Unit 8

Tuesday, April 29

  • Read: review Palmer 828-829, 831-833 (from before break)
  • Lecture: Road to WWII
  • Workshop: Multiple Choice analysis of questions
Thursday, May 1
  • Read: PR Chap. 6
  • Lecture: Axis Successes
  • Workshop: Enlightenment Review
Monday, May 5
  • Read: PR Chap. 7
  • Lecture: The Tide Turns
  • Workshop: Essay Planning
  • Due: Chap 6 & 7 Review notes
Wednesday, May 7
  • Read: PR Chap. 8
  • Lecture: Cold War Europe
  • Workshop: Essay Planning
Friday, May 9
  • Read: PR Chap.9
  • Exam 8 
    • AP simulation (50 MC & 1 FRQ)
Tuesday, May 13
  • Read: none
  • Workshop: AP exam prep
  • Due: Complete review packet (incl. PR Chap 8 & 9 notes)
Wednesday, May 14
  • Exam day - noon!!
Thursday, May 15
  • end of year celebration

Unit 7

We have six weeks of class time before the AP exam, which is scheduled for May 14th 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.




Wednesday, March 26
  • Read: none
  • Lecture: intro to WWI
  • Workshop: planning AP review process
Friday, March 28

  • Read: Palmer 677-687
  • Lecture: WWI: Pre-War Alliance System
  • Workshop: Gathering notebook materials
Tuesday, Apr. 1
  • Read: Palmer 687-696
  • Lecture: Trench Warfare
  • Workshop: Review plan
Thursday, Apr. 3
  • Read: Palmer 703-709
  • Lecture: Diplomatic Resolution
  • Workshop:
  • Due: 1-page sample of review strategy 
    •  Chap. 11 - Postwar Europe
Monday, Apr. 7
  • Read: Palmer 709-718
  • Lecture:  Socio-Cultural Effects
  • Workshop: in-class DBQ essay
  • Due: 1-page review sample
    •  Chap. 4 - Renaissance & Reformation
Wednesday, Apr. 9
  • Read: Palmer 733-742
  • Lecture: Russian Revolution
  • Workshop: Exam 7 prep 
  • Due: Exam 7 review sheet
Friday, Apr. 11
  •  Exam 7
Tuesday, Apr. 15
  • Read: Palmer 828-829, 831-833
  • Lecture: Interwar Europe
  • Workshop: AP Review
  • Due: 1-page review
    •  Chap. 5 - Age of Expansion
Thursday, Apr. 17
  •  Practice MC exam

Unit 6

Welcome back from break. I hope you had a restful vacation. Here is our plan for the first week back:

Monday, Feb. 24
  • Reading: none
  • Lecture: The idea of Race in 19th c. Imperialism
  • Workshop: same
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Friday, Feb. 28
  • Read: I, Pierre 53-80
  • Lecture: Discuss Foucault
  • Workshop: Assemble info and text for WebQuest Book
Tuesday, March 4
  • Read: Palmer 433-443
  • Lecture: Industrialization
  • Workshop: WebQuest chapters
  • Due: homework check of WebQuest progress 
Thursday, March 6
  • Read: Palmer 443-457; I, Pierre 80-100
  • Lecture: Intellectual Trends of the 19th Century
  • Workshop: Discuss I, Pierre...
Tuesday, March 11
  • Read: I, Pierre Riviere 100-121
  • Lecture: Historical Research Methods
  • Workshop: Discuss I, Pierre...
  • Due: WebQuest Chapters 
Thursday, March 13
  • Read: Palmer 517-525, I, Pierre...122-136
  • Lecture: Italian Unification
  • Workshop: Crime & Madness
Monday, March 17
  • Read: Palmer 525-536
  • Lecture: German Unification
  • Workshop: exam prep
  •  
Wednesday, March 19
  • Read: Palmer 650-659
  • Lecture: Scramble for Africa
  • Workshop: Mapping Resources in Europe & Africa
  • Due: review sheet
Monday, March 24
  •  Exam 6

Unit 5

Wednesday, Jan. 22
  • Read: Palmer 349-355
  • Lecture: French Revolution - Background
  • Workshop: Darnton Assignment
Friday, Jan. 24
  • Read: Palmer 355-370
  • Lecture: FR - The Republican Experiment
  • Workshop: 3-part summary 
  • Due: Darnton Assignment
Tuesday, Jan. 28
  • Read: Palmer 374-383
  • Lecture: FR - The Great Terror
  • Workshop: DBQ & FRQ
  • Leah & Julia present
Thursday, Jan. 30
  • Read: Palmer 383-394
  • Lecture: Marie Antoinette
  • Workshop: essay prep
  • Hannah & Hamish present
 Monday, Feb.3
  • Read: Palmer 395-404
  • Lecture: Napoleonic Europe
  • Workshop: DBQ (bring annotated DBQ Packet)
  • Due: 3-part Summary
    • Identify 6 terms from the Revolutionary & Napoleonic periods
      • Timeline of French Revolution
      • 2-paragraph response
        • In what ways was the French Revolution a success? In what ways did it fail?
    Wednesday, Feb.5
    • No Class - Snow Day
    Friday, Feb.7
    • Read: Palmer 421-431
    • Lecture: Napoleon's Downfall and the Congress of Vienna
    • Workshop: Essay outlining
    Tuesday, Feb. 11
    • Read: none
    • Workshop: IN-CLASS DBQ
    • Workshop: exam prep
    • Due: review sheet
    Thursday, Feb. 13
    • Exam 5

    Unit 4 - January

    Tuesday, Jan. 7
    • No school - "cold" day 
    Thursday, Jan. 9
    • Reading: none
    • Lecture: Review of 18th Century Europe
    • Workshop: Exam prep
    Monday, Jan.13
    • Reading: Darnton, "The Great Cat Massacre"
    • Lecture: Seminar
    • Workshop: Exam Review
    • Due: Review Sheet
    Wednesday, Jan. 15
    • Exam 4
    *Note* - Cat Massacre Essai will be due Wednesday, Jan. 22nd