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AP WORLD HISTORY
Mr. Sager
Spring 2017
INDEX CARDS
• On the index card, list the following information:
• Your Name – Write the name you preferred to be
called
• Parents/Guardians phone and email
• Your Schedule – Teacher Name, Subject, Room Number
MATERIALS
• Three Ring Binder to take notes and organize handouts
• Notebook paper, pens and pencils
• Colored pencils and highlighter
• Large Post It pad
Rules Expectations and Procedures
• Daily Class Structure – when you enter the classroom, there
will be handouts to pick up from the front table and a warm
up activity on the Smart Board for you to complete
• These activities will help you review what we learned the
previous day
• Use your notes from the previous day to answer the questions
on a large post it - I will collect the post its during class
Rules Expectations and Procedures
• 1. Absences/ Assignments
• Class Website: http://sagerapworld.weebly.com
• 2. Tardy policy
• 3. Homework policy
• 4. Make-up policy
• 5. Bathroom/Water Policy
• 6. Hall Passes
Rules Expectations Procedures
• 7. Food/Drink Policy
• 8. Stay in your seat until the bell rings
• 9. Cheating Policy – Don’t cheat
• 10. Keep the Room Clean
RULES
• 1. CELL PHONES – ONLY ALLOWED OUT WHEN
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GIVEN PERMISSION FROM ME
2. RESPECT – NO TALKING WHILE I AM SPEAKING
OR WHILE ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES IS
SPEAKING –
3. NO SLEEPING IN CLASS
4. END OF CLASS – WE WILL COMPLETE A REVIEW
EVERY DAY AT THE END OF CLASS, STAY IN YOUR
SEAT UNTIL THE BELL RINGS –NO STANDING UP OR
LINING UP AT THE DOOR
PLEASE BRING YOUR SYLLABUS HOME AND HAVE
IT SIGNED – THIS IS DUE TOMORROW
GRADING AND TUTORING
• GRADING:
• TESTS and PROJECTS: 50 %
• QUIZZES: 30%
• CLASSWORK / HOMEWORK / ONLINE DISCUSSION: 20 %
• FOR EACH NINE WEEKS YOU WILL RECEIVE APPROX. 20 GRADES
ONLINE DISCUSSIONS – 3 POSTS PER WEEK – 1 POST THAT
RESPONDS TO THE ORIGINAL PROMPT AND 2 POSTS TO
CLASSMATES
TUTORING – TUE AND THUR 2:45 – 3:30 or by appointment
Email anytime – [email protected]
To be reminded about when tests and quizzes will be or when
assignments are due – sign up for REMIND
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• On the back of your index card - answer these
questions:
• 1. DESCRIBE what you think of when you hear the
words “WORLD HISTORY”
• 2. How do you like to learn?
• Do you prefer to learn by looking at articles, videos, maps,
drawings, graphs?
• Do you prefer lecturing and taking notes?
• Do you like to be hands on and do a lot of activities
• 3. Do you have access to technology at home?
Smartphone, Computer with Internet Access, etc. (List
which ones you have)
• 4. What is your primary language used at home? Can
THEME ONE: INTERACTION BETWEEN
HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• Demography and disease
• Migration
• Patterns of settlement
*** Focuses on how the environment shaped human
societies, but also how human societies have affected the
environment.
The Peopling of the Earth
The Black Death
Global Warming
THEME TWO: DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES
• Gender roles and relations
• Family and kinship
• Racial and ethnic constructions
• Social and economic classes
*** This theme is about relations among human beings. All
human societies develop ways of grouping their
members, as well as norms that govern interaction
between individuals and social groups.
Foot Binding in China
THEME THREE: STATE BUILDING,
EXPANSION, AND CONFLICT (Political)
• Political structures and forms of governance
• Empires
• Nations and Nationalism
• Revolts and Revolutions
• Regional, transregional, and global structures
and organizations
*** This theme encourages the comparative study
of different state forms (city-states, kingdoms,
empires, and nation-states)
City-States
Alexander the Great’s Empire
THEME FOUR: DEVELOPMENT AND
INTERACTION OF CULTURES
• Religions
• Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
• Science and technology
• The arts and architecture
***Relates to how the study of the dominant belief
system (s) or religions, philosophical interests,
and technical and artistic approaches can reveal
how major groups in society view themselves and
others, and how they respond to multiple
challenges.
World Religions
Architecture
Technology
Art
THEME FIVE: CREATION, EXPANSION, AND
INTERACTION OF ECONOMIC SYSYTEMS
• Agricultural and pastoral production
• Trade and commerce
• Labor systems
• Industrialization
• Capitalism and Socialism
*** This theme surveys the diverse patterns and
systems that human societies have developed as
they exploit their environments to produce,
distribute, and consume desired goods and
services across time and space.
Indian Ocean Trade
Communism
Atlantic Slave Trade
WHAT DOES THAT SPELL?
• Social
• Political
• Interaction
• Cultural
• Economic
AP EXAM
• Thursday – May 11 – 8 am
Section I:
Part A
Multiple Choice — 55 Questions | 55 Minutes |
40% of Exam Score
•Questions appear in sets of 2 to 5.
•Students analyze historical texts, interpretations,
and evidence.
•Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs,
and maps are included.
AP EXAM
Section I:
Part B
Short Answer — 4 Questions | 50 Minutes |
20% of Exam Score
•Questions provide opportunities for
students to explain the historical examples
that they know best.
•Some questions include texts, images,
graphs, or maps.
AP EXAM
Section II:
Part A
Document Based — 1 Question | 55
Minutes (includes 15-minute reading period) |
25% of Exam Score
•Analyze and synthesize historical data.
•Assess written, quantitative, or visual
materials as historical evidence.
AP EXAM
Section II:
Part B
Long Essay — 1 Question | 35 Minutes | 15%
of Exam Score
•Students select one question among two.
•Explain and analyze significant issues in
world history.
•Develop an argument supported by an
analysis of historical evidence.
WRITING ACTIVITY
• Take out a sheet of paper
• In at least 3 paragraphs respond to the following prompt:
• What is the difference between a primary and secondary
source? What are some strengths and weaknesses of a
primary source? What are some strengths and
weaknesses of a secondary source?
• ALWAYS BEGIN YOUR WRITING RESPONSES WITH A
THESIS STATEMENT
• Many differences exist between primary and secondary
sources.
HOMEWORK
• Get your syllabus signed and brought back tomorrow
• Due Tomorrow:
• Find an example of a primary and secondary source
(sources should be about the same event)
• Add to the writing you just started: 1 paragraph for each
source summarizing the source and its strengths and
weaknesses
• HW Due By Monday – Read Chapters 1 and 2 in the
textbook