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A.P. World History
Lyons Spring 2016
Course Outline
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Blog: http://lhsblogs.typepad.com/lyons/
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to help students develop greater understanding via factual knowledge and analysis of the evolution of
global processes and contacts in interaction with different types of human societies. The goals of AP World History include
(a)developing an understanding of the nature of changes in international frameworks—causes, consequences, and comparisons and
(b)utilizing leading interpretive issues and types of historical evidence to further understanding of these frameworks. In order to
accomplish these goals, periodization and broad themes will be emphasized and evaluated.
PERIODIZATION OF AP WORLD HISTORY
Period
Date Range
Period Title
1
to c. 600 BCE
Technological and Environmental Transformations
2
c. 600 BCE to c. 600CE
Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
3
c. 600 CE to c. 1450 CE
Regional and Transregional Interactions
4
c. 1450 to c. 1750 CE
Global Interactions
5
c. 1750 to c.1900 CE
Industrialization and Global Integration
6
c. 1900-present
Accelerating Global Change and Realignments
Weight
5%
15%
20%
20%
20%
20%
This semester we will finish up time period 4 (c. 1450-c. 1750) and go from there. We will finish the
course a week or so before the exam in May so that we have time for review.
THEMES AND AP WORLD HISTORY
Students in this course must learn to view history thematically. The College Board identifies five overarching themes
that serve as a basis for organizing history. These themes serve throughout the course as unifying threads, helping
students to relate what is particular about each time period or society to a “big picture” of history. The themes also
provide a way to organize comparisons over time and across regions as well as a way to analyze change and continuity
over time. YOU REALLY NEED TO GET FOCUSED ON THESE THIS SEMESTER!!!!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
S: Development and transformation of social structures
 Gender roles and relations
 Family and kinship
 Racial and ethnic constructs
 Social and economic classes
P: 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
I: Interaction between humans and the environment
 Demography and disease
 Migration
 Patterns of settlement
 Technology
C: Development and interaction of cultures
 Religions
 Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
 Science and technology
 The arts and architecture
E: Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
 Agricultural and pastoral production
 Trade and commerce
 Labor systems
 Industrialization
 Capitalism and socialism
GRADING:
Major Grades—70%
These grades will include: essays (Comparison, Change Over Time, and Document Based Questions or DBQs), objective
cumulative tests, and vocabulary tests. Expect a cumulative test at the end of the 1 st and 2nd six-week grading periods, and
expect to write an essay in class pretty much every week or so. Both the essays and the tests will require cumulative knowledge
going back to time period 1(up to 600 BCE). In addition, you will have 1-2 vocabulary tests during the semester. We will also have
a review project, and some chapter assignments from The Human Web. Both would be included here.
Minor Grades—15%
These grades will include WWW Quizzes, reading quizzes, and any other brief assignment or quiz deemed “minor.”
Final Exam—15%
The final exam will be given in two parts. Part 1 will be administered before the AP Exam and will be a 70 question, multiple
choice test over the entire AP World History curriculum. Part 2 will be administered during final exam week—any student who
does not take the AP Exam can expect a much more rigorous final during this week than those who did take the exam.
The AP World History Exam is on Thursday, May 12th in the morning session.
Registration for the exam will be online during the month of February more details to follow. The
cost of the each exam is $92 and there is a $17 per student administration fee. You must register
during the window, or there will not be an exam ordered for you (so if you are taking the AP World
exam only, the cost is $109).
COURSE SCHEDULE & READING:
Text: Stearns, Peter N., et al. World Civilizations: The Global Experience. (New York: Pearson Longman, 2007).
Plan on getting several handouts this semester-some will supplement text reading and others will be primary
documents
Specific reading assignments will be posted on my blog at the beginning of each week. Completing the reading
assignments in advance of class discussion is essential. By now you should understand just how important careful
reading and effective note-taking are.
**In case of ANY school interruption such as inclement weather it is CRITICAL AND REQUIRED that you
continue the reading as assigned. If the interruption is more than a day, check the blog for any additional
instructions. We are on a tight schedule and want to have time to review for the exam!
Unit 1
To 600 BCE: Technological and Environmental Transformations
Key Concepts:
 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth
 Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies
 Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies
Unit 2
600 BCE-600 CE: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
Key Concepts:
 Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
 Development of States and Empires
 Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange
Unit 3
600-1450: Regional and Transregional Interactions
Key Concepts:
 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
 Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions
 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
Unit 4: 1450-1750: Global Interactions
Key Concepts:
 Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange
 New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production
 State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion
**units 1-4 were the focus of study in Pre-AP and in the fall semester of AP World
We will focus most of this semester on the last two time periods of the curriculum which will include:
Unit 5 1750-1900: Industrialization and Global Integration
Key Concepts:
 Industrialization and Global Capitalism
 Imperialism and Nation-State Formation
 Nationalism, Revolution and Reform
 Global Migration
Topics for Overview include:
 The Age of Revolutions:
English Revolutions, Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment,
American Revolution, French Revolution and its fallout in Europe, Haitian &
Latin American Revolutions
 Global Transformations:
Demographic Changes, the End of the Atlantic Slave Trade, Industrial Revolution and Its Impact,
Rise of Nationalism, Imperialism and its Impact on the World
Special Focus:
Decline of Imperial China and the Rise of Imperial Japan
19th Century Imperialism: Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia
Comparing the French and Latin American Revolutions
Changes in Production in Europe and the Global Impact of those Changes
Unit 6 1900-present: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments
Key Concepts:
 Science and the Environment
 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences
 New Conceptualizations of Global Economy and Culture
Topics for Overview include:
 Crisis and Conflict in the Early 20th Century:
Anti-Imperial Movements, World War I, Russian, Chinese and Mexican Revolutions, Depression,
Rise of Militaristic and Fascist Societies, World War II
 Internationalization:
Decolonization, the Cold War World, International Organizations, the Post-Cold War World,
Globalization
Special Focus:
World War I and World War II: Global Causes and Consequences
Causes and Consequences of the Global Economic Crisis in the 1930s
Development of Communism in China, Russia, and Cuba
Responses to Western Involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Imperialism and the Cold War
and International Organizations
Classroom expectations have not changed:
 Follow Lassiter’s policies regarding academic integrity as well as all other rules outlined in the student
handbook
 Realize how important regular attendance and preparation for class is and act accordingly