AP World History Assignments

Assignment due TUESDAY, October 9th: Go to the World Quizzes page on the links on the right side of this page. Click on World Quizzes and complete the two quizzes on that page. Go over the quizzes until you have memorized the answers. Sometime next week I will give you a quiz that has some of these same questions on it. The answers will be the same but will be rearranged in order. Memorize the answer not the letter to do well.

ASSIGNMENT DUE Thursday, OCTOBER 4 FOR A3/A4 and OCT 5 FOR B6:
Two Excellent Thesis Statements (called a Best Thesis): EMAIL TO ME at lchsedmonds@gmail.com if you can.
Read the Classical Civilizations handout I gave in class today. Read it again. Now open your notebook and read your notes. Re-read the foundations packet as well. Figure about 60-90 minutes of reading. Next, write the 2 Thesis statements. Choose two of the following questions.

• Although nominally spiritual, both Dar al-Islam and Christendom greatly increased their political power 600-1200. Compare and contrast their methods for growth and levels of success 600-1450.
• Explain the changes and continuities over time between 600 and 1450 in two of the following areas. 1. South America 2. Africa 3. India 4. China 5.
• Explain the patterns of world trade about 600 CE and 1400 CE. In what ways did trade patterns and goods change and in what ways did they continue?
• Compare and contrast the impact of Chinese culture on its surrounding region with the impact of Islam on its surrounding region between 600- 1450.

ASSIGNMENT DUE April 23: ALL MAKE UP WORK IS DUE THIS FRIDAY! CHECK THROUGH THE ASSIGNMENTS LISTED BELOW AND DO ANYTHING YOU HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED.
Also: I have added to the review page. We are now concentrating on Unit 2: 600-1450. I have put up reviews, good links and multiple choice questions. Please spend 1-2 hours this weekend reading your notes, doing these multiple choice questions or reading the notes online.

ASSIGNMENT DUE April 19: Read through the essay questions we looked at in class. Choose two of the questions and research them. Write a strong thesis and list 10 facts that support your thesis. If you can, email this to me at lchsedmonds@gmail.com. If you can't email then bring it to class on Thursday. Also, keep reviewing our course so far. We will be studying Africa on Thursday. Adios.

ASSIGNMENT DUE April 17: Finish Reviewing 10,000BCE - 600CE
WE WILL TAKE A QUIZ TOMORROW OVER THE PRACTICE MC QUESTIONS IN THE FOUNDATIONS UNIT. STUDY.

• 1. Read, highlight and then read again the Foundations and Classical Age Handouts. Taking notes on things you learned is a good idea as well.
• 2. Read and highlight and read again the Topical review I handed out on Wednesday.
• 3. Go to the NEW REVIEW PAGEand study the Foundations Multiple Choice Questions until you reach your goal. (3 or better needs 70% correct; 4 needs 80% correct and 5 needs 90-100% correct)
• 4. Read the Princeton Review notes and/or your own notes from this unit.

ASSIGNMENT DUE April 13: Read and HIGHLIGHT the Reading I gave you on Wednesday. Taking notes from it is also a good idea. After reading, go to the

• NEW REVIEW PAGE
and use that page to continue studying the foundations unit for review. We will spend the day tomorrow finishing up the foundations section. Study your notes, the online foundations notes and anything else that seems useful for the timeperiod 10,000BCE to 600CE.

ASSIGNMENT DUE April 11: We will spend the day reviewing our first unit covering the Foundations of Civilization and Society on Wednesday. To get into the mindset complete these

• 50 Multiple Choice questions over the Foundations Unit.
. They can also be found on the Review Page as the Foundations Practice Test. I will choose 20 of these questions to give you on Wednesday when you come in as a quiz. (I will also try to get the answers to these questions up by Tuesday afternoon). Please do the questions once without the answers so you know how you are doing. Then go back and check your answers using the key. You may also want to go to the AP World Quiz Page on my site for more questions. Reading over your notes is a good idea as well. My notes page has a section for the Foundations unit that is worth reading too.
• ANSWERS TO UNIT 1 ARE NOW AVAILABLE HERE
BUT try the questions on your own first.

ASSIGNMENT DUE March 27: We didn't get to finish the Chinese during the second half of the 20th century. Get online and read about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Great Lep Forward and the Chinese Gang of Four. No written assignment tonight. We are watching a great movie on Thursday. See you then.

ASSIGNMENT DUE March 27: The questions to work on are located

• HERE 1750-1914 Test
The answers are located
• HERE FOR the 1750-1914 Test with Answers
If I were studying for the quiz tomorrow I would go through the questions once on my own quickly and then I would look at the answers online and study them for a while. After studying the questions I didn't know I would go back through the test and learn the ones I didn't know. WARNING: Printing these questions is a lot of paper. If you do decide to print them then save them to a word file first. Reformat until they are as small as possible and use the draft setting on your printer so you don't use up too much paper. Study well and I will see you in class.

ASSIGNMENT DUE March 23: Ok, keep working on these questions. You DO NOT need me to do the answers for you to work on them. Keep working on Unit 4. We will have a quiz on Tuesday over all 150 questions from Unit 4 so get started now. The answers are done through number 50 and I will keep working on them tonight. Click on NEW REVIEW PAGE. The page has two complete sets of multiple choice questions for the whole course. We will eventually do them all and you will be expected to know the answers to all the questions by the middle of April. Get started now.

ASSIGNMENT DUE March 21: More Multiple Choice Questions. I have created a new page with lots of multiple choice questions on it. Go to the top of this page or the top of the navigation panel on this page and click on NEW REVIEW PAGE. The page has two complete sets of multiple choice questions.

ASSIGNMENT DUE March 15: Our first practice Multiple Choice Test. Do this test at home. Remember OUR GOAL IS 60% correct so don't panic if you don't feel like you know them. Use the internet, each other, your notes and the forum but DO NOT COPY THE ANSWERS FROM ANOTHER STUDENT. We will go over them in class and have a short quiz overs some of the easier questions. If you have questions about the quiz print it out and bring it in. I will not collect this practice test. DO NOT DO THE QUESTIONS WHICH ARE ITALICIZED. WE HAVE NOT STUDIED THESE QUESTIONS YET.

• AP World Practice Test

ASSIGNMENT DUE March 13: Lots of Terms to learn for Tuesday. Rather than make them into matching questions, I decided to just give you the terms to learn. Although it looks like a lot of terms at first, about half of them were already given to you and the rest you should know most of already. Make a list of the terms you don't know and then memorize them. We will have a quiz over these terms on Tuesday. Study.

• Matching Terms to Know

ASSIGNMENT DUE March 9: How about some Matching Questions? Sounds good. Here they are. I think you will be able to figure them out pretty quickly. If you are missing assignments - get them done by Monday. Enjoy the matching. Oh, several of you pointed out that I shouldn't have tested over the MC questions from the last homework. You were right. When I grade them, I will only count the questions from the first set of homework questions. Sorry. Here's the matching.

• AP World Matching Questions1

Here is the next

• NEXT MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TO WORK ON
. Study the answers, especially the questions that are in bold. These questions will not be tested on Thursday. They will be tested on Monday. The set from last class will be tested on Thursday and the answers are below.

Here are the

• Answers to Quiz 3
. Study the answers, especially the questions that are in bold. I will choose some of the bold questions for a QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY. I will put up more MC questions to do for Wednesday so check back here again.

ASSIGNMENT DUE March 5: Go to this link and finish the questions. Use google to look up the answers if you aren't sure. The forum may also be helpful. I won't collect these questions but we will take a 20 question quiz on Monday when you come into class. Get these right and then study them for the quiz on Monday.

• AP World Quiz 3

ASSIGNMENT DUE FEBRUARY 27:
Use the 7 Steps to Writing a Perfect DBQ to help you write this INDENTURED SERVANTS essay. If you get lost go to the essay page and read the suggestions for writing the DBQ. FOR THIS DBQ, YOU ONLY NEED TO USE 6 DOCUMENTS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL RULE OF USING ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS. Use 6 documents, make 2 groups, explain 3 bias and explain the causes and consequences of the increase in indentured servants worldwide.

Here is a

• SAMPLE DBQ TO READ AND USE AS A TEMPLATE
Please compare your DBQ Essay to this one before you turn yours in so you can be sure you have done all the parts correctly.
Here is another
• SAMPLE DBQ TO READ AND USE AS A TEMPLATE
Please compare your DBQ Essay to this one before you turn yours in so you can be sure you have done all the parts correctly.
And another
• SAMPLE DBQ TO READ AND USE AS A TEMPLATE
Please compare your DBQ Essay to this one before you turn yours in so you can be sure you have done all the parts correctly.
Remember that your essay is scored based on the following criteria.
• ANSWER THE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY. Be sure to talk about the CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES of indentured servants.
• include at least 3 EXAMPLES OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE (is the source truthful? Why or why not? Does the author have anything to gain or lose from writing? Explain why in your essay.)
• Use at least 6 of the documents
• Make at least 3 groups of documents that have at least 2 documents each. Explain what these documents have in common with each other. What are the CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES according to the documents? Find the common causes or consequences of indentured servents and you will find your groups.
• Explain, Explain, Explain. Ask why to help you write more.
• NAME AT LEAST 2 TYPES OF DOCUMENTS YOU WISH YOU COULD USE AND WHY you would have used it. What would you have learned from the document if you had it? For example, women, natives, letter home, diary, ship owner or others.
• DBQ grading guidelines HERE

Feel free to ask questions on the forum and help each other figure out bias, grouping, and how to answer the quesiton.

ASSIGNMENT DUE FEBRUARY 23
Write 7 Multiple Choice questions. Each question must have at least 4 answer choices and the correct answer is always A.

• One question about the Ming Dynasty or the European contact with the Ming.
• One question about the Qing Dynasty or the European contact with the Qing .
• One question about the Mughal Dynasty or the European contact with the Mughal.
• One question about the European imperialization of Africa.
• One question about the European imperialization of South America.
• One question about the African slave trade.
• One question about the a famous person from any of the above times or places.

ASSIGNMENT DUE FEBRUARY 21:
Use the 7 Steps to Writing a Perfect DBQ to help you write this essay. If you get lost go to the essay page and read the suggestions for writing the DBQ. I am working on getting example DBQs up as well. REALLY FOCUS on doing EACH OF THE THINGS LISTED BELOW so we don't have to keep writing these DBQs in March. Remember that your essay is scored based on the following criteria.

• ANSWER THE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY. Read the question carefully and answer it completely.
• include at least 3 EXAMPLES OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE (is the source truthful? Why or why not? Does the author have anything to gain or lose from writing? Explain why in your essay.)
• Use at least half plus one of the documents
• Make at least 3 groups of documents that have at least 2 documents each. Explain what these documents have in common with each other.
• Explain, Explain, Explain. Ask why to help you write more.
• DBQ grading guidelines HERE

Feel free to ask questions on the forum and help each other figure out bias, grouping, and how to answer the quesiton. It's ok that you don't already know a lot about the question That's how the DBQ is written. The question is testing whether or not you can work with historical documents not your knowledge of the industrial Revolution.

If you were on the band/basketball trip, come see me on Monday and I will give you a copy of the DBQ. If someone wants to scan the DBQ and put it on the forum that would be nice. Also, remember to only spend about 1 hour on this assignment. JUST DO IT!

ASSIGNMENT DUE FEBRUARY 13
Study the Dynasty lists and memorize at least three important people, events, or ideas from each of the Asian Dynasties. I will try to put up study guides so you don't ahve to go through your notes as much but I make no promises. The Top 10 Lists on the Notes Page are GREAT study guides for this assignment. On Tuesday, we will have a quiz over 2 randomly chosen dynasties from China, India, Mesopotamia and the Muslim Middle East. Study them all so you will be ready no matter which Dynasty is chosen. If I create study guides I will put them here.

• The China Study Guide
is ready. The bold information is the most important to memorize fiirst.
• The India Study Guide
is also ready. The bold information is the most important to memorize fiirst.
• The Muslim Study Guide
is now ready. The bold information is the most important to memorize fiirst.
• The Mesopotamia Study Guide
is now ready. The bold information is the most important to memorize fiirst.

ASSIGNMENT DUE FEBRUARY 9
Choose an important topic, person, or idea and research it on the internet. Once you have gathered your information, choose the 3 most important ideas or results or developments to communicate about your topic. These ideas are the basis for your thesis. Then write a body paragraph about each portion of your thesis. The essay should be well written since the ideas are not confusing. Focus on EXPLANATIONS in your writing. EXPLANATIONS are different than ideas because they explain WHY or HOW something happened. Explanations usually have words in them like BECAUSE, SO, THEREFORE, AS A RESULT, THIS CAUSED... Include as many examples as possible (3-4 per paragraph is a good goal to have).

If you are having trouble ask yourself "how?" or "why? or "what did this cause to happen" after each sentence you write. For example, the sentence "The French Revolution was important because it moved France away from Absolutism" is an idea that included 3 facts (French Rev, France, Absolutism) but is not explanation. If I add the sentence "Therefore, the people of France gained freedom, liberty and equality which led to greater social freedom." I have now added an explanation. At the end of each sentence, see if you can add another sentence of explanation. Use the forum if you have questions and feel free to help each other out.

Anything during the Ming or Qing Empires are good to write about. Here are some ideas to get you started. In the Ming, important Emperors, the Admiral, the ships the Admiral used, why China stopped sailing and became isolationist, what other places thought about China's "trade mission". Porcelin, China, literacy in Ming, Ming printing press, Japanese Pirates, Ming era art, Ming literature, how does the Ming compare to European Renaissance? the Forbidden City, how the Ming took over from the Yuan, why did the Ming fall to the Qing? What was the famine like that led to the failure? Wikipedia and google are good places to use for research. More about the European contact with the Ming and the trade with Europe or Asia are also good to study.

The Qing might focus on the spheres of influence, one country's sphere of influence, isolationism during the Qing, Qing Emperors, Taiping Rebellion, White Lotus Rebellion, Korean Independence, Japan taking Taiwan, France taking Vietnam, art and literature under the Qing, Opium trade in China, the Opium wars, British Opium trade, Britain taking Hong Kong and many others. Choose one you like and try not to all choose the same ones. Unique is good. Enjoy.

ASSIGNMENT DUE FEBRUARY 5:
Study the Dynasties in Meso-America, Europe and Africa and be ready for a quiz on Monday over these dynasties similar to the one we did in class over the Asian Dynasties.
ESSAY QUESTION: Compare and contrast the reason for success and failure of European expansion around the world. Compare the extent of European influence in South America to their influence in China and/or Japan. Be sure to include information about economics (slavery, trade, technology and/or raw materials), society (slavery, disease, Columbian Exchange, religion) and politics (direct control, indirect control, influence or little influence at all).

ASSIGNMENT DUE FEBRUARY 1:
Using the place you were assigned in class (China, Japan, India, South America, Central America, Africa or California area), study the first contact Europeans had with the culture you were assigned. Who came, where did they go and what were they looking for or doing. How did their presence change the local ESP? Please type a one half to one page summary of what you find out. Be as specific as you can. The search term (European expansion to ______) is useful. So if European arrival at_____. Missionaries are often first arrivals so be ready to talk about them in class and then talk about how the natives were used for labor around the world. If they weren't used for labor how did the Europeans trade with them? Each person will be asked to speak in class so come to class PREPARED please.

HOMEWORK DUE on Tuesday the Day of the Final
Study Tips for the Final Exam:
1. Memorize the study guide.
2. Prepare for the essay using the websites

• HERE (Final Exam Essay Questions and Helpful Links)

3. Memorize the eras for each civilization. Click
• on THIS WORLD HISTORY CHART
for all of the civilization eras and dates.
4. Remember, for all of your finals, study a little bit at a time with specific goals for each study session and DO NOT procrastinate.
EXTRA CREDIT Options: Compare the list of Top 10s on this webpage to the list of Empires on the chart above. For extra credit write a TOP 10 List for a era or place that is not already on the webpage on the Top 10 list. Include the Top 10 Events, people, wars, ideas, or other developments in the country's history along with 1-2 line explanations for each. Also include 3 quotes from each place or time period. Finish with a descriptive paragraph explaining how the place or time changed the area or time in important ways. MUST BE TYPED AND EMAILED TO lchsedmonds@gmail.com Worth 20 points (same as 1 homework assignments).
Or, choose any ruler from any era pre-1450 in our 1st semester notes and write a summary of their rule. This summary is similar to the TOP 10 lists except its a Top 3 list. List and briefly describe the most important 3 accomplishments of the ruler and then a quote by the ruler or about the ruler. Finally, write a paragraph explaining the ruler's impact on their era and civilization. MUST BE TYPED AND EMAILED TO lchsedmonds@gmail.com Worth 15 points
Or, type an original one page essay summarizing the economic/technological, social/religious and political/war aspects of one of the societies listed on the World Civilization Chart. DO NOT PLAGERIZE. MUST BE TYPED AND EMAILED TO lchsedmonds@gmail.com Worth 30-50 points depending on quality.
I will probably put a limit of 100 points on the extra credit so don't do more than that until we take our final and I decide how many points of EC I will accept.

HOMEWORK DUE JANUARY 19
Using the list of eras within each civilization that you did for homework for January 9th, add accomplishments and rulers to this outline of eras. Include at least 3 items for each era. One ruler for each era is a good goal but you can substitute an accomplishment for the ruler if finding a ruler is slowing you down. The goal for this assignment is to be able to answer the questions "What did this era do that mattered to future societies?" and "Who was responsible for doing it?" Use your notes and the internet to complete the list. You do not need to include dates but they are helpful if you have them easily available. Typing this is a good idea because you will probably want to add to it later. Using my notes page - especially the Top 10 lists and the regional summaries will help this assignment go quickly. If you get stuck just type in the name of the era and accomplishments on the internet and you will find information for each timeperiod we listed. If you are working on the computer and can cut and paste easily put in as many accomplishments as you can easily find for each. 3 is a minimum not a maximum. Exceptional numbers of accomplishments (without being ridiculous) will be rewarded with extra credit.

HOMEWORK DUE JANUARY 17
Write the DBQ essay for the Silver DBQ. Doing the bias and grouping is only the first step. YOU MUST ALSO WRITE THE ESSAY.

HOMEWORK DUE JANUARY 10
Read the DBQ I handed out in class. Write the main point for each document, the bias for at least 5 documents and place the documents into at least 3 groups based on their characteristics. For each group, please explain why you placed the documents together. Finally, list 3 types of documents you wish had been included on the DBQ and how they could have helped you answer the question.
Or, write an answer to the DBQ question. Be sure to include:

• a thesis with a short and complete answer to the question
• A main idea from the thesis and a group of documents (2-3) in each topic sentence of each body paragraph. A sentence with groups in it would look something like this: "Louis XIV, Henry VIII, and Philip II, according to their speeches, all agree that absolutism creates stability in a country and builds the country into a world power". I would use that sentence as topic sentence for this hypothetical essay and then include explanation of each of the documents and the bias for the writers. Then the end of the paragraph would sum up how the main point supports my thesis.
• 4 examples of bias or point of view in the essay as a whole
• use ALL documents provided. You may use documents more than once in paragraph and in groups
• at least one type of document you wish you had in each body paragraph

Go to the essay page on this website for more information about DBQs and using point of view/bias in your essays.

HOMEWORK DUE JANUARY 8
Go to

• THIS PAGE
and follow the instructions. I used the internet and was able to find the dates and names of these dynasties pretty quickly. Be sure to follow the names as we called them and to not add dynasties we did not study. Our next assignment will be to add rulers and accomplishments to this list so if you hand write these please leave 3-4 lines of space as you go.

December 27, 2006 As stated in class, we have no homework due immediately after the Christmas break. For those of you who want to do extra credit or prepare for the work we will do during the last three weeks of this semester, here are some ideas. I strongly suggest you not think about school work unless you absolutely must. Breaks are good for everyone. I hope we all return well rested and ready to get back to serious learning.
Study Ideas: Read over your notes and reviews. We will have a cumulative final exam over everything we have done so far at the end of the semester. Study well.
Extra Credit: Please note - to receive extra credit you must have all assignments turned in or speak to me first about why you don't. Extra credit cannot raise you more than one letter grade.

• 1. Write a TOP 10 List for a era or place that is not already on the webpage on the Top 10 list. Include the Top 10 Events, people, wars, ideas, or other developments in the country's history along with 1-2 line explanations for each. Also include 3 quotes from each place or time period. Finish with a descriptive paragraph explaining how the place or time changed the area or time in important ways. Worth 20 points (same as 1 homework assignments).

HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, December 18
No homework. I will give you the Mongols reading in class on Monday. See you then.

HOMEWORK DUE Thursday, December 14
Prepare for the in class essay on Thursday by studying each of the following essay questions. The essay will be written without notes of any kind so study what you prepare until you have a strong memory of the material you will include in your essay. Here are the essay questions.
1. Compare and contrast the methods Muslims and Mongols used for conquering territory and compare and contrast how they were successful at building an empire. Consider economic success, political success and social success as you write.
2. Compare and contrast the states of Europe and/or Europe as a whole with the states of western Africa? Choose at least three of the following as you write. Explain their methods of trade, international trade, political systems, religious systems, treatment of women, influence by Islam or other concepts you identify as important.
Study well - these essays are challenging enough that you must study before writing them. Use a graphic organizer or outline or write out a thesis and list the important explanations and facts you will use in your essay. You are NOT required to write a 5 paragraph essay. You must have an introduction consisting mostly of a thesis and then you must answer the question. Two body paragraphs or six body paragraphs are both fine as long as you clearly answer the question. Go to the World history essay page to find help setting up an essay. The sentence by sentence guide to writing an essay is especially helpful.

HOMEWORK DUE Tuesday, December 12
IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE TOP 10 ASSIGNMENT PLEASE DO THAT THIS WEEKEND AS WELL. EMAIL IT TO ME AT lchsedmonds@yahoo.com please. Using the Internet, create a timeline for one of the areas listed below that includes the 20 MOST IMPORTANT DATES of the area beginning with the start of civilization in that area and continuing through 1500. For each date you include please type a short summary of what happened and why the date is important. Ideas for dates include:

1. Start of Civilization in that area.
2. Dates that end one Empire and start another within your region.
3. Dates of important rulers, inventions, books, legislation, war or significant developments in the society.
You may choose from the following areas. Choose an area you did not do for the Top 10 Assignment. Unless otherwise noted, include dates from the start of civilization to 1500.
1. China
2. India
3. Africa
4. central Mexico and Aztecs (include groups before the Aztecs in central Mexico)
5. South America and the Incas (include groups before the Inca in South America)
6. The Roman Empire 800BCE through its Fall in 476
7. Minoa, Mycenia, and Greece through the end of Alexander the Great's Empire
8. Middle East up to the Muslims and including the Persians
9. Muslim Empires 600-1450 including Africa, India, Middle East and Spain
10. Europe after the fall of Rome

HOMEWORK DUE Friday, December 7
Prepare for the in class essay on Friday by studying each of the following essay questions. The essay will be written without notes of any kind so study what you prepare until you have a strong memory of the material you will include in your essay.Here are the essay questions.

1. Compare and contrast Japanese and European feudalism.
2. What are the similarities and differences between the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire?
3. How did the spread of Christianity and Islam change political and social rights of women?
Study well - these essays are challenging enough that you must study before writing them. Use a graphic organizer or outline or write out a thesis and list the important explanations and facts you will use in your essay. You are NOT required to write a 5 paragraph essay. You must have an introduction consisting mostly of a thesis and then you must answer the question. Two body paragraphs or six body paragraphs are both fine as long as you clearly answer the question. Go to the World history essay page to find help setting up an essay. The sentence by sentence guide to writing an essay is especially helpful.

HOMEWORK DUE Wednesday, December 5
TOP 10 LIST Assignment. In class, you should have chosen a Empire or time period that we have studied. If you do not remember what you and your table agreed you would do call someone to remind you. If you still can't remember, choose an Islamic, Chinese or Indian civilization and complete the TOP 10 list. The Top 10 assignment includes 3 parts.

1. A list of ten important people, events or ideas from the era you are studying. This list should be in order according to your opinion. For each item on the list, write a short (1-2 line) explanation of its importance.
2. Three quotes from the time period (or about the time period if you can't find any from the time period) that help you understand or explain the important ideas of the time.
3. A paragraph explaining at least three ways that the time or area you are studying is important to later development in the region or in economics or society or politics. Answer the question - why does this time period or place matter.
Do your best work for this assignment. I will ask your permission to put these on my website to use as study materials for the AP exam. If you want to look at examples, go to my AP US history pages and click on the Top 10 list page. I think AP European has a few examples under the other notes page as well.

HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 3
As described in class, please choose one of the African civilizations important between 1200 and 1500. A few you might research include Ghana, Zimbabwee, Mali, Songhay and The Swahili Kingdoms. Your goal is to fill about 3/4 of a page with information about one of these kingdoms. Please focus on how these kingdoms interacted with each other, with Islam and with Europeans. Bring your information to class so we can use it to discuss. A good website to begin is at the WSU Africa site.

HOMEWORK DUE NOVEMBER 30
Go to the Asia for Educators website and click on the Mongols link at the bottom right.

• Click here for the Mongol's site
Make three columns on a sheet of paper. In the first column list at least 4 important Mongols leaders and their accomplishments. In the middle column list at least 10 reasons you believe the Mongols were bad for Islamic, Indian, Chinese Russian and European societies. In the third column list at least 10 reasons you believe the Mongols were good for the Islamic, Indian, Chinese Russian and European societies. Bring this information to class (do not email it to me) and we will use it for a class discussion.

HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY NOVEMBER 20:
The goal of today's homework is to learn the basics of the Crusades. The following websites are excellent places to begin for figuring out the Crusades. Please also use other websites if you think they will help.

• Full story of the Crusades with Analysis >
• Simple website about Crusades >
• A Muslim perspective.

Answer the following questions about the Crusades from these readings. Write a body paragraph describing the Crusades. Be sure to include the following information.
• 1. When did they fight? How many Crusades were there? What general geographic region did they fight in?
• 2. Name 3 important Christian leaders and what they did.
• 3. Name 3 important Muslim leaders and what they did.
• 4. What are the most important 3 battles during the Crusades and why?

HOMEWORK DUE NOVEMBER 16:
Go to the Traditions and Encounters Textbook website here Traditions and Encounters Website. Starting with Chapter 1 and continuing through chapter 15, READ THE CHAPTER OVERVIEWS carefully. We need to create a study guide for these overviews. To do that, please write a multiple choice question for each of 7 of these chapters. If your FIRST NAME starts with A-JE write one multiple choice question each the overviews for chapters 2,4,6,8,10,12,and 14. If your FIRST NAME starts with JI-Z write one multiple choice question each for the overview of chapters 3,5,7,9,11,13,15. Please be sure your correct answer is letter A and be careful about copying too much text directly from the Traditions overviews. Rephrase into your own words. Email your questions to lchsedmonds@gmail.com or print them out and bring them in. We will use the best questions in the overview for this unit.

HOMEWORK DUE NOVEMBER 14
Read from the following websites and then write at least a half page about interesting or important things you learn (a free write not necessarily a thesis or paragraph) and turn it in on Tuesday.

• Like Shoes?? - Here is the history of Chinese Footware
• The Grand Canal
• Foot Binding and Why it Ended
• Asia for Educators - GREAT SITE. EXPLORE THIS ONE.
• The Grand Canal
• Invention of the Printing Press.

HOMEWORK DUE NOVEMBER 7 Complete the 20 Multiple Choice questions here Foundations Quiz 2 and then write 4 Multiple Choice questions of your own. One about Europe during Middle Ages, one about Byzantium and two about the Muslim civilizations. The correct answer choice must be A and have 4 choices with at least 3 words in each choice.


• Here are the Europe notes

HOMEWORK DUE NOVEMBER 1 Using the Christian/Islam DBQ handed out in class, go through each document carefully and list the following information.

1. 1. Author or Source
2. 2. Date
3. 3. Main idea of the document as it relates to the question (what does the document say about Islamic or Christian trade/merchants).
4. 4. What is the bias or perspective of the writer. If you can't tell then explain why the source is trustworthy or not. Do you believe the source? Why or why not?
5. 5. Make at least 3 groups of at least 2 documents each and explain why you grouped them together

Here is a handout on how to do bias and perspective with examples to give you ideas. How to Do Point of View/Bias for the DBQ Essay

9/28 - Using the Thesis statement given in class, write two of the three body paragraphs. Be sure that each of your body paragraphs includes at least 10-15 facts and at least 3 explanatory sentences that relate the facts back to the topic sentence and to the thesis. Your paragraph should also follow the basic pattern of:

1. topic sentence using a main idea from you thesis
2. list of facts proving your main idea/topic sentence
3. explanatory sentence using your facts to prove your main idea/thesis
4. repeat steps 2 and 3 until you run out of facts and arguments
5. summary sentence summing up the evidence that your main idea proves your thesis

10/3 - Tonight's homework is to write one body paragraph. You may choose to write a body paragraph for either of the main points of the thesis below. Choose either Greece's failure to build an empire or Rome's sccess and explain why. Be sure to include at least 10 facts and use at least 3-4 explanatory sentences. The explanaations should use the phrases "the Greeks failed because..." or "the Romans succeeded because..." or something like that. I know the thesis statement isn't exactly the same as the one in class. Either one is fine to use for this assignment. Bring this body paragraph to class next time because we will work with them in class. Also, explore this website. Especially the World history course notes pages. Watch this student produced video. Would you like to do similar assignments in this course? Let's talk about it next time.

HERE'S THE THESIS TO USE FOR YOUR BODY PARAGRAPH DUE NEXT CLASS. Both the Greek and Roman civilizations attempted to build an empire. Greece failed (they were conquered by the Macedmonian Philip II) but Rome succeeded. Greece failed largely because of its ideals of democracy, beauty, philosophy and a lack of unity between the Greek city-states. Rome succeeded because its belief in discipline, practical engineering, unity and tolerance of conquered states.

10/5 Choose one religion to study from this list.

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Confusianism
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Taoism
Using the internet, your assignment is to create a list of examples showing how one of these religions impacts a culture. Please choose a religion you do not know a lot about to study. Use these questions to guide you as you study. You should have at least two examples or ideas for each question and a total of a least 15 examples of ideas overall.
1. Which areas of the world were influenced by the religion you are studying?
2. How do a few rulers in these areas use religion or how are they changed by this religion?
3. How does the religion influence or treat women?
4. How does the religion influence the rich?
5. How does the religion in fluence commoners?
6. How else does this religion influence the society or societies it is in?
Come to class on Tuesday with at a list (not a paragraph or essay) of at least 15 examples from the areas above (NOT 15 each - fifteen total). We will talk about them and compile them into a big list on Tuesday. Enjoy the discovery of how religion impact society. Have a great weekend and please remember the 2 hour rule if you get stuck.

MOVIES for EXTRA CREDIT I said I would put up some videos to watch for extra credit. After reviewing the district's policy on movies (which prohibits R rated movies and limits the use of PG 13) I need more time for a complete list. For now we will stick to a few old classics, documentaries and rated G videos. Here's the list.

• Mulan
• Ice Age
• Hercules
• The Prince of Egypt
• Ben Hur - great movie about the Roman Empire. I will give an additional 10 points if you choose this video
• Jason and the Argonauts
• Spartacus - 1998 remastered version is best
If you want to add to this list please email me and I will let you know if it will work for extra credit.

MOVIE EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT: A complete video review is worth 20 points (a typical homework assignment). Students may watch up to 2 videos this six weeks. Your video review should answer the following questions.

• List at least 10 important historical people, places and events in the movie
• List 3 characteristics of civilization shown by the film
• List 5 characteristics of the treatment of people in the civilization (caste system, social hierarchies, women, children)?
• Write a thesis describing the kind of government is shown in the video and how their power is limited.
• Write a thesis describing the role of religion in the characters or plot of the movie.

10/12 HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY: Civilization Development Essay
In a formal essay, describe the political developments from the start of the civilization of one of the following civilizations. FOCUS ON WHAT CHANGED AS EACH NEW ERA BEGINS. What did each era keep that was helpful from the previous era and what changes did each era make that helped the civilization grow?

• China (Shang through the fall of the Han)
• India (Indus River civilizations through the fall of the Gupta)
• Greece (Minoan through the death of Alexander the Great)
• Rome (Etruscan through the fall of the Western Empire to the Huns/Goths)
• Egypt (Archaic kingdom through Cleopatra)
• Mesopotamia (Tigris and Eurphates civilizations through the Persia Empire and the end of Persia when it was conquered by Alexander the Great)

Be sure to describe the important stages of political development in a thesis with a short explanation for each main point. Your body paragraphs must include a topic sentence, at least 6 facts per paragraph, at least 3 explanations per paragraph and a summary sentence at the end of each body paragraph. Please see the handouts about writing essays on the world history essay page. For extra credit you may want to try writing the same essay about the social, religious or technological developments in one of these civilizations.

HOMEWORK DUE 10/24 TAKE HOME TEST over the FOUNDATIONS UNIT The take home test has two parts. Part one is taken from the textbook site for Traditions and Encounters. You can access that site

• here (Traditions and Encounters)
. You can get the questions I have assigned
• here (Traditions and Encounters)
. The second set of questions are here. You can use any information you need to get the answers but no cheating by copying from another person.

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