Chapter 24 - Accelerating Global Interactions Since 1945

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Targets: CH 24 - Targets

Targets - Chapter 24 - Accelerating Global Interactions Since 1945

Thomas Hoepker: 9/11 - WTC controversial picture

Notes - Chapter 23 - Gandhi

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Agenda: Week of April 7 - April 11, 2014

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez

Unit 6 - The Most Recent Century

Chapter 23 Independence and Development in the Global South

QUICK AGENDA:
MON: Quiz CH 23, Crash Course Decolonization & Nationalism
TUE: Review CH 22, Cold War & Comparing Chinese & Russian Communism
WED/THU: Indian Independence; South African Apartheid
FRI: Document Study

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Targets Chapter 23 Independence and Development in the Global South

LEARNING TARGETS:
* To explore the breakup of imperial systems in the twentieth century
* To consider, through the examples of India and South Africa, how the process of decolonization worked
* To examine the challenges that faced developing nations in the second half of the twentieth century
* To investigate the potential clash of tradition with modernity in the developing nations, especially considering the case of Islam in Turkey and Iran

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. In what ways did the colonial experience and the struggle for independence shape the agenda of developing countries in the second half of the twentieth century?
2. To what extent did the experience of the former colonies and developing countries in the twentieth century parallel that of the earlier “new nations” in the Americas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
3. How would you compare the historical experience of India and China in the twentieth century?
4. From the viewpoint of the early twenty-first century, to what extent had the goals of nationalist or independence movements been achieved?
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Monday, April 7, 2014
Quote: “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” - Carl Jung

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for quiz Chapter 23 - Reading Check.
2. QUIZ: Reading Check CH. 23.
After the quiz: What obstacles confronted the leaders of movements for independence?
3. Video & Discussion: Crash Course WH: Decolonization & Nationalism

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Quote: "What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult." - Sigmund Freud

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: How does the Cold War lead to a proxy "Third World" War?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Comparing Russian & Chinese Communism (quick 10 min. wrap)
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: The Cold War (quick 10 min. wrap)
4. Video: Ferguson's China Triumph & Turmoil. Part I of III.
Ferguson looks at the biggest and fastest industrial revolution in history, compressed into just 40 years.
From the madness of Mao, to the newly minted billionaires, to the Mao-worshipers who believe tomorrow belongs to them. What would it be like to live in a Chinese dominated world? Or will the Red Dragon crash and burn, as it has in the past... through turmoil.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -and- Thursday, April 10, 2014
Quote: "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: "In what ways did the colonial experience and the struggle for independence shape the agenda of developing countries in the second half of the twentieth century?"
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Who was Gandhi? (Indian Independence Notes)
Trailer for the Movie Gandhi 5:09
Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Ben Kingsley as Gandhi."

Video Clip 9:21: "In Search of Gandhi"
Gandhi, Mohandas K.: Usually referred to by “Mahatma” (Great Soul), Gandhi (1869–1948) was a political leader and the undoubted spiritual leader of the Indian drive for independence from Great Britain. (pron. moh-HAHN-dahs GAHN-dee)

3. Discuss: Why was Africa’s experience with political democracy so different from that of India?

Who is Nelson Mandela? (African Independence Notes)
Video Clip 8:23: "ESPY Awards 2009 Award for Courage: A short documentary for the ESPN Espy awards. This year the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage was presented to Nelson Mandela, and his work to unite his country through love of sport."

Mandela, Nelson: South African nationalist (b. 1918) and leader of the African National Congress who was imprisoned for twenty-seven years on charges of treason, sabotage, and conspiracy to overthrow the apartheid government of South Africa; he was elected president of South Africa in 1994, four years after he was finally released from prison. (pron. man-DEL-ah)

4. Discuss: What accounts for the ups and downs of political democracy in post-colonial Africa?

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Friday, April 9, 2014
Quote: "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela

1. DO NOW: Pick up handout - Document Study & Visual Sources CH 23. Read silently for 15 minutes.
2. Document Study in groups: Answer questions, jigsaw the documents. Present findings.

Quiz on Chapter 24 - Monday.
Test next Wed/Thu.