Week of September 29th

Sept. 30/Oct.1

• Reading: none
• Presentation: Multiple choice testing strategies
• Workshop: exam prep
• Due: completed notebook and review sheet

Oct. 2/3

• Exam 1

Oct. 4/7

• Reading: Strayer 369-378
• Presentation: Fifteenth Century Exploration
• Discussion: Comparing Europe and China
• Workshop: Mapping the Ocean

Week of September 22nd

Sept. 23/24

• Reading: review packet 138-148
• Presentation: Europe in the Middle Ages
• Discussion: LeMoyne Field Trip
• Workshop: Comparative Essay

Sept. 25/26

• Reading: review packet 148-154
• Presentation: The Far East
• Discussion: LeMoyne Field Trip
• Workshop: Exam Preparation
• Due: Comparative Essay 
• Analyze similarities and differences in methods of political control in TWO of the following empires in the Classical period.
• Han China (206 BCE - 220 CE)
• Maurya/Gupta India (320 BCE - 550 CE)
• Imperial Rome (31 BCE - 476 CE)

NOTE - Our first unit exam will be next week, October 2/3

Week of September 15th

Sept. 17/18

• Reading: Packet 116-130
• Presentation: Religions in the Ancient World
• Workshop: AP comparative essay
• Assignment: 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

Sept. 19/20

• Reading: Packet 132-138
• Presentation: Rise of Islam
• Workshop: AP essay construction
• Due: Comparative Chart

Week of September 8

Sept. 9/10

• Reading: Strayer xli-xliv (prologue)
• Presentation: Big History & Periodization
• David Christian on TED 
• Workshop: notebooks & note-taking
• Discussion: summer assignment

Sept. 11/12

• Reading: review packet 90-103
• Presentation: Subsistence Patterns
• Workshop: intro. to AP exam
• Due: notes from review packet

Sept. 13/16

• Reading: packet 104-116
• Presentation: Early Civilizations
• Workshop: the art of comparison
• Discussion: field trip

Back to School Post

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fun, relaxing and/or adventurous summer, suited to your tastes. I have a lot that I can't wait to tell you about. For now, here is a basic plan for our first week of school.

Tuesday, 9/3

• Presentation - Stegeman's Summer Slideshow
• Assigned - distribute syllabus and course expectations

Wednesday, 9/4 & Friday, 9/6

• Review - syllabus & course description
• Discuss - plans, expectations & how to be successful in World History Intensive
• Activity - "How History is Like Broken Dishware"
• Due - Summer Assignment