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Advanced Placement World History The goal of AP World History is to introduce students to a college-level History class and to prepare them for success in the APWH exam in May. AP World History (APWH) is textbook-driven. Students must read the text thoroughly and are encouraged to read beyond the assigned readings in the text and other sources. AP Central’s APWH Course Description is provided and serves as an excellent guide for readings. More information can be found on the College Board website by following the link below https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-world-history Summer Assignment The AP WORLD HISTORY test was redesigned for the 16-17 school year and I will be attending a weeklong workshop this summer (June 27-July 1) on the redesign. There will be several assignments that you will need to complete by the first days of school but I do not want to assign you something now that may not be of value on the new exam. There will be a chapter assigned from the text book you picked up but that too is information forthcoming. You can get started on your reading any time you wish and once your choice of book is approved you can start reading that as well. (See attached info sheet) General information Essays are written in and out of class. These are to prepare students for the Free Response Questions (essay questions) on the APWH exam. Quizzes are intended to promote and assess learning. Students are to take notes during class discussions, and they are allowed to use their notes on some quizzes. Students should be prepared to be quizzed over homework assignments. Open-notes quizzes and closed-notes quizzes are frequent and unannounced. Tests over units of study include matching, multiple-choice, mapping and short-answer questions. Grades are based on essays, quizzes and tests and are weighted by the school as a result of the challenging nature of the course. Contact information It is imperative that you can receive information from me. Therefore, I asked for your summer email and your phone number. Most of the information I send you will be after July 1st and will be assignment/course related. Please respond out of courtesy that you received my correspondence. Please feel free to contact me with any concerns. [email protected] I look forward to teaching this course and working with you scholars. AP WORLD HISTORY COURSE OUTLINE Foundations (4 weeks) Basic geography Locations of continents, oceans, seas, rivers and mountain ranges Location of key political units prior to 1000 BCE Definitions Demography Agricultural, pastoral and foraging societies Cities and urban societies The crisis of late Antiquity (200 – 600 BCE) Movements and migrations The collapse of empires The emergence of new empires Basic features of major world belief systems Buddhism Christianity Confucianism Daoism Hellenism Hinduism Islam Judaism Polytheism Basic characteristics of social systems developed by 1000 BCE Caste system Slave systems Confucian social structure Patriarchal systems Basic economic systems International connections (700 – 1000 BCE) Missionary outreach International trading patterns Nomadic groups Bantu migrations 1 AP WORLD HISTORY COURSE OUTLINE 1000 – 1450 (6 weeks) Continuities and breaks within the period The impact of the Mongols Interregional networks Development and shifts in an interregional network of trade, technology, cultural exchange and communication Nature of philosophy and knowledge China’s internal and external expansion The importance of the Song economic revolution Chinese influence on Japan and its limits The Islamic world The role of Islam as a unifying cultural force in Eurasia and Africa Islamic impact on the Sudanic kingdoms and East Africa The Delhi Sultanate The impact of migrations and religious reform movements in expanding Islamic society The impact of Islam on the arts and sciences Changes in Christianity Restructuring of European society, including growth of central monarchies in the west Role of Arab thought in the 12th century Renaissance in the west The division of Christendom into Eastern and Western Christian cultures Non-Islamic Africa Great Zimbabwe Demographic and environmental changes Impact of nomadic migrations on Afro-Eurasia (Mongols, Turks, Arabs) 2 AP WORLD HISTORY COURSE OUTLINE 1450 – 1750 (6 weeks) Continuities and breaks, transitions within the previous period and within this period Change in global interactions, trade and technology Knowledge of major empires and other political units and social systems Aztec Ottoman Inca Ming Qing (Manchu) Portugal Spain Russia France England Mongol Tokugawa Bantu migrations Mughal Characteristics of African empires in general Slave systems and slave trade Demographic and environmental change Diseases Animals New crops Comparative population trends Cultural and intellectual developments Scientific Revolution The Enlightenment Comparative global causes and impacts of cultural change Neo-Confucianism Major developments and exchanges in the arts Diverse interpretations Debates about timing and Extent of European predominance in world economy 3 AP WORLD HISTORY COURSE OUTLINE 1750 – 1914 (5 weeks) Continuities and breaks, transitions from previous period and within this period Changes in global commerce, communications and technology Industrial Revolution Demographic and environmental changes Migrations End of the Atlantic slave trade New birthrate patterns Food supply Changes in social and gender structure Industrial Revolution Commercial and demographic developments Emancipation of serfs/slaves Tension between work patterns and ideas about gender Political revolutions and independence movements and new political ideas Latin American independence movements Revolutions (United States, France, Haiti, Mexico, China) Rise of nationalism, nation-states, and movements of political reform Overlaps between nations and empires Rise of democracy and its limitations: reform, women, racism Rise of Western dominance and different cultural and political reactions 4 AP WORLD HISTORY COURSE OUTLINE 1914 – Present (7 weeks) Continuities and breaks, transitions from previous period and within this period The World Wars, the Cold War, nuclear weaponry, international organizations and their impact on the global framework Globalization of diplomacy and conflict Global balance of power Reduction of European influence The League of Nations The United Nations The Non-Aligned Nations New patterns of nationalism especially outside of the West The interwar years Decolonization Racism The Holocaust Genocide New nationalisms Breakup of the Soviet Union Impact of major global economic developments The Great Depression Technology The Pacific Rim Multinational corporations New forces of revolution and other sources of political innovations Social reform and social revolution Changing gender roles Family structures Rise of feminism Peasant protest International Marxism Internationalization of culture and reactions Developments in global and regional cultures Interactions between elites and popular culture and art Global cultural forces and patterns of resistance (consumer culture, religious responses) 5