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World History Advanced Placement (W.H.A.P.)
Syllabus
Bowick/DSA
Overview of the Course
This AP World History course is designed to be an apt equivalent of a college level
course in content, scope and sequence. You are expected to do the reading, create
appropriate notecards and take Cornell style outline notes for each of the assigned
chapters and for the assigned primary source documents. We will examine the history of
the people of this planet called Earth. Our focus is on human interaction, organization,
movement, trade and conflict over time. We will enjoy mastering the nature of change
within larger political frameworks and we will compare major civilizations. We will
examine, nearly everyday, primary sources in both texts and in visuals. We will also do
simulations and we will debate questions regarding the complexities and ambiguities
surrounding human commonalities and differences. Through this method we will refine
and develop the higher order thinking skills necessary for your success at the next level
of your educational career.
Content: The Six World History Themes for Student Investigation
1) Change and continuity from 8,000BCE to Present
2) Impact of interaction revolving around major societies
3) Impact of technology, economics and demographics on people and on the
environment
4) Systems of social structure, and gender structure
5) Development and exploitation of culture, religion and technology
6) Political shape – shifting, and political attitudes
A Sampling of Assignments Incorporated in this Class:
Timeline Assignment –Choose one of the WHAP themes and between ten and
fifteen events for the time period assigned. These events will demonstrate the largest
changes related to the theme and you will rank order the events on the timeline according
to its significance. You will explain each event and its relevance.
Notecards Assignment-For each assigned chapter and each assigned primary
source reading, there are key terms to be mastered. These terms will be highlighted in
bold text in the reading. These constitute the content of the objective, or multiple-choice,
section of the May World History AP exam. Each student will write the term on the front
of the 3x5 notecard and the student will classify that term according to PERSIAN
(political, Economic, Religious, Social, Invention/Innovation/Intelligence, Art and Near
or georaphic location). Define the term on the back of the notecard and provide an
example and a comparative term. There will be a quiz every Friday for every chapter.
Between on third and one half of this assessment will be over notecard material.
Doing World History AP or Do-WHAP Assignment–Table groups are to
address the teacher assigned, chapter based question pictorially. Responses may vary
according to Dr. David Smith’s methods of questioning history: comparison, common
phenomenon, diffusion, syncretism and big picture. Student will then orally interpret
their drawing in response to the question and the method of inquiry for the rest of the
class.
Research Projects- One Per Semester. Topic and times to be announced.
Core Activities & Other Assignments– worksheets and interactions designed to help
the AP student analyze content, people, events, conflicts, motivations, outcomes and
concepts.
Leader Analysis, Peoples Analysis, Conflict Analysis, Change Analysis
Societal Comparison, Document Analysis, Dialectical Journaling
and Inner/Outer Circle Discussion Scenarios
Texts&Materials
*World Civilizations, The Global Experience, 4th AP Edition with DBQ Update, by Peter
N. Stearns, New York: Pearson Longman, 2006
*Writing Material for notes, essays, skills and projects i.e. Paper & Pencil/Pen
Course Requirements
a) Take the Exam in May
b) Suit up and Show up (attend class and be prepared)
c) Make-up missed work
d) Active participation
e) Pull your weight in both study groups and in class discussions as well as in
seminars.
Grades – weighted
a) 25% Essay, 25% Homework, 25% Tests & Quizzies, 15% Projects,
10% Participation
b) 100-90% =A, 89-80%=B, 79-70%=C, 69-60%=D, 50%=F
Essay Writing:
Thesis Creation, Time Reference and Historical SupportDBQ – (Document Based Questions) Students read and analyze a set of
documents and then write and essay about them.
COT – (Change Over Time) Students are required to essay about broad changes
in one or more regions in the world over a time period.
Comparison – (both Similarities and Differences) Students compare two or more
societies on a given set of issues.
*All essay assignments accompanied by supporting Rubric for grading, chances are fair
to midland that I will demand a rewrite of your essays: learn to embrace this conscript.
Course Outline for 36 Weeks
Unit One FOUNDATIONS 8000BCE-600CE
2 weeks
Focus: What is civilization? Change via Nature or Nurture?
Comparisons: Belief systems, social inequality, politics, economics and
migrations
Ch 1 Human Prehistory to Early Civilizations
Unit Exam =DBQ & Multiple Choice Assessment
Unit Two The Classical Period 1000BCE-500CE 5 weeks
Focus: Nomadic movements, urban development and economics
Comparisons: Feudalism, Monarchies and Empires
Ch 2
Ch 3
Ch 4
Ch 5
China
India
Mediterranean
Directions, Diversities and Declines by 500CE
Unit Exam =DBQ & Multiple Choice Assessment
Unit Three THE POSTCLASSICAL ERA 500CE – 1450CE 7 weeks
Focus: World Religions, Globalization. Europe Rising
Comparisons: Peasants, Natives and Coercive Labor Systems
Ch 6
Ch 7
Ch 8
Ch 9
Ch 10
Ch 11
Ch 12
Ch 13
Ch 14
Ch 15
The Rise and Spread of Islam
Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islam South and to Southeast Asia
African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam
Civilization in Eastern Europe
Civilization in Western Europe
The Americas Invaded
Reunification and Renaissance in China
Japan, Korea and Vietnam
Nomadic Challenges: Chinggis Khan to Timur
The Rising West and the Changing World Balance
Unit Exam= DBQ & Multiple Choice Assessment
Unit Four The World Shrinks 1450-1750 8 weeks
Focus: Industrialization, Science and Religion, Global interdependence
Comparisons: Status of women, foreign domination, colonial expansion
Ch 16 World Economy
Ch17 Transforming the West 1450-1750
Ch 18 Russia Rising
Ch 19 Early Latin America
Ch 20 Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade
Ch 22 Asia and Global Change
Unit Exam=DBQ & Multiple Choice Assessment
Unit Five Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony 1750-1914 8 weeks
Focus: Individual Rights, Group Rights, And Social Conflict
Comparisons: Individuals vs Communities, Bougious vs. Proletariot
Ch 23 Industrialization 1750-1914
Ch 24 Industry and Imperialism: The European Global Order
Ch 25 Consolidating Latin America 1830-1920
Ch 26 Crisis: Ottoman, Islam, and Qing China
Ch 27 Russia and Japan: Industrialization outside the West
Unit Exam=DBQ & Multiple Choice Assessment
Unit Six The Twentieth Century 6 weeks
Focus: Industry, Internationalization, Ideology and Conflict
Comparisons: Imperialism, Hegemony and Social Classes
Ch 28 WWI and the Crisis of the European Global Order
Ch 29 Th 1920s: Challenges to European Dominance
Ch 30 The Great Depression and the Authoritarian Response
Ch 31 WWII and the end of the European World Order
Ch 32 The Cold War
Ch 33 Latin America into the 21st Century
Ch 34 Africa, the Middle East, and Asia in the era of Independence
Ch 35 Rebirth and Revolution: Nation Building in Asia and the Pacific Rim
Ch 36 World History 1990-2003
Unit Exam=DBQ 7& Multiple Choice Assessment
Addendum to WHAP Syllabus
Contents: A variety of Primary Sources used to teach students to analyze and interpret
historical information during the course.
Organization:
Delivery:
By Chronological Era
Documentaries, Pictures, Graphics, Art, Statistical Tables, Maps,
Logs, Diaries, Letters, Speeches, Historical Texts
Accountability:
The students will use the above delivery systems for use in making
historical comparisons, comprehending, analyzing, synthesizing,
and evaluating world history not to mention testing and quizzing,
Unit I Human Prehistory to Early Civilizations
Timeline:
2.5 Million BCE – 2000 BCE Transition, Neolithic and Metal
Ages
Map:
Mesopotamia in maps- topography, & movement by regions
Doc. Video;
Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond / National Geographic
Primary
Source Doc.: Hammurabi’s Code
Aerial Photo; Mohenjo Daro Ruins
Unit II The Classical Period
Timeline:
2000BCE – 500BCE
Maps:
China Zhou Era to Han Era, India in the time of Ashoka, The
Gupta Empire, Greek Colonies of the World, Alexander’s Empire,
The Roman Empire from Augustus to 180 CE, Civilizations of
Central and South America, Germanic Kingdoms After the
Invasions
Doc. Video:
Engineering and Empire Series by The History Channel: episodes
on Egypt, Greece and the Age of Alexander, Rome, China, The
Maya
Primary
Source Doc: Teachings of the Rival Chinese Schools, Rome and a Value Crisis,
The Popularization of Buddhism
Photos
& Art:
Statistical Chart:
Parthenon and Doric style, Art: Arkesilas Cup, Sculpt:
Relief of conversion of Clovis, Kush Tomb painting 1300BCE
Religious Geography: Religions and their distribution in the world
today
Unit III Postclassical Era
Timeline:
500CE – 1450
Maps:
Postclassical World in transition 1400CE, Expansion of Islam in
7th and 8th Cent., Arabia and the surrounding areas before and
during the time of Muhammad, The Abbasid Empire at its Peak,
The Spread of Islam in the 10th – 16th Cent., Empires of the
Western Sudan, The Swahili Coast-Monsoon and Trade Routes,
The Byzantine Empire under Justinian, The Byzantine Empire,
East European Kingdoms and Slavic expansion by 1000CE,
Central Mexico and Lake Texacoco, Inca Expansion, The Ancient
Cities of Peru, The Sui Dynasty, The Tang Dynasty, China in the
Song and Southern Song Periods, Japan in the Imperial and
Warlord Periods, The Mongol Empire of Chinggas Khan, The
Divided Mongol Empire, Polynesian Expansion
Doc Video:
Primary
Source Doc.:
Photos
& Art:
Engineering and Empire: The Byzantines, Inside Islam,
Christianity: The First 2000 Years, The Dark Ages, The Crusades:
Crescent and the Cross
The Thousand and One Arabian Nights, Ibn Khaldunon the Rise
and Decline of Empires, The Great Oral Tradition of the Great
Sundiata, Russia Turns Toward Christianity, Changing Roles for
Women, Aztec Women and Men, Ties that Bind: Paths to Power,
A European Assessment of the Virtues and Vices of the Mongols,
Italian Renaissance Culture
Oasis in Central Arabia, Painting: Muhammad Surrounded by
flaming halo, Ka’ba in Mecca with masses of pilgrims, Art:
Mosques as the Symbol of Islamic Civilization, Painting: 16th
Cent. Persian Khamsah of Nizami, Series of 6 from the mosque at
Cordoba Spain, 15th Cent, Miniature of Arab Scientists and their
instruments, Great Zimbabwe from the Air. Painting: Russian King
Vladimir Converting to Christianity, Cathedral of St. Dimitr.
Painting: Anxiety for Salvation: The Resurrection, Sculpt Relief;
Richard the Lionhearted Duels Saladin, Gothic Architecture: Major
Cathedral in Amiens, France, Painting: Human Sacrifice in
Mesoamerica, Diaorama: Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan, Drawing:
17th Cent. Inca agriculture and
irrigation systems, Pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley at
Acoma, Drawing: Chinese Philosopher of the Song Dynasty, Asian
Buddhist monastery in present-day Kyoto, Relief Sculpture: Huge
Shrine to Buddha 6th Cent., Engraving: 17th Cent. Song era
agriculture, Diagram: Drawing of normal foot
contrasted with bone structure of a bound foot,
Drawing; Fully armed Samurai Warrior, Himeji Castle, Golden
Pavillion, Sketch: Moving Mongol Household,
Painting: The Abbasid Capital at Baghdad
besieged by the Mongols in 1258, Portrayt of Kubilai Khan,
Manuscript illustration: 15th Cent. Marco Polo and the Great
Khan, Sculpt: Bust of Timur-I Lang
Statistical Chart:
Patterns of Islam’s Global Expansions, World Population c. 1500
Unit IV The World Shrinks 1450-1750
Timeline:
1400CE-1800CE
Maps:
World Boundaries c.1453, World Boundaries c. 1700, Spain and
Portugal: Explorations and Colonies, c.1600, European Holdings
c.1700, Western Europe During Reaissance and Reformation,
Europe under Absolute Monarchy 1715, Russian Expansion
During the Early Tsars 1462-1598, Russia Under Peter the Great,
Russia’s Holdings by 1800, Spanish and Portuguese Explorations
1400-1600, Portuguese Expansiond and Major African Kingdoms,
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires, The Expansion of the
Ottoman Empire, The Safavid Empire, Routes and Major Products
Exchanged in the Asian Trading Network c.1500, Ming China and
the Zhenghe Expeditions 1405-1423, Japan During the Rise of the
Tokugawa Shogunate
Doc.
Videos:
Primary
Source
Docs:
Engineering and Empire: Russia, Russia, The Land of the Tsars,
Western Conquerers: Tactics and Motives, Controversies about
Women, The Nature of Westernization, An African’s Description
of the Middle Passage, An Islamic Traveler Laments the Muslims’
Indifference to Europe, Exam Questions as a Mirror to Chinese
Values
Photos
& Art:
Statistical
Charts:
Portrait: Prince Hnery the Navigator, European Sketch: Native
South Americans c.1500, Print: c.1500 Aztecs Suffering Small
Pox, Painting: Water color by John White 1590 of Secoton
Virginia, Hans Holbein’s The Dance of Death, Portraits: Johannes
Kepler & Denis Diderot, Painting: A Family of Woolmakers at
Home, Portrait: Peter I of Russian 1672-1725 in full military pose,
15thCent. Icon of Mary and the Christ Child, Contemporary
Russian Cartoon regarding Peter I’s order for Nobility to cut off
their beards, Portraits: Catherine the Great & Pugachev, Depicion
of Spaniards by Native American Artist, Painting of the city and
port of Santo Domingo c.1500, 18th Cent, Engraving of the city of
St. Augustine in Florida, Sculpt: Ivory Head of Benin Monarch &
Ivory Hunting Horn, Photo: Fante Boys in Ghana Holding
Symbolic Swords, Crafts: African American Wooden Door
Carving, 15th Cent. illuminated French Manuscript of the Ottoman
siege of Constantinople, Painting: Suleyman Mosque c.1550,
Engraving: 16th Cent. German Travelers account of Indian widow
committing Sati
Population Decline in New Spain 1520 -1820 , Comparison
of Human and Livestock populations in Central Mexico
1550-1610, Silver Production in Spanish America 15161660, Changing Ratiosof Ethnic Categories in Mexico and
Peru 1570-1825, Slave Exports from Africa 1500-1900,
Destinations of African Slaves in the African Slave Trade, Vital
Statistics of the Gunpowder Empires including land area,
populations, Religious Compositions, Military Size, Source of
Weapons,
Unit V Industrialization and Global Hegemony 1750-1914
Timeline:
1700CE-1900CE
Maps:
Industrial Development in Key Regional Centers c.1900, Main
Colonial Holdings c.1914, Napoleon’s Empire in 1812,
Industrialization in Europe c.1850, The Unification of Italy, The
Unification of Germany 1815-1871, 19th Cent. Settlement and
Consolidation in the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia,
The Balkan Wars 1912-1913, European Colonial Territories before
and after 1800, The Stages of Dutch Expansion in Java, The
Growth of the British Empire in India from the 1750’s – 1858,
The Partition of Africa between c.1870 and 1914, The Partition of
SE Asia and the Pacific Islands to 1914, The Independent States of
Latin America, The Ottoman Empire in the Late 18th Cent., China
during the Qing Era
Doc. Videos:
Primary
Source
Docs:
Photos&
Art:
Statistical
Charts:
A&E The American Revolution, A&E The French Revolution, The
History Channel Triple Alliance, Biography: Simon Bolivar, The
History Channel: The Russian Revolution, Engineering an Empire:
China
Contrary Images: The Colonizer Versus the Colonized on the
“Civilizing Mission.” Confronting the Hispanic Heritage: From
Independence to Consolidation, Building a New China, Conditions
for Factory Workers in Russia’s Revolution,
Photo-Emmeline Goulden Pankhurst, Cezanne’s The Large
Bathers Painting, 1879 Depiction of the Battle of Isandhlwana,
Photo Indian sepoys in the army of British India, EngravingBritish Warships in Mombasa 1874, Engraving- The submission of
Asante King Prempeh, Painting-Benito Juarez by Diego Rivera,
Painting- The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian
Corporations in Western Europe, 1860-73: The Expansion in
Numbers, British Investment Abroad on the Eve of the WWI,
World War I Casualties
Unit V The 20th Century in World History
Timeline:
1870-1920 Current Era
Maps:
Russian Expansion 1815-1914, Japanese Colonial Expansion to
1914, World Distribution of Manufacturing in 1930, The World
in 1995, World War I Fornts in Europe and the Middle East, The
Middle East After WWI, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
1919-39, From Dominions to Nationhood: Formation of Canada
Australia and New Zealand, China in the Era of Revolution and
Civil War, The Spread of Japan to the outbreak of WWII,
The European Union in the Europe of 2003, The Implosion of
Yugoslavia 1991-99
Doc Videos:
Primary
Source
Docs:
Photos
and Art:
Statistical
Charts:
Reconciling Islam and Chrisitanity, Deconstructing Eastern Block
Communism, Bay of Pigs, Conspiracy Theory and the
Assassination of JFK, War Crimes, The Fall of the Russian State
Lessons for the Colonized from the slaughter in the trenches,
Socialist Realism, Japan and the Loss in WWII, 1986: A New
Wave of Soviet Reform, The People Speak, Cultural Creativity in
the Emerging Nations, Women in the Revolutionary Struggle,
Protests Against Globalization
1912 Punch Cartoon: Balkan Troubles, Painting: The Boiling
Point, Photo: Trench Warfare, Photo: 1906 Dinshawai
Gallows, Portrait: Leopold Sedar Senghor, Painting: The Mexican
Revolution by David Sequeros, Cubist Painting: B y Marcel
Duchamp, Cartoon: Consumer Society 1920, Photo: Mussolini’s
Facist Machine Burning Books, Photo: Hyundai Loading Dock for
Export to the USA
Pacific Rim Growth, World Populations by Major Global
Geographic Area