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AP World History
Dr. Paul Hoelscher
[email protected] 314. 686.1742
free periods: 1, 3, 7, 8 Welcome Congratulations on your membership in this fantastic voyage! With your help, our class will visit some amazing places and challenge our understanding of the human experience. My best advice is to read. Get in the habit of reading everyday and it will serve you well for your lifetime! You will be provided with a specific daily outline for each of our two semesters that indicates daily topics, homework assignments and due dates for free response and other written requirements. Because we have so much information to cover, large sections of the “content” will be the responsibility of each student in the nightly homework. This will provide time in class for us to analysis topics and discuss important themes in the course. You can’t analyze and discuss in class if you haven’t read the night before. Materials World Civilizations: The Global Experience​, AP Edition by Peter Stearns (2007), 6​th​ edition. Documents in World History, Volume 1 and 2​ by Peter Stearns (2003), 3​rd​ edition. Mr. Hoelscher’s youtube channel
www.youtube.com/channel/UCBjFU3K74Y4oYQ2VsItNnQg AP test date: Thursday, May 11th Evaluation / Grades for 1​st​ semester Free response Essays (about 22%) ▪ 2 Compare essays X 30 pts = 60 ▪ 2 CCOT essays X 30 pts = 60 ▪ 1 DBQ X 30 pts = 30 (other DBQ will be on 1st​ ​ semester final) Multiple Choice tests (about 12%) ▪ 2 at the end of each major time period X 40 points = 80 ▪ taken from previous AP tests or sample materials Chapter quizzes (about 27%) ▪ 18 chapters X 10 points each = 180 ▪ multiple choice, note check and short answer format Document­based analysis and other homework (about 27%) ▪ about 18 assignments, about 1 per week X 10 pts each ▪ some answers will be collected, some graded in discussion Semester Final (about 12%) ▪ 80 points (50 mc and 1 DBQ free response) ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 670​ ​approximate pts per semester This is an approximate guide, not a formal contract. Dr. Hoelscher may make adjustments throughout the course based on students’ needs. Chronological outline of curriculum Period 1:​ Technological and Environmental Transformations, to c. 600 B.C.E. 1.1​ Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth 1.2​ The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies 1.3​ The Development and Interactions of Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies Period 2:​ Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, c. 600 to c. 600 C.E. 2.1​ The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions 2.2​ The Development of States and Empires 2.3​ Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange Period 3:​ Regional and Transregional Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450 3.1​ Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks 3.2​ Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions 3.3​ Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences Period 4:​ Global Interactions, c. 1450 to c. 1750 4.1​ Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange 4.2​ New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production 4.3​ State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion Period 5:​ Industrialization and Global Integration, c. 1750 to c. 1900 5.1​ Industrialization and Global Capitalism 5.2​ Imperialism and Nation­State Formation 5.3​ Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform 5.4​ Global Migration Period 6:​ Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, c. 1900 to the Present 6.1​ Science and the Environment 6.2​ Global Conflicts and Their Consequences 6.3​ New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture ​Themes of World History
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Demography and Disease Migration Patterns of Settlement Technology 2. Development and interaction of cultures 1.
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Religions Belief Systems, philosophies, and ideologies Science and Technology The arts and architecture 3. State­building, expansion and conflict 1.
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Political Structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations 4. Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems 1.
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Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and Commerce Labor Systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism 5. Development and transformation of social structures 1.
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Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes AP World History
Dr. Paul Hoelscher
[email protected] 314. 686.1742
free periods: 1, 3, 7, 8 Welcome Congratulations on your membership in this fantastic voyage! With your help, our class will visit some amazing places and challenge our understanding of the human experience. My best advice is to read. Get in the habit of reading everyday and it will serve you well for your lifetime! You will be provided with a specific daily outline for each of our two semesters that indicates daily topics, homework assignments and due dates for free response and other written requirements. Because we have so much information to cover, large sections of the “content” will be the responsibility of each student in the nightly homework. This will provide time in class for us to analysis topics and discuss important themes in the course. You can’t analyze and discuss in class if you haven’t read the night before. Materials World Civilizations: The Global Experience​, AP Edition by Peter Stearns (2007), 6​th​ edition. Documents in World History, Volume 1 and 2​ by Peter Stearns (2003), 3​rd​ edition. Mr. Hoelscher’s youtube channel
www.youtube.com/channel/UCBjFU3K74Y4oYQ2VsItNnQg AP test date: Thursday, May 11th Historical Thinking Historical Argument ▪ frame question and answer with clear, analytical thesis ▪ support thesis with relevant evidence ▪ note contradictions, corroborations and relationships between diverse pieces of historical evidence Chronological Reasoning ● causation: evaluate multiple cause / effect relationships in short and long term within historical context ● continuity and change over time: analyze patterns over large periods of time and relate to historic themes ● periodization: categorize distinct events into blocks of time and recognize turning points that indicate a historical narrative Making connections ♦
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comparison: compare historical developments within a society or across multiple societies in chronological and geographic contexts contextualization: connect historical developments to specific circumstances in time and place to a broader global process synthesis: make historical connection between issue and other contexts, periods, themes or disciplines Analyzing sources ⇒ sourcing: evaluate the connection between the content and the authorship, POV, audience, format or medium interpretation: describe, analyze and evaluate ways in which historians explain the past