AP World 11/30/09

We finished our study of the Americas. And we worked on our review sheets. The review sheets will be due next class for a grade. Students should be studying ALOT!!! We have our test next class. The test covers Chapters 9, 10, and 11 of the Stearns book. There will be an after school study session on Tuesday December 1st. It will start at 2:15 and last until 3:15ish. The review will be held in room 014. Any student attending will recieve extra credit. It is HIGHLY recommended that every student attend.

All Geo Classes 11/30/09

We worked on our maps of SubSaharan Africa. Students that did not turn them in class need to complete them for homework.

AP World History

One thing we need to do is come up with a way to remember what is expected for each of the essays we will wrtie for the AP Exam. The students will not have a rubric so I was hoping that we could come up with some Mnemonic device, to help the students remember what is required for each essay.

For example on the Document Based Question essay the students have to do the following:
1. Have acceptable Thesis
2. Address all of the documents and demonstrate understanding
3. Support thesis with evidence from all documents
4. Analyze Point of View
5. Analyze Documents by Grouping
6. ID and explain two additional documents you want to see

So a mnemonic device could be Top Dogs Eat Pizza Grab Apples
for Thesis, Documents, Evidence, Point of View, Grouping, Additional Documents. That is a terrible example but still an example.

I want the students to create some of their own and Monday we can choose which we like best and incorporate them into our preperation for the AP exam. I will list the things that are expected from the other essays and you can come up with Mnemonic devices for them too. This is not a required assignment, just something that will help you for the AP exam!

Continuity and Change Over Time
1. Acceptable Thesis
2. Address all parts of the Question
3. Support thesis with Historical Evidence
4. World Historical Context
5. Analyze the process of continuity and change

Comparative
1. Acceptable Thesis
2. Address all parts of question
3. Support thesis with Historical evidence
4. Make direct comparison between/among socities
5. Analyze one reason for similarity or difference

All Geo Classes 11/24/09

We took our test on North Africa and Southwest Asia today. The students have no homework. Happy Thanksgiving!

AP World 11/23/09

We took a set of current events today and did a jigsaw activity to learn about The Americas on the Eve of Invasion. The students should read Chapter 12 for Homework and be studying Chapters 9, 1o and 11 for prepare for their Test that we will have on the Wednesday after Thanksgiving.

All Geo Classes 11/23/09

We took a map quiz on North Africa and Southwest Asia, worked on our review sheets, and played Jeopardy. The students need to finish their review sheets for homework and study for their test tomorrow.

AP World 11/19/09

The students took Current Events and a Reading Quiz today. We finished out lecture on the Middle Ages and then we spent the remainder of the class analyzing the ten documents for our DBQ essay. I gave the students a rubric and they need to complete their DBQ essay on the middle ages in the correct format. This will be collected as a homework grade on Monday.
The students need to read all of chapter 11 in the Stearns book to be ready for a reading quiz on Monday.
I was going to assign an additional assignment for homework tonight, but I decided the students have enough to work on already, so I am attaching two links that they can read if they want to have additional information, I highly recommend they look at these! One is on Feudalism and the other is on Baltic Sea trade.

http://history-world.org/feudalism.htm

http://depts.washington.edu/baltic/papers/balticsea.htm

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

All Geo Classes 11/19/09

Today we took current events and I collected the students maps of North Africa and Southwest Asia. We also took Physical Notes on North Africa and SW Asia. The students do not have homework tonight.

All Geo. Classes 11/18/09

The students turned their review sheets in for a grade today and they took their test on Latin America. After the test the students started working on their maps of North Africa and Southwest Asia. All of the students maps are due tomorrow for a Homework grade.

AP World 11/17/09

The students took current events and I collected their homework. I lectured on the first half of chapter 10 Stearns. The students spent the last forty minutes of class writing their comparative essay on the Spread of Islam versus the Spread of Christianity. Tonight the students need to read any parts of Chapter 10 they have not yet read. The students also need to follow the link below and print the six page DBQ and answer the questions. This will serve as our introduction into the DBQ essay. This will be collected for a grade on Thursday.

http://rbvhs.vusd.k12.ca.us/teachers/roswell/apeuro/unit1/docs/SummerDBQ.htm

All Geo Classes 11/17/09

Students presented their Career Day projects today. After the presentations I gave the cultural notes (very quickly). Students need to complete their review sheets for a grade tonight. I will elaborate on the cultural notes a little more tomorrow before the test. The students will need to turn in their completed review sheets for a grade tomorrow. Everyone should be studying for their TEST!

All Geo Classes 11/16/09

Today we took our Map Quiz on Latin America. We also took economic notes and started out culture notes. We started our review sheets also. Tomorrow we will review for the Test that we will have on Wednesday. The students also need to be prepared to turn in and present their Career Day projects tomorrow!!!!

All Geo Classes 11/12/09

Because many students were missing today we postponed our Map Quiz and notes until Friday. We watched a video today about the Lost Boys of Sudan.

All Geo Classes 11/11/09

The students took Physical notes on Latin America today. They also started as class activity on Vertical Zonation, that I collected. The students need to study for their Map Quiz that will be held tomorrow. The students should be able to locate the following places: Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Amazon, and Rio Grande, Andes Mtns, Central America, Cuba, US, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico City and Brasilia.

AP World 11/10/09

The students took a Current Event Quiz and Reading Quiz today. I lectured on the Byzantine Empire and Started a lecture on the Middle Ages. The students need to write a comparative essay on Western European religion and Eastern European religion. They should use the proper comaparative essay format. The students need to finish reading chapter 10 of stearns pages 224-236. The students will have a comparative essay on the Spread of Islam and the Spread of Christianity Thurdsday. Their essays will need to focus on social, political, gender, and economic implications. Pages in stearns that may be helpful are 106-110, 138, 158, 165, and 174. Information about the spread of these religions is not limited to these pages.

All Geo Classes 11/10/09

The students turned in their homework from last class and took a current events quiz. I also assigned the students a project today. The project is titled "What's Your Job?" The students were given an informations sheet and need to have their presentation ready to go next Tuesday. The presentations are a test grade! We spent the rest of the time working on our maps of Latin America. If the students did not turn in their maps they need to complete them for homework.

All Geo Classes 11/06/09

The students took their Semester Exam today. After the test they worked on page 214 #1-20 and #1-10. They need to complete this for homework and turn it in on Tuesday. Don't forget no school on Monday!!!

AP World 11/05/09

The students took their 9 weeks review today. They were assigned a guided reading assignment on Chapter 9 of Stearns. They need to complete it this weekend and be ready to turn it in on Tuesday. They should also be ready for a reading quiz on chapter 9.

All Geo Classes 11/05/09

We worked on our review sheets today. Students should study them tonight for their test on Friday.

All Geo Classes 11/04/09

The students turned in their review sheets for a grade and took the U7 test. The students got a 9 Semester Exam review sheet. They will not be allowed to take it home until Thursday night and they will need to study it to be ready for the semester exam on Friday!

AP World 11/03/09

The students received a new review sheet for the 9 weeks test. They need to complete it for homework and be ready to take the 9 weeks exam on Thursday. Review sheet will be collected for a grade.

All Geo Classes 11/03/09

The students took their u7 map quiz and worked on their review sheets for the test tomorrow. Review sheets will be collected for a grade on Wednesday.

All Geo Classes 11/03/09

The students took their u7 map quiz and worked on their review sheets for the test tomorrow. Review sheets will be collected for a grade on Thursday.

IMPORTANT AP WORLD!!!!!

If you have not started your review sheet for the 9 weeks exam don't! Those who already did it will receive extra credit. We have a new version of the 9 weeks test for AP students. You will not be taking the Honors version. The test will be pushed back to Thursday and a new review sheet will be given on Tuesday.

All Geo. Classes 11/02/09

We postponed out Map Quiz until tomorrow. The students took Cultural Notes today. Tomorrow the students will get their review sheet for the Canada and US test on Wednesday. Tonight the students need to answer all the Skillbuilder questions on pages 120, 121, 125, 129, 140, 141, 142, 146, 149, 157, 159, and 160. Also if the students want to be best prepared for the Map Quiz tomorrow they should be able to locate the following things associated with Canada and the US: all three oceans, the Hudson Bay and Gulf of Mexico, all the major rivers, the three mountain chains, the Aleutian Islands, and cities like Chicago, Washington DC, New York, and Ottawa.