Download Advanced Placement World History

Advanced Placement World History
Course Syllabus
Mr. Mollett & Mr. Ferrell
2016-2017
Course Description:
The AP World History course focuses on developing students’ understanding of world history from
approximately 8000 BCE to the present. The course has students investigate the content of world history
for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in six historical time periods, and develop
and use the same thinking skills and methods employed by historians when they study the past. The course
also provides five themes (interaction between humans and the environment; development and interaction
of cultures; state building, expansion, and conflict; creation, expansion, and interaction of economic
systems; development and transformation of social structures) that students explore throughout the course
in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places encompassing
the five major geographical regions of the globe: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
Textbook
■Bentley, Jerry & Ziegler, Herbert. Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. Fifth
Edition. McGraw-Hill. 2011.
Recommended Resources
■Princeton Review. Cracking the AP World History Exam (paperback)
■ This Fleeting World: A History of Humanity by David Christian
■YouTube – Crash Course Playlists World History and World History 2
Supplemental/Summer Reading
■ First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
Website
Mollett - http://lake.k12.fl.us/Page/13235
Ferrell - http://lake.k12.fl.us/Domain/2910
Periods of Study per the AP College Board
Period 1.
Technological and Environmental Transformations, to 600 B.C.E.
Period 2.
Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, 600 B.C.E. to 600C.E.
Period 3.
Regional and Transregional Interactions, 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.
Period 4.
Global Interactions, 1450 C.E. to 1750.C.E.
Period 5.
Industrialization and Global Integration, 1750 C.E. to 1900 C.E.
Period 6.
Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, 1900 C.E. to Present.
The Five Themes of AP World History
1. Interaction between humans & the environment: demography & disease, migration, patterns of
settlement, technology
2. Development and interaction of cultures: religion, belief systems, philosophies, ideologies, science &
technology, arts & architecture
3. State-building, expansion, & conflict: political structures & forms of governance, empires, nations &
nationalism, revolts & revolutions, regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations
4. Creation, expansion, & interaction of economic systems: agriculture and pastoral production, trade and
commerce, labor systems, industrialization, capitalism & socialism
5. Development and transformation of social structures: gender roles & relations, family & kinship, racial
& ethnic constructions, social & economic classes
The Historical Thinking Skills of AP World History
1. Analysis of historical sources and evidence to include extrapolation of evidence from and sourcing
of primary sources and historical interpretations found in secondary sources.
2. Making historical connections to include making comparisons between/among human societies,
contextualizing events into a larger historical framework, and synthesizing historical and crossdiscipline, cross-geographic, cross-thematic, and cross-period connections.
3. Chronological reasoning (e.g. historical causation, patterns of continuity and change over time,
periodization, etc.)
4. Crafting historical arguments from historical evidence (e.g. historical argumentation, appropriate
use of relevant historical evidence; etc.)
Grading Policy
Grade categories are weighted in AP World History. The weights according to category are listed below.
Quizzes Participation Essays Tests Total -
20%
10%
35%
35%
100% *Notice, this class is about performance!
Grade Clarification
Quizzes – Reading Quizzes: Expect a reading quiz on every chapter/reading topic in a unit. Reading quizzes will
be given weekly (e.g. if the syllabus says read chapters 2 and 3 then you are expected to read those chapters over
the weekend and be quizzed on Monday of that week unless otherwise instructed by the teacher). Reading guides
per chapter are made available to you on the website. Complete the reading guides and feel free to use them on
any reading quiz you take in this class. Also, if you complete review guides on the Crash Course videos feel free
to use them on any reading quiz you take in class. Submit completed reading guides and earn 20 bonus points
on the quiz, and submit completed video review guides and I will boost that week’s reading quiz score by
10 points.
Written Quizzes: Expect written quizzes from time to time in class. Written quizzes will be opportunities to
practice parts of essay writing, whether Long Essay Questions (LEQs) or Short Answer Questions (SAQs), and
analyzing primary and secondary sources.
Participation – It’s a history class; of course you have to take notes. You’re going to find that I don’t “give
notes.” I pull discussion out of you. I will provide a general outline of a day’s discussion, but you will not be
copying notes. In essence, AP World History is not a spectator sport. Good note-taking is characterized by taking
in information through the sensory register, and then summarizing or analyzing it into something meaningful. Try
doing Cornell Notes during class discussions. Participation is at my discretion. I take detailed notes of your
participation in class. Just watch what happens to your participation grade if you put your head down, if you
aren’t taking notes during discussion, or if you aren’t staying on task during class activities.
Essays –Numerous essays, including Long Essay Questions (LEQs) and Document Based Question Essays
(DBQs), will be completed throughout the course; most will be completed in class while few may be completed
out of class. All in-class essays are timed, as they are during your AP exam. All essays are to be hand-written. I
grade your essays according to a modified College Board rubric. Essay writing is a skill you will learn, which
proves to me and the College Board that you can analyze the content. The following is a grade correlation for
essay rubric scores:
DBQ Rubric Score
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Missing
Alpha/Numeric Grade
90 -100 A
85-89 B
80-84 C
75-79 C
70-74 D
65-69 D
62-64 D
60 D
0 F *Notice, always try! Your grade depends on it!
LEQ Rubric Score
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Missing
Alpha/Numeric Grade
100
90
85
78
70
65
60
0 F *Notice, always try! Your grade depends on it!
Unit Test –You will have one 55-question, multiple choice test per unit. Test grades are calculated per the College
Board’s test calculation. The following is a grade correlation for your test scores:
Number Correct
Missing
0 -19 correct
20-22 correct
23-26 correct
27-29 correct
30-33 correct
34-38 correct
39-44 correct
45-48 correct
49-51 correct
52-55 correct
Alpha/Numeric Grade
0 F *Notice, always try! Your grade depends on it!
50 F
60 D
65 D
70 C
75 C
80 B
85 B
90 A
95 A
100 A
The proverbial bottom line: When you walk into AP World History, I consider you a mature, adult college student.
That means life here will be very different from high school: much more independence and freedom of choice. Some
people are ready for the responsibility that comes with that new life; others are far from ready. Your success is based
on your willingness to respond as a college student.
Academic Expectations of AP World History Students
1. All readings are expected to be completed prior to the class discussion and assignments. Readings may
include textbook and primary/secondary sources provided by instructor.
2. Students are expected to participate in group and class discussions.
3. Class discussions are encouraged, and utilized almost every single day. Students are expected to respect
each other. Only meaningful comments are expected. All comments are expected to be made in manners that
do not offend other students.
4. The instructor reserves the right to choose any student to lead a discussion, answer questions, or illicit
comments. All AP students must be able to articulate thoughts pertaining to the course at any given time.
5. Group discussions should be focused on class topics at all times.
6. Group activities are expected to be complete with the utmost sincerity and integrity. We do not waste time in
class, and everything that you complete impacts your grade.
7. We will move forward with the daily schedule no matter of general interruptions, such as class assemblies,
firedrills/alarms, state assessments, short periods, etc. This means that any topics on the course schedule that
are interrupted by such general interruptions, it is expected that those topics will be completed by the student.
8. Students are expected to review discussion topics from class with their parents in the evenings. This is a
simple exercise that can result in the students’ better conceptual understanding of class topics.
9. Cheating, plagiarism, and copying other students’ work are all student behaviors that will result in an
automatic failure of the assignment(s) in question and my recommendation of your removal from the AP
program.
10. Students are not permitted to use any notes, texts, or sources during the writing of in-class essays unless
told otherwise by the instructor.
11. Essay rewrites may be granted to classes from time to time, but they are not guaranteed, and are solely at
the instructor’s discretion.
12. In-class essays are all hand-written and timed. If you miss an essay, then you are expected to make an
appointment with me for before or after school to make it up.
13. All unit exams are timed. If you miss an exam, then you are expected to make an appointment with me for
before or after school to make it up.
14. All quizzes are timed in class. If you miss a quiz, then you are expected to make an appointment with me for
Power Hour, or before or after school to make it up.
Class Rules & Procedures
Rule 1: Respect Everyone and Everything. Be kind and respectful to yourself, your classmates, your teacher, and
to the items in the classroom. We are all here to help you, not to trick you. Disrespectful behavior includes namecalling, talking loud, talking out of turn, talking over myself or others who have the floor, using profanity, and
throwing items. Here is what happens…
First Time – Non-verbal or verbal warning
Second Time – Conference with you after class w/ parent contact
Third Time – Teacher detention
Fourth Time - Referral
Rule 2: Do Not Be Disruptive. This class encourages co-operative group work and class discussions. However,
no student will be tolerated for rude interruptions while the teacher, another student, administrator, or guest
speaker is addressing the class. If you have a comment or question, raise your hand and I will call on you. We are
a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school. There will be times where you will be encouraged to use your
cellphones in class (e.g. Kahoot, Socrative quizzes, reference, camera use, etc.). However, during class you are
not permitted to play games, text, check social media, etc. unless given a “tech break” by the instructor.
First Time – Warning (I ask you nicely to put it away)
Second Time – I take it for the remainder of the period (you get it back at the end of class)
Third Time – I take it, bring it to Character Development, you deal with them
Rule 3: Be Prepared. Be prepared everyday for class. No student will be tolerated that is not prepared for class.
Textbooks, paper, notebooks, and writing utensils are required everyday. Have these items ready for use; class
begins when the bell rings. Don’t miss timed quizzes that start when the bell rings!
Rule 4: Learn something. Do not waste your time in this class or any other class for that matter. There is value in
every class you take, but you have to take the initiative to find that value. Please learn something and have fun at
it.
Procedure 1: Restroom. East Ridge High School faculty and staff are dedicated to maintaining the hallways
during class times. Therefore, students needing to leave class for the restroom and/or water fountain will need to
sign out and carry the clipboard. Passes for other designated areas will be signed and given by the teacher. If you
abuse the restroom pass, plan on holding it.
Procedure 2: Absenteeism. If you are absent on a test day, you have FIVE school days from your last missed day
to make it up. DO NOT FAIL TO TAKE TESTS AND WRITE ESSAYS; THEY ARE WORTH TOO MUCH.
It is your responsibility to find out what you’ve missed. In other words, DO NOT rely on me to initiate
conversation about what you missed when you were absent. If you miss handouts or assignments, then you need
to ask me for details at proper times. If the class is engaged in group activities, you will be asked to join a group
upon your return.
Procedure 3: Take care of your part of the classroom. Before leaving I ask that you take a minute to look
around your immediate area. If chairs and desks need to be straightened up in your area, please take the
initiative. If you see any trash on the floor in your area, simply throw it away in one of my trashcans. Secure all
of your personal belongings before you leave.
Week Of…
In Class Topics
-Introduction,
syllabus, textbooks,
grading policy,
School starts
Wednesday 8/10/16 signatures, emails
-Why study history?
-Historical Thinking
Skills & Writing
8/15/16
-Themes in AP World
History (SPRITE)
-Periods in AP World
History (Periodization)
-Writing the DBQ
8/22/16
-Paleolithic and
Neolithic cultures &
emphasize
Periodization
-Writing the DBQ
8/29/16
-First Civilizations:
Mesopotamia & North
Africa
-Intro. C/C Writing
9/5/16
-First Civilizations:
India and China
Monday, 9/5/16 is -Intro. C/C Writing
Labor Day – No
School.
By Monday,
you read from
the
textbook…
By Monday, you
watch from the
Crash Course
series on
Youtube…
Tentative Weekly
Assignment(s)
8/8/16
-DBQ Essay (parts)
-Ch. 1
-The Agricultural
Revolution
-Rethinking
Civilization
-DBQ Essay
(complete)
-Chapter 1 Reading
Quiz
-Ch. 2
-Ch. 3
-Mesopotamia
-Ancient Egypt
-Chapters 2 & 3
Reading Quizzes
-C/C Essay (parts)
-Ch. 4
-Ch. 5
-Indus Valley
Civilization
-China
9/12/16
-First Civilizations:
Mesoamerica
-Intro. C/C Writing
-Ch. 6
9/19/16
-Intro. Building &
maintaining empires in
World History
w/emphasis on
Periodization
-Classical
Civilizations: Empires
of Persia and China
-Classical
Civilizations: Empires
of India and Greece
-Ch. 7
-Ch. 8
9/26/16
-Ch. 9
-Ch. 10
-C/C Essay (parts)
-Chapters 4 & 5
Reading Quizzes
-Summer Reading
Assessment
completed in class
Friday 9/9/16
-The End of
-C/C Essay
Civilization (In the
(complete)
Bronze Age)
-Chapter 6 Reading
Quiz
-The Persians and
-PD Essay (parts)
the Greeks
-Chapter 7 & 8
-Water and Classical Reading Quizzes
Civilizations
-Buddha and
Ashoka
-Alexander the
Great and the
Situation…the Great
-PD Essay (parts)
-Chapter 9 & 10
Reading Quizzes
Week Of…
In Class Topics
By Monday,
you read from
the
textbook…
10/3/16
-Classical
Civilizations: Empire
of Rome
-Integration and
decline of Classical
Civilizations
10/10/16
-Units 1 & 2 Review
& Exam
10/17/16
-Post-Classical
Civilizations:
Christian societies of
the Mediterranean
Basin and beyond 1
-Post-Classical
Civilizations: Basics
of Islam
-Post-Classical
Civilizations: Islamic
societies of the
Mediterranean Basin
and beyond
-Post-Classical
Civilizations: South
Asia
-Ch. 16
-The Dark
Ages…how dark
were they?
-The Fall of the
Roman Empire…in
the 15th Century
-The Vikings!
-Ch. 13
-Ch. 15
-Post-Classical
Civilizations: SubSahara Africa
-Post-Classical
Civilizations: East
Asia
-Ch. 18
-Islam, the Quran,
and the Five Pillars
all without a
flamewar
-Islam and Politics
-International
commerce,
snorkeling, camels,
and the Indian
Ocean Trade
-Mansa Musa and
Islam in Africa
-Ch. 14
-Japan in the Heian
Period and Cultural
History
-Post-Classical
Civilizations:
Nomadic and migrant
groups
-Ch. 17
-Wait for it…the
Mongols!
Monday, 10/17/16
is a Teacher
Workday – No
School.
10/24/16
10/31/16
11/7/16
Friday 11/11/16 is
Veterans’ Day –
No School.
11/14/16
-Ch. 11
-Ch. 12
By Monday, you
watch from the
Crash Course
series on
Youtube…
-The Roman
Empire. Or
Republic.
Or…which is it?
-Christianity: From
Judaism to
Constantine
-The Silk Road and
Ancient Trade
-The Fall of the
Roman Empire…in
the 15th Century
Tentative Weekly
Assignment(s)
-PD Essay
(complete)
-Chapter 11 & 12 Reading Quizzes
-DBQ Essay
(complete)
-Unit 1 & 2 Exam
-Chapter 16
Reading Quiz
-DBQ Essay (parts)
-Chapters 13 and 15
Reading Quizzes
-C/C Essay (parts)
-DBQ Essay (parts)
-Chapters 18 and 14
Reading Quizzes
-C/C Essay (parts)
-DBQ Essay (parts)
-Chapter 17
Reading Quiz
-PD Essay (parts)
Week Of…
11/21/16
11/28/16
12/5/16
12/12/16
12/19/16
Thursday 12/22/16
is the first day of
Winter Holidays –
No School until
1/4/17
12/26/16
1/2/17
In Class Topics
By Monday, you
watch from the
Crash Course
series on
Youtube…
Thanksgiving Holidays – No School.
-Post-Classical
-Ch. 19
-The Crusades –
Civilizations:
-Ch. 21
Pilgrimage or holy
Christian societies of
war?
the Mediterranean
-Climate Change,
Basin and beyond 2
Chaos, and The
-Post-Classical
Little Ice Age
Civilizations:
-The Renaissance:
Interaction, exchange,
Was it a thing?
crisis, recovery, and
-Columbus, De
exploration
Gama, and Zheng
He! 15th century
mariners
-Post-Classical
-Ch. 20
Civilizations: PreColumbian American
cultures
-Unit 3 Review and
Exam
Midterm Exams
-Early Modern
Civilizations:
Monday 1/2/17 and European Exploration
Tuesday 1/3/17 are 1 and 2
-Intro. CCOT Writing
the last days of
Winter Holidays –
No School
1/9/17
-Early Modern
Civilizations:
Religious division &
political power in
Europe
-Early Modern
Civilizations: Social,
economic, and
intellectual change in
Europe
By Monday,
you read from
the
textbook…
Winter Holidays – No School
-Ch. 22
-Disease!
-The Columbian
Exchange
-Youtube
“Evolution of
Dance”
-Ch. 23
-Luther and the
Protestant
Reformation
Tentative Weekly
Assignment(s)
-Chapters 19 and 21
Reading Quizzes
-PD Essay (parts)
-DBQ Essay (parts)
-Chapter 20
Reading Quiz
-PD or DBQ Essay
(complete)
-Unit 3 Exam
-Chapter 22
Reading Quiz
-CCOT Essay
(parts)
-Chapter 23
Reading Quiz
-CCOT Essay
(parts)
Week Of…
In Class Topics
1/16/17
-Early Modern
Civilizations:
European colonization
of the Atlantic and
Pacific
-Ch. 24
-Early Modern
Civilizations: Africa
and the African Slave
Trade 1 & 2
-Early Modern
Civilizations: East
Asian societies
-Early Modern
Civilizations: Islamic
societies
-Unit 4 Review and
Exam
-Ch. 25
2/13/17
-Late Modern
Civilizations: Atlantic
Revolutions 1 and 2
-Ch. 28
2/20/17
-Late Modern
Civilizations:
Industrial Revolution
1 and 2
-Late Modern
Civilizations: The
Americas in the Age
of Independence
-Ch. 29
-Ch. 30
-Late Modern
Civilizations: The
societies at crossroads
1&2
-Ch. 31
MLK Holiday
1/16/17 – No
School
1/23/17
1/29/17
2/6/17
Monday, 2/20/17 is
Presidents Day
Holiday – No
School.
2/27/17
By Monday,
you read from
the
textbook…
-Ch. 26
-Ch. 27
By Monday, you
watch from the
Crash Course
series on
Youtube…
-The Spanish
Empire, silver, and
runaway inflation
-The Seven Years’
War
-Capitalism and the
Dutch East India
Company
-The amazing life
and strange death of
Captain Cook
-The Atlantic Slave
Trade
-Venice and the
Ottoman Empire
-The Mughal
Empire and
Historical
Reputation
-Tea, taxes, and the
American
Revolution
-The French
Revolution
-The Haitian
Revolutions
-Coal, steam, and
the Industrial
Revolution
-Capitalism and
Socialism
-Population,
Sustainability, and
Malthus
-Latin American
Revolutions
-Samurai, Daimyo,
Matthew Perry, and
Nationalism
-The Railroad
Journey and the
Industrial Revolution
Tentative Weekly
Assignment(s)
-Chapter 24
Reading Quiz
-CCOT Essay
(parts)
-Chapter 25
Reading Quiz
-CCOT Essay
(complete)
-Chapters 26 and 27
Reading Quizzes
-Causation Essay
(parts)
-Causation Essay
(parts)
-Unit 4 Exam
-Chapter 28
Reading Quiz
-CC Essay (parts)
-Causation Essay
(complete)
-Chapters 29 and 30
Reading Quizzes
-PD Essay (parts)
-Chapter 31
Reading Quiz
-DBQ Essay
(complete)
Week Of…
3/6/17
3/13/17
3/20/17
Monday 3/20/17 is
a Teacher
Workday – No
School
3/27/17
In Class Topics
-Late Modern
Civilizations:
Imperialism 1 & 2
By Monday,
you read from
the
textbook…
-Ch. 32
-Unit 5 Review and
Exam
4/3/17
-The Contemporary
World: Interwar
societies 1 & 2
-Ch. 34
-Ch. 35
4/10/17
-The Contemporary
World: World War II
-The Contemporary
World: The Cold War
-Ch. 36
-The Contemporary
World: Decolonization
-The Contemporary
World: Globalization I
&2
-Ch. 37
-Ch. 38
5/1/17
5/8/17
-Chapter 32
Reading Quiz
-Causation Essay
(complete)
-Unit 5 Exam
-Ch. 33
4/24/17
Tentative Weekly
Assignment(s)
Spring Break – No School.
-The Contemporary
World: World War I
Friday 4/14/17 is a
student holiday – No
School
4/17/17
By Monday, you
watch from the
Crash Course
series on
Youtube…
-Imperialism
-Asian Responses to
Imperialism
-Archdukes,
cynicism, and World
War I
-How World War I
Started
-Who Started World
War I
-Communists,
nationalists, and
China’s revolutions
-Democracy,
Authoritarian
Capitalism, and
China
-World War II
-World War II, A War
for Resources
-USA v. USSR Fight!
The Cold War
-Decolonization and
nationalism
triumphant
-Congo and Africa’s
World War
-Conflict in Israel and
Palestine
-Iran’s Revolutions
-Globalization I: The
upside
-Globalization II:
Good or bad?
-Unit 6 Review and
Exam
-Course Review
-Course Review
DATES TBA – AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING! PLEASE ATTEND!
THURSDAY 5/11/17
AP EXAM SCHEDULED FOR 8:00 AM; LOCATION - TBA
-Chapter 33 Reading
Quiz
-PD Essay (parts)
-Chapters 34 and 35
Reading Quizzes
-Causation Essay
(parts)
-Chapter 36 Reading
Quiz
-Causation Essay
(parts)
-Chapters 37 and 38
Reading Quizzes
-DBQ Essay (parts)
-Unit 6 Exam
-Practice Exam
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