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AP World History Introduction: Advance Placement World History is a two semester course. It will start with the nomadic period and conclude with the world today. The course is built around the investigation of five specific themes. These themes will be researched using key concepts as the class covers distinct chronological periods. AP world History is the equivalent of a survey college course. The same tactics used to succeed in college must be used be used in this class; discipline, interaction, and analysis. The course is designed with three overarching principles: college placement, preparation, and enjoyment. First, it is designed to prepare students for success, not only on the AP test, but also in higher-level college classes. Second, it is designed to further your success in high school by emphasizing the skills of analysis and thematic thinking. Third, it is the attempt of this class to bring about enjoyment in learning and studying history and the human interactions that make up all of world history. Themes: Viewing any history class thematically is important because it allows the current time frame of history to better understand the motivations and reasons of the ancients. Since all this class is designed on the interactions of human beings from nomadic peoples to today’s high paced city dweller it is important that we have tools to connect the wide scope of years. These “tools” are called themes. They can be applied to any history course taken and can be remembered with the acronym “SPICE.” Social: Development and transformation of social structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes Political: State building, expansion, and conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction between humans and the environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of Settlement Technology Culture: Development and Interaction of Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies Science and technology The arts and architecture Economy: Creation, expansion and interaction of economic systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism AP World History Themes: Students in this course will learn to view history with a wide lens. It is based on a thematic approach versus just learning specific peoples and dates. The AP world History course is organized around five themes. These themes are used to connect the nomadic people of ancient to the current student today. The themes are also an organizational tool.