WCCP1: New Syllabus and Homework Handout

The new syllabus can be found right next to the old one on the Unit 1 page, which you can access from the WCCPI homepage. The handout can also be found on the Unit 1 page.

AP World: Pope & Islam

Here's a relevant bio of the pontiff. Also, we'll be listening to this tomorrow, but get a head start now by clicking here for the NPR story.

AP World: Reminders

1. Read two other students' DBQs and fill out the form for Thursday. Make sure those students initial and date your class roster.
2. Tomorrow's discussion: textbook reading and the Pope's speech. Read the speech, excerpts from the Qur'an, and the reader on Islam.
3. GSQ is tomorrow.

AP World & US History: New Syllabi!

Go to your main course page and click on Unit 2. All follows from there.

ALL: Hints for Making the Website Work

1. Whenever you click on a link and your computer asks you if you want to "open" the file or "save" it, ALWAYS CLICK SAVE. ALWAYS. If you click open, your computer will likely freeze up. Also, if you save the document to your computer, then you don't have to worry about going on the Internet to find that document in the future.
2. Looking for an update on a page on the Website that's not there? It's possible your computer is giving you a cached copy, or old version, of that page. Click on "refresh" and your computer will look for an updated copy of the page.

AP World: Dates for Unit 1 Test

Know ALL THE DATES in the first section of Dates You Must Know.

WCCP1: Untouchables Questions

The questions are available on the Unit 1 page. Please read the directions.

AP World: Essays for Test on Unit 1

1. Think about Jared Diamond's factors for the collapse of a civilization (with Easter Island and Rwanda as examples), think about how Rome fell and why, and then think about the status of the United States today. It would be a good idea to do a PERSIA of collapse for Rome, Rwanda and Easter Island for as much information as you have.
2. Think about the Sermon on the Mount from the Book of Matthew. What kind of civilization (in terms of PERSIA) would satisfy what Jesus is suggesting as the ideal society on earth?

WCCP1: Maps

Your first set of maps are ready and available online. Go to the WCCP Webpage, click on Unit 1, and find "Maps 1" there. Included are instructions about how to resize the maps if necessary.

AP World: Links from Today's Class

Click here to access Jared Diamond's Collapse. Listen on Real Player and scroll forward to approximately the 41st minute.

Click here to access WNYC's On the Media. If you are interested in the "lonelygirl15" story, click here for part 1 from the September 1st show and here for part 2. Go here and scroll one-third of the way down for the parody of Adolf Hitler's rehabilitation by media confession starring Jon Stewart.

Click here to see Green Helmet Guy on YouTube. It is clear as to what the point-of-view of GHG is, but what about the point-of-view of the media organization ZAPP? How about the point-of-view on this GHG source?

And click here to see Delaroche's Napoleon Crossing the Alps from 1850, 35 years after Napoleon was booted from power. The artist was born in 1797, and as such, he was an infant when Napoleon actually crossed the Alps. Here is David's version of the same scene completed in 1801--closer to the actual event, but a bit on the overly dramatic side.

AP World: Weekly Term Exemptions Have Begun

Those students with AP experience who have demonstrated strong reading comprehension in their terms thus far and are maintaining a course average above a B are currently exempt from handing in weekly terms.

To see if you qualify, read your email, as I have sent out a message to all who are exempt.

WCCP1: Constitution Research Project

On Part I, be careful on the questions about when a Congressman's term starts or ends. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE between exactly when the Congressman is elected and exactly when the Congressman actually begins his term of service.

And Strom Thurmond is not currently the longest serving member of Congress. He's quite dead.

AP World: Reminder for Quest!

Chapters 2-4:

When studying, THINK PERSIA (politics, economics, religion, social class/society, intellect, art). There are a number of questions that compare the three centers of civilization from these various aspects.

From your MUST KNOW DATES, you must know dates from the beginning of agriculture to the end of the Han Dynasty. The rest of the test format is multiple choice and essay.

WCCP1

Your power vocabulary is now online along with your Current Events Teams. Click on the Current Events page off the main Shulmania WCCPI page.

US History Update

In addition to your new syllabus, you can find the extra credit for the test on Chapters check 1-3 by clicking on the Unit 1 link on the Shulmania US History page. Also on the Shulmania US History page is the weekly extra credit opportunity.

All Shulmaniacs

A new, updated syllabus is now available for you online. Read it!