AP Euro Exam Scores

Team AP Euro,

I have good news! Everyone passed the exam! And the majority scored a 4 or 5! Well done! I am proud of you all!

My prayer is that many of the skills you learned this year in AP Euro will serve you well in your other classes and that you will have grown in wisdom.

Blessings!

Class Photos

Team AP Euro,

This is my last post. God bless you this summer. It has been a joy working with your this year.

In Drive you will find our class photos posted. Enjoy!

Last Weekend Reminder!

Team AP Euro,

You are done and this weekend is yours to do whatever you need to do to prep for your other final exams! Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be dedicated to some rest and relaxation like Soviets on the job.

YOU'RE DONE!!!

Congratulations!

Final Review!

Team Euro,

Here we are on the eve of the AP exam!

Some things to keep in mind:

• If you are unsure what to study tonight, study the doc on women throughout modern European history (in the review folder in Drive).
• Get sleep tonight! You have studied a ton. Trust God and relax!
• Eat breakfast tomorrow.
• Wear layers to address any changes in temperature. Also bring water and a snack for the 15 minute break.
• For those of you taking the morning off, be sure to come to my classroom by 11:30.
• For those not in my advisory, be sure to come to my classroom by 11:30.
• We will eat a quick lunch together and then go to the small gym to take the test.
• Remember that if you take the bus, you will need a ride home after the test.
• Almost there! You can do this!

Know the AP Euro Instructions!

Team Euro,

As we go into the practice exam this weekend and the actual AP exam on Wednesday, it is important to know the instructions for each part of the exam. This way you will not need to spend unnecessary time reading the instructions but rather you can jump right into the test itself.

The instructions for the MCQ:

The instructions for the DBQ:

The instructions for the FRQs:

Sign Up!

Team Euro,

You need to sign up for a College Board account to get your AP score this summer. Please do this sometime this week!

Weekend Reminder!

Team Euro,

You have taken your last unit exam! And we are off to the races as we review in ernest between now and the practice exam and AP exam.

Assignments for this weekend:

• Study your hub dates. Prepare for a quiz on the hub dates for Monday.
• Fill out the review chart (this is also on Drive if you would prefer to fill it out digitally).

Other resources:

• Please look in the Review folder in Drive. I have placed a number of helpful document to get us ready for the AP exam.

Please come in with questions for Monday.

Review Sessions!

Team Euro,

Remember that there are study sessions every day after school from here to the AP Exam. Also, lunch and before school are open as well (except for Wednesday morning).

Post Cold War Europe PPT

Team Euro,

The Post Cold War Europe PPT is now posted on Drive.

A Good Term to Know (Thanks to Mr. W.)

The Hanseatic League was a powerful economic union in Northern Europe around the 15th that wasn't an entity so much as a brotherhood of cities and towns. Its fall around the 16th century was attributed to rising national power, and thereby allegiances that previously had fallen with the Hanseatic league turned to people's respective countries. 

Review Resource!

Team Euro,

I am pleased to share with you a great resource created by one of our very own. Mr. E-O has placed all of our study packets (except 24) into Quizlet. This can be a fantastic study resource for you as you prepare for the AP exam. Please thank him when you have a chance!

Reminders about the Final Exam and AP Exam

Team AP Euro,

Our final and AP exam are right around the corner. Here are some reminders:

• The AP European History test will be on Wednesday, May 14^th, at 12 pm at MVCS.

•  On Saturday, May 10^th at 8:30 am, all AP European History students will need to be at MVCS in my classroom to take the full practice AP exam. The exam will take just over three hours. You can plan on picking up your son or daughter at 12:15. Please be sure to work out transportation with your parents or guardians.

• This practice exam will serve both as excellent preparation the week before the real exam and will also serve as the final exam for the semester.

•  Please bring $5 for pizza and drinks for after the practice exam when we will have time to debrief.

Chapter 31 Reading and Outline, and Test Schedule (Final Unit!!)

AP Euro Team,

The titanic battle between the two post WWII superpowers will come to an end with a relative whimper. No atomic warfare. No grisly WWIII. Rather the implosion of one of the two powers. This is what we will be studying in this final unit of this course.

Here is the plan for Ch. 31 on the end of the Cold War and post Cold War Europe:
Monday, 28 April
  - Finish your piece of the collaborative study packet; assignments are posted on the study packet
  - Read and outline p. 1019-1028
Friday, 2 May 
  - Read and outline p. 1028-1041
  - Time to answer questions
  - Ch. 31 MCQ
  - DBQ

Easter Vacation Activity

Team Euro,

I hope you are enjoying your Easter vacation! The weather is warm and the days are longer which seem to beg for time outside. I hope you are taking advantage of this opportunity.

All the same, we know the AP Euro exam is just around the corner. There is not much new information to learn but there is much to review. Let me address each in turn.

Cold War Unit

• Our pre-Cold War debate exemplified how divided the USA and the USSR were by 1945. 
• We will spend Tuesday of our return from Easter vacation addressing any questions on this unit. Refer to the earlier post for the testing schedule.
• Here are lectures on the unit to aid you in your study:
• Cold War I
• Cold War II
• Cold War III
• Cold War IV
• Cold War V

Review

• I have placed two documents in the review folder on Drive. Use these, your review book, and the resources found on this blog to the left as you review for the AP exam.
• As an incentive, I will give ten extra points in the essay category of your grade for anyone who can prove their knowledge of events we studied in the first semester (up through the French Revolution). To prove your competency I will give a brief test. If you have further questions, feel free to ask.

Chapter 30 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

AP Euro Team,

The horrors and bloodshed of WWII are now over but a new and more subtle shadow has fallen over the world - the Cold War. In this, our second to last unit, we will explore a bifurcated and tense Europe divided between the American and Soviet superpowers.

Here is the plan for Ch. 30 on the Cold War:
Monday, 07 April - Read and outline p. 981-993
Friday, 11 April - Read and outline p. 993-1002
  - Reading quiz
Tuesday, 22 April - Read and outline p. 1002-end
  - Study Packet and outline is due
  - Time to answer questions
Wednesday, 23 April
  - Ch. 30 MCQ
Friday, 25 April
  - Ch. 30 FRQ 

WWII Events Engagement

We divided the major events of WWII by the primary countries involved: Germany, USSR, UK, France, US, and outliers (Japan, Italy, Poland, etc.).

For each of the events your country(s) was involved in, you are to state the general mindset for participating, objectives for participation, and the reality of the outcomes of the event.

We will share the whole story of the moving pieces in class.

World War II Lectures

Team AP Euro,

I have completed the first set of lectures leading up to WWII:

• Stalin and the USSR
• Mussolini and Italy
• Hitler and Deutschland I 
• Hitler and Deutschland II
• Hitler and Deutschland III

Weekend Reminder

Team AP Euro,

As we are thick into WWII, be sure to do your reading and ready yourself for a reading quiz Monday.

Monday, after the quiz, you will be given time to continue to work in your groups on the events of WWII. Tuesday and Wednesday we will present them.

Check back here later this weekend for a posting of my lectures for this unit.

Miss Gonzalez's Age of Anxiety Poem

Philosophy 

No longer will the mind be in perfect order 

It will seep and creep from every corner,

Taking by surprise,

Becoming a new beacon of hope, but in a disguise.

The death of God has left everyone astray, 

 Letting humanity be easy prey

 To the storms and tornadoes of the world.

Humanity is indeed disturbed 

That everything is not as it seems.

Science and rational thinking is no longer deemed

The accurate way to consider. 

Instead, mysticism and experience is the way to differ.

Marxian Socialism is but an an anomaly,

Controlled by what seems to be the aristocracy. 

What seems to be nonsense will not be allowed,

Forming no hope, no speck of light, but a dark cloud.

People wonder, " Even the great and might God?"

"Then, this means that we may no longer bring him laud."

Yes, God, even freedom and mortality are a waste of your time.

It's time to respond to the new chime. 

Not even we matter;

All our hopes and desires are shattered 

But, still, a dapple of light is visible,

Although it may be minimal. 

We can discover who we are,

Finding within us our star.

We can be free 

To see

That we can overcome life 

And any of its strife.

Mr. Cong's Age of Anxiety Poem

The Atom by Justin Cong

1919 was where it all began:

This is the road to 1945, Japan.

Rutherford split the atom, releasing

Enormous amounts of energy, creating

Destruction. 5 years later, Broglie of France

Said that electrons behaved as waves (not by chance!).

Scrödinger soon after created the quantum model; then another twist:

Chadwick in 1932 proved that the neutron really did exist.

Now atoms were finally being understood: 1935 brought more hope,

When Arthur Dempster discovered the Uranium-235 isotope.

His discovery was soon researched by Peierls and Frisch,

Who calculated that one kilo of 235 would explode without a hitch.

The US Government in 1942 approved the Manhattan project

Originally against Germany, but it soon had to redirect;

The target was now Japan, and on July 16, 1945 the first

Atom bomb was detonated in New Mexico: a success, yet a curse.

Japan wasn't willing to give in, so the US decided to use their new powers,

Unfortunately, it was a power that called for innocent blood and flowers.

August 6, 1945—in Hiroshima, over 80,000 were killed immediately.

Three days later, Nagasaki saw 75,000 perish instantaneously.

Japan soon surrendered unconditionally,

Ending the road for a weapon that killed maliciously.

The World's Smallest Political Quiz

Chapter 29 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

Team Euro,

Here is the plan for Ch. 29 on World War II:
Friday, 28 March - Read and outline p. 945-955
Monday, 31 March - Read and outline p. 955-966
  - Reading quiz
Friday, 4 April - Read and outline p. 966-end
  - Study Packet and outline is due
  - Ch. 29 FRQ 
  - Ch. 29 MCQ 

Weekend Reminder

Team AP Euro,

Two months from today you will take the AP exam. There is much to do between now and then, and we are in a good place as far as pacing. You should begin the review process now if you have not already.

Be sure you finish "Age of Anxiety - Thought, Science, and Art" with your group for Monday.

Chapter 28 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

Team Euro,

Here is the unusual plan for Ch. 28 on the Age of Anxiety because of the unique nature of this material and our schedule:
Wednesday, 12 March - ONLY Read (no outline) p. 913-928
Monday, 17 March - ONLY Read (outline if you desire) p. 928-end
  - "Age of Anxiety - Thought, Science and Art" is due
Friday, 21 March - finish your study packet and creative project
  - Study Packet and creative project is due
  - Creative Project is due (Find one aspect of this time period and pursue it to greater depth. Show you new found knowledge via the creative outlet of your choice.). You may submit the creative project on Monday if you so desire.
  - Ch. 28 FRQ 
  - Ch. 28 MCQ 

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,

We have come to the unsettling end of WWI. Remember to finish your outline and study packet for this unit. Monday we will have our FRQ (in class) and MCQ (during advisory).

The subset unit for WWI is, of course, the Russian Revolution. Here are some resources you found:

• Option 1
• Option 2

Lots of WWI News in the News

This is the 100 year anniversary of the Great War. In the next four years, there will be a host of articles wrestling with the bloody and inconclusive aftermath of one of Europe's most devastating wars. And old questions of who is responsible are already rearing their heads.

How should a country commemorate their participation in WWI? How does a country like Serbia or Germany respond? How should Serbia talk about Gavrilo Princip (above)? These are sticky questions.

HERE is an interesting introductory article.

Russia in Crimea

As a side note, based on our tangential conversation today, check out this graphic:

Weekend Reminder

Team AP Euro,

As I reminded you in class today, remember the big picture: we are 3/4 of the way through the class and it is time to be thinking about review. As we encounter more familiar material, be using some of your extra time to begin the review process; go back and study some of the older units. If you have not yet picked up a review book, borrow or purchase one.

Also, since this week's assignments were delayed because of my absence, this new unit on WWI is also delayed. Note the reading, outline, test schedule on the previous post. Your first reading assignment for WWI is due Monday.

Chapter 27 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

Here is the plan for Ch. 27 on World War I:

Monday, 3 March - Read and Outline p. 879-890
Friday, 7 March - Read and Outline p. 890-901
Monday, 10 March - Read and Outline p. 901-end

• Study Packet and outline is due
• MCQ and FRQ during class and advisory

Prepping for the Imperialism Test

Team AP Euro,

I hope your Feb. week went well.

Because of the odd week and because I am gone at a conference (Monday-Wednesday), I have decided to mix up the plan a little bit. We are going to push back our testing a day to give you time on today to collaboratively study and prepare for the FRQ (Tuesday) and MCQ (Wednesday).

What I suggest for today:

• Go over your study packets and be sure you know all of the elements therein
• Talk through the early blog post (see below) about causes, critics, responses, and organization
• (As time permits) Read through the poems posted on Drive (White/Brown/Black Man’s Burden) and discuss

Note the following resources to help you in this process:

• A special and creative exploration of European Imperialism around the world
• Crash Course on Imperialism
• Horrible Histories on British Imperialism

Imperialism Causes, Critics, Responses, and Organization (in brief)

Here are some things to think through and discuss:

Causes of Imperialism:

Political and Diplomatic - prestige, ports, national security, military power, colonial nationalism (Treitschke)

Altruistic - Kipling, medicine, education, democracy, Christianity, increased standard of living, end to barbaric practices

Ideological - Social Darwinism

Domestic - success means increased nationalism, distraction from domestic issues, more jobs, cheaper goods, yellow journalism

Special Interest Groups - shipbuilders to humanitarians to military officers to missionaries to settlers to colonial officials

Economic - driven by mercantilism, needed more raw materials and markets

Technological - now they could!, Maxim gun, quinine, steamship, telegraph

Critics

Hobson's Imperialism -
 - Economic argument (failed) - Marxist critique of capitalism
 - Moral argument (successful) - blatant hypocrisy

Labouchere's "Brown Man's Burden"
 - Imperialism as racist, exploitive, and brutal

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
 - Corrupting influence of Imperialism

Response by the Imperialized

Resistors - violent resistance (often a bloody failure)

Traditionalists - willing to accept foreign domination if they can preserve native culture

Westernizers/Modernists - adopted western ways (economics, politics, and/or military)

Conformers - tolerate and don't see a great change from their own rulers (vast majority of people)

Organization

Colony - direct rule

Protectorate - indirect rule

Sphere of Influence - economic domination

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,

As you know, this next week is in your hands; nothing is assigned until Monday, February 24th. By that time, be ready for an MCQ and an FRQ, and submit your outline and study packet.

Keep watching this blog and Drive for any resources that might be posted to aid you in studying for this unit.

Chapter 26 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

Team Euro,

Here is the unusual plan for Ch. 26 on Imperialism because of Spiritual Emphasis Week and Travel Week:
Friday, 14 February - Read and Outline p. 847-859
Monday, 24 February - Read and Outline p. 859-end
  - Study Packet is due
  - Ch. 26 FRQ (in class)
  - Ch. 26 MCQ (in Advisory)

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,

This weekend you have an essay to write. A DBQ on nationalism. See Drive.

This will be your last take home DBQ. Therefore, I encourage you to wean yourself off of using too much time. Practice writing this with 15 minutes of planned reading and note taking, and then 45 minutes of essay writing. You may go over this amount of time mildly, but do not stretch it too much because you need prepare yourself for writing a DBQ within an hour.

Some things to note:

• There are 12 docs in this DBQ. Use at least ten
• Attempt at least five POVs
• Underline your thesis (check to be sure your thesis directly and completely addresses the prompt)
• List your docs and POVs at the end of your DBQ

Nationalism - Your Video Resources

You created resources to serve your fellow classmates for this unit on Nationalism.

Here they are:

• England (also touching on Ireland and Jews)
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Russia

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,

As nationalism was the rallying cry of all nations and people in Europe during the 19th and into the 20th century, there is much to tackle in this unit.

My hope is our royal families will do an excellent job covering the material for their country to share with the other royal families. You will be giving the extent of Monday in class to polish what you have done. Your finalized work will be due Tuesday.

Remember there is a reading quiz on Monday.

T-Shirt Reminder

Team Euro,

Our 2013-2014 AP Euro t-shirts are still tabula rasa.

It is up to you to make them worthy and wonderful! As we transition from January to February, I want a few people to take up the glory and possibility. Come talk to me if you are interested.

Chapter 25 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

Team Euro,

Here is the plan for Ch. 25 on Nationalism:
Friday, 31 January - Read and Outline p. 815-825
Monday, 3 February - Read and Outline p. 825-835
  - Reading quiz over the first half of the chapter
Friday, 7 February - Read and Outline p. 835-end
  - Study Packet is due
  - Ch. 25 MCQ
  - Ch. 25 FRQ

Urban Society in the 19th Century Project

Team Euro,

Today and Friday you will be working in earnest on the Urban Society in the 19th Century Project. Use the text and whatever online resources you need to thoughtfully address what has been asked of you.

If you choose to work with a partner, be sure that you are familiar with all parts of the project. Do not delegate a portion of the project and not know what is being asked or how to respond.

Two elements that will be completed Monday: all creative projects for Part II and the MCQ for the chapter.

When you finish, continue on to chapter 25. I will post the reading, homework, and test schedule for the new unit in the next couple of days.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Weekend Reminder

Team Euro,

First of all, I am giving you Monday off. Relax. Enjoy.

This weekend there are a quite a few things on your plate but not all are required:

• FRQ rewrite (optional/encouraged) - If you would like to correct your errors, improve your writing, and score better, I encourage you to rewrite your Industrial Revolution FRQ. Please resubmit your original FRQ with your rewrite. Due Tuesday.

• DBQ rewrite (optional/encouraged) - If you would like to make a historian proud, correct your errors, improve your writing, and score better, I encourage you to rewrite your Industrial Revolution DBQ. Please resubmit your original DBQ with your rewrite. Due Tuesday.

• Thesis and POV Test (required) - This was designed specifically to help you with your thesis writing and POVs. To lighten your load, you may do this with a partner. Be sure to each look at every prompt and doc to benefit your own learning and then share with one another and critique one another's work. Due Tuesday.

• Ch. 24 Project (required but not for the weekend) - Found on Drive, this project with be a different way to tackle this unit on social realities during the 19th century. You will be given all of next week to work on this in class. It will be due Friday, January 24th. Looking over the chapter can help prepare you for the project work we will do in class. DO NOT do this project this weekend.

Ch. 24 Urban Society in the 19th Century

Team Euro,

We will tackle this next unit in a unique manner. See Drive for details!

IR DBQ

Team Euro,

Your first DBQ (IR) of the semester is up on Drive. It is due Monday of next week.

Don't spend too much time on it but do be sure you hit all of the elements of the rubric.

Chapter 23 Reading and Outline, Quiz, and Test Schedule

Team Euro,

Here is the plan for Ch. 23:
Friday, 10 January - Read and Outline p. 747-761
Monday, 13 January - Read and Outline p. 761-768
  - Reading quiz over the first half of the chapter
Friday, 17 January - Read and Outline p. 768-end
  - Study Packet is due
  - Ch. 23 MCQ
  - Ch. 23 FRQ

*Notice that this schedule is a little faster than last semester. This speed will be more typical this semester.

New Quarter and Semester!

Team Euro,

I hope you have had a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

As a reminder, on Monday you will be responsible for chapter 22 on the Industrial Revolution.

Here is my proposal: let's use the class period to review the material and then take the MCQ during advisory. We will take the FRQ on Tuesday in class.

I am looking forward to this semester and seeing your continued improvement!

T-Shirt Design

Team Euro,

Our 2013-2014 AP Euro t-shirts are currently tabula rasa.

It is up to you to make them worthy and wonderful! Start the planning process!