Tuesday 5/4: Last Week!!

Information: 

1) AP Test Info for next Monday, May 22nd @ 11:00 am. Please see Activity # 1 and answer the question about the Test.

2) Please watch the video - AP 2020 Exam - It will cover everything coming up about how to take the exam. I will also post some more information on Thursday about taking the exam.

3) I am not posting any more assignments. If you are missing anything, at this point, you will need to email me directly at seth.derose@nkcschools.org. I will be working on your grades (seniors) first. We will plan on Saturday, May 9th @11:59 pm will be the end of the semester. I will try to have all your grades completed on Sunday, May 10th or Monday, May 11th.

Activity # 1:

Google Form Question


Activity # 2: 

Students will receive their AP Exam ticket in their email 2 days prior to their test. It will look similar to the one below. It will have your AP ID on it and you will click on the yellow bar to get to your exam. Please make sure you get into your exam 30 min before your scheduled time. This will only be good for the May exam dates. If you have not been getting emails from College Board about your test, please login to myap.collegeboard.org and update your email address. 

There will be 3 different ways to submit your test.

1. Type your responses in a different document then copy and paste it into the exam browser. You will not be able to type directly into the browser.
2. Save a document and attach it. If your test has 2 questions you will need to attach 2 different documents.
3. Hand write your response in pencil or pen on white lines paper and upload of photo of your writing.

For all 3 options your AP ID and your initials will need to be at the top of every page.

You don’t need the complete the test, but you do need to submit before time runs out. There will be a timer going and you will receive a 5 minute warning to start uploading your response if you haven’t already.

If you qualify for extended time, that time will automatically be added on to your timer.

Please reach out to Molly Smith at molly.smith@nkcschools.org or your Mr. DeRose with further questions.

Activity # 3: 

From AP - 

Getting ready for exam day 

Exam Day Checklist <-------

The Exam Day Experience

What you need on Exam day by Course

AP Exam Demo – Available May 4th <-------

Tips for taking Open Book/Open Note tests

Tuesday 4/28: Nigeria

Information:

Nothing new to pass along when it comes to senior info, school, or the AP Exam

Activity # 1:

Part II Notes - Institutions

Activity # 2:

Part III: Citizens, Society & State Notes

Thursday 4/23: Nigeria

From Tuesday if you haven't completed: 

Activity # 1: Nigeria

Making of the Modern State Notes


Activity # 2: Nigeria Vocab - please put in a google doc & share with me (sderose23@gmail.com)

All Progressives Congress (APC)
Biafra
Boko Haram
Muhammudu Buhari
Constitutionalism
Cultural diffusion
“Federal character”
Hausa-Fulani
Igbo
Indirect rule
Informal economy
Independent National Election Commission (INEC)
Goodluck Jonathan
Kinship-based politics
“Loyalty pyramid”
National Assembly
“National question”
Olusegun Obasanjo
OPEC
Parastatals (Parastata)
Patrimonialism
People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Prebendalism (patron-client system)
Rentier state
Revenue sharing
Ken Saro-Wiwa / MOSOP
Sharia
State corporatism
Structural adjustment program
Yoruba

Activity # 3:

Part II Notes - Institutions

Tuesday 4/21: Information, China Test, & Nigeria

Information: Just in case you haven't heard about grading yet






Activity # 1: China Test - Many of you haven't completed the China Test yet, so I am reposting the prompt. 

China Test- FRQ's. So since our AP Exam will be writing, I am going to post 2 writing prompts. I want you to create 1 google doc, share with me (sderose23@gmail.com) and complete both on the same google doc.

Prompt # 1 - Various economic changes have affected the legal system in China. (a) Describe two reforms to the legal system in China in the past two decades. (b) Explain two reasons that reforms to the legal system have occurred. (c) Describe two important features of the Chinese legal system that have not changed in the past two decades.

Prompt # 2 - There are similarities and differences in the sources of authority for leaders in China and Iran. (a) Describe two formal powers of Iran’s supreme leader. (b) Identify two official positions that China’s head of state typically holds today. (c) Describe one similarity in the sources of authority of Iran’s supreme leader and of China’s head of state. (d) Describe one difference in the sources of authority of Iran’s supreme leader and of China’s head of state.


Activity # 2: Nigeria

Making of the Modern State Notes


Activity # 3: Nigeria Vocab - please put in a google doc & share with me (sderose23@gmail.com)

All Progressives Congress (APC)
Biafra
Boko Haram
Muhammudu Buhari
Constitutionalism
Cultural diffusion
“Federal character”
Hausa-Fulani
Igbo
Indirect rule
Informal economy
Independent National Election Commission (INEC)
Goodluck Jonathan
Kinship-based politics
“Loyalty pyramid”
National Assembly
“National question”
Olusegun Obasanjo
OPEC
Parastatals (Parastata)
Patrimonialism
People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Prebendalism (patron-client system)
Rentier state
Revenue sharing
Ken Saro-Wiwa / MOSOP
Sharia
State corporatism
Structural adjustment program
Yoruba
Activity # 4:

Ted Talk Video

Thursday 4/16: China Test

Information:

By now, hopefully you have all heard that Seniors last day will be May 8th. I am not sure about anything else.. Computer turn in, when grades are due, etc.. Sorry..

Activity # 1:   

China Test- FRQ's. So since our AP Exam will be writing, I am going to post 2 writing prompts. I want you to create 1 google doc, share with me (sderose23@gmail.com) and complete both on the same google doc.

Prompt # 1 - Various economic changes have affected the legal system in China. (a) Describe two reforms to the legal system in China in the past two decades. (b) Explain two reasons that reforms to the legal system have occurred. (c) Describe two important features of the Chinese legal system that have not changed in the past two decades.

Prompt # 2 - There are similarities and differences in the sources of authority for leaders in China and Iran. (a) Describe two formal powers of Iran’s supreme leader. (b) Identify two official positions that China’s head of state typically holds today. (c) Describe one similarity in the sources of authority of Iran’s supreme leader and of China’s head of state. (d) Describe one difference in the sources of authority of Iran’s supreme leader and of China’s head of state.

Tuesday 4/11: China & 1.2 Defining Political Organizations

Information: 

Hey all you cool cats & kittens.. I have no new info to pass along. They are working on Seniors last day, computer turn in, etc.. Once I know, I will pass along.

I will also open & post a test over China on Thursday. We only have Nigeria left and will cover it quickly, it isn't a long unit by any means..

Activity # 1: 

Watch China's Left Behind Generation Video

Activity # 2:

Read the Article - What it Means to be Chinese

Review Materials:

AP Review Videos - 1.2 Defining Political Organizations

4/9: China - Please Vote for Me Video

Activity #1:

Watch the Video - Please Vote for Me

You will see how a private school in China learn about democracy.. I wish we were in class to watch this, but we will make due. This is a video we have watched for the past 2 years, students really have enjoyed it.

Activity # 2:

Complete the following questions on the document - Please Vote for Me (save the document first, then make sure to share it with me, sderose23@gmail.com)

4/7 Tuesday: China, *New* AP Information, & AP Exam Review

Hello everyone,

Let me begin by saying what an amazing job you have done with this transition to E-Learning process. By now you have heard about the new grading policy moving forward, however I want to assure you that I will do everything I can to make sure as you continue to turn in work / assignments, your grade will reflect your hard work.

Now with that being said, lets talk about the news from College Board


AP TEST DATE -  May 22nd 11:00 am

HOW? - Online through AP Classroom.

RULES - From College Board..

Exam Security

Like many college-level exams, this year's AP Exams will be open book/open note. The exam format and questions are being designed specifically for an at-home administration, so points will not be earned from content that can be found in textbooks or online. However, students taking the exams may not consult with any other individuals during the testing period. We'll take the necessary steps to protect the integrity of each exam administration, as we do every year. We're confident that the vast majority of AP students will follow the rules for taking the exams. For the small number of students who may try to gain an unfair advantage, we have a comprehensive and strict set of protocols in place to prevent and detect cheating. While some of these practices are confidential to maximize their effectiveness, students and education professionals can learn more about our security measures. At a minimum, test takers should understand that those attempting to gain an unfair advantage will either be blocked from testing or their AP scores will be canceled, and their high school will be notified as will colleges or other organizations to which the student has already sent any College Board scores (including SAT® scores). And they may be prohibited from taking a future Advanced Placement® Exam as well as the SAT, SAT Subject Tests™, or CLEP® assessments. Activity  # 1: Please watch the Queen's address before we get back into info on China Activity # 2: Watch the following review Video - The Practice of Political Scientists Activity # 3: In a NEW google doc, shared with me sderose23@gmail.com, please complete the following. Define: Technocrats/technocracy CCP collectivism, struggle and activism, mass line, egalitarianism, and self-reliance Constitution of 1982 (source of formal power) Cultural Revolution decentralization democratic centralism Deng Xiaoping Theory & Deng’s Economic Reforms Falun Gong Great Leap Forward guanxi Han Chinese Hegemony Hokous Hundred Flowers Campaign iron rice bowl king makers Long March/ethic of struggke mandate of heaven Maoism v. Marxism/Leninism  “Middle Kingdom” (zhongguo) Nationalist Party nomenklatura one-child policy parallel hierarchies princelings socialist market economy state corporatism Uyghurs Institutions/Organizations: For each institution identify their significance, how they are selected, and what powers they hold. Central Committee Central Military Commission National Party Congress National People’s Congress PLA Politburo/Standing Committee Semi-Autonomous Regions Special Administrative Regions Special Economic Zones township and village enterprises

Monday 4/6: Collaboration Day

Today is the new district "Catch Up" Day and Professional Development for teachers.  This means that we will not have a lesson on Mondays.  Lessons will always be on Tuesday and Thursday from this point forward!  See you Tuesday!

Wednesday 4/1: China

Activity # 1:

China Notes - Making of the Modern State - Please take notes

China Notes - Institutions - Please take notes

Activity # 2: 

Read the Following Article - Life & Soul of the Party

Read the Following Article - Policy Brief

Activity # 3:

On a google doc, sharing with me sderose23@gmail.com, please answer the following prompt:

1. In China there have been significant geographic patterns of internal migrations of people over the past twenty years.

 a.     Describe the general pattern of internal migration within China

 b.     Describe one economic policy that prompted the migration in China

 c.     Describe a political consequence of the migration in China

Monday 3/30: China

If you signed up for the 1:00 hour meeting block, use this link: 

https://zoom.us/j/557786788?pwd=MVZWTW9rdENSbWFmVFdqSXIveURIQT09

Meeting ID: 557 786 788
Password: 022798

Activity # 1:

Moving forward, I am not going to follow the normal A & B Day rotation, because I have already forgot what day it is supposed to be. So instead, I am going to post activities & assignments on the blog every Monday & Wednesday. Friday am, I will set up office hours and be online grading, hosting a zoom meeting if necessary, answering emails, etc.

Activity # 2:

Read the Following Article - Worlds Most Powerful Man

Activity # 3:

China Notes - Making of the Modern State - Please take notes

China Notes - Institutions - Please take notes



Activity # 4: Video Links - Please watch the following videos

Constraints on China's New Leadership

China May Ease One Child Policy

Why is Tibet so Important to China

Thursday 3/26: China

Good morning everyone, Today I will begin our 1 on 1 short meetings. Here are the questions I am going to ask.. 1) How comfortable do you feel 2) Do you need anything to help in E-Learning? 3) What concerns do you have?

If you signed up for the 1:00 hour meeting block, use this link: 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/618132618

Meeting ID: 618 132 618

Activity # 1:

Read the Article: China Congress, How Authorities Censor Thoughts


Activity # 2:

China Notes - Making of the Modern State - Please take notes


Activity # 3:

China Webquest - Assignment Due 3/29 by 11:59 pm. Turned in through google classroom. (Just fyi, I can see how long it took you to complete, if you copied, shared someone else's) Also, on this google doc, you will need to share doc with me sderose23@gmail.com

Tuesday 3/24: Zoom Sign Up Sheet

Good morning everyone, on today's blog I have created a link where I need you to sign up for a 5 min one on one with yours truly.. This will begin Thursday and continue until I see each one of you..

Activity # 1:

FILLED* Google Link FILLED* to sign up for a time slot.. Don't stand me up!!


For those who were unable to sign up today, please use this Google Link

Monday 3/24 pm: Getting Set - Up

Activity # 1:

Log into google, (you will need a gmail account) We are going to use google classroom to turn all of our assignments in from now until we go back to face to face classroom setting.

Classroom code: mh4hta7

This will be the first grade & labeled E-Learning GMail in the gradebook.

Activity # 2:

Please click the on the word ZOOM, you will need to create an account.

Please use your First & Last name and your school email in this process. We are going to set up a time to do a video conference / class by the end of the week

Spring Break Announcement: E - Learning

Well, Spring Break 2020 turned out to be something else..

Here is our plan moving forward - We have two countries left to finish, one being China (Cough, Cough) Too Soon??

So, my plan is to keep going like we usually do in class. I am not going to overload you with items just bc we are now e-learning..

I know this is a very confusing time to be anywhere on planet Earth, however, just relax. We will get through this and we will adjust to our new online school. However, you MUST log onto the blog to see what is taking place.

I will be calling those that are falling behind. 

Activity # 1:

Log into google, (you will need a gmail account) We are going to use google classroom to turn all of our assignments in from now until we go back to face to face classroom setting.

Classroom code: mh4hta7

This will be the first grade & labeled E-Learning GMail in the gradebook.

Activity # 2:

I will be updating the blog with announcements & items just as if we were in class. I will post when items are due. 

Wednesday 3/11: Russia Test

Good afternoon everyone,

Due to my kids school getting out 2 hours early today, hence my absence.

Today is Russia Test Day. You will need to put the desks in rows, and you may use your notebooks with the review. However, you may not use google, so the test will be on the lockdown browser..

Click the link below to begin the test:

Russia Test