January 4-6, 2017

Welcome to 2017!

AP Human Geography
Wed. 1/4 -- Your AP Essays on Malthus and Religious clusters in the U.S are both due today. We will grade one together (so you see how they are graded) and I will grade one.  New calendar for chapter 7 -- Ethnicity and introductory notes.
Thur. 1/5 -- Quick review on ethnicity and race and spatial relationships.  Look up data from the U.S. census from various cities and states.  Color code a map.
Fri. 1/6 -- PP notes on the history of ethnic distributions in the U.S.
HW: Key Issue 3 p. 238-239 worksheet on nationalities.

AP Art History 
Wed. 1/4 -- Notes on the Baroque in Italy and Spain.  Take card #90 off your list.  We will do it with the New World set.
Thur. 1/5 -- DVD on Caravaggio.  This DVD provides good background on patronage issues, tempermental artists, and the social setting of the Italian Baroque. Caravaggio is very interesting.
Fri. 1/6 -- Notes on the Baroque in the Netherlands and Flanders.  You can now do 9 of the 10 art cards for the Baroque unit.
HW: Work on Art Cards.  Baroque set due 1/10. 

Economics
Wed. 1/4 -- Read p. 494-499 on Absolute and Comparative Advantage.  Notes on trade.  Why do nations trade?
Thur. 1/5 -- A comparison chart on ways to limit trade.  We will have two ends of a spectrum -- protectionism and free trade arguments.  Students will also define tariff and quota. p. 501-505.
Fri. 1/6 -- Mini Lecture on the history of global trade agreements and the WTO.  Mini-projects on WTO issues and trade disputes.  Presentations today and Monday. 

December 12-16, 2016

Wow.  Unusual Snowy week.  See changes to calendar below -- updated on 12/15

AP Human Geography
Mon. 12/12 -- No School -- Snow Day
Tue. 12/13 -- Religious Conflict -- intro notes and questions on three key religious conflicts.
Wed. 12/14 -- Lecture on religious conflicts . Review for Quiz.
Thur. 12/15 -- No School -- Snow Day 

Fri. 12/16  -- QZ: Chapter 6. Notebook #5 DUE. 
Monday and Tuesday will be to finish the holiday presentations.  We are now two days behind and will have some extra homework in the new year to make up the lost time. 

AP Art History 
Mon. 12/12 -- No School -- Snow Day
Tue. 12/13 -- The High Renaissance (lecture) -- Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
Wed. 12/14 -- Primary source reading on the role of painter.  There are questions to go with the reading. Late Renaissance -- Titian and Pontormo.
Thur. 12/15 -- No School Snow Day  -  Work on the HR and LR cards.
Fri. 12/16 -- History of the Reformation.  Hopefully we will have enough time to watch some of Luther.  If not there is a shorter version on Khan academy. HW: Get your Northern Renaissance Cards ready -- pictures and labels.  You will only have Monday night to finish 4 cards.
Mon. 12/19 -- Notes on the Northern Renaissance. Finish cards tonight.  Quiz and Cards due tomorrow. 
Tue. 12/20 -- Open Card Quiz on the Renaissance.  This quiz will be more difficult than the last quiz, so I recommend excellent cards.  Questions will cover the all of the Renaissance cards. HR, LR and NR cards due (9 cards).

Economics 
Mon. 12/12  --No School -- Snow Day
Tue. 12/13 -- Notes on Inflation.  Mini-skits on inflation topics. If you are absent you will need to read the section in Chapter 13 on inflation and familiarize yourself with the concepts.  The skit will be excused, not the knowledge :).  ECE moved to Wednesday.
Wed. 12/14 -- Powerpoint on unemployment -- how it is measured and types of unemployment.  Student partners will create a cartoon defining the five types of unemployment -- See pages 386-387 (Sources of unemployment). If you are absent, create a five cartoon project showing pictures of the five types of unemployment.  Define each type.  Economic Current Event #3 DUE by 4 p.m.
Thur. 12/15 -- No School -- Snow Day
Fri. 12/16 A short video on technological unemployment.  Review for the Economic policy test. Review sheets out.
Mon, 12/19-- A bit more review, game. Short test. There is no essay, just short answer questions on economic policy. Chapters 12-13.
Tue. 12/20 -- Supply-side and Demand-side policies -- Discussion, video and quick partner charts.
 

December 5-9, 2016

AP Human Geography
Mon. 12/5 -- Graphic organizer on the origin of religions. Small group projects.  Hw: Finish the graphic organizers p. 192-195, Ch 6, Key 2.
Tue. 12/6 -- Worksheet -- Map of the diffusion of Islam, Christianity and Buddhism.  HW: Review for the quiz.
Wed. 12/7 -- Assembly Schedule.  QZ: Key Issue 1-2 (Multiple-choice, 18 questions).  Know definitions, an basics of religions, branches - including distribution and diffusion.  Begin religious organization and space chart. This is a large group project.
Thur. 12/8 --  Finish religious organization and space chart, group discussion questions.
Fri. 12/9 -- Work Day for the holiday project. Chromebooks.

AP Art History 
Mon. 12/5 -- Introduction to the Renaissance. Early Northern Renaissance Notes.  Handout of the techniques of altar painting and engraving.
Tue. 12/6 -- Italian Politics city states map.
Wed. 12/7 -- Early Italian Renaissance. Short video on Medici and notes on Burnelleschi and Alberti -- architecture.
Thur. 12/8 -- EIR -- Paintings and sculpture.
Fri. 12/9 -- History of humanism and Savanarola.  Art cards on the Early Renaissance DUE.  Open card quiz. 

Economics 
Mon. 12/5 -- Library work day -- HSBP and Corporation project.
Tue. 12/6 -- HSBP and Corporation project DUE no later than 3 p.m.
Wed. 12/7  -- Review Keynes and the output expenditure formula, quiz (open note). Notes on demographic trends and economic growth.  If you are home, skim pages 346-351(lesson 2 in chapter 12).
Thur. 12/8 -- Watch "Changing Geography of Jobs" form the EIP series.  Look up the video (a bit longer than five minutes).  You will then research a city in the U.S. that falls into either a brain hub or industrial capital.  Pick up the direction sheet.
Fri.12/9 -- Business cycle. Read p. 366-371, answer the questions. Get a copy of the questions from me if you are absent.

November 28 - December 2, 2016

AP Human Geography
Mon. 11/28 -- Review for map final.  We will go over the physical features and begin the review of countries.
Tue. 11/29 -- Review for the map final. We will finish the review of countries and play a game to review the cities. :) Country- city bingo.  STUDY tonight for the final.
Wed. 11/30 -- Map Final
Thur. 12/1 Introduction to religion notes on the distribution of religions.
Fri. 12/2 -- Go over the Culture Test.  Religious diffusion worksheet with maps.  It is unlikely students will finish in class and completing the worksheet will be homework. DUE Monday.

AP / Art History
Mon. 11/28 -- Notes on Gothic and Late Medieval Italy.  Handout on manuscript production in Paris.  AC: 48-55 DUE (black) -- Late Antique, Byzantine, Early Medieval.
Tue. 11/29 -- Virtual Tour of Cathedrals and regional cathedral styles -- Chartres, Salisbury and Orvieto.  Chromebooks to look up the difference in the regional styles and a quick talk.
Wed. 11/30 -- Review for the Early Europe through 1400 test.  Study and finish art cards.
Thur. 12/1 -- TEST: Early Europe to 1400.  Art Cards 58-64 DUE (Gold).
Fri. 12/2 -- Introduction to the Renaissance and how to study Painting notes/activity.

Economics
Mon. 11/28 -- HSBP or Corporation Project. Work Day #1 in the library.
Tue. 11/29 --  HSBP or Corporation Project. Work Day #2 in the library.
Wed. 11/30 -- Define GDP notes on how to evaluate economic performance.  Color maps of the world according to GDP. Look at gapminder.org.
Thur. 12/1 -- Read p. 440 (Keynes biography).  Who is John Maynard Keynes?  What is Keynesian economics?  Notes on the Output-Expenditure formula.  What makes up GDP?  Short video on Keynes.
Fri. 12/2 -- The components of GDP -- using the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  Second activity to look at the CPI (Consumer Price Index) and to complete some research on inflation.

November 21-23, 2016

Thanksgiving is this Week!

AP Human Geography
Mon. 11/21 -- Review for the unit test on culture and language -- chapters 4-5.  From previous chapters know types of diffusion and the demographic transition model.  Lingua Franca CRQ DUE. 
Tue. 11/22 -- Unit test -- Chapters 4-5 -- 55 multiple choice questions.
Wed. 11/23 -- Go over the test, Collect notebook #4 and hand out review lists for the map test next week.

AP / Art History
Mon. 11/21 -- Diagrams on parts of cathedrals.  We will make study diagrams similar to the project form the Greek Temples.
Tue. 11/22 - Notes on Medieval Europe and the Romanesque.  This will cover four AP art pieces which includes out one Romanesque cathedral.
Wed. 11/23 -- Quiz over cathedral vocabulary -- again it will be similar to quizzes on Greek temples and Islamic mosques.

Economics
Mon 11/21 -- Review for Banking and Finance Test.  The Stock Research assignment is DUE today.
Tue. 11/22 -- Banking and Finance Test
Wed. 11/23 -- Fiscal Crisis 2008 -- causes and lessons learned? 

November 14-18, 2016

AP Human Geography
Mon. 11/14  -- We will watch "A History of English in 10 Minutes" which goes through 10 chapters of the spread of English.  Stopping and starting the on-line video, student will complete the chart showing key changes to English.  On the other side is a world map.  Mark on the map stages 1-9 and label each line. Text p. 154-157. Around the edges of the map write the following: German invasion, Norman invasion, Diffusion to North America. Write 3-4 bullets from the information in the text. In the bottom corners of the map: Explain the Nomadic Warrior Hypothesis and Sedentary Farmer Hypothesis.
Tonight on the National Geographic Channel a series on colonizing Mars begins. You might want to watch a little, we do a big project on Mars after the AP test. HW: Review for quiz. Know the language families well - especially Indo-European. 
Tue. 11/15 -- QZ: Chapter 5, Key 1-2. Notes on Dialects of English and language diffusion. (Chapter 5, Key 3)
Wed. 11/16 -- Video "In Search of the First Language", notes on preserving local languages.
Thur. 11/17 -- Preserving Languages worksheet. Chapter 5, Key 4.
Fri. 11/18 -- Notes Global English/ Lingua Franca Key Issue 4 pages 172-177. HW: write CRQ Lingua Franca. DUE Monday! 

AP: Art History
Mon 11/14 -- Review for unit test.
Tue. 11/15 -- Unit test on Asia.  I will focus on China and Japan, but the test will include works form Islam and South Asia.
Wed. 11/16 -- Internet search: Christian themes in Medieval and Renaissance art. Iconography.
Notebook #4 DUE.
Thur. 11/17 -- Notes on Late Antiquity. Mini-project on Latin and Greek floor plans.
Fri. 11/18 -- Notes on Byzantine art and video on Hagia Sophia.

Economics
Mon 11/14 -- Making an investment plan. Introduction to stocks and stock reports.
Tue. 11/15 -- Lecture on stocks and picking portfolios.  ECE #2 DUE by 4 p.m.
Wed. 11/16 -- Stock Research -- narrow your list to 5.
Thur. 11/17 -- LIBRARY -- Narrow your list to 1 and write a stock analysis.
Fri. 11/18 -- Second day in the library.  All stock research DUE today. 

November 7-11, 2016

AP Human Geography
Mon. 11/7 -- Introduction to Language Notes Chapter 5, Key Issue 1 (p. 143-149). Begin language research project. Students will work in pairs.
Tue. 11/8 -- Complete Language Research project
Wed. 11/9 -- Presentations on languages families and branches.  Students will take notes on a copy of a language family tree.  Work is over Key Issue 2, pages 150-157.
Thur. 11/10 -- Veteran's Day Assembly Schedule.  Map Day 7, Africa Map.  Because of the schedule, students will probably have some homework. Map DUE Monday.
Fri. 11/11 -- Veteran's Day.  Thank you Veteran's for your service to our country.

AP Art History
I have made some changes to the calendar.  Corrections are on the board in class and here.
Mon. 11/7 -- Chinese landscape painting.  A quick overview and the work of Fan Kuan. Mini painting project.
Tue. 11/8 -- Finish Chinese and Korean Art.  5 slides including the Forbidden City.
Wed. 11/9 -- Begin Japan -- look at painting and print-making.
Thur. 11/10 -- Webquest on Japanese gardens and temples.  AC: China (purple)
Fri. 11/11 -- Veteran's Day.  Thank you Veteran's for your service to our country.

Economics
Mon. 11/7 -- We got a bit behind on Friday due to the great enthusiasm for show and tell :). We are catching up today.  Fed chart on responsibilities and structure.  Notes on Monetary Policy. Again there is a chart to fill out.
Tue. 11/8 -- Watch about 10 minutes of "The Power of Money".  Take an open note quiz on chapter 16 -- Banking and the Fed. Begin Unit on Finance Read p. 304-309, graphic organizer to complete.
Wed. 11/9 -- Types of Financial Assets, Three pocket organizer -- project to be completed with partner -- each person does 6 cards for the project.
FINAL NIGHT -- Risk Assessment DUE Thursday. 
njaes.rutgers.edu/money/riskquiz
*Take the quiz and PRINT OUT your risk score. 
Thur. 11/10 - Finish project -- discuss different types of assets. RISK QUIZ DUE
Fri. 11/11 -- Veteran's Day.  Thank you Veteran's for your service to our country.