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A blog that will go down in history?

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May 2nd, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

Challenges of Independence

Ethnic disputesDependent economies

Growing debt

Cultural dependence on west-> religious revivalism as backlash

Widespread social unrest

Military responses to restore order

Population growth

Resource depletion

Lack of middle class in some locales

Education deficit and later, brain drain.

Neo-colonialism through economic debt.

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WHAP Project Themes Chart

April 28th, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/04/ap-world-history-themes.doc

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WHAP END OF THE YEAR PROJECT

April 22nd, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

Best to get started NOW!

This assignment is due MAY 12th.

http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/04/end-of-year-themes-project.doc

Stressed Student

DON’T PROCRASTINATE or you will look like the guy below in 40 years~!

Cross-Eyed Man, © Stan Fellerman/Corbis, RF, 1, Adults, Bald, Eyes crossed, Facial expression, Facial hair, Head and shoulders, Males, Men, Mustache, People, Portrait, Strange, Studio shot, Whites

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World Wars I & II

April 2nd, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

This is a big powerpoint! Make sure when you open it you are hungry for knowledge!

http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/04/world-wars-i-ii-compilation.ppt

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WHAP JAPAN!

April 2nd, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

Another amazing gift for you!!

 http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/04/ap-japan.PPT

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WHAP: Note Help

March 30th, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

Wondering if we are going to pick up the pace as we near the end?

Yes, yes we are. However, in my ultimate desire to not see your heads explode from taking notes, enjoy this gift!

http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/03/qing-dynasty.ppt

http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/03/opium-wars-ppt.ppt

http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/03/china-japan-and-the-pacific-rim-in-the-20th-century-outline.ppt

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WHAP: New Comparison and Analyses

March 30th, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · 1 Comment

Strat working on the following.

These are DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 15th (A special thanks to Tyler Baker for a date clarification)

http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/03/1750-1914-comparison-and-analyses.doc 

1.   Compare the causes and early phases of the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe and Japan.2.   Compare the Haitian and French Revolutions3.   Compare reaction to foreign interference in the Ottoman Empire, China, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan.4.   Compare nationalism in the following pairs: China and Japan, Egypt and Italy, Pan Africanism and the Indian National Congress5.   Explain forms of Western intervention in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia6.   Compare the roles and conditions of elite women in Latin America with those in Western Europe before 1850.

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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 26th, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

AP WORLD HISTORY:DONT FORGET YOUR PROJECT IS DUE FRIDAY

PSYCHOLOGY: DONT FORGET YOUR TEST ON THURSDAY

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New DA Topic

March 26th, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

The next topic is World Wars I and II, Japan 1800 – 1920, the Qing Empire, and the Ottoman Empire (1850 -1920).

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Free AP Practice

March 17th, 2008 by Mr. Needle in Uncategorized · No Comments

See link below.

http://bneedle.edublogs.org/files/2008/03/now-available-free-downloadable-ap-practice-exams.doc

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