Today we talked about changes in China, the Ottoman Empire and Japan during the 19th and early 20th centuries. We reviewed the Taiping Uprising and Boxer Rebellion in China and some of the weakening of the Chines monarchy. We then compared maps of the changing Ottoman Empire. At its height, it extended from the Middle East, across North Africa and into parts of Europe. We looked at how the Ottoman Empire began to contract in the 19th century as well as groups that pushed for reforms and modernization such as the Young Ottomans and the Young Turks. Japan's transition into a powerful, industrialized, imperialistic nation happened during an era known as the Meiji Restoration in the 2nd half of the 19th century. We concluded with a brief review for the test tomorrow.
1800-1900 was a century of crisis for China. We reviewed the Chinese civil war, the Taiping Uprising, the Opium Wars, Spheres of Influence and the restoration of the Qing Dynasty through the early 20th century.
First we reviewed Joshua’s Chapter 10 Test. He scored 94%! All M/C questions were correct, but his essay needed work and that’s where he lost points. We thoroughly reviewed Joshua’s essay and things he must continue to work on to achieve maximum points in class and on the AP exam. Joshua listened, acknowledged and said he understood my feedback on his Chap. 10 essay as well as the FRQ response on the AP Classroom Unit 6 Review. He struggled with the AP Classroom/College Board unit review M/C questions, getting 12 out of 21 correct - this means 57% of those questions were correct.
Assignment
Read pp. 481-509 and study for test next Thurs., 2/23!
Today we looked at how internal/external factors led to the collapse of land empires after 1900. This video will focus on the skill of contextualization. We also looked at how internal/external factors led to the collapse of Tsarist Russia and led to the Communist Revolution. This video will focus on the skill of contextualization.
Complete AP Central Unit 6 Progress Check due tomorrow!
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Joshua scored 94% on today's test. This is excellent! BUT...although all of his M/C answers were correct, his essay disappointing and he earned 10 out of 16 points on it. There are comments throughout so Joshua may understand what was missing or unclear. Considering Joshua had two days to work on this essay at home, it could have and should have been a stronger response. At this point in our course, Joshua should know that he must incorporate more historical examples and less general statements in his essays. He also knows that the highest AP points are earned and standards met by writing complex arguments in his written responses - especially long essay questions (LEQ) and date based questions (DBQ). When we review these skills in class, Joshua says he understands the examples and expectations and yet this essay did not reflect the skills about argumentation we have been working on for quite some time in this course. There needs to be more consistency with Joshua's writing and his penmanship, too as an AP reader/grader may have difficulty reading some of Joshua's writing. I strongly suggest that Joshua applies for extended time with the College Board for his AP World History: Modern AP exam. It's a long exam, 3.25 hours, but 2/3 of it is writing and Joshua may benefit from having some additional time.
For this additional period of history today, we reviewed for the Chap. 10 Test tomorrow. We also focused on the AP skill of writing complex argumentation that will mostly be found in the LEQ and DBQ on the AP exam.
We examined the development of export economies. We will looked at the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience of a source. We then examined economic imperialism in the period from 1750 to 1900. We will explain how a historical development is situated within a broader historical context. We looked at the causes of migration in the late 19th century and focused on the skill of making connections among historical developments or processes. We concluded with a review of imperialism. We will work on the skills of argumentation, corroboration, qualification, and modification of an argument.
Challenges to Imperial Authority, growing nationalism, the creation of new states. Political and religion inspired rebellions against imperialism. We focused on the AP skill of sourcing and situation and analyzed some FRQs from previous AP exams.
Joshua worked on completing his chapter 10 essay assignment for AP Modern World History: How did people in certain parts of Africa respond to the Second Age of Imperialism? How did people in India begin to respond to the Second Age of Imperialism? How did people in certain areas of Asia begin to respond to the Second Age of Imperialism?
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
I am subbing for Ms. Tanita Ey for Honors German II. She did not leave sub plans, so Joshua worked on his essay assignment for AP Modern World History.
