Getting Ready for School

Hi Everybody:

Just a couple of quick things as we're all getting ready to head back to school next week.
  1. Supplies - Organization is an important skill in any class, but especially one that studies 500 years of history. In order to keep our materials organized, I recommend that you keep notes, homework and handouts in one large (3" or so) three-ring binder with multiple dividers. Because that may become cumbersome to carry back and forth to class every day, it might also help to have a smaller binder or folder (with pockets) for the current unit so you can leave the big one at home. There will be periodic assessments of your notebook. I will distribute a rubric the first week of class.
  2. Summer Reading - We will begin discussing the summer reading assignment the first week of class, and the essay will be due the second week. Those assignments are posted on Sharepoint, which is accessible through the MPH Intranet Portal, or through this link directly:  Summer Reading Assignments
I'm really looking forward to kicking off the year. See you soon.

Mr. Stegeman

Week of May 27


Wednesday
  • In-class: Reflective exercise
  • Due: Film Analysis Essay
Friday
  • Course Wrap-Up
  • end of year celebration

Week of May 20

Monday
  • Lecture: Historical Film Analysis
    • historical context of 1973 coup in Chile
  • Workshop: Missing, pt. 1
Wednesday
  • Read: film analysis article packet
  • Discussion: Film Analysis
  • Workshop: Missing, pt. 2
Friday
  • Discussion: writing the film analysis essay
  • Workshop: Missing, pt. 3 and/or essay writing

Week of May 13

This is the week of the AP exam. Between now and Thursday, try to spend about an hour each night reviewing the course content. Remember it is much better to do this a little at a time than to cram at the last minute. Use your findings from last week's diagnostic test to target areas that need the most attention. Pay particular attention to the "time line of major events" sections in your review book. Hang in there - we've almost made it!!

Tuesday
  • Final lecture on Decolonization and the Cold War
  • Last-minute review session
    • take ten minutes to plan out the sample comparative essay
    • we will review this in class and complete a sample change-over-time essay plan
Thursday
  • AP Exam - report to basement of Pebble Hill Church at 7:45 am.

Week of May 6

Monday
  • Lecture: The Post-War World
  • Workshop: DBQ planning exercise
Wednesday
  • Full MC practice test
  • Workshop: Change-Over-Time planning
  • Due: 1 page review - 19th c. Imperialism
    • China, Japan, India, Africa
Friday
  • Lecture: The World Today
  • Workshop: Comparative essay
  • Due: 1 page review - 20th century

Week of April 29

Tuesday
  • Read: none
  • Lecture: WWII
  • Workshop: quiz, exam review
  • Due: 1 page review (Industrial Revolution: Britain, US, Russia, Latin America)
Thursday
  • Exam 8
**Update on exam short essays: 

There will be 4 short essay questions on the exam. You will have to write two; one from each category 

Category 1
  • Compare the authoritarian regimes of Italy, Germany and Japan in the years preceding WWII.
  • Compare the ideologies that were used to justify the slaughter of civilians at Treblinka and during the Rape of Nanking.
      Category 2 
  • Explain Britain's use of the appeasement policy and how it failed.
  • Compare the leadership of three countries involved in WWII, including at least one from each alliance. (Britain, US, Russia - German, Italy, Japan)

Week of April 22

Remember that each day this week you should be prepared with two things: a) bring at least one page of review on one of the major topics of the course, and b) be prepared to take a MC quiz. This week I will start mixing in questions from the major topics listed below for the purpose of review.

Monday
  • Read: Reilly 923-932
  • Lecture: WWII
  • Discuss: Rise of Nazism
  • Due: 1-page review (Age of Exploration)
Wednesday
  • Read: Reilly 932-941
  • Lecture: WWII
  • Discuss: German & Japanese war crimes
  • Due: 1-page review (Early Modern Europe)
Friday
  • Read: Strayer 653-656, 668-675
  • Lecture: The Communist World
  • Due: 1-page review (Atlantic Revolutions)