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January 7th, 2009 1st- Took essay portion of 600-1450 test 3rd- Played Yee Haw! risk game and began Chapter 30. 5th- Test Review, using Overview Lecture Slides and Map with review terms. 6th- "Watched "It's a Wonderful Life" bank run scene, began group work on economic measurement terms. January 6, 2009 1st- Test Review, using Overview Lecture Slides and Map with review terms. 4th- Test Review, using Overview Lecture Slides and Map with review terms. 6th- Played Yee Haw! risk game and began Chapter 30. January 5, 2009 Happy New Year! This is the first day of the new weblog. Look here first if you need to see what you've missed. 1st- Began Test Review. Returned ch 14,15 3rd- Began Great Depresson, assigned homework. 4th- Began Test Review. Returned ch 14,15 5th- Began Test Review. Returned ch 13, 14,15 6th- Wrapped up prohibition discussion, Began Great Depresson, assigned homework. Look Here to see pending homework assignments Find documents and homework material here. Homework assignments will often link to documents as well. December 19, 2008 As promised, I'm making available the Christmas break reading assignment. My intent was to give you an elagantly assembled, formatted and printed reading packet which I spent several hours assembling last week. instead, I'm going to do it the easier way. The break reading is from a three part series in the voyages of ibn Battuta (the Marco Polo-like Moroccan) from Saudi Aramco World magazine. Saudi Aramco World is a magazine highlighting Arab culture and history put out by the national oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The article may be found at: http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200004/the.longest.hajj.the.journeys.of.ibn.battuta-editor.s.note.htm There will be three things I'd like you to do with this reading: First, enjoy the story! It's a great adventure, tying together many of the things we've discussed in class. Second, I'd like you to create an extremely detailed map of ibn Battuta's travels. You should be most interested in things and situations that ibn Battuta encounters on his travels (and less so on the actual things that he does- we're using his story as a way of accessing and relating to hostorical fact). In other words, make your map about the historical facts you learn while you read. On the magazine website, there is a basic map of his travels, that you can use as a framework. Third, I'll ask you to create a written reflection on how the story of ibn Battuta could help in a study of a historical topic related to his travels. I'm rethinking exactly what I'd like this to look like, but it will basically look like this: A) How does this information help our understanding of ??? during the period 600-1450, where ??? is any topic including, but not limited to, Islam to Mongols, to trade- your choice and B) What types of information would you need to have in addition to the accounts of ibn battuta in order to really get into the subject you've chosen? Please pass word of this assignment to other AP'ers that you know. December 17, 2008 Happy snow day! In the unlikely event that we do not have classes tomorrow or Friday, please check here for the winter assignment. Tell your friends. I'll also be available to give you feedback on your chapter 14 and 15 homework so you can fix anything that needs fixing over the break. December 14, 2008 The reading packet for the Christmas break assignment is available in the documents section of this site. It is in .htm format (like a web page). You can view it on your computer or you can orint it out (about 36 pages- save a tree, print front and back). Note that all the illustrations will not be present. |