Week of April 28th

Tuesday
  • Read: Palmer 828-829, 831-833; Princeton Review Chap 8
  • Lecture: Road to WWII
  • Workshop: Age of Expansion Multiple Choice
    • Quiz & analysis of questions
Thursday
  • Read: Palmer 842-843: PR Chap 9
  • Lecture: Axis Successes
  • Workshop: Enlightenment Review
  • Due: Chap 8 & 9 Review notes

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

Week of March 3rd

 Tuesday
  • Read: Palmer 443-457; I, Pierre 80-100
  • Lecture: Intellectual Trends of the 19th Century
  • Workshop: Discuss I, Pierre...
  • Due: WebQuest Chapters 
Thursday
  • Read: I, Pierre Riviere 100-121
  • Lecture: Historical Research Methods
  • Workshop: Discuss I, Pierre...

Week of February 24th

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

Monday
Wednesday
  • Read: Review Palmer 421-431; intro to I, Pierre Reviere...
  • Lecture: Restoration Europe
  • Workshop: Assemble info and text for WebQuest Book
Friday
  • Read: Palmer 433-443; I, Pierre 53-80
  • Lecture: Industrialization
  • Workshop: WebQuest chapters
  • Due: homework check of WebQuest progress

Week of February 10th

Tuesday
  • Read: Napoleonic Footsoldier
  • Discussion: Footsoldier
  • Workshop: exam prep
  • Due: outlines of three essays
Thursday
  • Exam 5