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It's Tablet Distribution this week!Remember that you need to report to 2ND PERIOD at the start of the day! You MUST have your case from last year in order to receive your tablet. No Case = No Tablet. No Exceptions. Here's what is coming up this week:Monday: Since today is Tablet Distribution, we are going to take time to set up our OneNote Class Notebook and our College Board accounts. Afterwards, students will have time to finish our QR Code Activity from Friday. If not finished, it needs to be turned in at the start of class on Tuesday. Materials will be in Schoology.
Tuesday: Today we are going to review the different religions and philosophies of the world up to 1200, and look closely at the major Chinese philosophical traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism.
Wednesday: Today students will review the different systems of governance and economic trends of China from 1200 to 1450 and how methods respond to issues in the region.
Thursday: Today we are going to work on our document analysis skills by breaking down a previous AP DBQ Prompt on Buddhism in China. We'll work in groups to analyze and group documents, and respond to the prompt with a claim based on our groups and analysis.
Friday: The goal is that we are ready to take our first quiz over China today at the end of the period. We will take time to review so that we can check our understanding of this week's readings.
We did it! The first week is done!It has been such a pleasure to get to meet you and learn more about you this week! We did a lot of great and challenging work together so let's recap: This Week:On Monday we went through the ins and outs of our course, who you are, as well as expectations and syllabus information. Want to see that copy of the PowerPoint again? It's below:
On Tuesday we reviewed the major parts of the course structure including (1) course content and (2) historical reasoning and thinking skills. We practiced four of those skills in groups: Causation, Comparison, Contextualization, and Continuity and Change Over Time. You can review that information in the PPT below:
On Wednesday and Thursday we refined our note-taking skills with a stations rotation to (1) expose us to new note-taking templates and methods, and (2) to practice taking notes aligned to an essential question. Want to access those articles again so you can finish/continue/review? They're below:
Friday began our explanation of content starting Unit 1 in China. We start our course around the year 1200, but need to make sure we have foundational knowledge of the area in the past in order to better understand the current period in Chinese history. We used QR Codes to access media like videos and websites to answer questions on major topics. Didn't finish? The files are here if you want to finish over the weekend:
Have some free time and want to get ahead? Check out this video and use the Essential Questions below to take some notes!
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