Weeks of April 7th & 15th

Welcome back from spring break. We have five weeks of class time before the AP exam, which is scheduled for May 15th at 12:00. We will have two more units on the World War era, and will use workshop time for the exam review process. If you haven't picked up your Princeton Review book please do so ASAP. Here is the plan for the first unit on WWI.

Tuesday, Apr. 9

• Read: Palmer 677-687
• Lecture: WWI: Pre-War Alliance System
• Workshop: Gathering notebook materials

Thursday, Apr. 11

• Read: Palmer 687-696
• Lecture: Trench Warfare
• Workshop: Chap. 14 - Postwar Europe

Monday, Apr. 15

• Read: Palmer 703-709
• Lecture: Diplomatic Resolution
• Workshop: Chap. 7 - Renaissance & Reformation
• Due: 1-page sample of review strategy

Wednesday, Apr. 17

• Read: Palmer 709-718
• Lecture:  Socio-Cultural Effects
• Workshop: DBQ essay

 Friday, Apr. 19

• Read: Palmer 733-742
• Lecture: Russian Revolution
• Workshop: Exam 7 prep

Wednesday, Apr. 24

•  Exam 7

Week of March 24th

Coming up this week we will be moving forward with our biography bracket showdown. As a result, and since we just completed a unit, we will discuss reading assignments on Friday. Students scheduled to present are listed below. If you do not see your name or will not be able to present on the assigned day, please contact me asap. Also, remember to include some kind of visual aid. I would love to see some people in costume. (hint, hint!)

Tuesday

• Lecture: Mr. Arvai's "Scrambled Eggs for Africa"
• Biography Presentations
• Matt
• Willie
• Aurek
• Zack

Thursday

• Lecture: Mr. Arvai's "Russia's Funky Revolution"
• Biography Presentations
• Cassie
• Chloe
• Zain
• Osman

Week of March 10 & March 17

Tuesday, 3/12

• Read: Palmer 517-525, I, Pierre...122-136
• Lecture: Italian Unification
• Workshop: Crime & Madness

Thursday, 3/14

• Read: Palmer 525-536
• Lecture: German Unification
• Workshop: biography

Monday, 3/18

• Read: Palmer 650-659
• Lecture: Scramble for Africa
• Workshop: biography
• Due: review sheet

Wednesday, 3/20

•  Exam 6

Friday, 3/22

• Biography showdown 
• Joe
• Emma
• Maya
• Soleil