Time 100 Project Links

 

Click here to see the list, then find your person.  Project is due on 

• Wednesday, May 29 for period 2
• Thursday May 30 for periods 1, 3, & 7
• Monday, June 3 for period 4

And here's a link to the directions for the project.

Tuesday, May 21

WORLD HISTORY

• Read and discussed section on the creation of the state of Israel.  In periods 4 and 7 only, students worked on a worksheet about the chapter.  It is due on Wednesday.
• Handed out the final exam review sheet.  This is due on Monday, June 3.

APWH

• Students turned in the Empires compare and contrast sheet and the AP review books (if they borrowed one).

Monday, May 20

APWH

• Debriefed about the AP test
• Discussed the Time 100 project and students chose their person from the list.  See me for details.

WORLD HISTORY

•  Discussed the Time 100 project and students chose their person from the list.  See me for details.  Periods 4 & 7, see Mr. Kumar.
• I.Purpose

  •to become familiar with people who shape our world today

  II.Assignment

  •Write SIX SENTENCES about the person (in your own words).

  •Include at least one picture.

  III.The Process

  •Read the Time summary.

  •Research using other sources (wikipedia, etc.)

   
  
  IV.Points
  •50 total
  –Summary = 30
  –Presentation = 10
  –Visuals= 10
  ∙Time picture = 3
  ∙Other pictures =4
  ∙More creativity = up to 10
  WHY IS THIS PERSON IMPORTANT???

Wednesday, May 16

APWH
Today's the day!  Proud of your work this year.

WORLD HISTORY
We watched a video called China: Engineering an Empire.  Students took notes and turned them in.  See the video below, take notes on key ideas, then turn them in for points.

Tuesday, May 14

APWH

• Completed the Empires posters
• Compared and contrasted 4 of the empires after the posters were put up.  See me if you were absent.

WORLD HISTORY

• continued watching October Sky

Monday, May 13

APWH

• Review of empires.  See me if you were absent.

WORLD HISTORY

• Began watching October Sky and taking notes.  We will continue on Tuesday.

Wednesday & Thursday, May 8 & 9

WORLD HISTORY

• Watched the documentary Return with Honor.  If you were absent, see us for information. 

APWH

• Reviewed the multiple choice questions from the practice test last Saturday.
• Returned students' CCOT essay on religion from Tuesday.  Reviewed scoring guidelines, then read a sample essay and scored it.
• Comparative essay on Friday will be about
• Han China
• Mauryan/Gupta India
• Imperial Rome
• Study up on each place tonight and be ready for the essay Friday.  You may use your notes and your comparative essay chart.  No textbooks allowed.

Tuesday, May 7

WORLD HISTORY

• Discussed China from 1950s to the present
• Worksheet on China.  If you were absent, complete and turn the worksheet in the day you return.

APWH

• Wrote a CCOT essay having to do with religion in Latin America/Caribbean and  Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Turned in the CCOT Religions chart.  
• Review schedule:
• Wednesday, May 8, 3:00-4:00pm.  We'll work on the comparative essay
• Wednesday, May 15, 3:00-5:00pm.  Final review the day before the test
• By appointment.  You name the day, time, and topic
• Post AP Test Celebration. Thursday, May 16th, 6:30-8:00pm

Monday, May 6

WORLD HISTORY

• Completed video The Century:  A New World.  To watch the video and answer the questions, refer to Friday's blog entry.

APWH

• Worked on religions to know
• handed out a packet with summaries of each major religion
• worked on the CCOT Religions chart (due Tuesday)

Friday, May 3

WORLD HISTORY

• Period 2: Watched a portion of The Century--A New World and answered the first few questions.  Video is below.
• Periods 4 & 7: 
• Finish 9/11 video. 
• Reflection on the video--turned it in to Mr. Kumar
• Turned in 9/11 worksheet
• Vocabulary quiz.  See Mr. Kumar for make-up.

APWH

• Handed out a review of the different time periods.
• CCOT/Comparative essays refresher
• CCOT chart on religions.  See me for the chart.  It's due Tuesday, May 6
• Practice test is tomorrow morning at 7:15 sharp.

Monday & Tuesday, April 29

WORLD HISTORY

• For STAR testing Wednesday, report to the classroom that your English teacher told you to go to.  If you have Ms. McKinney for period 3, you're with me.
• Period 2 ONLY: worksheet on the collapse of the Soviet Union.  Complete it and turn it in.
• Periods 4 & 6 ONLY: notes on recent science and technology

APWH

• For STAR testing Wednesday, report to the classroom that your English teacher told you to go to.  If you have Ms. McKinney for period 3, you're with me. 
•  Work on the Major Dates packets.  Time periods 1-4 due Tuesday, April 29.  Time periods 5 & 6 due Thursday, May 2.
• Handed out Connections worksheet for time periods 5 & 6.  This is due on Thursday, May 2.
• Don't forget about our review session this Thursday at 6:30 (not time change).  It will end at 8:00.
• Full-length practice AP test is this Saturday, May 2 at 7:15, meeting in my classroom.  I'm expecting to see everyone there. If there is an extraordinary situation, please talk to me no later than Thursday.

APWH Review Sessions and Practice Test Dates

Our review sessions and practice test dates are set for AP world history.

1. Saturday, April 27, 8:00am to 9:30 at Panera Bread, Sierra Vista Mall
2. Thursday, May 2, 3:00pm to 4:30 in my classroom
3. Saturday, May 4, 7:15am to 11:15.  Meet first in my classroom and we'll walk over together to the testing rooms.
4. Wednesday, May 15, 3:00pm to 5:00.  Secret location to be determined.

Tuesday & Wednesday, April 23 & 24

Because of STAR testing this week, we've had a different schedule.  So for periods 1, 2, 4, & 6, here's what we did.

• took and reviewed the benchmark review
• discussed the end of the Cold War

Monday, April 22

WORLD HISTORY

• reviewed WWII and Cold War
• to prep for the STAR test, here are some topics that we didn't get a change to fully cover:
• pg. 612-613 Mikhail Gorbachev, glasnost, perestroika, were the main reasons behind the collapse of the Soviet Union.
• pg. 618-621 Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland were among the first countries where communism fell.  Read those pages to understand what happened.
• pg. 584 read just the first 2 paragraphs to find out how Israel was created after WWII

APWH

• reviewed topics for the STAR test.  Here is the powerpoint presentation from today plus more material from topics we didn't get to.
• chapter 40 summaries due Friday and we'll have the quiz that day too