Week of September 30

This will be a short week due to the class trip on Friday. It also marks the end of our first unit of study on ancient history review. Beginning next week we will enter the Modern Period.

Monday

• Read: none
• Lecture: miscellaneous end of unit items
• Workshop: Review Session
• Due: completed review sheet

Wednesday

• Exam 1

Friday

• no class - class trip

Week of September 23

We are approaching the end of our first unit. Keep building those study skills and habits and I think you will be pleased to find out how helpful they are when it comes to test time. Looking past this week, please keep in mind that we will have our first exam on Wednesday, October 3.

Monday, Sept 24

• Read: 138-148
• Lecture: Europe in the Middle Ages
• Workshop: Comparative Essay
• Due: Comparative Essay draft

Thursday, Sept 27

• Read:148-154
• Lecture: The Far East
• Workshop: Exam prep
• Due: Comparative Essay

Week of September 16

Super start to the year, people! As we move through the next few weeks we will start working on some AP style essays. It will be important for you to keep building on the basic study skills and habits like note-taking and organizing your materials in the notebook. Try to build a firm foundation now and it will keep paying off for the rest of the year.

Tuesday, Sept 18

• Read: Packet 116-130
• Lecture: Survey of Religions in the Ancient World
• Workshop: AP comparative essay

Thursday, Sept 20

• Read: Packet 132-138
• Lecture: Rise of Islam
• Workshop: AP essay construction
• Due: Comparative Chart
• create a three-column chart comparing methods of political control in Han China, Maurya/Gupta India and Imperial Rome
• remember, the more info you put into the chart, the more material you will have at your fingertips to write our first comparative essay
• bring a clean copy of this to hand in

First two weeks of school (Sept. 5 - Sept. 14)

Here is an outline of what you can expect in World History Intensive during the first two weeks of class.

*Please note that things are due to be completed on the day they are listed. For example, you are expected to complete the reading "Strayer xli-xliv" before class on Friday, Sept. 7.

Wednesday, Sept 5

• In-class: welcome, introductions & distribution of course materials
• this will be a shortened class (30-35 minutes)

Friday, Sept 7

• Read: Strayer xli-xliv (prologue)
• Lecture: Big History & Periodization
• David Christian on TED 
• Workshop: Notebook strategies
• Discuss: Achebe

Tuesday, Sept 11

• Read: review packet 90-103
• Lecture: Subsistence Patterns
• Workshop: periodization
• Discuss: Achebe

Thursday, Sept 13

• Read: packet 104-116
• Lecture: Early Civilizations
• Workshop: the art of comparison
• Due: summer reading essay