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Advanced Placement World History
Ms. Kelly O’Neill, Room 316
412.4820
[email protected]
Course Description: Advanced Placement World History is a challenging, interdisciplinary course. At the end of the year,
students will take the AP World History exam, which allows students the opportunity to earn college credit. This class
covers the history and literature of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americans form approximately 1000 C.E. to the present.
The purpose of the course is to help students develop a greater understanding of the evolution of various global
societies by examining interaction, technology and demography, arts and ideas, change and continuity, social structure
and gender, and political forms of the state. Students are expected to do a considerable amount of critical reading in
both the major texts and supplemental sources. Evidence of this reading will be shown in class discussion and
participation, literary analysis essays, persuasive essays, daily actives, interactive projects, and tests and quizzes.
“Habits of Mind”
Habits of Mind for any History Course:
Constructing and evaluating arguments: using evidence to make plausible arguments
Using documents and other primary data: developing the skills necessary to analyze point of view and context,
and to understand and interpret information
Assessing continuity and change over time and over different world regions
Understanding diversity of interpretations through analysis of context, point of view, and frame of reference
Habits of Mind for World History:
Seeing global patterns and processes over time and space while connecting local developments to global ones
Comparing within and among societies, including comparing societies’ reactions to global processes
Considering human commonalities and differences
Exploring claims of universal standards in relation to culturally diverse ideas
Exploring the persistent relevance of world history to contemporary developments
The five AP World History themes:
1. Interaction between humans and the environment
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Demography and disease
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Migration
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Patterns of settlement
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Technology
2. Development and interaction of cultures
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Religions
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Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
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Science and technology
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The arts and architecture
3. State-building, expansion, and conflict
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Political structures and forms of governance
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Empires
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Nations and nationalism
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Revolts and revolutions
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Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations
4. Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
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Agricultural and pastoral production
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Trade and commerce
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Labor systems
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Industrialization
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Capitalism and socialism
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5. Development and transformation of social structures
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Gender roles and relations
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Family and kinship
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Racial and ethnic constructions
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Social and economic classes
Common Themes correlate with the following mnemonic:
o G---GEOGRPAHY/ENVIRONMENT
o R---RELIGION
o A---ARTS AND LITERATURE
o S---SOCIETY
o P---POLITICAL
o E--- ECONOMY/TRADE
o D---DEMOGRAPHY
o I---INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTS and INTEREACTION
o T—TECHNOLOGY
Readings & Resources:
Books
Andrea, Alfred J., and James H. Overfield. The Human Record: Sources of Global History. 5th ed. Vol. I & II.
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005.
AP World History Best Practices. College Entrance Examination Board, 2002.
Cowley, Robert. What If?: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been. Putnam, 2001.
Noonan, Theresa C. Document-Based Assessment Activities for Global History Classes. J. Weston Walsh, 1999
Smith, Houston. The Illustrated World’s Religions: A guide to our Wisdom Traditions. Harper Collins, 1994.
Viola, Herman J., and Margolis, Carolyn. Seeds of Change: Five Hundred Years Since Columbus. Smithsonian,
1991.
Periodicals
History Magazine. Published bi-monthly by Moorshead Magazines, Ltd. www.history-magazine.com
Web Resources
BBC History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
Internet History Sourcebooks Project: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
The Earth and Its Peoples Companion Site:
http://college.hmco.com/history/world/bulliet/earth_peoples/2e/students/
Bridging World History: http://www.learner.org/resources/series197.html
World History Connected: http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/
World History Association: http://www.thewha.org/
Media
CNN Productions. CNN's Millennium Boxed Set. 1999.
Released Exams-Exam Prep Books
AP World History Released Exams & Essay Questions (College Board & AP Central)
Armstong, Monty, et. Al. Cracking the AP World History Exam. The Princeton Review, 2004-2005.
Vess, Deborah. AP World History. Research & Education Association, 2006.
Materials Needed:
o Required: 1inch 3-ring notebook with 6 section dividers, Notebook paper, Pencils/pens/highlighters, 3x5 lined
index cards
o Recommended: student dictionary, ruler, color pencils
Course Requirements
o Prepare to take the AP Exam on Thursday, May 12th.
o Actively participate in class and complete all assignments thoroughly and promptly. (see late pass policy on
webpage)
o Attend class daily, arriving on time.
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Make up work when absent—contact instructor and send assignments due electronically if possible; make prior
arrangements for planned absences; two days allotted for each day absent to turn in work.
Keep a well-organized and complete notebook for the entire year; bring to class daily. Use the charts and lecture
and reading notes in your notebook to study for exams. Ask for help if your notebook is incomplete.
Form a study group for tests and other large assignments, such as the study cards created to help you master
the vocabulary you will encounter in the multiple-choice questions.
Ask instructor for help if needed—I am committed to supporting your efforts!
Challenge yourself to work hard and maintain high standards.
Take advantage of opportunities to redo work for mastery of the content and skills of the course.
Cheating and Plagiarism
Students who cheat or plagiarize will receive an F for the assignment and will be removed from the class with an F for
the semester grade should the behavior continue. Cheating includes direct copying of assignments, copying or cheatsheets on tests, and/or turning in any work that is not solely your own work. “Working together,” does not mean it is
acceptable to have word for word answers. Any work that is not your own must be cited.
AP World History 2009-10 Course Outline:
Semester one
Introduction to class (1 week)
Building community/ Periodization of the five AP World Units
Unit I. Foundations, 8000 BCE-600 CE (2 weeks)
This will be a review of the material learned in Honors World History as Freshmen, if you were not in honors more time
over winter and spring break should be spent studying this unit.
Focus Question: What is “civilization”? Who is “civilized”?
Topics:
Origins of Agriculture to First River-Valley Civilizations
New Civilizations in the Eastern and Western Hemisphere
The Mediterranean and Middle East
Formation of New Cultural Communities
An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China
India and Southeast Asia
Networks of Communication and Exchange
Major Assignments:
Quarter one board game project reviewing themes learned in Honors WSI
Document Based Questions (DBQ), Compare and Contrast essays
30 Q Multiple Choice Unit Exam
Unit II. 600-1450 (8 weeks)
Focus Questions: Should we study cultural areas or states? What were the changes in this period caused from?
Topics:
Rise of Islam
Christian Europe Emerges
Inner and East Asia
Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas
Mongol Eurasia and its Aftermath
Tropical Africa and Asia
The Latin West
The Maritime Revolution
Major Assignments:
Mock Trial
Seminar Review
DBQ, Compare and Contrast
70 Q Multiple Choice Unit Exam
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Unit III. 1450-1750 (6 weeks)
Focus Questions: To what extent did Europe become predominant in the world during this time period? How does the
world economic system of this period compare with patterns of interregional trade in the pervious period?
Topics:
Transformations in Europe
The Diversity of American Colonial Societies
The Atlantic System and Africa
Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean
Northern Eurasia
Major Assignments:
Mock Trial
Seminar Review
DBQ, Compare and Contrast, and Change over Time Essays
70 Q Multiple Choice Unit Exam
Semester Two Course Outline
Unit IV. 1750-1914 (5 weeks)
Focus Questions: Through what process did the influence of industrializations spread throughout the world? To what
degree did new types of social conflict emerge during the nineteenth century? What are the debated over the nature of
women’s roles in this period?
Topics:
Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World
The Early Industrial Revolution
Nation Building And Economics
Transformation in the Americas
Africa, India, and the New British Empire
Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism
Major Assignments:
Mock Trial
Seminar Review
DBQ, Compare and Contrast, and Change over Time Essays
70 Q Multiple Choice Unit Exam
Unit V. 1914-Present (7 weeks)
Focus Questions: How do ideological struggles provide an explanation for many of the conflicts of the 20th century? How
have international organizations influence change?
Topics:
The New Power Balance
The New Imperialism
The Crisis of the Imperial Order
The Collapse of the Old Order
Striving for Independence: Africa, India, and Latin America
The Cold War and Decolonization
Crisis, Realignment, and the Dawn of the Post-Cold War World
Globalization at the Turn of the Millennium
Major Assignments:
Mock Trial
Seminar Review
DBQ, Compare and Contrast, and Change over Time Essays
70 Q Multiple Choice Unit Exam
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