During 5th period we met again to review the emergence of new nations in the aftermath of WWII. We reviewed the division of India and Pakistan in 1947 and the emergence of the modern State of Israel in 1948. The independence of all of these countries came at great human sacrifice and loss. Political and religious tensions still exist in these parts of the world today. And we discussed some of these issues. We also focused on the AP skill of causation when it comes to supporting a thesis. Readers give an AP essay more points if causation can be discussed from both sides of an issue or historical event. The AP Central site has now made AP questions from the 2020 AP exam available on AP Central. Joshua was assigned the first section of them to complete for HW tonight in addition to 8 pages of reading. Joshua is concerned he may not be able to complete all of the questions tonight. I assured him that if that's the case, we will make time in class for him tomorrow to complete whatever is needed for this first round of questions.