AP World over the vacation

We will start the Mongol Trial the Monday we return from vacation; you'll have the first 15 minutes of class to get yourself organized, then we will begin with Opening Statements from both sides.
If you are doing research over the break into your character, you need to share that information with your opponent. You may also collaborate across classes if you wish.  The lists of what students are what roles are linked to a Google document here.
Over the vacation, you need to read another book off the list linked here.  The assignment is the same as the Thanksgiving Break Assignment, and that is linked here.  To see what others have reviewed, or to add your own review, you can click here. Feel free to add new books as you read them!  The report is due via email by the start of class on January 3rd (that's the Monday we get back...)
Have a great vacation and see you in 2011!

AP Mongols

For the weekend, get familiar with your characters/roles.  Finish reading the chapter.  Just as a head's up, we will have a quick quiz on the chapter contents on Tuesday.  I'll tell you about it on Monday, but on the off chance that we don't have class, check back in and I'll post information on the blog so you can prepare. Don't forget to publish your review of the book you read over Thanksgiving.  I think there are 3 of you left who haven't read Nectar in a Sieve yet... :)  Happy weekend!

US-China Relations--paper topic #3

For those of you who are keeping up, the third paper is due this Thursday.  The topic is "Catch 22: The US and China are economically interdependent.   Who has greater leverage with which to negotiate?  Defend yourself."

Wednesday we have a presentation on Human Rights.  The final papers are due January 7th.  The big paper topic is:  "Predict the future for US-China relations.  Which nation will come out on top? Consider all the elements we have examined. Pick a side and defend it."

The fourth paper is due also on January 7th, and its topic is: Should the US try to dictate either Human Rights OR environmental policy to China?  Why or Why not?  

 

AP World--The Mongols are coming!

For tomorrow, read pages 461-466, about the Turkic nomads, who were pre-cursors to the Mongols.  Tomorrow we will begin the process of the Mongol Trials...

There will be a book report due after the winter break (yes, yes, groan all you want...). To help people make choices, I've set up a spreadsheet with the books that people have read so far.  Please add your review out of 5 stars (where 1 is burn it and 5 is the greatest thing you've read so far) and feel free to post a short comment if you wish.  Please don't tamper with others' reviews and remember that there are many other books from which to choose!  The spreadsheet/document is linked here.

AP World-Chinese and Indian influence

Today in class you rotated through four stations: 1) Show China's influence on Korea and Japan--political, Religious, Technological, other; 2) India Pocket Map--Page 415, Indian Ocean Trade Routes; 3) India's influence on SE Asia--political, religious, technological, other; 4) China pocket map, either page 377 or page 383.  For homework, finish whatever wasn't done in class.  Then create a way to show (not using paragraphs, no essays, etc.) a comparison and contrast of Indian vs Chinese influence and argue that one or the other had a greater/more extensive/more impactful influence.  I recommend a Venn diagram(s), but feel free to be creative.  All will be checked on Monday, and your comparison will be collected.

AP World--India

Now that we have the in-class essay confusion behind us, we'll turn our attention to Post-Classical India.  For tonight, read pages 410-418 in the textbook.  Tomorrow we'll discuss the political aspect of Post-Classical India and look at the development of Hinduism and Islam in India.

AP World The Chinese Empire Strikes Back

For homework read chapter 15 in the textbook.  On Tuesday, there will be an in-class Change Over Time (COT) essay on China.  Be sure to review the components of TAREA.  While you are reading, you can use the topics of the chart linked HERE. to help you track some information as you go along, and to preview the themes that the essay could touch on.  Remember, do, or do not.  There is no try.

AP World

I'm impressed with the quality of our conversations about religions today!  Nice work! For tomorrow, complete your pocket map of the Islamic Empires.  We will be discussing the Sui and Tang Dynasties of China in class.

AP World Islamic Empires

For tomorrow, read pages 359-370.  As we will be only touching on parts of the contents, I encourage you strongly to take notes on the pages so you will remember them!  Your pocket maps of the Expansion of Islam are due on Friday.