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Advanced Placement World History
Mrs. Oliver-Carr Room E302
[email protected]
2013-2014 Course Requirements, Standards and Grading
AP World History Exam: May 2014
According to the College Board:
The purpose of the AP World History course is to develop greater understanding of the evolution
of global perspective and contacts in interaction with different types of human societies from 8000
BCE to present day. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks, and
their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. It emphasizes
relevant factual knowledge used in conjunction with leading interpretive issues and types of
historical evidence. The course builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and
technological precedents along with geography set the human stage. Periodization forms an
organizing principle for dealing with the change and continuity through the course. Specific
themes provide further organization for the course along with consistent attention to contacts
among societies that form the core of World History as a field of study.
Course Themes:
The following AP World History themes will be used throughout the course to identify these broad
patterns and processes that explain change and continuity over time.
1. Interaction Between Humans and the Environment
 Demography and Disease
 Migration
 Patterns of Settlement
 Technology
2. Development and Interaction of Cultures
 Religions
 Beliefs Systems, Philosophies and Ideologies
 Science and Technology
 The Arts and Architecture
3. State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict
 Political Structures and Forms of Government
 Empires
 Nations and Nationalism
 Revolts and Revolutions
 Regional, Transregional, and Global Structures and Organizations
4. Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
 Agricultural and Pastoral Production
 Trade and Commerce
 Labor Systems
 Industrialization
 Capitalism and Socialism
5. Development and Transformation of Social Structures
 Gender Roles and Relations
 Family and Kinship
 Racial and Ethnic Constructions
 Social and Economic Classes
Course Skills:
In AP World History students will learn skills which will empower them to act as historians with
the ability to
1. Craft Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence
 Historical Argumentation
o Can you argue a point of view?
 Appropriate use of relevant historical evidence
o Can you prove your argument with facts?
2. Chronological Reasoning
 Historical Causation
o What are the causes and effects of an event? Were they immediate cause or
long-term?
 Patterns of continuity and change over time
o Can you look at a timeline and relate it to other events in other parts of the
world?
3. Comparison and Contextualization
 Comparison
o What are the similarities and differences of a topic?
 Contextualization
o Can you connect events to specific circumstances in time and place, and to
broader regional, national or global processes? What’s the BIG PICTURE?
4. Historical Interpretation and Synthesis
 Interpretation
 Can you read a document and figure out the purpose of its creation?
 Synthesis
 Can you bring it all together? Do you have a sense of the main lines of the
historical story?
The rapid pace of this course requires students to devote considerable time to homework and
study. Therefore you must develop a regular study habit to succeed in this class. This is a
challenging course that will provide you with skills that are readily transferable to other fields of
study. The workload will teach you time management and study skills that can be used in college.
Essays, class discussions and debates will allow you to use information culled from a variety of
primary and secondary sources to prove a point and debate the opinions of others.
Historical Periodization:
As mentioned above, you will be learning about history from approximately 8,000 BCE to the
present. APWH is divided up into six categories with a variation on the importance and assessment
weighting for each period. Basically, what information will you be questioned on the most.
Period
Period Title
Date Range
Weight
1
2
Technological and Environmental Transformations
Organization and Reorganization of Human
Societies
Regional and Transregional Interactions
Global Interactions
Industrialization and Global Integration
Accelerating Global Change and Realignments
8,000-600 BCE
600BCE-600CE
5%
15%
600CE-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900 to the Present
20%
20%
20%
20%
3
4
5
6
AP Exam:
Students are expected, to take the AP Exam in May. The test is scored on a scale of 1-5
So, what does that mean? If you score a 3 or above, you passed the AP test! This also means that
you have proven that you know your history.
5-Extremely well qualified
4-Well qualified
3-Qualified
2-Possible qualified
1-No recommendation
The Exam consists of
 70 Multiple choice questions to be completed in 55 minutes
 Document Based Essay completed in 55 minutes
 Change Over Time Essay to be completed in 40 minutes
 Comparative Essay completed in 40 minutes
 Multiple Choice questions are worth 50% of the Exam
 All three essay responses are worth 50% of the Exam
Regents Exam
Students are to also take the Regents Exam in June. This exam consists of 50 multiple choice
questions and two Essays. The Regents Exam is worth 25% of your Final Average.
Course Grading Scale:
60% Tests and Essays
 Many tests will be a combination of multiple choice, and/or short answer questions. You
are responsible for knowing all material covered in the text and assigned readings.
 Essays- Document Based Essays, Change-Over-Time Essays, and Comparative Essays will
be scored based on the AP grading system that will be explained later.
 The Regents Exam is 25% of your Final Average.
20% Quizzes
 Will be given routinely with and without notice.
20% Homework and Participation
 Late work will not be accepted. If you are absent you must make up work immediately.
 If you know you will not be in class on a due date it is up to you to turn your work in early.
 If you are not prepared for class you will not receive credit for participation for the day.
Research Paper/Project:
 Will count as 50% of the Sixth Marking Period Grade.
Materials Needed for Class:
 Pens/Pencils
 Textbook (Will be notified when needed)
 Large 3-Ring Binder with the following section dividers.
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Part 1: 8,000-600 BCE
Part 2: 600BCE-600CE
Part 3: 600-1450
Part 4: 1450-1750
Part 5: 1750-1900
Part 6: 1900-Present
Review
Class Requirements:
1. Participation and homework are course requirements.
2. Students must complete all reading and writing assignments.
These must be submitted on the due date at the beginning of class or their grade will be affected
based on the type of assignment.
3. Tests and quizzes are an assessment of the information learned by students. If a student receives a grade of
60% or below, that student will be expected to stay after school to go over material and ensure that it has
been learned and understood. (This is not a punishment; it is a road to achieve success in the course.
Therefore, no one is left behind.)
4. Class attendance is mandatory. Attendance procedures can be found in the student handbook.
Please refer to the handbook.
Class Standards:
1. Each student is expected to be in class on time, quiet and in his/her seat ready to work.
2. Students are to sharpen pencils, discard papers, and go to the bathroom before class begins.
3. Students are to conduct themselves in a manner of serious thought and study.
This means that students will be:
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Well behaved.
Dressed appropriately.
Respect others.
Use appropriate language.
Be courteous towards fellow classmates.
NOTE: Failure to comply with the above Requirements and Standards will result in
detention, parental contact, or other disciplinary action deemed necessary by the
administration.
EXTRA HELP:
After school help is available from 2:25-2:50 except on the first and second Thursday of
each month due to faculty/department meetings.
Online Resources:
Teacher Webpage: auburncnyric.org (Faculty/Staff: jeannette OliverCarr)
Chapter review questions, powerpoints and writing techniques can be found on this
page.
Textbook Student Center: bedfordstmartins.com/strayer
First Edition: This site has Online Study guides for each chapter that includes an
outline, quizzes, tests and review questions.
Course Text and Readings:
Strayer, Robert W. Ways of the World: A Global History. Boston: Bedford/St.Martin’s,
2009.
Andrea, Alfred J., and James H. Overfield. The Human Record: Sources of Global
History. Vols. 1 and 2. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992
Cantor, Norman F. The Medieval Reader. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1994
Cantor, Norman F. and Michael S. Werthman. The History of Popular Culture To 1815.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968
Eastman, Roger. The Ways of Religion: An Introduction to the Major Traditions. 2nd ed. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1993
Gochberg, Donald S. Classics of Western Thought: The Ancient World. 4th ed. Orlando,
Florida: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. 1988.
Peters, Edward. Europe and the Middle Ages. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle, New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall Inc. 1997
Reilly, Kevin. Readings in World Civilizations: Volume I The Great Traditions. New
York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992.
Standage, Tom. A History of the World in 6 Glasses. New York: Walker & Company, 2006
If you do not ask for help right away, the problem will only get worse.
Dear Parent/Guardian,
It is my goal as an educator to enable your child with the necessary tools for success in this course. A
sincere expectation of mine is that each student will promote success among each other. I will not allow any
child, including your own, to disrupt the success of any student in this class. Please encourage your child to
communicate any concerns they may have with the course with me. I believe it is important to have positive
communication between teacher, parent and student in order to excel in this course. I look forward to working
with both you and your child.
Sincerely,
Jeannette Oliver-Carr
Best Way to reach me:
Email: [email protected]
Or by phone between 2:25-2:50 at 255-8300 ext. 2413
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