• China's Great Wall

  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  • Angkor Wat, Cambodia

  • Trans-Saharan Caravan

  • Indian Ocean Dhow

  • Rome, Italy

  • Moscow, Russia

Day

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

M

11/4

Introducing Contextualization. Zoom exercise, Star Wars Intro creation (example HERE).

T

11/5

Students prepare their essays for peer review: rewrite intro paragraph by adding contextualization, restructure body paragraphs as needed. 

W/TH

11/6-11/7

Peer Reviewing essays on Columbian Exchange. Begin by calibrating our grading skills on 2018 LEQ student samples (essay #3). Students use the grids on the bottom of the class LEQ rubric to calibrate, then peer grade their essays with a partner. Students have until Friday to rewrite their essays for grade redemption. HW-students need to have 3.1 to 3.2 read and annotated in AMSCO by Friday.

F

11/8

Begin notes/discussion on GunPowder Empires (Russian Empire). Students begin reading AP Worldipedia
HERE is the study guide for Unit 4. You should be linking the Objectives and Historical Developments to class content by annotating these pages. 

M

11/11

Personal Progress Check on Unit 4. Continue Russian Empire notes: Petrine Reforms.
Here is the study guide for Unit 3. You should be linking the Objectives and Historical Developments to class content by annotating these pages. 

T

11/12

Notes/discussion on Ottoman and Qing (Manchu) Empires

W/TH

11/13-11/14

Analyze religious and imperial portraiture. Develop claims about Imperial Administration and build out full LEQ. 

FR

11/15

 Peer grade LEQs from yesterday