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Advanced Placement World History Course Syllabus Mr. Mollett & Mr. Ferrell 2015-2016 Course Description: The purpose of the AP World History course is to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts, in interaction with different types of human societies. This understanding is advanced through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. The course emphasizes relevant factual knowledge deployed in conjunction with leading interpretive issues and types of historical evidence. The course builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological precedents that, along with geography, set the human stage. Periodization, explicitly discussed, forms an organizing principle for dealing with change and continuity throughout the course. Specific themes provide further organization to the course, along with the consistent attention to contacts among societies that form the core of world history as a field of study. 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 Supplemental/Summer Reading ■ They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky by Benjamin Ajak, Benson Deng, Alephonsian Deng, and Judy Bernstein ■ Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman’s Story of Survival Inside an Iranian Prison by Marina Nemat 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 Four Historical Thinking Skills of AP World History 1. Crafting historical arguments from historical evidence (e.g. historical argumentation, appropriate use of relevant historical evidence; etc.) 2. Chronological reasoning (e.g. historical causation, patterns of continuity and change over time, periodization, etc.) 3. Comparison and contextualization 4. Historical interpretation and synthesis AP World History Habits of Mind 1. Constructing and evaluating arguments: using evidence to make plausible arguments 2. Using documents and other primary data: developing skills necessary to analyze point of view, context, and to understand and interpret information 3. Assessing continuity and change over time and different world regions 4. Understanding diversity of interpretations through analysis of context, point of view, and frame of reference 5. Seeing global patterns and processes over time and space while connecting local developments to global ones 6. Comparing within and among societies, including comparing societies’ reactions to global processes 7. Considering human commonalities and differences 8. Exploring claims of universal standards in relation to culturally diverse ideas 9. Exploring the persistent relevance of world history to contemporary development 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 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 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: Rubric Score 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Missing Alpha/Numeric Grade 100 A 95 A 90 A 85 B 78 C 75 C 68 D 65 D 62 D 60 D 0 F *Notice, always try! Your grade depends on it! Unit Test –You will have one 70-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 -24 correct 25-29 correct 30-34 correct 35-39 correct 40-44 correct 45-49 correct 50-54 correct 55-59 correct 60-64 correct 65-70 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, FCAT, 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 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. Outlawed items, such as walkmans, CD players, ipods, cell phones, beepers, video games, MP3 players, etc. are not to be used in my class. The expectation is that these items are turned off and placed in your pocket or bag, and are not to be seen or heard throughout the entire class period. Here is what happens… 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 8/24/15 -Introduction, syllabus, textbooks, grading policy, signatures, emails -Why study history? -Intro. DBQ Writing 1,2,3 -Themes in AP World History (SPRITE) -Periods in AP World History (Periodization) -Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures -First Civilizations: Mesopotamia & North Africa -Intro. C/C Writing 8/31/15 9/7/15 Monday, 9/7/15 is Labor Day – No School. 9/14/15 9/21/15 9/28/15 10/5/15 By Monday, By Monday, you Tentative Weekly you read from watch from the Assignment(s) the Crash Course series textbook… on Youtube… -DBQ Essay (parts) -Ch. 1 -The Agricultural Revolution -Rethinking Civilization -DBQ Essay (complete) -Chapter 1 Reading Quiz -Ch. 2 -Ch. 3 -Mesopotamia -Ancient Egypt -First Civilizations: Mesopotamia & North Africa -First Civilizations: India and China -Intro. C/C Writing -First Civilizations: Mesoamerica -Intro. Building & maintaining empires in World History -Classical Civilizations: Empires of Persia and China -Ch. 4 -Ch. 5 -Indus Valley Civilization -China -C/C Essay (parts) -Chapters 2 & 3 Reading Quizzes -Summer Reading Assessment Friday 9/11/15 -C/C Essay (parts) -Chapters 4 & 5 Reading Quizzes -Ch. 6 -The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age) -Ch. 7 -Ch. 8 -The Persians and the Greeks -Water and Classical Civilizations -Classical Civilizations: Empires of India and Greece -Ch. 9 -Ch. 10 -Buddha and Ashoka -Alexander the Great and the Situation…the Great -C/C Essay (complete) -Chapter 6 Reading Quiz -Unit 1 -C/C Essay (parts) -DBQ Essay (parts) -Chapter 7 & 8 Reading Quizzes -C/C Essay (parts) -DBQ Essay (parts) -Chapter 9 & 10 Reading Quizzes Week Of… In Class Topics 10/12/15 -Classical Civilizations: Empire of Rome -Integration and decline of Classical Civilizations 10/19/15 -Units 1 & 2 Review & Exam Friday, 10/23/15 is a Teacher Professional Development Day – No School 10/26/15 -Post-Classical Civilizations: Christian Monday, 10/26/15 is societies of the Mediterranean Basin a Teacher and beyond 1 Workday – No -Post-Classical School. Civilizations: Basics of Islam 11/2/15 -Post-Classical Civilizations: Islamic societies of the Mediterranean Basin and beyond -Post-Classical Civilizations: South Asia 11/9/14 By Monday, By Monday, you you read from watch from the the Crash Course series textbook… on Youtube… -Ch. 11 -The Roman Empire. -Ch. 12 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) -C/C Essay (complete) -Chapter 11 & 12 -Reading Quizzes -DBQ Essay (complete) -Unit 1 & 2 Exam -Ch. 16 -The Dark Ages…how dark were they? -The Fall of the Roman Empire…in the 15th Century -The Vikings! -Chapter 16 Reading Quiz -DBQ Essay (parts) -Ch. 13 -Ch. 15 -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 -Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History -Chapters 13 and 15 Reading Quizzes -C/C Essay (parts) -DBQ Essay (parts) -Post-Classical -Ch. 18 Civilizations: Sub-Ch. 14 Sahara Africa Wednesday -Post-Classical 11/11/15 is Veterans’ Day – No Civilizations: East Asia School. 11/16/17 -Post-Classical -Ch. 17 Civilizations: Nomadic and migrant groups -Wait for it…the Mongols! -Chapters 18 and 14 Reading Quizzes -C/C Essay (parts) -DBQ Essay (parts) -Chapter 17 Reading Quiz -C/C Essay (parts) -DBQ Essay (parts) Week Of… 11/23/15 11/30/15 12/7/15 12/14/15 12/21/15 12/28/15 1/4/15 1/11/16 1/18/16 Monday, 1/18/16 is Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – No School. In Class Topics By Monday, By Monday, you you read from watch from the the Crash Course series textbook… on Youtube… Thanksgiving Holidays – No School. -Post-Classical -Ch. 19 -The Crusades – Civilizations: Christian -Ch. 21 Pilgrimage or holy societies of the war? Mediterranean Basin -Climate Change, 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 Tentative Weekly Assignment(s) -Chapters 19 and 21 Reading Quizzes -C/C Essay (parts) -DBQ Essay (parts) -Chapter 20 Reading Quiz -C/C Essay (complete) -DBQ Essay (complete) -Unit 3 Exam Winter Holidays – No School -Early Modern Civilizations: European Exploration 1 and 2 -Intro. CCOT Writing -Early Modern Civilizations: Religious division & political power in Europe -Early Modern Civilizations: Social, economic, and intellectual change in Europe -Ch. 22 -Ch. 23 -Disease! -The Columbian Exchange -Youtube “Evolution of Dance” -Luther and the Protestant Reformation Midterm Exams -Chapter 22 Reading Quiz -CCOT Essay (parts) -Chapter 23 Reading Quiz -CCOT Essay (parts) Week Of… In Class Topics 1/25/16 -Early Modern Civilizations: European colonization of the Atlantic and Pacific Monday, 1/25/16 is a Teacher Workday – No School. 2/1/16 2/8/16 2/15/16 Monday, 2/15/16 is Presidents Day Holiday – No School. 2/22/16 -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 By Monday, By Monday, you you read from watch from the the Crash Course series textbook… on Youtube… -Ch. 24 -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 -Ch. 25 -The Atlantic Slave Trade -Ch. 26 -Ch. 27 -Venice and the Ottoman Empire -The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation Tentative Weekly Assignment(s) -Chapter 24 Reading Quiz -CCOT Essay (parts) -Chapter 25 Reading Quiz -CCOT Essay (parts) -Chapters 26 and 27 Reading Quizzes -CCOT Essay (complete) -DBQ Essay (complete) -Unit 4 Exam -Late Modern Civilizations: Atlantic Revolutions 1 and 2 -Ch. 28 2/29/16 -Late Modern Civilizations: Industrial Revolution 1 and 2 -Late Modern Civilizations: The Americas in the Age of Independence -Ch. 29 -Ch. 30 3/7/16 -Late Modern Civilizations: The societies at crossroads 1&2 -Ch. 31 -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 -Chapter 28 Reading Quiz -CC Essay (parts) -Chapters 29 and 30 Reading Quizzes -CCOT Essay (complete) -Chapter 31 Reading Quiz -CC Essay (complete) Week Of… In Class Topics 3/14/16 -Late Modern Civilizations: Imperialism 1 & 2 3/21/16 3/28/16 -Unit 5 Review and Exam 4/4/16 -The Contemporary World: World War I Friday, 4/8/16 is a Teacher Workday – No School. 4/11/16 -The Contemporary World: Interwar societies 1 & 2 4/18/16 -The Contemporary World: World War II -The Contemporary World: The Cold War 4/25/16 -The Contemporary World: Decolonization -The Contemporary World: Globalization I &2 5/2/16 -Unit 6 Review and Exam 5/9/16 By Monday, By Monday, you Tentative Weekly you read from watch from the Assignment(s) the Crash Course series textbook… on Youtube… -Ch. 32 -Imperialism -Chapter 32 -Asian Responses to Reading Quiz Imperialism Spring Break – No School. -DBQ Essay (complete) -Unit 5 Exam -Ch. 33 -Archdukes, -Chapter 33 cynicism, and World Reading Quiz War I -CCOT Essay -How World War I (parts) Started -CC Essay (parts) -Who Started World War I -Ch. 34 -Communists, -Chapters 34 and -Ch. 35 nationalists, and 35 Reading China’s revolutions Quizzes -Democracy, -CCOT Essay Authoritarian (parts) Capitalism, and -CC Essay (parts) China -Ch. 36 -World War II -Chapter 36 -World War II, A Reading Quiz War for Resources -CCOT Essay -USA v. USSR (parts) Fight! The Cold War -CC Essay (parts) -Ch. 37 -Ch. 38 -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? -Course Review DATES TBA – AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING! PLEASE ATTEND! THURSDAY 5/12/16 AP EXAM SCHEDULED FOR 8:00 AM; LOCATION - TBA -Chapters 37 and 38 Reading Quizzes -DBQ Essay (parts) -DBQ Essay (complete) -Unit 6 Exam -Practice Exam Student and Parent Acknowledgement Agreement I have read the information printed above and understand its content. Student Name (print) ________________________________________ Student Email (print) ________________________________________ Student Signature ________________________________________ Parent Name (print) ________________________________________ Parent Email (print) ________________________________________ Parent Signature ________________________________________ RETURN THIS PART ONLY !!! 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