1. WHAP Assignments Calendar August 2012
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday 6.
7. Turn in summer assignment; Introduction to Advanced Placement
8. Class procedures;
Summer reading discussion
HW: Paleolithic Era reading and questions
9. Time Period I
Target 1.1
A Review of Time; Panda Discussion; Environment Brain-storming
HW: Strayer “The Agricultural Revolution” p & & questions
10.Target 1.2
Neolithic Revolution power point
13. John Greene Neolithic Rev Review Video; Nomads vs. Civilizations Chart
HW: Strayer textbook p.86-98
DOWNLOAD FROM ONLINE CLASSROOM & questions
14. Target 1.3 II
Characteristics of Civilizations Chart; Early Civilizations and Politics
HW: Strayer textbook p DOWNLOAD FROM ONLINE CLASSROOM & questions
15. Target 1.3 III
Early Civilizations and Art
HW: Early Civilizations Map
16. States vs. Empires; early civilizations primary sources work
HW: Strayer & questions
17. Early India power point; Interactions: Religion and Trade primary source pair work
HW: Strayer p & questions
20. Chinese Civilization & Philosophies Day
21. Time Period I Target Review
HW: Early Civilizations SPRITE Chart Review
22. Introduction to Essay Writing
23. Essay Writing: Whole Class Practice
HW: Strayer textbook p &
24. Time Period II
Empires Unit Intro & Craine Brinton’s paradigm for Empires; Persia: The First Empire power point
27. Greece Power point; Greece/Persia primary resources discussion
HW: Strayer textbook p
28. Han China and Rome Power point
HW: Strayer &
29. Han and Rome Timeline
HW: Classical Empires map
30. Han China and
Rome primary
resources discussion
HW: Greece, Persia,
Han, and Rome
SPRITE Chart Review
31. Rome and Han China: Craine Brinton Rise and Fall Application Group Work
HW: India reading
by 9/5

2. WHAP Assignments Calendar September 2011
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3. Labor Day – No School
4. Elmpires: Rome and China Venn Diagram to Thesis statement (methods of political control prompt from 2010)
5. Maurya & Gupta India power point
HW: Strayer p & questions
8. Social Hierarchy in the Age of Empires
Venn & Discussion; Han, Rome, and Indian (Bhagavad Gita) primary sources
9. Empires QUIZ (Greece, Persia, Rome, Han China, Maurya/Gupta India)
HW: Religions readings
12. Religions Presentations!
HW: trade routes readings Strayer
13. Trade Routes Maps
HW: trade routes readings Strayer
14. Bridging World History Trade Networks videos
15. Zones of Interaction: the development of long distance trade & associated technologies & crops
HW: “Southernization” & mindmap by 9/19
16. The Arts in Classical Civilizations: Hellenism and Indian culture
19. Southernization fishbowl
20. Plan test bubbling
21. Period II Target breakdown and class presentations
After School Review from 4:00-5:00pm
22. Plan testing
23. Period I & II Test (early river valley civs, early Empires, large empires; trade routes, religions)
HW: Bulliet textbook p & optional questions
26. Islam Power point
HW: Bulliet p & optional questions
27. vocabulary sheet; Caliphates chart
28. The Messenger DVD
HW: Bulliet p & optional questions
29. Caliphates power point
HW: When Asia Was the World Ibn Battuta Chapter p and NOT OPTIONAL questions by 10/3
30. The Awakening DVD

3. WHAP Assignments Calendar October 2011
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3. Urban decline and revivals: causes and effects
HW: Bulliet p
4. Byzantine Empire Overview; Constantinople googlemaps tour
HW: Bulliet p
5. Byzantine Art & Western European Art; animated Bayeux Tapestry
HW: Bulliet p
6. Viking Migrations: Video Game & quick notes; Kievan Rus & the trading city of Novgorod
HW: Bulliet p
7. Medieval Europe Overview power point
HW: Strayer textbook (online classroom) p WITH NOT OPTIONAL QUESTIONS!
10. Crusades & the revival of European trade contacts in trading city-states ; primary sources and video clip (Islam: Empire of Faith)
11. Concept 3.3 Compare and Contrast in-class essay prep work
12. “Increasing Economic Productivity” C&C whole-class essay
13.
14.
17. Sui, Tang, Song China timeline
HW: Strayer p &
18. Pastoral contacts with China & the Asian commercial revolution; Video - Bridging World History unit 8 early economies
19. Solidifying Confucianism in China: Crack down on Buddhism primary sources and foot binding ppt
HW: Strayer p & Japanese feudal system wksheets
20. The influence of China & Eurasian trade networks on Japan
HW: Begin “Fire Is Born” National Geographic article and questions – begin it! NOT OPTIONAL
21. “Fire is Born” National Geographic article and questions on Maya city-states and discussion
HW: Inca Empire Nat Geo article and questions NOT OPTIONAL
24. Maya, Aztec, Inca ppt; Pre-Columbian primary resources whole class discussion
HW: Day of Empire online reading & questions Part I – Not Optional
25. Maya, Aztec, Inca SPRITE Chart; thesis practice
HW: Day of Empire Part II – Not Optional
26. Discuss DBQ rubric; Mongols DBQ documents Act-It Out
HW: Day of Empire Part III – Not Optional
27. Mongols DBQ
28. Mongols Fishbowl

4. WHAP Calendar November 2011
Zheng He’s Ship
WHAP Calendar November 2011
Columbus’s Ship
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
31. Comparing Mongol Empires: Persia, Russia, China Graphic Organizer
Compare and Contrast Essay whole-class and individual work
HW: Online Classroom Bentley textbook p ;
2. African Islamic Trading Empires: Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Great Zimbabwe group notes
HW: Bentley textbook p ;
3. Quiz on Islam, Byzantium, Medieval Europe, Sui/Tang/Song; & Mongols;
Finish group notes; Millennium video –Malian Empire and video questions
4. Discuss Quiz; Swahili Coast trade questions; Black Death primary source
HW: Bulliet textbook p
7. Jewish Diaspora Traders in the Indian Ocean Article and Questions; European Revival - trading cities, guilds, and banking discussion
After School Review with Sully Monster in the Library 4-5
8. Period III Review
After School Review with Panda Booth in the Library from 4-5
9. Period III Multiple Choice EXAM!
HW: Bulliet textbook p & Renaissance Man worksheet
10. European Renaissance guided notes
11. Medieval versus Renaissance Art power point and discussion questions worksheet
HW: Bulliet textbook p (including “The Fall of the Yuan”)
14. Ming Dynasty Graphic Organizer in small groups, Zheng He Millennium Video HW: Bulliet textbook p
15. Government Change in Early Modern Europe brainstorming; Compare and Contrast Ming and Renaissance Revivals discussion
16. Early European exploration guided notes; Begin Guns, Germs, and Steel DVD Episode II & questions
HW: Online Classroom reading and questions from Spice – needs to be done by 11/18
17. Finish Guns, Germs, and Steel Video Episode II & questions
18. Spice Fishbowl
HW: Bulliet textbook p
21. European Encounters with Africans and Americans – primary source analysis and notes
HW: Read Flow of Silver DBQ Documents & complete analysis worksheet
22. In-class DBQ Essay
23.
Thanksgiving Break!
24.
25.
Beef is good for you!

5. WHAP Calendar December 2011 SNOW DAYS ARE NOT EXCUSES
WHAP Calendar December 2011 SNOW DAYS ARE NOT EXCUSES! KEEP UP WITH READING!
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
28. Protestant Reformation guided notes; Martin Luther Primary Sources
HW: Bulliet p
29. Catholic Reformation guided notes & witch hunts discussion, Monty Python clip! 
HW: Bulliet p
30. Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment guided notes
HW: Bulliet p
1. Political and Economic Changes in Europe guided notes
2. Review & Exploration/Ch. 16 Quiz 
HW: Bulliet p
5. Columbian Exchange Learning Stations
HW: Bulliet p
6. Finish learning stations; Millennium Video & questions
HW: Bulliet
7. Spanish Colonies & Native American Resistance guided notes & Millennium Brazil video
HW: Bulliet p
8. British & French Colonies – comparison pictures with Spanish; thesis creation
9. The Atlantic System overview guided notes; Group discussion questions
HW: Bulliet p
12. Sugar and Slavery & The Middle Passage guided notes
HW: Bulliet p
13. The World Trade Created Reading and Discussion with Questions
HW: Indentured Servitude DBQ Document Analysis worksheet
14. Atlantic Economy Art Analysis;
Indentured Servitude DBQ in-class work
15. Indentured servitude DBQ
16. Ch Quiz
19.
No School
20.
Happy Relaxation Time!
21.
Eat some cookies, lay around,
watch a movie, generally do nothing
22.
23.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

6. WHAP Calendar January 2012 Remember to keep up with your reading on snow days!
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Mind Map
HW: Bulliet p
3. Gun-Powder Empires Intro guided notes; Group Discussion- land v. sea power
HW: Bulliet p
4. Islamic Empires Chart
HW: Bulliet 503 – 507
5. Gunpowder Empires vs. Trading Sea Empires: Compare and Contrast in-class essay preparation
6. Gunpowder Empires vs. Trading Sea Empires: Compare and Contrast in-class essay
HW: Bulliet 516 – 525
9. China in the late Ming and early Qing guided notes
10. China in the Late Ming and Early Qing/ MacCartney Mission to Qing China play read-through
11. Club Day MacCartney Mission to Qing China – act out play and discuss
HW: Bulliet p
12. Tokugawa Japan
13. Ch. 19 – 20 Review
16. NO SCHOOL – MLK Jr. Day
17. Tokugawa Shogunate - DVD
HW: Bulliet p. 525 – 531
18. Russian Westernization under Peter the Great & Catherine the Great
HW: Bulliet p
19.Discuss 2007 AP Exam Compare & Contrast question & create thesis
After School Review Session 4-5
20. Unit IV Review
23. Unit IV Multiple Choice Test (Ch ) & Notebooks Due!
HW: Bulliet p. 537 – 552
24. Age of Revolutions Intro & American Revolution guided notes; Declaration of Independence v. Dec of Rights of Man t-chart
HW: Bulliet
25. French Revolution (moderate & radical phases) guided notes; French Rev Cartoons group work
26. French Revolution (Napoleon); Napoleon quotes wksheet
HW: Bulliet p
27. Haitian Revolution reading & group questions; Revolutions review

7. WHAP Calendar February
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
30. Latin American Revolutions characteristics ppt; Simon Bolivar’s Jamaican Letter Analysis
HW: Latin American Revolutions wksheets
31. Latin American Revolutions group notes
HW: Bulliet p
1. Revolutions Comparison work; Ch. 21 & 23 Atlantic Revolutions QUIZ; People’s movements: Abolition and Women’s Suffrage
HW: 569 – 581 with inventions wksheet due 2/3
2. Agricultural & Industrial Revolution Ppt; Population Explosion demonstration
HW:
3. Industrial Revolution Social Consequences: Child Labor & Disease; Train travel Primary Sources
Inventions Wksheet DUE!
HW:
6. Charlie Chaplain Modern Times clip; “Isms” notes & discussion
7. Industrialization Goes Global wksheet; Industrialization and Social Change Discussion
HW: Industrialization in Japan and India primary sources analysis wksheet
8. Millennium Video: 19th Century & questions; discuss DBQ
9. In-class DBQ: Industrialization in Japan and India
HW:
10. Trans-Oceanic Empire Building Basics guided notes
Ch. 22 Industrial Revolution QUIZ
HW:
13. Guns, Germs, and Steel Episode III & questions – Woo hoo Zulu!
HW:
14. From Colonialism to Empire-building: The British Empire in India
HW: & History of the World in 6 Glasses
15. British Settler Colonies: Australia
HW: Finish 6 Glasses; Bulliet p
16. Imitators: the USA and Russia Expand guided notes
17. Chapter 24 QUIZ;
Tea & Empire Fishbowl
HW:
20. Mohammad Ali – Late Ottoman and Egypt guided notes
21. Ottoman Empire Reform Movements: Tanzimat Reforms & Young Ottomans
Africa Map Quiz NEXT Tuesday!
HW:
22. Chinese responses to the West: Isolation
HW:
23. Japanese responses to the West: Meiji Restoration & Engagement
24. Chapter 25 + Japan QUIZ; Chinese and Japanese Responses: Writing Point of View statements for DBQs
HW: 2002 AP Exam C&C Thesis & Outline

8. WHAP Calendar March Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1. Meiji to Modern: Discussion
HW:
2. Chapter 26 Notes & Art Activity
HW: ; conclusion
3. Changes in Europe: Nationalism
HW:
4. Imperialism Overview Ppt & Motives pairwork
HW:
After School Review
5. Imperialism Learning Centers
HW:
8. Berlin Conference: Notes & Discussion of bias – African v. British primary sources
HW:
9. Complete Africa Map Quiz;
Wanting to be Top Dog: Imperialism primary source discussions
HW: study CCOT Essay rubric
10. Change and Continuity Over Time: The Final Essay Frontier
11. Unit IV Review
12. Unit IV Exam (Ch ) (Unit V in your Barron’s review on p. 259)
HW:
15. WWI
HW:
16. Russian Revolution & WWI Aftermath
17. WWI
& Aftermath, cont.
Early Release
HW:
18. Stalin’s Russia
Mr. Faust teaches!
HW:
19. No School!
22. World Economic Depression & Fascism
HW:
23. WWII in Europe
HW:
24. The Homefront & Propaganda: What is Total War?; Sniper Grannies video 
HW: CCOT Thesis/Topic Sentences & Evidence in bullet points!
25. WWII in the Pacific – video
26. WWII Events History Alive Activity; Atomic Bomb discussion
HW: p ; ;
29. Modern Chinese History: Communism in China
HW: worksheet
30. Modern China
HW:
31. Cold War ideologies; iron curtain wksheet
HW: ; ; 845;
1. Cold War
HW:
2. Cold War Ppt
HW: ; ;

9. WHAP Calendar April MAY! 8:00 am!!! Breakfast at 7:45 Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
5. Spring Break! Do your homework! 6. 7.
8. Be sure to complete readings on Latin Am!
9. ARE YOU DONE YET??
12. Decolonization: Latin American Compare & Contrast: Mexican revolutions
HW: ; ;
13. Decolonization: Africa
HW: & handout
14. Decolonization: Asia; Millennium Video “Asian Tigers”
HW:
15. CCOT Practice: 2007 Exam, National Identities;
Russian government and economics
HW: ;
16. Indian Independence;
Alphabet Soup: Modern Organizations & NGOs
HW: India Aftermath: Choices reading & questions
19. Indian Independence
20. CATS
21. CATS
CHOICES
HW: ;
22. Modern Problems: Israel-Palestine ppt & vocab
HW: handout
23. Decolonization Quiz;
Israel-Palestine maps and primary sources
26. CATS – Go to the auditorium if you are taking the WHAP test to fill in millions of bubbles! Weee!
27. Modern Problems: Social Stuff
HW: ; ; ;
28. Modern Problems: Fundamentalist Islam; Totalitarian Dictatorships (North Korean propaganda videos of hilariousness)
29. Review
Unit I: 8000BCE-600CE
30. Review
Unit II: 600CE-1450
MAY!
3. Review
Unit III:
4. Review
Unit IV:
5. Review
Unit V: 1914-Present
6. Review: Weak Points!
7. Final Exam/Mock MC Exam
SATURDAY MOCK MC EXAM: SCHOOL
10. Analysis of commonly missed questions
HW: C&C Thesis; CCOT Thesis
After School Review! 4-5
11. Essay Practice
HW: DBQ Thesis
12.Essay Practice
After School Review! 4-6
Eat Well! Sleep LOTS!
13.AP Testing Day! Arrive Early for Breakfast! Test is at
8:00 am!!! Breakfast at 7:45
14. Gossip Day – how’d the test go?

10. Early release dates:
November 5
December 10
January 21
February 11
March 11
April 22
Breaks:
Sept.1
Oct.6-10 Fall Break
Nov. 4 – Election Day
November Thanksgiving
December 22-Jan.2 – Christmas
Jan. 19 – MLK Day
March 20 – Flex Professional Day
March 30-April 3 – Spring Break
May 25 – Memorial Day
June 1 – Last Day for Students