Homework for the weekend of October 26

This weekend you will need to download the app Venn Diagram onto your iPad if you were not able to do so in class today.

Read pages 302-308 about the collapse of the Roman empire and the Han Dynasty.  As you read, create a venn diagram in the app in which you compare and contrast the underlying causes of the collapse.

I do not believe that you can export the final product to anything other than email, so once you have completed the venn diagram, screenshot it and post the image to your blog.

There is an annual tradition in AP World to dress up for Halloween for extra credit points on the next quiz.  The rules are simple:

1) Come in lame costume of some type and get 1 point. (I'm wearing a Red Sox hat: I'm Dustin Pedroia!)

2) Come in a good costume of some type and get 2 points (I've got a hat, beard and jersey! I'm Dustin Pedroia!)

3) Come in costume as a historical figure and get 3 points. (I've got a beard, crown, toga-ish dress and strappy sandals! I'm Cleopatra!)

costumes should cost as little as possible (read: do not go out and buy/rent some elaborate get up!), not include overt weaponry, (read: even if the person used a weapon, leave it at home...)  and be school appropriate (read: Don't do the following: I'm only wearing a carpet! I'm Cleopatra when she met Julius Caesar!)

The quiz will be on Halloween day and will cover the contents of chapter 12.

Silk Road In class activity

Tonight, on your blog, reflect on the simulation.

First, on the meta level: What did you come to understand about the Silk Road from doing it? Do you think the Silk Road was a benefit to or did it detract from the societies that participated in it?

Then think about it on a more practical level: Think about the simulation itself.  Did this work for you? Why/Not? What were the pros and cons of learning about the Silk Road this way? What more do you want to know having worked with the information in this manner? Should we do this again?

Roman City. For the long weekend...

For the weekend, read pages 265-271.

Watch the video Roman City, linked up here. Enjoy the cartoon, and don't be frightened by the scary druids...The host's sweet 90s mustache will keep you safe...

Respond to the prompts about the video linked up here on your blog.

Next week, we will have an in-class essay on Friday, compare and contrast, the topic will be politics.  On Monday we will have a test on the Classical Era, chapters 7 (Persia) - 11 (Rome) inclusive. It will consist of 70 multiple choice questions. I'd suggest going back over the weekend and updating the charts/webs you started to organize the information if you haven't been doing so...

Be sure to pay tribute to genocidal, avaricious European "explorers" on Monday...

Homework for 10/10 Roman Republic to Roman Empire

Today in class we looked at some documents that are connected to why Rome changed from being a republic to becoming an empire.  Below are the Storified tweets that you all wrote about each document.  Look over each collection to see what your peers had to say about the documents (which are linked up after each Storify).

Storify 1 #reptoemp1: The Twelve Tables

Storify 2 #reptoemp2: Republican Government Structure

Storify 3 #reptoemp3: Murder of Tiberius Gracchus

Storify 4 #reptoemp4: Life in the Late Republic

Storify 5 #reptoemp5: Maps

Then, on your own blog, write one thing that you can say that you know (that is, you are 100% certain) about why Rome made this transition. This can be one sentence if you wish. After that, write what you want to know, or feel you need to know in order to explain why this change happened; what parts of the story did you miss?