Today we discussed how the Global Age has impacted economics. We spent time working on two AP skills: 1) the sourcing and situation of a written piece to better understand the significance of primary sources (eyewitnesses to history), 2) sourcing and situation to better understand the significance of secondary sources - these are not written by witnesses to an event or who were in the actual situation.

Today we discussed the suspect in a recent leak of classified Pentagon documents posted on social media. Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old airman with the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was charged under the Espionage Act for posting classified information to an invite-only Discord chatroom. He was actually arrested at his parents' home over the weekend. We then discussed the definition of espionage. Espionage can be spying, or intelligence gathering, the act of obtaining secret or confidential information that can hurt one's country and put national security and people in danger. A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy. Any individual or spy ring, in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. After learning its meaning, Cameron was unsure if this person in custody committed an act of espionage.

We began by reviewing the role humans played in affecting the environment in the 20th century. We then reviewed the AP skill of contextualization. Josh ended class working on practice questions from the College Board/AP Central in class. We will be working on practice questions in class every day through the Thursday, May 11th AP World History test date.

Today we reviewed new technologies of the 20th century. We practiced the AP skill of identifying continuities and changes associated with those new technologies. We then evaluated the impact diseases had on the 20th century. We also reviewed Joshua's performance on his weekend AP Central Practice Exam #2. He got 45 out of 55 answers correct. That is an 82%. We concluded the class by viewing the first of many AP Central On-Demand review video that have been recently downloaded by the College Board to the AP Central site. Joshua understand that the course will now focus on review and practice questions for the AP Exam. He will be taking many of them in class. I reminded Joshua to always have a lap-top ready so he may work on exam questions on AP Central while he is in class. Joshua seemed to understand and will be sure to comply with this for future classes. The Modern World History AP is on Thursday, May 11 at 8:00 am.

We reviewed Joshua's first AP Central practice exam results. He got 38 (69%) out of 55 M/C questions correct. He also struggled a bit with the FRQ written response, so we reviewed that, as well. We then reviewed responses to major changes in the 20th century. We will also practice how to source visual documents. We looked at movements of nonviolent protest. We also practiced the AP skill of how to source visual documents one more time. Repetition and practice is key to a good deal of solid AP prep. We then reviewed Joshua's 2 HW assignment scores on his AP practice questions.

Today we examined how colonies achieved independence through armed struggle after World War II. This is referred to as "decolonization." We focused on what happened when the French left its colonies in Indochina in 1954 and the proxy conflicts that arose - specifically, the Vietnam War. We will practice how to make connections among historical developments by analyzing a document and of course, looking for issues of causation.

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.

Today we examined how colonies negotiated independence and how they achieved independence through armed struggle after World War II. We also practiced the AP skill of how to make connections among historical developments. As we approach the final unit of this course, we discussed last night's reading. We are on the 2nd to last chapter of the text. This portion of the text turns the historical spotlight away from the dominant events of the 20th century to focus more explicitly on immensely transforming processes, all of which have played out on a deeply interconnected global stage.

Today we reviewed Joshua's score on the Chap. 12 test which was 78%. We went over it and reviewed my comments and I answered his questions. We began to discuss some topics in Chap. 14: 1900 - Present, Technology, Economy and Society. We looked at fossil fuel, transportation, communication and information
breakthroughs.

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