Class Hoodies - Lithuania Style!

Continuing our tradition of making shirts to commemorate our year together in AP World History is one of my favorite end-of-the-year celebrations.  Some quick math makes me think that this is year 20 of the shirts.  This year's design, however will go down in the lore as one of my all-time favorite designs.  Some historical context for you, dear reader:

The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, essentially creating 15 new countries in the process. Lithuania was one of those new countries, and come to find out...they loved basketball.  Incredibly, they qualified for the 1992 Olympics, but (being a new country coming out of Soviet controlled communism) they could afford uniforms and/or travel.  So, the fantastic hippy jam band The Grateful Dead paid for their uniforms and travel - creating one of the coolest uniforms in the history of the world. 

 We decided to pay homage to that great 1992 Lithuania jersey with our class hoodie this year and I couldn't be more proud of the result.

 

North Carolina has {world} History too!

Our AP History classes enjoyed an incredible trip through an historical tour of our home state in North Carolina.  The students toured the NC Museum of Natural Science, the State Capitol building, and NC State University.  From there, they experienced the grandeur that is Duke Chapel, then toured Duke University.  They had fun as well, taking in a Hornets game in Charlotte and wrapping it up with Carowinds.  

These kids have worked so hard this year, through Hurricane Helene and finishing up their AP curriculum in time for their exams.  

We are proud of them.

Collaborative Work For the Win!

 AP World History class projects have recently reached a new level.  From dramatic reinterpretation biographies to "autopsy of empires" - the students are absolutely crushing it.  Creating more opportunities for student groups to work collaboratively has been my emphasis this last year of teaching, and though final results can be mixed - this particular group of students are consistently excellent.