Week of March 30th through April 3rd
Greetings AP Euro! Welcome to another week locked inside your house and finding things to do! I hope everyone is holding up okay and that everyone is healthy and getting along well with family members. Here things are fairly mellow – I’ve been doing a bit of gardening (growing some showy milkweed to put out in the garden for the butterflies) and making some food (today I’m making a vegan lasagna – should be good). On the school front – THE DBQ’s I am almost done with the DBQ’s and hope to have them in the gradebook by the end of the week. The only ones I won’t have done are the few tests that were taken right as school shut down. I think there are a few tests that ended up in my mailbox that I didn’t pick up. So if your grade isn’t entered, and you took it right before school closed, that is the reason why. I promise I will get to it soon. I wouldn’t worry much about the course grade at this point anyway, regardless of how you did on the DBQ. This is purely speculation on my part – but my guess is that it is likely that second semester grading will be Pass/Fail if we don’t return to school. So as long as you are on the right side of the Pass/Fail line you should be good. THE AP EXAM Hopefully on April 3rd we will learn more about what the AP Exam will look like, when it will be taking place and what measures (if any) they are planning to take to ensure a fair test for everyone. I have unlocked all of the FRQ’s on the AP My Classroom site (the place where you took the multiple-choice exams earlier in the year). All of the FRQ’s for units 1 through 7 are on there for you to check out. Remember it is all optional and none of it is graded. THIS WEEKS SUGGESTED WORK I’d suggest that you continue to review the material for the exam. This week you should check out Units 3 and 4. Review your chapter notes, look over assignments, maybe re-read a section of the test, check out review guides either online or on my website, go through the Study Guide 2020 questions that match units 3 and 4, practice some essay outlining etc.. We will know more on April 3rd, but my guess is that the test is more likely to be a skills (thesis writing, analysis, comparison, causation etc.) type test than a knowledge test so I’d focus on those types of skills. Obviously you need the knowledge in order to do those things, but don’t just spend your time trying to memorize a bunch of facts. Put that knowledge to use in analyzing questions etc.. IF YOU ARE REALLY BORED Another AP Euro teacher that I came across on “The Facebook” had kind of a fun looking activity that I thought I’d steal. He has this assignment where students recreate famous works of art at home with the materials they have available (an example is attached). This could be a challenge since you are not allowed to be within 6 feet of someone who isn’t an immediate family member, but this could be something you might enjoy. You can photoshop some of it if need be – but the more original material the better. If you create one, please edit both the original and your recreation together (like in the example) so people know which work of art it is. If people submit (class appropriate pictures) I will create a subpage on my AP Euro site to show off your mad skills. I’d make one myself, but I have DBQ’s to grade, plants to water an lasagna to make. Have a great week, and as always, if you have questions please don’t hesitate to email. I almost made a video message, but then decided not to. Maybe I will midweek, but probably not. Sincerely, Greg Harrington
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