In addition to completing the PAKs listed below, make sure you attend the scheduled seminars and take the tests listed in each Learning Activities section. The textbook used is World History: Connections to Today, Prentice Hall, publishers. Check the monthly Calendar for deadlines and Seminars. Use the Reference page for research.
PAK 6: Absolute Monarchs Rule Europe This PAK covers Chapter 17 and will take 5 days to complete. Required activities:
 | Interactive Student Notebook for Chapter 17 |
| Venn Diagram: American Bill of Rights and English Bill of Rights |
| Project - Renaissance Personalities Matching and Timeline |
| Test - Chapter 17 |
| Seminar: Setting the Stage for Revolution - Absolute Monarchs Rule Europe |
PAK 7: Enlightenment and the American Revolution This PAK covers Chapter 18 in the textbook. Completion time: 9 days. This is a pivotal PAK because so much of the material is covered on the 10th grade TAKS test. Required activities:
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Interactive Student Notebook for Chapter 18 |
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Major
project - "Tracing the Threads of Democracy #3" - test
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Test - Chapter 18 |
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PAK 8: "You Say You Want a Revolution" The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era
This PAK covers Chapter 19 in the textbook. Completion time: 5 days. Required activities:
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Interactive Student Notebook for Chapter 19 |
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Map - Napoleonic Europe |
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Timeline - The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era |
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Video project - Napoleon |
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Test - Chapter 19 |
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PAK 9: Wheels, Deals and Automobiles - The Industrial Revolution and the Age of Progress In PAK 9 you will study Chapters 20, 21 and 22. Completion time: 6 days. Required activities:
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Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 21-23 |
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Individual project - Write a labor law for the 19th Century |
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Video - "Technology Transforms an Age." |
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Test - Chapters 21-23 |
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PAK 10: The Victorian Era and The Age of Imperialism In PAK 10 you will complete appendix work for Chapters 23-26. Completion time: 6 days. Required activities:
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Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 23-26 |
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Overlay map - "Changing Colonial Empires" - test grade |
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Test - Chapters 23-26 |
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PAK 11: The Slaughter of the Finest - World War I and the Russian Revolution In this PAK you will cover Chapters 27-29 in the textbook. Completion time: 6 days. Required activities:
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Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 27-29 |
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Map exercise - "Europe After the Treaty of Versailles" |
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Three WWI videos and small projects. |
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Major project - "The Treaty of Versailles" - test grade |
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Test - Chapters 27-29 |
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PAK 12: "Hitler and the Big Three" - World War II and the Rise of Dictators PAK 12 requires you to complete work for Chapters 30 and 31. Completion time: 6 days. Required activities:
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Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 30 and 31 |
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Sensory Figures - Hitler, Mussolini, FDR, Churchill, Stalin |
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Two WWII videos and guides |
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Individual project - "Yalta, Potsdam and the Mushroom Cloud" - test grade |
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Test - Chapters 30 and 31 - World War II |
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PAK 13: The Cold War In PAK 13 you will complete work for Chapters 32 and 33. Completion time: 6 days. Required activities:
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Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 32 and 33 |
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Individual Project - Cold War Silhouette - test grade |
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Two Cold War videos and guides |
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Final Exams |
