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AP World History - Syllabus Course Overview Advanced Placement World History is a challenging course that is structured around the investigation of selected themes woven into key concepts covering distinct chronological periods. AP World History is equivalent to an introductory college survey course. The course has a three-fold purpose. First, it is designed to prepare students for successful placement into higher-level college and university history courses. Second, it is designed to develop skills of analysis and thinking in order to prepare students for success in the twenty-first century. Finally, it is the intent of this class to make world history relevant. Students will be able to show mastery of the course goals by taking part in the College Board AP World History Exam in May. Course Design The course relies heavily on college-level resources. This includes texts, a wide variety of primary sources, and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. These resources are designed to develop the skills required to analyze point of view and to interpret evidence to use in creating plausible historical arguments. These tools will also be used to assess issues of change and continuity over time, identifying global processes, comparing within and among societies, and understanding diverse interpretations. Students will participate in class discussions using the Socratic seminar format. These discussions will help students develop thinking and speaking skills. In addition, students will be responsible for preparing class presentations in order to develop and practice high level habits of mind and broaden content knowledge. The course emphasis is on balancing global coverage, with no more than 20% of course time devoted to European history. This course is designed to be rigorous and rewarding, inviting students to take a global view of historical processes and contacts between people in different societies. The five AP World History Themes that connect the key concepts throughout the course and serve as the foundation for student reading, writing, and presentation requirements are as follows: Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Religions Belief systems philosophies, and ideologies Science and technology The arts and architecture Theme 3: State-building, Expansion, and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and Socialism Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes Habits of Mind: To help students successfully retain content and understand themes, AP World History requires students to practice the following Habits of Mind. Habits of Mind for any history course: • Construction 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 to interpret information. • Developing the ability to assess issues of change and continuity over time. • Enhancing the capacity to handle diversity of interpretations through analysis of context, bias, and frame of reference. Habits of Mind specific to World History: • Seeing global processes over time and space while also acquiring the ability to connect global developments to global ones and to move levels of generalizations from the global to the particular. • Developing the ability to compare within and among societies, including comparing societies' reactions to global processes. • Developing the ability to assess claims of universal standards yet remaining aware of human commonalities and differences; putting culturally diverse ideas and values in historical context, not suspending judgment but developing understanding. Grade Distribution Tests and Quizzes 60% Graded Discussions and Projects – 30% Homework – 10%