Euro and Thanksgiving

Team Euro,

Here is the Thanksgiving plan:

We only have two weeks on the other side of Thanksgiving so we need to get a jump on the French Revolution in order to carve out time for review for the final exam.

Be purposeful in using your time over break; schedule time to work on Euro and then allow yourself to truly enjoy the vacation.

Read and outline Chapter 21 p. 683-703 (if you received above an 86% on the Chapter 19 MCQ you are exempt from the outline).

Fill out the study packet up through and including "The Directory".

On Monday, December 2nd, you will submit both of these, we will field questions, and then take a reading quiz.

From Monday on, we will tackle this critical unit.

*One additional thought about your use of time this break*
We are practically three weeks away from the final exam. It is 20% of your grade. We will spend just shy of a week reviewing. The review will be helpful. But if you want to get a jump on review and prepping for the final, I would encourage you to start a very *purposeful* review of what we have studied to date. Skim your notes. Look back at old Study Packets. Look at the review resources on the blog. Look at an AP Test review book. If you have any questions, please ask me.

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,

It is Friday and we just finished a unit. That means we have the weekend ahead of us and a week before Thanksgiving break.

In the unit before us we will be exploring the social side of life in 18th century Europe. As we talked about in class, this unit can be really interesting and a welcome change from the political themes of the course, but it also is highly speculative and should be held gently and with a healthy dose of skepticism.

For this unit you will NOT need to do an outline - and the study packet is extremely short (due Friday). Therefore you might want to attack this unit a little differently. I recommend skim reading the chapter and then progressively going back and filling out the study packet once you have the larger picture. This too will help facilitate our discussion in class next week.

As I mentioned in class, I want to incorporate a small but thoughtful creative element to this unit. As you skim read the chapter, find one thing you would like to explore further - and in a creative matter. Create a dialogue, draw a picture, do an interpretive dance, build something, or whatever strikes you to depict what caught your fancy. Beyond this I want to leave the assignment purposefully vague. You are welcome to talk to me about your idea(s). In whatever you do, do it thoughtfully and well. This will be due Friday as well. You may submit it early.

On Friday of next week, you will take a shorter MCQ and write your first full in class DBQ.

As for a preview, during Thanksgiving week, you will need to begin and finish the first half of Ch. 21 on the French Revolution (due December 2). If you want to get a jump on that, you are more than welcome to do so.

AP Euro Monday

Team Euro,

I am sorry to say this, but I am not able to be in class today. If you are willing, please pray I get feeling better. I hope to return as soon as possible.

Fortunately or unfortunately, I am delaying today's reading quiz.

In your families, create a shared Google doc and place it in your shared folder with me. Then I want you to answer the following questions regarding guilds:
 - When? From when to when? When do they begin to decline? Why?
 - What are they?
 - What is their function?
 - For whom?
 - By whom?
 - Advantages?
 - Disadvantages?

When you are done answering these questions, you are free to use the remainder of the time reading the chapter, outlining, and/or working on the study packet.

Please use your time wisely as we will have limited time together to talk through this chapter.

Please send me an email for any questions that might arise.

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,

Remember what we talked about in the beginning of class today and keep in mind the schedule for the rest of the semester as you allocate your time - particularly around Thanksgiving.

We are pushing through this unit on Expansion in the 18th c. a little more quickly than usual. Therefore we are finishing everything on Friday. Be sure to have everything ready by then.

Peer Editing FRQs

Team Euro,
Today in class we are going to peer edit our FRQs from yesterday.
Arrange yourselves with your royal family. Exchange your FRQ with someone in your family. Using the FRQ Peer Editing Sheet, carefully read and the FRQ and the editing sheet. Provide your peer and family member quality feedback.
Then exchange the FRQ and FRQ Peer Editing Sheet with another family member and carry out the same process.
You need to edit two FRQs today in class.

Chapter 19 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

Team Euro,
Here is the plan for Ch. 19:

Friday, 8 November - Read and Outline p. 621-628
Monday, 11 November - Read and Outline p. 628-641
  - Reading quiz over the first half of the chapter
Friday, 15 November - Read and Outline p. 641-end
  - Study Packet is due
  - Ch. 19 MCQ
  - Ch. 19 FRQ

*Notice that this schedule is a little faster than usual. This chapter is also easier than usual.

Review Videos - from Miss Marshall

Team Euro,
Our very own Miss Marshall has created videos that can be a really good resource as you review the material at hand.
Here are her videos on:
 - The Scientific Revolution
 - The Enlightenment
 - Enlightened Monarchy
Tell her what a great job she has done and thank her when you have a chance.

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,
Well done today! I really enjoyed the Enlightenment salon and I hope you did as well. And I hope it was beneficial.

While it is still fresh in your mind please fill out THIS FORM so I can know how to do it better next time.

This weekend:
- As all of your work is done for this unit, your focus for this weekend should be on preparing yourself for your MCQ and FRQ.

Enlightenment Salon Group Photo

Here is the illustrious group of intellectuals and rulers: