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While trying to studying for the AP exam may seem like a daunting task, taking a diagnostic test can help you target areas that you need to focus on.

Copy and paste the link below for the Spark Notes Diagnostic Test on AP European History. The test is a 60 multiple choice exam that resembles questions that will be on the real AP exam! As you work through the test, mark the questions you guessed on and which you would like to review. The test will a starting point for your studying and a good practice on the multiple choice section of the exam.

Once you are done with the exam, click the submit button. You will then be taken to a page with your results. For verification purposes, print out your score page and bring it to class by Monday, April 28th.

The Spark Notes resource was brought to my attention by a student, thank you Alexandria! Remember that there are tons of online study guides and multiple choice quizzes online. If you find something helpful let me know so I can share with the rest of the class!

Copy and paste link: http://testprep.sparknotes.com/testcenter/ap/eurohistory/

Since the AP exam is right around the corner it is time to do some major review and studying! The homework assignments have been shortened for this purpose so use your time studying old notes and tests.

The assignments for this chapter will be identifications only. You can pick up the handout in class. Identifications will be checked on  May 5th.

Good Luck!

Review the handout for the Holocaust Photo project (or just scroll down to the previous post). You will have Wednesday and Thursday for computer use but remember, it is your responsibility to finish the assignment and all of its requirements on your own time.

Wednesday- The objective for the day is to get you familiar with the website and to begin browsing through the USHMM photo archive.

1. Copy and paste web address on a NEW browser: http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/photo/

2. On the left, click on “Search the Collections.” You will then be taken to an online catalog where there is a “Search Photos” option. Type in key terms like “family” or “wedding” or “children”-any thing you want to search for. Remember to look through the photos carefully so you can find “just the right one.”

3. Look through the various photos and remember to keep track of the date. The photo you choose should be prior to 1933.

4. Go home and look through your own family collection of photos. Try to pick out one that is similar to the Jewish photo you selected. If you can’t find a family photo, then on Wednesday you will try to find a historical photo that matches your family one.

From 1933-1945 six million Jews died in occupied German territory in the period known as the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler sought the complete destruction of Jewish life and culture as he set out to create his ideal Aryan race. Whole Jewish communities disappeared but their memories are still alive through the preservation of photographs.

The project aims to focus on the individual lives behind the statistics of the Holocaust. The goal is to show how your life is similar to Jewish lives through photographs taken before 1933.

Directions:

1. Find a photograph in the archives of United State Holocaust Memorial Museum (www.ushmm.org). It is important to notice where and when these photos were taken to determine whether they depict life before the Nazi occupation. You will search through the photo archives until you find “just the right one” for yourself.

2. You will then copy and paste your selected photo, the date and where it was taken, onto a new word document and print. After you have found and analyzed the photos, you should begin researching the town or city of one of the photos you collected by answering the following questions in the Photo Analysis Handout.

3. You will look through your own family photos to find at least one to bring in and share with the class that relates in some way to one of the photos you chose.

4. In the final part of your writing, you will answer the following questions:

a. In examining your researched photo, what evidence suggests that life was “ordinary” for the Jews prior to German occupation?

b. Compare your photograph with the photo you chose. How do they relate with each other?

c. What do these photos, both yours and the one you researched, tell you about Jewish life in Europe before World War II?

Calendar

Step #2 (Jewish Photo Selection) ……….……………………………………………………………..…….. Thurs, April 10^th

Step #2 Photo Analysis Handout ……………………………………………………………………………… Friday, April 11^th

Final Project (Step #4 w/ 1 page writing response) ………………………………………………….… Wed, April 16^th

We are nearing the end of the book and the AP exam is just around the corner. Please make sure that you are reviewing past notes and keeping up with the reading schedule.

Chapter 27 calendar:reading-calendar.doc

Additional handouts:
Modern World History meh-wwii.pdf and the History for Dummies dummies-wwii.pdf

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