Week of March 11

Wednesday March 14

• Exam 6
• will consist of two AP-style essay questions
• one comparative and one change-over-time

Friday March 16

• In-class DBQ
• review parameters of the DBQ to study
• no outside information will be required
• Multiple choice quiz on chapter 19
• 20 minutes - 15 questions

Week of March 4

Tuesday, 3/6

• Read: Strayer 577-585; Conrad 25-50
• Lecture:Ottoman Empire
• Discussion: Heart of Darkness

Thursday, 3/8

• Read: Conrad 50-77
• Lecture: Japan
• Discussion: Heart of Darkness

**next Wednesday**

• modified exam on Age of Imperialism

Week of February 26

Welcome back from winter break. We are planning to hit the ground running this week. We'll complete the third quarter with a unit on 19th century imperialism before moving on to the world war era in late-March, early-April. Take notice that the reading load is increasing as we get into Heart of Darkness over the next two weeks.

Monday

• Read: none
• Lecture/activity: learning styles
• Workshop: conference prep

Wednesday

• Read: Strayer 564-571; Reilly 813-818
• Lecture: British Imperialism in China
• Workshop: discuss Osterhammel
• Due: reflection for conferences
• 3-paragraph, typed response to questions distributed in class Monday (be sure to address your learning styles)

Friday

• Read: Strayer 571-577: Conrad 1-25
• Lecture: Europe and the Ottoman Empire
• Workshop: Heart of Darkness

Week of February 12

Tuesday

• Exam 5

Thursday

• Read: none
• In class:
• Video: Opium Wars
• individual writing conferences

Week of February 5

Monday 2/6

• Read: Strayer 548-554
• Lecture: Industrialization in Latin America
• Homework: add Latin America section to comparative chart

Wednesday 2/8

• Read: Strayer 559-564
• Lecture: Industrialization and Imperialism
• Due: Comparative Essay

Friday 2/10

• Read: none
• Lecture: odds & ends
• Homework: bring mostly-completed review sheet to class
• Workshop: review session
• Exam 5 - Tuesday, Feb. 14

Week of January 29

Tuesday

• Read: Strayer 541-548
• Lecture: Industrialization in US
• Due: comparative chart
• compare the processes of industrialization in Britain, the US and Russia

Thursday

• Read: (monday's assignment optional)
• Lecture: Industrialization in Russia
• Workshop: comp essay workshop
• Homework: score sample comparative essay

**Comparative Essay - due next Wednesday**

Analyze similarities and differences between the processes of industrialization in Britain and 2 of the following 3 contexts:

• United States
• Russia
• Latin America

Week of January 22

Monday

• Read: Strayer 527-533
• Lecture: Intro to Industrial Revolution
• Workshop: Textile Industry film

Wednesday

• Read: Strayer 534-541
• Lecture: Industrialization & Social Change
• Workshop: field trip to Mrs. Salter's room
• Due: 1-2 paragraph reading response
• Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in Europe? Why did it happen in Britain?

Friday

• Read: Reilly 783-789
• Lecture: Marx's theory of historical change
• Workshop: discuss Reilly reading
• Assign: first quarterly essay