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AP World History – College Board Syllabus
Resources
Textbook: Traditions and Encounters (Third Edition) Bentley and Ziegler. McGraw Hill,
2006.
Secondary Sources:
Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel
Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat
The Five Themes of AP World History
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Theme 1:
Theme 2:
Theme 3:
Theme 4:
Theme 5:
Interaction between humans and the environment.
Development and Interaction of Cultures.
State-building, expansion and conflict.
Creation, expansion and interactions of Economic Systems.
Development and transformation of social structures.
Course Schedule
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to c. 600 B.C.E.
Time Frame: 2 Weeks
Key Concept 1.1: Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth.
Key Concept 1.2: The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies.
Key Concept 1.3: The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and
Urban Societies.
Topics for Discussion:
- Hominid development and migration patterns.
- Hunter and gatherer societies including comparing and contrasting its advantages
to agricultural societies.
- Formation of agricultural societies and early cities.
- Social changes associated with agriculture.
- Comparing and contrasting political, social, economic, intellectual, religious and
artistic characteristics of the early complex civilizations.
- The development of patriarchy in early complex societies.
Textbook Chapters:
Chapters 1-6
Assessments:
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Unit Test with AP style multiple-choice questions.
Essay: Change and continuity essay of human development from hunter and gatherer
society to agricultural development.
Secondary Readings:
Yali’s Questions – Jared Diamond
Worst Mistake – Jared Diamond
Hammurabi’s Code
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies c. 600 B.C.E. to
c. 600 C.E.
Time Frame: 2 Weeks
Key Concept 2.1: The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural
Traditions.
Key Concept 2.2: The Development of States and Empires.
Key Concept 2.3: Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and
Exchange.
Topics for Discussion
- Rise and Fall of Classic Civilizations
- Comparing the basic rules and setup for Classic Civilizations: Persia, Han China,
Maurya and Gupta India, Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, Roman Empire.
- Basic Rules: Centralized Government,
- Beyond the similarities, what are the basic cultural differences that have a major
impact on the region beyond the fall of the civilizations
- Religions of salvation.
- Cross-cultural interaction along the Silk Road
Textbook Chapters:
Ch. 7-12
Assessments/Activities:
Unit Test with AP Style Multiple Choice Questions.
Compare and Contrast Essay Test: Compare Rome and Han politically.
Secondary Readings:
China and Rome Compared by S.A.M
Excerpts from the Bible, Torah, and Four Noble Truths
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
The Analects
The Bhagavad Gita
Period 3: Regional and Transregional Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.
Time Frame: 5 Weeks
Key Concept 3.1: Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Trade Networks.
Key Concept 3.2: Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and their Interaction
Key Concept 3.3: Increased Economic Productive Capacity and its Consequences
Topics of Discussion:
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Foundation and Expansion of Islam
Five Pillars of Islam.
Comparing and contrasting Islam with other religions of salvation.
Growth and expansion of a centralized bureaucracy with civil service exam in
China
Impact of technology and new food crops on China and its population
The expansion of trade in the Indian Ocean and its growth as a global trading
network.
The spread of ideas, religions, and diseases along major trade networks.
The different methods of recovery for post-classical societies after the fall of the
classic civilizations
Feudalism’s impact on Europe
The Growth of the Catholic Church and its impact on Europe.
Impact of Nomadic Societies.
Islam’s role in shaping of African societies.
Major Civilizations of the Americas including the Maya, Aztecs, and Inca.
Expanding role of the caste system in India.
Assessments:
Unit Test with AP style multiple-choice questions.
Essay: Compare and contrast the major trade networks of the classical and post-classical
eras.
Essay: Document Based Question – How were the Mongols able to conquer so much
territory in such a short period of time.
Secondary Readings:
Southernization by Lynn Shaffer
Excepts from The Secret History of Mongols by Arthur Waley
Excerpts from the Quran.
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Period 4: Global Interactions, c. 1450 to c. 1750.
Time Frame: 4 Weeks
Key Concept 4.1: Globalizing Networks of Communications and Exchange.
Key Concept 4.2: New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production
Key Concept 4.3: State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion
Topics of Discussion
- Columbian Exchange and its impact on societies around the world.
- Growth of colonies in North and South America
- Comparing and contrasting European interaction with societies in the Eastern and
Western Hemisphere
- Comparing and contrasting colonies in North and South America.
- The Reformation and its impact on European society both religiously and
politically.
- The Scientific Revolution and its impact on the authority of the church and
European society.
- The Expansion of the Atlantic Slave Trade and its impact on the Americas and
Africa.
- The role of sugar in expanding slavery.
- Then Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. This would include the apex of Chinese
society. Also included is the growing isolation of China with the outside world.
- Growth and change of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan.
- Rise and Decline of the Islamic Empires of the Ottomans, Mughals, and Safavids.
Textbook Chapters:
Chapters 23-28
Assessments:
Unit Test with AP Style Multiple Choice Questions for Chapters 23-26
Continuity and Change Over Time (Political or Economic) for China, Middle East, or
South Asia (c. 600 CE to c1750 CE) – covering Chapters 27 and 28.
Secondary Readings:
Slavery in America - Jean M. West
The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano Written by Himself – Olaudah Equiano
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Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
Period 5: Industrialization and Global Integration, c. 1750-1900.
Time Frame: 4 Weeks
Key Concept 5.1:
Key Concept 5.2:
Key Concept 5.3:
Key Concept 5.4:
Industrialization and Global Capitalism.
Imperialism and Nation-State Formation.
Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform.
Global Migration.
Topics for Discussion:
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The impact of the impact of the enlightenment on the revolutions of the time
period.
American, French, Haitian, and Latin American Revolutions.
The impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon on Europe.
The role of Creole elites in Latin American revolutions.
Conservatism vs. Liberalism.
Changes in society brought about by Industrialization.
Industrialization movements in areas outside of Europe like the Middle East and
China.
Crossroad societies like the Ottoman Empire, Qing China, Russia, and Japan and
the attempts successful and unsuccessful to reform in the face of a dominant
Europe.
Expansion of imperialism especially into Africa.
Textbook Chapters:
Chapters 29-33
Assessments:
Unit Test with AP style multiple-choice questions.
Secondary Readings:
Toussant L’Ouverture, Letter to the Directory
The English Bill of Rights
Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
Karl Marx, Comunist Manifesto
Black Man’s Burden by H.T. Johnson.
White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling
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Period 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, c. 1900 to the Present
Time Frame: 4 Weeks
Key Concept 6.1: Science and Environment
Key Concept 6.2: Global Conflicts and their Consequences
Key Concept 6.3: New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture
Topics of Discussion:
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New technologies and their byproducts produce a rapid increase in population.
Growing rivalries among European powers leading up to World War I.
The role industrialization plays in modern conflicts like World War I and World
War II.
The impact of World War I on colonies of European powers and the role those
colonies play in the war.
The role World War I plays in promoting nationalist movements in colonial areas.
The inability to solve major global problems increases the likelihood of another
major conflict.
The Great Depression and its impact on the global market.
Factors leading up to World War II and the role technology plays in fighting the
war.
The impact of World War II on the movement of de-colonization.
The Cold War and the impact polarization of most of the world’s societies.
Nationalistic and political movements in colonized areas like Asia and Africa.
Decolonization and the major issues faced by societies after independence.
The impact of technologies like the internet to connect the world.
Global problems such as pollution, terrorism, and overpopulation.
Text Book Chapters:
Chapters 34-40
Assessments/Assignments:
Unit Test with AP Style Multiple Choice Questions.
Secondary Readings:
Power to the Soviets by Vladimir Lenin
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
There is no salvation for India, and the Doctrine of the Sword by Mohandas Gandhi
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