World History AP

     Today in WHAP, we discussed clicker quizzes, continued our discussion on Periodization, and were assigned our first Crash Course video.      First, we talked about clicker quizzes, which are basically a multiple choice quiz, except you use a little clicker (hence the name) to select the answers. I'm looking forward to these clicker quizzes, mainly because I was quite the Quiz Bowl stud back in 2012, and while this isn't a competition like that was, there are a few small similarities. On top of this, by completing a worksheet well, Mr. Profit will guarantee that you will get a 100 on the clicker quiz, just in case you feel nervous or pressured during the quiz, and can't perform as well.      After this, we briefly watched the first 30 seconds or so of a Crash Course video. During this time the host, John Green, made a joke about "that student" who always asks the question: "Is this going to be on the test?" His response to that really got me thi

Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 Today in WHAP, we discussed resources for studying and started talking about periodization.           Today, we started class off by addressing some of the resources we have at our disposal, first in our textbook and then other sources such as the Princeton Review and my personal favorite; Google. What I realized about the textbook today was that it's packed full of helpful resources such as important questions outside the margins, which are then answered in the text, and chapter overviews along with AP questions to help prepare for the big test later in the year. After seeing the all that the AP exam entails, I'm a little anxious for that in the Spring; however I'm sure we'll all be ready for it when the time comes.           Moving on from just the textbook, we also have resources in the study guide like videos to help understand the chapters and very detailed chapter outlines so that we can get a general knowledge of the material