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Pre AP World History
Class Schedule
8/31-9/3
Reminders:
 The Animal Farm Test will be TUESDAY, 9/7…that’s definite now. You may bring any
handwritten notes you took on the book to class and use them on the test. You must STAPLE
THEM TO YOUR TEST WHEN YOU TURN IT IN!! Remember no school on Monday, 9/6
 Make sure you are defining vocabulary as you take notes in class and in the readings—highlight
the words in your notes so that when you are reviewing your notes you also review vocabulary.
Monday 8/30: Essential Question for Discussion: How and why do cultures change?
Reading:
 No new readings review your notes!
Tuesday 8/31: TEST-Unit I
 The test will have about 15-20 multiple choice questions and 5 discussion/short answer questions.
 You should be reviewing your notes each night—DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO
STUDY.
Wednesday 9/1: GO OVER THE TEST: UNIT I—I consider going over the test a very important lesson for
several reasons, first you will NEVER be able to take a copy of the test home with you. This is your chance to
look at your answers, see what you got correct and what you missed and examine WHY—so you will be more
successful on future tests. Also since the exam is cumulative you need to recognize why you missed something
so if you see a similar question in the future you will not miss it. Really pay attention when we go over the
test!!!! We will also talk about what you should have written for the discussion questions—this should give you
a feel for how you did on the test—it may take me a while to grade them.
Reading:
 Read Animal Farm—be ready for the Animal Farm test on Tuesday, 9/7 when you get back from
Labor Day break! You may bring any handwritten notes you take while you read to class
and use them on the test.
Thursday 9/2-Friday 9/3: Map Work—Northern and Central Eurasia
Reading:
 Read the typed notes on the physical geography of Northern Eurasia before you come to class on
Thursday
 Continue to read Animal Farm—take notes if you want to use them on the test!
Pre AP World History
Class Schedule
9/7-9/10
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Map quiz on the physical and political map of Northern and Central Eurasia will be on Thursday,
9/16—review nightly it is a short but hard list to learn!!
Also—make sure you are learning as you go…you don’t want to end up cramming at the end of
the unit!!!
It is looking like the vocabulary quiz will be on Friday, 10/1—highlight the vocabulary in your
notes and study 15-20 minutes each night by reading over your notes….
and the test will be the following week on Tuesday, 10/5—review, review, review nightly.
Tuesday 9/7: Animal Farm Test
 Bring any handwritten notes you took on the book to class. You may use them on the test, and
STAPLE THEM TO YOUR TEST WHEN YOU TURN IT IN!!
Wednesday 9/8: Essential Question for Discussion: What was life like in Czarist Russia (SPRITE)?
Reading in text for class on Wednesday:
 p. 736-738: Review (you have already read this) “Marxism: Radical Socialism.” Don’t worry
about the chart on p. 737 and stop at “Labor Unions and Reform Laws” on p. 738.
 Then read p. 867-869 stop at “The March Revolution”.
 TAKE NOTES paying special attention to vocabulary and anything related to the SPRITE
themes (you should keep the sheet with the themes and related questions out while you read. See
if you find any answers to the questions in the reading.)
 BE PREPARED FOR A POSSIBLE READING QUIZ—every time you have a reading
assignment a reading quiz is possible. Each six-week grading period will include a reading quiz
grade. This grade is based on performance on unannounced quizzes drawn from nightly reading
assignments. The quizzes given during each six week grading period are averaged together for
the grade—if you miss one your average will come from fewer quizzes than you classmates
(another words you do not make up reading quizzes). Students may use their own thematic
notes from the reading assignment on all reading quizzes.
Thursday 9/9: Essential Question for Discussion: What led to the fall of the Czar of Russia?
Reading in text:
 Pages 869-873 (start at “The March Revolution” to end of the section).
 Again…focus on vocabulary and SPRITE themes—any changes here?
 Review your notes!
Friday 9/10: Essential Question for Discussion:
Reading in text:
 no new reading—review your notes and vocabulary!
Pre AP World History
Class Schedule
9/13-9/17
Reminders:
 Map quiz on the physical and political map of Northern and Central Eurasia will be on Thursday,
9/16—review nightly it is a short but hard list to learn!!
 Also—make sure you are learning as you go…you don’t want to end up cramming at the end of
the unit!!!
 It is looking like the vocabulary quiz will be on Friday, 10/1—highlight the vocabulary in your
notes and study 15-20 minutes each night by reading over your notes….
 and the test will be the following week on Tuesday, 10/5—review, review, review.
Monday 9/13: Essential Question for Discussion: What was life like in Stalin’s Soviet Union?
Reading in text:
 pages 873-881 (start at “Stalin Becomes Dictator” and read to end of 881—yes look at the
pictures on 880-881 and read the captions)
 Begin a new set of thematic SPRITE notes on “Life in the Soviet Union”. For this reading
concentrate on what social, political, religious, intellectual and economic life was like in
the Soviet Union during Stalin. Don’t forget to review past notes!
Tuesday 9/14: Essential Question for Discussion:
Reading in text:
 no new reading—review your notes and vocabulary!
Wednesday 9/15: Essential Question for Discussion: What was the Cold War and how was it “fought”?
Reading in text for class on Tuesday:
 Chapter 33.1 pages 965-971
 Almost all of your notes from here to the end of the unit will be under the political theme—just
take notes on the information in the reading focusing on vocabulary. Review past notes and
vocabulary.
 Make sure you are prepared for a possible reading quiz—remember you may use your own
thematic notes from the reading assignment on all reading quizzes.
Thursday 9/16: Map Quiz—physical and political geography of Northern and Central Eurasia
Reading in Text:
 no new reading review notes and vocabulary
Friday 9/17 Essential Question for Discussion:
Reading in Text:
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no new reading—review, review, review
A guidance counselor will be coming in for the period to present information to the class. We
will pick up where we left off on Wednesday when we get back from break.
Pre-AP World History
Class Schedule
9/27-10/1
Reminders:
 Make sure you are learning as you go…you don’t want to end up cramming at the end of the
unit!!!
 The vocabulary quiz will be on Friday, 10/1—highlight the vocabulary in your notes and study 1520 minutes each night by reading over your notes.
 The test will be Tuesday, 10/5—review, review, review.
Monday 9/27: Essential Question for Discussion: How did the events in East Asia impact the Cold War?
Reading in text:
 Chapter 33.2 pages 972-974 (stop at “The Communists Transform China”)
 Chapter 33.3 pages 976-987 (you may stop at “Postwar Southeast Asia”)
 continue to add to your political SPRITE notes—review notes and vocabulary
Tuesday 9/28: Essential Question for Discussion: What was the Third World and how was it involved in
the Cold War?
Reading in Text:
 Chapter pages 33. 4 pages 982-985 (yes—read “History in Depth” on page 983) add to your
SPRITE notes—review past notes!
Wednesday 9/29: Essential Question for Discussion: What was détente?
Reading in Text:
 Chapter 33.5 pages 988-991 and then read Chapter 33.4 page 987 “The Superpowers face off in
Afghanistan”
 add to your SPRITE notes and define vocabulary
Thursday 9/30: Essential Question for Discussion: How did Gorbachev’s reforms bring about the end of
the Cold War?
Reading in Text:
 Chapter 35.3 pages 1046-1050 (stop at “Russia Under Yeltsin”)
 continue to add to your SPRITE notes and review your notes and vocabulary
Friday 10/1: Vocabulary QUIZ Unit II: study your notes with vocabulary highlighted in them. Any
vocab term that you have read about in the text or we have talked about in class is fair game!! You
should have been learning the words all along!!!
Pre-AP World History
Class Schedule
10/4-10/8
Reminders:
 Make sure you are learning as you go…you don’t want to end up cramming at the end of the
unit!!!
 The test will be this Tuesday, 10/5—review, review, review.
Monday 10/4: Essential Question for Discussion: How were the events in the USSR and in Eastern
Europe related?
Reading in Text:
 Chapter 35.4 pages 1052-56 (stop at “The Breakup of Yugoslavia” as you read this section on
Eastern Europe, just focus on the essential question—How were the events in the USSR and in
Eastern Europe related?)
 continue to add to your SPRITE notes—review!
Tuesday 10/5: TEST UNIT II: The Cold War—study as you go along—don’t wait until the last minute to
study!!
Wednesday 10/6: We will go over the Unit II test
Thursday 10/7-Friday 10/8: Map Work: Sub-Saharan Africa
Essential Question for Discussion: How has geography impacted the development of Sub-Saharan
Africa?
Reading:
 Read the physical geography notes on Sub-Saharan Africa
 Overall—you don’t have much reading to do for homework this week—enjoy it while it lasts! 