Mr. Hoge's AP World
History 
Mr. Hoge's AP World
History
Class Calendar:
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Day 1 Topic: Introductions, expectations, books, and History as a Discipline AP Themes
Homework: TBA |
Day 2 Topic: Dates & Sources
Homework:
Textbook pgs 5-14; |
Day 3 Topic: Human Evolution, Early Man, The Neolithic Revolution Homework: Directions for Agricultural Revolution Map The Map Textbook pgs 14-23; |
Day 4 Topic: City life, Mesopotamia Agriculture Revolution Map Due Homework:
Textbook pgs 14-23; |
Day 5 Topic: Time to start playing by the rules, Hammurabi’s Code, Geography Quiz
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Day 6 Topic: The Gift of the Nile Essay Due Homework:
Textbook pgs 23-29; |
Day 7 Topic: Egyptian Society
Homework:
Textbook pgs 29-35; |
Day 8 Topic: So what block do you live on, the Indus Valley
Homework:
Textbook pgs 37-48; |
Day 9 Topic: Insiders & Outsiders, Shang & Zhou China -- the OTHER Homework:
Textbook pgs 37-48; |
Day 10 Topic: Contemplation in a time of Confusion, The Warring States Period Vocabulary Quiz Homework:
Textbook pgs 48-51; |
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Day 11 Topic: Nubia, a conduit
Homework:
Textbook pgs 51-57; |
Day 12 Topic: Mesoamerica
Homework:
Textbook pgs 60-66 |
Day 13 Topic: Cosmopolitan Middle East
Homework:
Textbook pgs 66-70; |
Day 14 Topic: Homer’s World
Homework:
Textbook pgs 71-74;
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Day 15 Topic: Total War and the Assyrians
Homework:
Textbook pgs 74-80 START studying |
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Day 16 Topic: The Chosen People, the Hebrews
Homework:
Textbook pgs 80-86
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Day 17 Topic: Hooked on the Phoenicians
Homework: Tutorial at 4pm |
Day 18 Topic: Review for test |
Day 19 Topic: Test |
Day 20 Topic: Essay Vocabulary Quiz Homework: |
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UNIT TWO Day 21 Topic: The Persians
Homework:
Textbook pgs 93-108; |
Day 22 Topic: The rise of the Polis
Homework:
Textbook pgs 108-109; |
Day 23 Topic: The military state -- Sparta Study guide for Geography Quiz Homework:
Textbook pgs:111-115;
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Day 24 Topic: World’s first democracy -- Athens
Homework:
Textbook pgs 116-122 |
Day 25 Topic: Alexander the Great Geography Quiz
Homework:
Textbook pgs 123-132 |
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Day 26 Topic: Roman Republic
Homework:
Textbook pgs 132-134; |
Day 27 Topic: Pax Romana
Homework:
Textbook pgs 130-138; |
Day 28 Topic: Rise of Christianity and the fall of Rome Homework:
Textbook pgs 139-142
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Day 29 Topic: Qin = China
Homework:
Textbook pgs 142-148 |
Day 30 Topic: The Han Homework: Vocabulary Quiz Textbook pgs 151-155; |
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Day 31 Topic: Vedic India and the Caste System
Homework:
Textbook pgs 155-160; |
Day 32 Topic: Buddhism & Hinduism
Homework:
Textbook pgs 160-162 |
Day 33 Topic: The Mauryans
Homework:
Textbook pgs 162-165;
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Day 34 Topic: The Gupta
Homework:
Textbook pgs 166-171; |
Day 35 Topic: Southeast Asia
Homework: STUDY |
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Day 36 Topic: Test
Homework:
Textbook pgs 174-176; |
UNIT THREE Day 37 Topic: Silk Road
Homework:
Textbook pgs 176-178 |
Day 38 Topic: Sasanids and the Silk Road
Homework:
Textbook pgs 179-182;
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Day 39 Topic: Indian Ocean Trade Route
Homework:
Textbook pgs 182-192 |
Day 40 Topic: Sahara Desert Trade Routes Vocabulary Quiz
Homework: Rewrite essay one |
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Day 41 Essay Rewrite of Essay One Due Homework:
Textbook pgs 193-202
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Day 42 Topic: Islam
Homework:
Textbook pgs 202-208; |
Day 43 Topic: The Caliphates
Homework:
Textbook pgs 208-217;
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Day 44 Topic: Islamic Civilization
Homework:
Textbook pgs 219-223; |
Day 45 Topic: Islamic Civilization Geography Quiz Homework:
Textbook pgs 218-222; |
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Day 46 Topic: Byzantine Empire
Homework:
Textbook pgs 223-224; |
Day 47 Topic: Vikings
Homework:
Textbook pgs 224-231 |
Day 48 Topic: The Pillars of Medieval Europe: Feudalism and the Catholic Church
Homework:
Textbook pgs 231-234-;
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Day 49 Topic: Kievan Russia
Homework:
Textbook pgs 234-241; |
Day 50 Topic: Rise out of the Dark Age Vocabulary Quiz Homework: STUDY for TEST!!!!!! |
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Day 51 Topic: Test, Unit 3
Homework:
Textbook pgs 244-251 |
UNIT FOUR Day 52 Topic: How is Tang China like the drink?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 251-254; |
Day 53 Topic: Uighurs & Tibet
Homework:
Textbook pgs 254-261;
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Day 54 Topic: Song
Homework:
Textbook pgs 261-264; |
Day 55 Topic: Japan, Korea, SE Asia
Homework:
Textbook pgs 268-274; |
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Day 56 Topic: Maya
Homework:
Textbook pgs: 275-281 |
Day 57 Topic: Aztec
Homework:
Textbook pgs 281-289; geography quiz |
Day 58 Topic: Inca
Homework:
Textbook pgs 291-302;
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Day 59 Topic: Rise of the Mongols
Homework:
Textbook pgs 302-307; |
Day 60 Topic: Mongol Empire- Il Khan Vocabulary Quiz Homework:
Textbook pgs 307-309; |
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Day 61 Topic: Mongol Empires The Golden Horde ESSAY DUE Homework:
Textbook pgs 309-312; |
Day 62 Topic: Mongol Empires – Yuan China
Homework:
Textbook pgs 312-316; View: Musa The Warrior (2001) |
Day 63 Topic: Ming China
Homework: What is thesis and supporting arguments of article?
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Day 64 Topic: Zheng He
Homework:
Textbook pgs 317-323; |
Day 65 Topic: Review
Homework: Study
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Day 66 Topic: Test |
Day 67 Topic: Essay Compare the impact of Mongol Conquest on two of the following regions. Middle East, Russia, or China Rubric Homework:
Textbook pgs 330-333 |
Day 68 Topic: How was trade linked to the rise of Islam in West Africa? Homework:
Textbook pgs 333-338;
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Day 69 Topic: How did the arrival of Islam impact South Asia?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 338-347; |
Day 70 Topic: What were the economic, cultural, & intellectual consequences of the Indian Ocean trade routes in the 11th – 14th centuries? Homework: Vocabulary Quiz Textbook pgs 350-361; |
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Day 71 Topic: What were the cultural, political, and economic consequences of the Black Death in Early Modern Europe? Homework:
Textbook pgs 361-373;
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Day 72 Topic: How did the Spanish Reconquest contribute to the rise of Modern Europe?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 350-373; Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Master; this is an A&E Biography available at Netflix |
Day 73
Topic: What marked the transition from the Medieval Period to the Early Modern Period in Europe?
Homework: Follow directions here if you have plans for Thanksgiving & this is the link that does not work on the page for the Thanksgiving work Textbook pgs 350-373; pgs 376-382 |
Day 74 Topic: How did activities, including trade & exploration expand in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans during the Early Modern Period? Homework:
Textbook pgs 382-383
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Day 75 Topic: What were the motives for European Exploration? Power Point from class, per Jackson's request
Homework: READ BOOK! Textbook pgs 383-389;
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Day 76History
vs. Hollywood Project Due Topic: How and why did the Portuguese and Spanish lead the way in Exploration?
Homework: READ BOOK! Textbook pgs 389-393
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Day 77
Topic: What were the cultural, economic, and political consequences of European encounters in Africa and India? Homework: READ BOOK! & view movie Textbook pgs 393-399; View: 1492, The Conquest of Paradise |
Day 78 Thanksgiving Break Topic: What were the cultural, ecological, economic, demographic, & political consequences of the European conquest of the Americas? Homework: READ BOOK! & view movie & Follow directions here & this is the link that does not work on the page for the Thanksgiving work Textbook pgs 405-410 View: Luther |
Thanksgiving Break & this is the link that does not work on the page for the Thanksgiving work |
Thanksgiving Break & this is the link that does not work on the page for the Thanksgiving work |
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Day 79 Topic: What were the causes and consequences of the Protestant Reformation in Europe? Homework:
Textbook pgs 410-412;
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Day 80 Topic: How did the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment lay the political, societal, and intellectual foundations of the modern western world? Homework: Read this Vocabulary Quiz |
Day 81 Topic: Why was everyone so scared of independent women? Witch Hunts in Early Modern Europe. Homework:
Textbook pgs 413-427
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Day 82 Topic: What were the changes and continuities in the society and government of Europe during the Early Modern Period? Homework:
Textbook pgs 431-434; |
Day 83 Topic: How was the Columbian Exchange and example of Ecological Imperialism? Homework:
Textbook pgs 434-444 View: The Mission |
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Day 84 Topic: How did Spanish and Portuguese America become a hybridization of European, Amerindian, and African societies? Homework: (be prepared for an in class essay) Textbook pgs 445-454 |
Day 85 Topic: How did the colonies of North America differ from those of Latin America?
Homework: Create a 3 page typed outline of the history of the Americas, single spaced 12pt font |
Day 86 Topic: Nutshell Review
Homework: Create a 3 page typed outline of the history of China, single spaced 12pt font |
Day 87 Topic: Nutshell Review
Homework: Create a 3 page typed outline of the history of Europe, single spaced 12pt font |
Day 88 Topic: Nutshell Review
Homework: Create a 3 page typed outline of the history of both the Middle East & Africa, single spaced 12pt font
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Day 89 Topic: Review
Homework: Create a 1.5 page typed outline of the history of both the India & Central Asia, single spaced 12pt font |
Day 90 Final Homework: Read Bentley |
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UNIT SIX Day 91 Topic: What was life like on a West Indies plantation? Bentley Test Homework:
Textbook pgs:457-469;
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Day 92 Topic: What is the difference between Capitalism and Mercantilism? Homework:
Textbook pgs 469-473; |
Day 93 Topic: What was the nature of the Slave Trade?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 473-483;
View: Amistad |
Day 94 Topic: What role did Africans play in the slave trade?
Homework: Prepare for essay
Textbook pgs 473-483 |
Day 95 Topic: In Class Essay
Homework:
Textbook pgs 484-490
Read: Bentley |
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Day 96 Topic: How did the Ottoman Military contribute to its success?
Homework:
Textbook pgs: 490-495 |
Day 97 Topic: What factors contributed to the decline the Ottomans?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 495-500 |
Day 98 Topic: How did the Safavid Empire lay the foundation for the modern conflict in Iraq?
Homework:
Textbook pgs: 500-507 |
Day 99 Topic: How did gunpowder contribute to the success of the Mughuls? Homework:
Textbook pgs |
Day 100 Topic: In Class Essay
Homework:
Textbook pgs 510-516
Read: Bentley |
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Day 101 Topic: How did Japan change after 1600? Homework:
Textbook pgs 516-518 |
Day 102 Topic: What caused the decline of the Ming?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 518-525 |
Day 103 Topic: How did China change during the Qing Dynasty?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 535-534 |
Day 104 Topic: What contributed to the rise of Imperial Russia?
Homework:
Textbook pgs |
Day 105 Topic: In Class Essay
Homework: Study
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Day 106 Test for unit 6
Homework: Textbook pgs 542-547;
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UNIT SEVEN Day 107 Topic: How did the Enlightenment inspire revolution
Homework: Textbook pgs 542-547;
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Day 108 Topic: How did the French Revolution transform social class?
Homework: Textbook pgs 552-561; |
Day 109 Topic: What were the global consequences of the French Revolution?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 561-566; |
Day 110 Topic: Essay Scoring Homework: Finish Bentley
Textbook pgs 569-574; Geography Quiz
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Day 111 Topic: What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution? Homework: Second Bentley Test Textbook pgs 569-574; |
Day 112 Topic: How was technology & production transformed by the industrial revolution?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 574-582; |
Day 113 Topic: How did the Industrial Revolution transform society?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 582-586; |
Day 114 Topic: What is Socialism & why did it grow out the Industrial Revolution?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 587-591; |
Day 115 Topic: Essay
Homework: Project;
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Day 116 Topic: What were the roots and results of the independence movements of South America? Homework:
Textbook pgs 593-598 |
Day 117 Topic: What were the 4 political challenges in the newly independent nations of the Americas?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 599-609 |
Day 118 Topic: What were the 3 social challenges in the newly independent nations of the Americas?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 610-616; |
Day 119 Topic: How did the Industrial Revolution impact the Americas?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 616-621
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Day 120 Topic: Essay
Homework: STUDY
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Day 121 Topic: Test Unit 7
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UNIT EIGHT Day 122 Topic: A Preview of what is to come…map of the world in c. 1900
Homework: Finish Map |
Day 123 Topic: Film: Preview of the Era
Homework: Prepare for DBQ |
Day 124 Topic: DBQ, how to
Homework: TBA |
Day 125 Topic: DBQ Essay
Homework: TBA
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Day 126 Topic: How did Africa change in the early 1800s?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 624-628 View: ZULU |
Day 127 Topic: What sparked early European Interest in Africa?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 629-630; 641-643 |
Day 128 Topic: How did the African slave trade change during the 1800s? Geography Quiz: Draw Afro-Eurasia Homework:
Textbook pgs 630-633 |
Day 129 Topic: How did a private British company come to control India?
Homework: read documents
Textbook pgs 633-640 |
Day 130 Topic: DBQ: Indentured Servants: the new labor force of empire
Homework:
Textbook pgs 643-648 |
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Day 131 Topic: How did the Ottoman Empire change in the 1800s?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 651-658
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Day 132 Topic: How did the Crimean War mark the changing face of battle?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 659-663 |
Day 133 Topic: What were the changes and continuities in Russia during the 1800s?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 663-667 |
Day 134 Topic: Why did China need a red ribbon week in the 1800s?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 667-675 |
Day 135 Topic: DBQ
Homework:
Textbook pgs: 681-690
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Day 136 Topic: How did Karl Marx change the world?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 690-691; 692-693
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Day 137 Topic: What is nationalism and how did it redraw international borders?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 691, 694-698
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Day 138 Topic: How did Europe change with the unification of Germany and Italy?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 698-700
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Day 139 Topic: Why and how did Japan join the modern world?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 700-705
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Day 140 Topic: UNIT 8 TEST
Homework:
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UNIT NINE Day 141 Topic: What were the motives for the second phase of Imperialism? What were the events of the second phase of Imperialism?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 707-713 |
Day 142 Topic: What was the Scramble for Africa
Homework:
Textbook pgs 713-722 |
Day 143 Topic: How did the second phase of Imperialism impact Asia?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 722-727 |
Day 144 Topic: How was Latin America economically dominated in the 1800s?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 727-733 |
Day 145 Topic: DBQ
Homework: Please read book this week Textbook pgs 736-738
View: All Quiet on the Western Front |
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Day 146 Topic: What were the underlying causes of World War I
Homework: Please read book this week Textbook pgs:736-738
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Day 147 Topic: How was World War I fought? Homework: Please read book this week Textbook pgs:738-743
View: Nicholas and Alexandra |
Day 148 Topic: Why did the Russian Revolution happen?
Homework: Please read book this week Textbook pgs 743-744 |
Day 149 Topic: How did World War I end?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 744-757
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Day 150 Topic: Essay
Homework:
Textbook pgs 757-763, 766-769
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Day 151 Topic: How did Stalin transform Russia?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 769-773 View: A Summer Place
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Day 152 Topic: What was so anxious about the Age of Anxiety?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 773-775 |
Day 153 Topic: What is Fascism?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 776-779 View: Casablanca |
Day 154 Topic: How did Japan become a world power?
Homework:
Textbook pgs: View: The Last Emperor |
Day 155 Topic: Test
Homework: Map, catch up on movies, Age of Anxiety DBQ Textbook pgs 779 |
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Day 156 Topic: How did World War II begin?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 780-782, 786-788 |
Day 157 Topic: How was World War II fought?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 788 |
Day 158 Topic: What was the Holocaust and why did it happen?
Homework:
Textbook pgs: 782-786, 788-800
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Day 159 Topic: How did World War II end? At home, What were the changes and continuities in Africa after WW II Pages 794-800 Homework:
Textbook pgs |
Day 160 Topic: Essay
Homework: Read: Pages 794-800 Textbook pgs 800-807
View: GANDHI |
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Day 161 Topic: How did India gain its independence from Britain?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 800-807
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Day 162 Topic: How was Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil transformed in the first half of the 1900s?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 807-815 |
Day 163 Topic: What was so cold about the Cold War?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 821-830
View: K19 or Thirteen Days |
Day 164 Topic: So what is the Third World anyway?
Homework: Complete outline of history of Latin America and India - Due Monday
Textbook pgs 830-835, 839-842
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Day 165 Topic: Essay
Homework:
Textbook pgs 858-861
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Day 166 Topic: How did the Cold War end?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 858-861
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Day 167 Topic: What has been going on in Latin America in the last 30 years?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 835, 838-839, 848-852 |
Day 168 Topic: What has been going on in China in the last 40 years?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 840-842, 857-858 |
Day 169 Topic: What has been going on in the Middle East in the last 40 years?
Homework: Complete outline of history of China, Central Asia, and Europe -- Due Monday
Textbook pgs 842-844, 852-853, 861-862 |
Day 170 Topic: Essay
Homework:
Textbook pgs 787, 824, 862-870, 856-857
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Day 171 Topic: What are the challenges facing the developing world?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 787, 824, 862-870, 856-857 |
Day 172 Topic: Why did Al Gore win an Academy Award?
Homework:
Textbook pgs 844-845 871-876, 895
View: An Inconvenient Truth |
Day 173 Topic: What is Globalization?
Homework:
Textbook pgs: 856-857, 870-871, 880-883, 885-892, 897-904 |
Day 174 Topic: What exactly is terrorism?
Homework: Complete outline of history of Africa and Middle East -- due Monday
Textbook pgs 883-885, 892-893 |
Day 175 Topic: How has the definition of the “other” changed over time?
Homework:
Textbook pgs: 893-896, Saturday: FINAL EXAM 8:50am to 12:15pm |
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Day 176 Topic: Review |
Day 177 Topic: Review |
Day 178 Topic: Review |
Day 179 Topic: Review |
Day 180 Topic: Review |
AP Deconstruction Guide (how to read historical documents)
Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill the Bull of Heaven
History or Hollywood Directions and Rubric
Course Guide (This includes the primary source readings for the class)
Links:
How the heck do I pronounce this stuff? Click here and find out.
Timeline of East Asian History
Need to review, click here for lessons and review questions.
More review questions, these are from your textbook
Click Here for a great summary of the River Valley Civilizations
Grolier Encyclopedia Click here for the log-in for this Grolier Online, to access this information you will need to enter a User Name which is hoge and a password which is Mr. Hoge's first name
Free Program Video Editing Software
Info on downloading MS Movie Maker
What are other AP World Teachers doing?
The Teachers of Springbrook Highschool
How do I address Point of View in a document?
Its easy...
A+V+W=POV
A= who is the author
V= is the document valuable or not
W=why is it valuable or not
About Mr. Hoge:
Chad Hoge graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Hospitality Business from Michigan State University in 1999. In 2004 he completed a Maters of Education at Georgia State and joined the faculty at Westlake High School in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Hoge currently teachers both World History and AP World History. He also serves as the Liberal Arts Academy Coordinator at Westlake.
Fellow World History Teachers are welcome to use any material found on this site for non-commercial personal and classroom use, if you have any questions you can contact Mr. Hoge here.
