World+I+Midterm

INFORMATION ABOUT PAGE This page has been set up to help you review for your midyear exam. Included on the page are the schedule for the exam,study strategies, the study guide for the exam, information and strategies about the DBQ paragraph including the rubric and links the study guides for each unit we have covered. Also included under each unit are links back to the unit page for each topic, pdfs of the Chapters in Brief for the assigned Chapters/Sections in the textbook and links to World History Crash Course videos related to the topics we have studied. While these videos are __** not **__ a replacement for actively studying for the exam, they do contain good information. I have previewed each of them and think they are a worthwhile supplement, particularly for those of you who are visual or auditory learners. Happy studying!

MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE The study guide for the midterm was distributed in class. It can also be accessed through this link as a googledoc, though you need to be logged into your Sharon Googledocs account to do so.

Click on the link below for a "googledoc" of the [|Midterm Study Guide]

EXAM CHAT!

Ask and answer questions for the Midyear Exam by clicking the link below. You need to be logged into your Sharon google account to access.

[|World One Midyear Chat]

EXAM SCHEDULE BY CLASS - Make sure that you bring a #2 pencil and a blue or black ball point pen. PERIOD FOUR: WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21st  Period SIX : THURSDAY JANUARY 22ND

STUDY STRATEGIES • make flash cards (consider who, what,where,why, why important for each term) • create a study guide for each unit • pretend you have "note card" test for each unit and prepare a card for each. • ask a friend or a family member to quiz you. • answer the questions on the exam study guide either orally or in writing • see if you can create a three point thesis statement for each essential question on the unit page or study guide • use different summarizer strategies to review the information for each unit. [|Summarizer Strategies] • or try using one of the summarizers from my 9th grade summarizers for the Ming Dynasty. • Play apples to apples using the terms from the units as your item for comparison • make lists of important people, places, events dates for each unit and create venn diagrams about them. • use crossword creator to make a puzzle for a unit -- ask a friend to make one for a different unit and then switch puzzles. [|Crossword Puzzle Maker] • __**Do not**__ just "read over your notes" this is passive studying and is not an effective method for retaining or understanding information.

DBQ PARAGRAPHS

On the exam you will be asked to write 2 DBQ paragraphs with quote integration. Each document will be based on a set of three documents. Remember the strategies for completing a document based writing exercise:

1. Read the question. Consider how you would answer the question if you did not have a set of documents to evaluate.

2. Read the documents. Make sure to look for evidence that would support an analytical response to the question. In other words, read the document looking for "HOW" and "WHY" and not just "WHAT". As you read highlight key passages that you might consider using as your integrated quote.

3. There are three documents -- what common HOW and WHY did you identify? In other words, what is the "BUCKET"?

4. Based upon the "BUCKET" you identify generate a topic sentence or mini-thesis statement. Remember that this topic sentence should take a stand on the question -- meaning it will have to explain how/why in a concise way. It should set you up to present evidence from the three documents that explain HOW and WHY.

5. Based upon your mini-thesis or topic sentence choose the quote you are going to integrate. Remember to chose a quote that supports your "HOW" or "WHY" and makes your argument stronger. Your quote should appear in the body of your paragraph and not be the first or last sentence. Be sure to cite your quote, either parenthetically (Document A) or by introduction According to Document A.

6. Write a series of supporting sentences after your topic sentence or mini-thesis that present evidence from each of the three documents in the DBQ. Be sure to cite the evidence that you use from each document either parenthetically (Document A) or by introduction According to Document A,… Remember that citations are for ideas, facts and quotes! Make sure that you have transitions between your sentences and ideas so that your paragraph holds together as a cohesive argument. It should not read as a series of unconnected sentences. Finally, be sure to include any additional relevant facts that you know from your study of world history that will add to your argument and its context.

7. Write a concluding sentence that ties your argument together.

See the PDF below for an example of a well-written DBQ paragraph. We imagined that the prompt was:
 * How does Jared Diamond's theory of geographic luck explain why some civilizations are more advanced than others?**

Document A: Papua New Guinea and Sago Document B: Middle East and cereal crops Document C: China and Rice
 * We imagined that we had three documents**.


 * PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A TYPO IN THE MINI-THESIS IT SHOULD READ "FOOD SOURCES" NOT FOOD" FORCES"**



ALSO SEE THIS LINK TO THE EXEMPLAR PARAGRAPH ON ISLAMIC EXPANSION:

[|Expansion of Islam DBQ Exemplar]

STUDY GUIDES AND LINKS FOR EACH UNIT __** GREATS, Jared Diamond,Ethnocentrism **__

Unit Page: Introduction to Civilizations

Class Notes -- FROM 2014 BUT STILL RELEVANT.... Scroll down to the bottom of the page for this unit: World One - Class Notes



Chapters in Brief

for copies of handouts, essential questions, etc. for this unit visit the unit page: Introduction to Civilizations

[|Crash Course - Agricultural Revolution] (Good place to make connections to economic model, geographic luck, GREATS)


 * __ WORLD RELIGIONS __**


 * Unit Page: World Religions **


 * Class notes: World One - Class Notes **



Chapters in Brief

for copies of handouts, essential questions, etc. for this unit visit the unit page: World Religions [|Crash Course - Hinduism & Buddhism] [|Crash Course -Judaism and Christianity] [|Crash Course - Islam and Islamic Empires] 

__** CHINA AND THE MONGOLS **__


 * Unit Page: Ancient China **

Class notes: World One - Class Notes

(Study guide does not include Ming or Mongol terms)

Chapters in Brief - THESE ARE RELEVANT FOR 2015

THESE ARE NOT RELEVANT FOR 2015



for copies of handouts, essential questions, etc. for this unit visit the unit page: Ancient China

[|Crash Course: 2,000 Years Chinese History] [|Crash Course: Silk Road] [|Crash Course: Mongols]

__** Islamic Expansion **__


 * Unit Page: Islamic & Gunpowder Empires (we have done day one and day two) **


 * Class notes: World One - Class Notes **