Today we reviewed Joshua's work on the Chap. 8 "Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes: 1750-1900." Joshua scored 84%. He completed 4 short answer questions and the essay at home and his writing showed improvement from his Chap. 7 test. Almost all of the points lost were from subjective, multiple choice questions. I praised Joshua's writing and told him to continue to work on building those AP writing skills.

Today we focused on the skill of writing an essay that responds to a document based question (DBQ). How does one write a DBQ essay? When you answer a DBQ, you need at least a basic understanding of the issue at hand. Yet, your historical knowledge is a minor part of this essay question. Instead, your ability to analyze the sources and draw a conclusion is the most important factor. Follow the tips below to get as high of a score as possible on the DBQ. How are DBQs Scored? When you take any AP exam, you have limited time to work with. Knowing how the exam is scored can help you focus your time and energy in the right place. A DBQ score makes up a quarter of your grade on the entire AP exam. Overall, you can score up to seven points on the DBQ. According to the College Board guidelines, here’s how you can earn each point: 1.Write a strong thesis that answers all components of the question. 2. Present an argument that includes historical context and references the sources. 3.Link at least six of the provided sources to your argument. 4. Analyze the context, point of view, purpose, and audience for four or more of the sources. 5. Discuss the greater historical context to give the argument more weight.
6. Mention a piece of supporting evidence that isn’t included in the sources. 7. Connect the argument with another historical development, a different discipline, or another theme or approach.

Chapter 8 Test

Today we focused on how America mobilized for WWI. It was not an easy decision for President Woodrow Wilson to send troops overseas to Europe in 1917 to fight on the side of the Allies, against Germany and the Central Powers. We reviewed why this happened and discussed what was involved in mobilizing American troops to fight in such a large scale, mechanized and modern war overseas.

We spent today's class reviewing for tomorrow's Chapter 8 test.

We reviewed slavery and abolitionist movements in the Caribbean in the 19th century. The rise of nationalism in Central & South American countries was impacted by the transformation of Europe under Napoleon. Even in Europe, nationalism inspired the creation of new countries such as Italy in 1870 and Germany in 1871. It also inspired the growth of the Zionist movement. Nationalism also fueled rivalries. We examined the map of Europe in 1880 on p. 368. Another aspect of Atlantic revolution lay in the emergence of the feminist movement, especially in Europe and N. America.The first Women's Right Convention, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton took place in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848.

Inspired by the American Revolution, France's National Assembly issues the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the French Revolution began in 1789 with the goal of overthrowing their monarchy for democracy. Americans fought an outside threat, while the French fought conflicts within their own society. These conflicts gave the French Revolution a more violent, radical character than the American Revolution. We looked at Robespierre & the Reign of Terror. After 1792, the terror ended and while political rights were denied to French women, religious freedoms were granted to Jewish & Protestant citizens and slavery was abolished. We discussed the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. We then turned to the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) led by former slave, Toussaint Louverture. Once free, Haiti faced issues of widespread poverty and unstable political rule. We reviewed Latin American Revolutions between 1808-1825. When Napoleon invaded Spain & Portugal in 1808, the Portuguese royal family fled to its colony, Brazil and various countries of Latin America became independent by 1826.

Influenced by the American Revolution, many parts of the world experience political and social upheaval and we will look at them in this chapter. Atlantic Revolutions shared a set of common ideas. These revolutions evolved from the European Enlightenment, new ideas of liberty, equality, free trade, religious tolerance, republicanism and human rationality. The core notion was popular sovereignty which means the authority to govern is granted by the people. Except for Haiti, the beneficiaries of these revolutions were white men with money. But they're considered democratic revolutions because they extended political rights. We looked at the American Revolution's impact on world history. Introduction to the French Revolution (1789-1815) as it was influenced by the American Revolution, but it took a horrific turn to mayhem, chaos and violence. We then took the remainder of the period to review my feedback to Joshua re: his most recent writing piece on AP Central from his Unit 4 Review.

Joshua used this period today to continue to work on the AP Central Unit 4 Progress Check assigned over winter break. Joshua said he was not able to complete it at home last night as he still continues to have difficulty connecting to AP Central from home. So we are taking time for him to complete AP Central assignments, when they occur, here at school. The FRQ for this progress check was completed yesterday. The score, comment, feedback and suggestions may be found in Joshua's AP Central account.

Joshua said had three assignments over winter break: 1) to read chapter 8, 2) to read pp. 1 - 40 in Barrons (a review of the exam overview, historical thinking skills, M/C question strategies, short answer question strategies, FRQ essay tips, DBQ essay strategies, LEQ essay strategies), and the AP Central Unit 4 Progress Check. Joshua didn't complete the last one. He said he couldn't access AP Central over the break for any of his AP classes and that he even contacted the college board about not being able to retrieve his assignments for all of his AP classes. So, we tried it here at school and Joshua was able to access his history progress check and worked on some of it throughout the period.