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Today’s Activities

AP World History

  • Bell Work: quick write/review – Reformation, Enlightenment, Pax Mongolica, Westernization
  • Africa & the Slave Trade
  • Compare accounts – read pgs. 450-451 (slave account), compare to European account
  • Independent Practice: finish chs. 19-20, study for Big Quiz

World History

  • Bell Work: Article of the Week, pt. 2 – discuss why is it such a controversial topic?
  • Review
  • Black Death News Article
  • Independent Practice: finish Black Death News Article (due Tuesday/Wednesday)

 

AP World History

  • Bell Work: prep for quiz
  • Vocab/Reading Quiz: ch. 18
  • Read/discuss primary source document (pg. 411 in text)
  • Early Latin America
  • Independent Practice: read ch. 19 (pgs. 412-415, 421-429) and ch. 20 (all), complete notes/questions/vocab

World History 

Note: today was a C-day

AP World History

  • Bell Work: Historical Figure Assessment (mastery)
  • Transformation of the West
  • Independent Practice: finish ch. 18 notes/questions/vocab (practice), study for quiz (mastery); CCOT essay (mastery)

World History 

  • Bell Work: vocab review (practice)
  • Medieval Europe
  • Black Death music video – describe 3 results
  • Independent Practice: study for Medieval Europe quest, complete study guide (practice)

AP World History

  • Bell Work: prep for quiz
  • Ch. 17 reading/vocab quiz
  • Transformation of the West
  • Independent Practice: continue ch. 18 reading notes/questions/vocab

World History

  • Bell Work: Article of the Week, pt. 2, plus discussion
  • Medieval Europe
  • Pope Urban II’s Crusades speech – read/analyze/discuss
  • Independent Practice: Medieval Europe Critical Thinking, pt. 2

AP World History

  • Bell Work: prep for quiz
  • Ch. 16 Vocab/Reading Quiz
  • World Economy
  • Transformation of the West
  • Independent Practice: study for ch. 17 reading/vocab quiz; read ch. 18 (pgs. 392-402), complete notes/reading questions

World History

AP World History

  • Bell Work: 1st semester vocab review
  • World Economy
  • Columbia Exchange – read article [NC Digital Learning], complete chart
  • Independent Practice: finish chs. 16-17, study for reading/vocab quiz, complete Historical Figure Analysis chart (ch. 17) [due Monday/Tuesday]

World History

  • Bell Work: Article of the Week, part 2
  • Medieval Europe
  • “Duties of Lords and Vassals”
  • Independent Practice: Medieval Letters – letters written from point of view of a lord and peasant [due Monday/Tuesday]

AP World History

  • Bell Work: prep for quiz
  • Big Quiz: chs. 12-15
  • Discuss pgs. 342-346 – Early Modern Period changes/continuities
  • World Economy
  • Independent Practice: read ch. 16 (pgs. 359-366) & ch. 17 (all) – complete reading notes/questions/vocab

World History

AP World History

  • Bell Work: prep for quiz
  • Quiz: chs. 13-14 reading/vocab
  • Mongol Empire
  • Finish Visual DBQ – evaluate the impact of Mongol conquest on Eurasia
  • Independent Practice: read ch. 15 – reading notes/questions/vocab

World History

  • Bell Work: Article of the Week – “For China’s Left-Behind Kids, A Free Lunch” [NPR]
  • Mongol Empire
  • Video: “Digging For Truth – Lost Empire of Genghis Khan”
  • Exit Ticket
  • Independent Practice: China/Mongols Critical Thinking

NOTE: Thursday (1/26) and Friday (1/27) were split, with B1/B2 on Thursday and B3/B4 on Friday.

AP World History

  • Bell Work: document-based multiple-choice practice questions
  • Mongol Empire
  • Visual DBQ – small groups analyze documents to help explain attitudes concerning Mongol expansion
  • Independent Practice: finish chs. 13-14, Chinese Influence chart, reading notes/questions/vocab

World History

  • Bell Work: Article of the Week, part 2
  • Inventions of China – research/discuss various inventions
  • Mongol Empire
  • Independent Practice: finish Inventions of China – comparison chart and writing prompt

AP World History

  • Bell Work: prep for quiz
  • Ch. 12 reading/vocabulary quiz
  • China Under the Tang & Song Dynasties
  • Foot binding – NPR story
  • Exit Ticket quiz
  • Independent Practice: read chs. 13-14, complete Chinese Influence chart, reading notes/questions, study vocab

World History

  • Bell Work: Article of the Week – read/summarize
  • China Under the Tang & Song Dynasties
  • Inventions of China research assignment
  • Exit ticket – three new things?
  • Independent Practice: complete Inventions comparison chart