Homework 3/31

French Revolution (pg786) to pg 798 (stop at 'emergence of ideologies)

Homework for the Weekend 3/28

Atlantic Revolutions

HW - After talking about Adam Smith and his economic ideas, watch Niall Ferguson's Ted Talk '6 Killer Apps of Prosperity' about why he believes the Western world was able to succeed more so than other regions (think - why the West? Why not everyone else? )  

Link to the TED TALK  (also embedded below) 

On your blog, post a response to Ferguson (and maybe tweet him @nfergus).

IN ADDITION, in preparation for next week, read this excerpt from Briton's Anatomy of a Revolution

On your blog, summarize each step of the revolution in 2 sentences or less.

**You can post both parts of the assignment in the same blogpost**

Adam Smith

I will be out for a bit during this period for a meeting, so while I'm gone read the Adam Smith sections:

Adam Smith Biography

Adam Smith Reading

Brainstorm 3 questions to ask Adam Smith!  (post on your blog for safe keeping)

Link 3/21

Is society doomed?

Homework 3/20

Tonight for homework, please read the next section of the textbook, pgs 770-775.

Tomorrow in class - decline of the empires

Reminder - TEST ON 19-27 ON MONDAY! 


Video Clip on Kabuki theater - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-bgSFJiKc&feature=youtu.be

In Class and Homework 3/19

For class today: Islamic Empires Pocketmap pg 755

Homework:  Post completed map to blog &  read pgs 753-762

STUDY STUDY STUDY.

Homework 3/17

Chapter 27 Powerpoint

YOU SHOULD BE STUDYING FOR THE TEST ON THURSDAY!!!

Homework:  In the powerpoint above, watch the two video clips at the end (1st one - 16min-23min; 2nd one - beginning til 17min)

Homework 3/12

We finished talking about Ch 26 today, so skim read the rest of the chapter! Read 724-731 (Ming and Qing (China)

The Chinese Dynasty Song Lyrics


And now..the moment that we've all been waiting for..THINGS THAT WILL BE ON THE TEST!

• Chapter 19 - Africa (all of it)
• Chapter 20 - Growth of Christianity & Crusades (522-534)
• Chapter 21 - Latin America and Oceania (all of it) 
• Chapter 22 - Plague and the recovery from the plague, Early Exploration (576-590)
• Chapter 23 - Trading Posts, Russian Explorers, Columbian Exchange (612-624)
• Chapter 25 - Spanish and Portuguese in the Americas & Colonial Societies (666-686)
• Chapter 26 - Africa and Slavery (all) 
• Chapter 27 - China and Japan (all) 

This SEEMS like a ton, but tests are usually 6-7 chapters at a time.  This equates out to about 7 chapters worth of content.  

Homework 3/10

Starting to Read Ch 26 - pgs 698-712.  Make sure to read the excerpt by Olaudah Equiano on pg 710 and answer the question in italics on your blog.

Full DBQ Essay during long block on Wednesday.  You will receive documents and question that day.

Test will be after Chapter 27.  It will cover 19-27 (most of the chapters we covered about Europe aren't on it..I'll give you more specific chapters when I get them figured out).  Test will most likely be the middle of next week.

Again - AP WH KEY CONCEPTS
Annotated DBQ Rubric (Buddhism in China Question)

How to Write an APWH DBQ Thesis

DO:  

• address all parts of the question
• if it talks about the ‘political and social impact’ you need to address both SOCIAL and POLITICAL impacts in your thesis statement.
• Give the context of the essay
• ‘Historical Background’ is helpful for this
• Dates, Regions, Eras, etc.
• ANSWER THE QUESTION.
• If it asks for ‘social IMPACT of Buddhism’, do not describe how Buddhism developed.
• Take a position
• If it asks for social impact, make sure you mention what the social impact is (good, bad, etc)
• Make sure your groupings are connected to and support your thesis.
• If your question is ‘social impact’ one of your groupings should be documents that show the social impact.  You could also create a ‘positive social impact’ and a ‘negative social impact’ sub group.
• Each relevant grouping should be a paragraph.

DON’T:

• Only restate the question.
• “There were many political and economic effects of the ..........)”
• TOO VAGUE
• “There was a large impact on the Native American population. “

Does not address the question - ‘social and political’ impacts

Homework for the Weekend 3/7

Bentley CH 25

Born With A Silver Spoon reading - Where is the silver going?  Where is it coming from?  Who are the major players in the 'silver trade'?

Homework

Pgs 666-678 about European settlement into the 'New World'

Homework 3/4

Reading - For homework tonight, please read pgs 642 (Absolute Rulers) to 648 (to early capitalism) and 655 (Science and Enlightenment) - to 659 (end of ch 24)

Blog post reflection - reflect on the practice DBQ - where did you have issues? what did you think was easy?  what would you like to work on more (additional docs? point of view? set up of the essay?) Did you finish the essay?  Basically, tell me what you thought!

...and congrats!  you have now reached the time period in history where the WHII classes start in September :)

Practice DBQ

Tomorrow in class we will practice writing a DBQ essay.  Remember, the DBQ is about your ability to 'think like a historian' by analyzing documents and crafting an argument based on the evidence provided - NOT about content we have learned in class.  Some call it 'the great equalizer' because even if you aren't strong with the names, dates, events needed for the other essays, being able to just write the essay style well will be a big help.

Hints for the DBQ

Check out the GETAFIVE.COM DBQ essay videos.

Review the grading score guide.

You will also be using the same plague documents we have looked at several times already, so the information will not be new for you.  Take this opportunity to set up a guideline for yourself to write the essay.

The question is 'Why was the bubonic plague so devastating to European society?'

Begin by making groups - think about very basic descriptors/'first level' groups (sneakers, boots, all female, all male) but also begin to group the documents about what they say (or don't say!)  These second level categories are what we want to look at.  If you're grouping a doc set by the opinions of all women about a particular topic, consider an additional document you could add to that specific group!