Download World History Advanced Placement Syllabus Approved Jan 2016

World History Advanced Placement Syllabus 2016-17
Authorized Jan 2016 1634425v1
*Based on WHAP Sample Syllabus 3, #876132v1
Course Overview:
Advanced Placement World History is a challenging three term course that is structured around the
investigation of selected themes woven into key concepts covering distinct chronological periods. AP World
History is equivalent to an introductory college survey course. The course has a three-fold purpose. First, it is
designed to prepare students for successful placement into higher-level college and university history courses.
Second, it is designed to develop skills of analysis and thinking in order to prepare students for success in the
twenty-first century. Finally, it is the intent of this class to make the learning of world history an enjoyable
experience. Students will be able to show their mastery of the course goals by taking part in the College Board
AP World History Exam in May.
Course Design:
Advanced Placement World History is structured around the investigation of five themes woven into 19 key
concepts covering six distinct chronological periods. History is a sophisticated quest for meaning about the
past, beyond the effort to collect and memorize information. This course will continue to deal with the
facts—names, chronology, events, and the like but it will also emphasize historical analysis. This will be
accomplished by focusing on four historical thinking skills: crafting historical arguments from historical
evidence, chronological reasoning, comparison and contextualization, and historical interpretation and
synthesis. World history requires the development of thinking skills using the processes and tools that
historians employ in order to create historical narrative. Students will also be required to think on many
different geographical and temporal scales in order to compare historical events over time and space. The
course relies heavily on college-level resources. This includes texts, a wide variety of primary sources, and
interpretations presented in historical scholarship. These resources are designed to develop the skills required
to analyze point of view and to interpret evidence to use in creating plausible historical arguments. These
tools will also be used to assess issues of change and continuity over time, identifying global processes,
comparing within and among societies, and understanding diverse interpretations. Students will be required to
participate in class discussions using the Socratic seminar format. In addition, students will be responsible for
preparing class presentations in order to further develop higher level habits of mind or thinking skills and
broaden content knowledge. The course emphasis is on balancing global coverage, with no more than 20% of
course time devoted to European history. This course is designed to be rigorous and rewarding, inviting
students to take a global view of historical processes and contacts between people in different societies.
The Five AP World History Themes: These themes connect the key concepts throughout the course and
serve as the foundation for student reading, writing, and presentation requirements are as follows:
Theme 1: Interactions Between Humans and the Environment: Demography and Disease, Migration, Patterns
of Settlement, Technology
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures: Religions, Belief Systems, Philosophies, and Ideologies,
Science and Technology, The Arts and Architecture
Theme 3: State-building, Expansion, and Conflict: Political Structures and Forms of Governance, Empires,
Nations and Nationalism, Revolts and Revolutions, Regional, Trans-regional, and Global Structures and
Organizations.
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems: Agricultural and Pastoral Production,
Trade and Commerce, Labor Systems, Industrialization, Capitalism and Socialism
Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures: Gender Roles and Relations, Family and
Kinship, Racial and Ethnic Constructions, Social and Economic Classes
Materials
College Level Text: • Bulliet, Richard, Daniel R. Headrick, David Northrup, Lyman L. Johnson, and Pamela
Kyle Crossley. The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 4th and 5th edition.
A variety of other reading and resources utilized throughout the course include:
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Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton, 1999
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. The World: A History, Combined Volume. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007
Bentley, Jerry and Herbert Ziegler. Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1999.
Frankopan, Peter. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World. Bloomsbury; 2016.
Standage, Tom. A History of the World in 6 Glasses. New York: Walker & Co, 2005.
Lockard, Craig A. Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
MacGregor, Neil. A History of the World in 100 Objects. London: Allen Lane, 2010
World History in Documents: A Comparative Reader edited by Peter N. Stearns, New York: NY University Press; 1998.
The World that Trade Created by Kenneth Pomeranz, M.E. Sharpe; 2000.
The Human Record edited by Alfred Andrea and James Overfield, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 5th Ed., 2004.
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in World Civilizations, Volumes I and II, edited by Helen and Joseph
Mitchell,
New York: McGraw Hill; 5th ed., 2007.
Unit Activities
The following activities will be utilized in each of the six units in order to develop the historical analysis
necessary to establish a sophisticated quest for meaning about the past.
Tag Team Teaching: Students will be divided into five or six groups each unit. These groups correspond to the
AP World History key concepts. The students will be given “workshop” days where they will be expected to
consult a variety of sources. Students consider and analyze the different themes and periodizations that are
contained in these sources and record their findings on Unit Focus Sheets in categories mirroring the AP
World History themes. Students will identify continuities from previous studies, as well as, the nature and
causes of change as they apply to their assigned topic. Students will also evaluate multiple causes and
consequences of the main historical developments represented in the textbooks. Using an inverted pyramid
approach, students will prioritize their most important information. The goal is to synthesize information into
five listings per identified heading. Students will use this information to prepare a PowerPoint presentation
for their classmates. Students are required to cite the information used on their slides and they must be able
to answer questions and justify their selections.
Writing Assignments: Each unit includes writing assignments designed to develop the skills necessary for
creating well-evidenced essays on historical topics highlighting clarity and precision.
Short Document Analysis: Students analyze three documents (one written, one visual and one
quantitative) from the course primary source readers. For instance, in Unit 1, students will analyze sources for
point of view, intended purpose, audience, and historical context of each source. These skills of primary
source analysis will be applied throughout the course.
Document Based Question (DBQ): Students analyze evidence from a variety of sources in order to
develop a coherent written argument that has a thesis supported by relevant historical evidence. Students will
apply multiple historical thinking skills as they examine a particular historical problem or question.
Change and Continuity Over Time (CCOT): Students identify and analyze patterns of continuity and
change over time and across geographic regions. They will also connect these historical developments to
specific circumstances of time and place, and to broader regional, national, or global processes.
Comparative Essay: Students compare historical developments across or within societies in various
chronological and/or geographical contexts. Students will also synthesize information by connecting insights
from one historical context to another, including the present.
Text Timeline Review: The Text Timeline Review is an activity that will be completed by the end of each unit.
The reason for this activity is to address chronological thinking. According to the authors of the National
Standards for History, “chronological thinking is the heart of historical reasoning.” This activity requires
students to use the chronological timeline of their textbook as a baseline for the other primary and secondary
source materials they encounter in their readings, research, and other studies. The students will place items
from these other sources onto the timeline associated with their textbook. Students will then be asked to
write their responses to the following prompts at the bottom of their timeline:
1. What is the relationship between the causes and consequences of the events or processes identified
on the completed timeline?
2. Discuss the contradictions/inconsistencies between the textbook’s chronological timeline and that
of the other sources.
Learning Log: Each unit, the student will write a reflective commentary discussing how the history of the
(identified) region or era fits into the larger story of world history. These commentaries should be three to
five paragraphs in length and will be submitted in the student notebook. This is not a place to put your notes,
but rather to think about what you really learned concerning “contextualization.” It also allows the student to
continue to refine their abilities to develop a written argument and analyze patterns of continuity and change
over time.
Point/Counterpoint: Students will use the Socratic seminar format in each unit to explore key controversies in
world history from ancient times to the present. The foundation for these conversations will be Taking Sides:
Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in World Civilizations. This book examines issues that allow students
to identify and evaluate diverse historical interpretations by introducing students to controversies in world
civilizations. This debate style reader contains readings representing the arguments of leading historians and
commentators on world history and reflects a variety of viewpoints presented in pro/con format. All of the
topics/questions listed in each unit for this activity come from this book.
World History Artifact Posting Assignment: Each student will discover a historical artifact that they believe
represents the unit and topic being studied. The teacher will set parameters each unit for these artifacts in
order to ensure that students recognize that the study of history has been shaped by the findings and methods
of other disciplines (archeology, visual arts, geography, and political science). They will then present an image
of the artifact along with a discussion that identifies the artifact (who, what, when, where, why significant) and
addresses what the artifact says (indicates, suggests) about politics, society or culture in the time and place it
was made. Classmates will then use the elements of critical thinking to organize class discussion. Each student
in the class will be required to ask a question about the artifact that seeks to increase the clarity, accuracy and
precision of the conversation. The student posting the artifact must then answer the questions posed.
Answering these questions may require further research. Questions and answers should demonstrate that the
respective authors put honest thought into both the question and the answer. Throughout, students must cite
the sources of the information provided. The initial artifact presentations are due after the unit has been
studied for one week. Classmates writing queries should post their questions from that point until the end of
the unit.
Unit Course Planner
UNIT ONE: Technological and Environmental Transformations
PERIODIZATION: c. 8000 BCE to c. 600 BCE
MAIN FOCUS: Ancient Era Patterns of Human Behavior in Local and Regional Contexts
LENGTH OF CLASS TIME FOR UNIT: 6.5 Days
READING TEXT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 1 – 3
Key Concepts:
Key Concept 1.1: Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth
I. Paleolithic migrations lead to the spread of technology and culture
Key Concept 1.2: The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies
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Neolithic Revolution leads to new and more complex economic and social systems
Agricultural and pastoralism begins to transform human society
Key Concept 1.3: The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies
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Location of early foundational civilizations
State development and expansion
Cultural development in the early civilizations
Unit 1 Major Assignments:
1. TEXT READING ASSIGNMENT: Ways of the World: A Global History. Chapters 1 – 3
2. TAG TEAM TEACHING: Students will prepare to present this unit. They will be introduced to the
How Historians Work packet and activities (source, classification, value auction, cheating Bob, Vikings,
shapes and memory, class history, garbageology, drawing conclusions, Bob Seger’s Revisionism Street);
Teacher will review group presentation approach, requirements, and rubric. Teacher will also explain how
to use the themed unit focus sheets along with power point expectations. Students will practice
presentation skills by preparing presentations on Big History, Human Migration, Scythians, IndoEuropean languages, Semitic languages, Hunter-gatherers, Pastoralism, Neolithic Revolution, Metallurgy,
Sumer, Nubia, Indus Valley Civilization, Zhou Dynasty, Olmec, Chavín culture, Sargon of Akkad,
Ziggurat, and other topics identified in the key concepts.
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Students will begin preliminary work on how to write a comparative essay
(life in high school). Hand out Essay Writing Packet and begin serious work on the comparative essay.
Assign comparative essay regarding foraging and early agricultural societies.
4. TEXT TIMELINE REVIEW: See Unit Activities explanation regarding this activity.
5. LEARNING LOG: Write a reflective commentary considering the role of human migration during this
era and its connection to the larger story of world history.
6. SHORT PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS: Teacher will model activity by having students analyze the
following textual, visual, and data sources: creation stories in the Rig Veda, Popul Vuh, and Bible; Epic of
Gilgamesh, the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The source analysis will include identifying point of view,
intended purpose, audience, and historical context of each source.
7. POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Students will be introduced to the workings of Socratic Seminar. See Unit
Activities explanation regarding this activity. Taking Sides topics: Did Homo Sapiens Originate in Africa?
Did Egyptian Civilization Originate in Africa?
8. WORLD HISTORY ARTIFACT POSTING ASSIGNMENT: See Unit Activities explanation regarding
this activity. Object must be connected to the field of archaeology, e.g. Neolithic Venus statues or
archaeological data from Jericho. Students will learn how to question the historical context of sources and
assess the reliability and validity of the information for specific historical questions.
9. UNIT ONE TEST: 70 multiple choice questions, In-class Compare/contrast essay
UNIT TWO: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
PERIODIZATION: c. 600 BCE to c.600 CE
MAIN FOCUS: Classical Era Patterns of Human Behavior in Local, Regional and Continental Contexts
LENGTH OF CLASS TIME FOR UNIT: 18.5 days
READING TEXT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 4-11
Key Concepts:
Key Concept 2.1: The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
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Codifications and further developments of existing religious traditions
Emergence, diffusion, and adaptation of new religious and cultural traditions
Belief systems affect gender roles
Other religious and cultural traditions continue
Artistic expressions show distinctive cultural characteristics
Key Concept 2.2: The Development of States and Empires
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Imperial societies grow dramatically
Techniques of imperial administration
Social and economic dimensions of imperial societies
Decline, collapse, and transformation of empires (Rome, Han, Maurya)
Key Concept 2.3: Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and Exchange
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The geography of trans-regional networks, communication and exchange networks
Technologies of long-distance communication and exchange
Consequences of long-distance trade
Unit 2 Major Assignments:
1. TEXT READING ASSIGNMENT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 4 – 11
2. TAG TEAM TEACHING: Students will present this unit. Student groups will research and make
presentations using the tools and guidelines established in Unit 1. Presentation groups will include explaining
political and cultural developments in: Southwest Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Mediterranean region,
Mesoamerica, and Andean South America.
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Students will continue work on how to write a comparative essay. Possible
prompts include: Compare the basic features of two classical civilizations: Mesoamerica, India, China, Greece,
or Rome; Compare two of the following major religions or philosophical systems: Historical Vedic religions,
Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, or Greco-Roman philosophy; Compare the reasons
for and the outcomes of the fall of two classical civilizations: Rome, Han China, and the Gupta. Students will
also be introduced to the CCOT essay and rubric.
4. TEXT TIMELINE REVIEW: See Unit Activities explanation regarding this activity.
5. LEARNING LOG: Write a reflective commentary considering trans-regional networks of communication
and exchange and the consequences of long-distance trade during this era and its connection to the larger
story of world history.
6. SHORT PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS: The source analysis will include identifying point of view,
intended purpose, audience, and historical context of each source. Sources include descriptions of travel or
trade (Periplus of the Erythraean Sea or journeys of Faxian); Roman, Han, or Gupta coins; Leviticus, Twelve
Tables, or The Analects
7. POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Students will use skills introduced in Unit 1 regarding the Socratic Seminar.
Taking Sides topics: Does Alexander the Great merit his exalted reputation? Did the benefits of the First
Emperor of China’s rule outweigh the human cost? Did Christianity liberate women?
8. WORLD HISTORY ARTIFACT POSTING ASSIGNMENT: See Unit Activities explanation regarding
this activity. Object must be connected to artistic expression (literature, architecture, or sculpture), e.g.
examples of architecture in Mediterranean, Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, or Mesoamerica; Greek
sculpture, Buddhist art, or Moche art. Students will learn how to question the historical context of sources
and assess the reliability and validity of the information for specific historical questions.
9. UNIT TWO TEST: 70 multiple choice questions, In-class essay on analyzing comparisons or changes over
time.
UNIT THREE: Regional and Trans-regional Interactions
PERIODIZATION: c. 600 CE-c.1450
MAIN FOCUS: Feudal Era Patterns of Human Behavior in Regional and Intra-Oceanic Contexts
LENGTH OF CLASS TIME FOR UNIT: 24 days
READING TEXT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 8-15
Key Concepts:
Key Concept 3.1: Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
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Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices and their influence on
networks
Linguistic and environmental contexts for the movement of peoples
Cross-cultural exchanges fostered by networks of trade and communication
Continued diffusion of crops and pathogens throughout the Eastern Hemisphere
Key Concept 3.2: Continuity and Innovation in State Forms and Their Interactions
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Empires collapse and were reconstituted
Greater inter-regional contacts and conflict encourages technology and cultural transfer
Key Concept 3.3: Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
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Increasing productive capacity in agriculture and industry
Changes in urban demography
Changes and continuities in labor systems and social structures
Unit 3 Major Assignments:
1. TEXT READING ASSIGNMENT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 8 – 15
2. TAG TEAM TEACHING: Student groups will research and make presentations on: development of
political institutions in the Islamic World (Abbasid Caliphate, Seljuq empire, sultanate of Delhi, Mali Empire),
Central Asia (Mongol Khanates), East Asia (Tang and Song dynasties), Latin West and Byzantine Empire,
Africa (Swahili citystates and Great Zimbabwe), South and Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica and the Andes;
social and cultural effects of interactions due to the Crusades, Mongols, Hanseatic League, Bantu peoples,
Vikings, Polynesians, and Bedouins; importance of travelers such as Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta; role of new
cities such as Timbuktu, Tenochtitlan, or Cordoba; influence of new ideas and technologies: NeoConfucianism, printing, gunpowder, and medical responses to the bubonic plague and other diseases
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Students will continue work on how to write essays that compare historical
developments and assess the effects of changes over time. Possible prompts include questions from previous
released AP exams: Compare European and sub-Saharan African contacts with the Islamic world; Essay:
Compare Aztec Empire and Inca Empire; Compare Japanese and European feudalism; Compare effects of
Islam and Christianity on social systems and gender roles; Compare developments in political and social
institutions in both eastern and western Europe; Assess the effects of the spread of Islam up to 1750;
Students also will learn how to incorporate analysis of primary sources into their written arguments. Practice
using the DBQ on the spread of Buddhism to China
4. TEXT TIMELINE REVIEW: See Unit Activities explanation regarding this activity.
5. LEARNING LOG: Write a reflective commentary considering the continued diffusion of flora, fauna, and
pathogens throughout the Eastern Hemisphere during this era and its connection to the larger story of world
history using statistics on mortality rates from the fourteenth century bubonic plague pandemic.
6. SHORT PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS: The source analysis will include identifying point of view,
intended purpose, audience, and historical context of each source. Sources include excerpts from the travel
books of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta and the Secret History of the Mongols.
7. POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Students will employ Socratic Seminar strategy. Taking Sides topics: Does
the modern University have its roots in the Islamic World? Were environmental factors responsible for the
collapse of Mayan civilization? Were the Crusades an early example of western imperialism? Did women and
men benefit equally from the Renaissance?
8. WORLD HISTORY ARTIFACT POSTING ASSIGNMENT: See Unit Activities explanation regarding
this activity. Object must be connected to political power, e.g. images from Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah’s book
on the Mongols or maps of Cairo, Baghdad, Delhi, and Florence.
9. UNIT THREE TEST: 70 multiple choice questions, DBQ in-class essay
UNIT FOUR: Global Interactions
PERIODIZATION: c. 1450 to c.1750
MAIN FOCUS: Exploration Era Patterns of Human Behavior in Trans-Oceanic Context
LENGTH OF CLASS TIME FOR UNIT: 24 days
READING TEXT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 12– 20
KEY CONCEPTS:
Key Concept 4.1: Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange
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Intensification of regional trade networks (Mediterranean, trans-Saharan, overland Eurasian,
and Siberian trade routes)
Trans-oceanic maritime reconnaissance
New maritime commercial patterns
Technological developments enabling trans-oceanic trade
Environmental exchange and demographic trends: Columbian Exchange
Spread and reform of religion
Global and regional networks and the development of new forms of art and expression
Key Concept 4.2: New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production
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Labor systems and their transformations
Changes and continuities in social hierarchies and identities
Key Concept 4.3: State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion
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Techniques of state consolidation
Imperial expansion
Competition and conflict among and within States
Unit 4 Major Assignments:
1. TEXT READING ASSIGNMENT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 12 – 20
2. TAG TEAM TEACHING: Student groups will research and make presentations. Presentation groups will
be responsible for explaining: the political and cultural developments in Spain, Portugal, France, England,
Holland, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Ming and Qing China, Tokugawa Japan, Mughal Empire, West and East
African polities, Safavid Empire, Aztec and Incan empires; economic effects of cod fisheries, mercantilism,
astrolabe, caravels, Columbian Exchange, and new labor systems (encomienda, indentured servitude,
janissaries, chattel slavery in the Americas)
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Students will continue work on how to write essays. Possible prompts
include questions from previous released AP exams: Compare coercive labor systems: slavery and other
coercive labor systems in the Americas; economic and social effects of the Columbian Exchange; DBQ on
the Global flow of silver; Analyze imperial systems: European monarchy compared with a land-based Asian
empire (China or Japan); Compare Russia’s interaction with the West with the interaction of the West and
one of the following: Ottoman Empire, China, Tokugawa Japan, Mughal India
4. TEXT TIMELINE REVIEW: See Unit Activities explanation regarding this activity.
5. LEARNING LOG: Write a reflective commentary considering the impact of the Columbian Exchange
during this era and its connection to the larger story of world history.
6. SHORT PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS: The source analysis will include identifying point of view,
intended purpose, audience, and historical context of each source. Sources include: Ma Huan, De Las Casas,
Codex Mendosa, Letters from the King of Kongo.
7. POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Students will employ Socratic Seminar strategy. Taking Sides topics: Should
Christopher Columbus be considered a hero? Did Tokugawa policies strengthen Japan? Did Oliver Cromwell
advance political freedom in seventeenth-century Europe? Did Indian Emperor Aurangzeb’s rule mark the
beginning of Mughal decline? Did Peter the Great exert a positive influence on the development of Europe?
8. WORLD HISTORY ARTIFACT POSTING ASSIGNMENT: See Unit Activities explanation regarding
this activity. Object must be connected to Trans-oceanic trade e.g. images of caravels, dhows, Ming Treasure
Ship fleet, Polynesian outrigger canoes, and tools used to facilitate the trade (coins, maps, compasses,
astrolabes, and sails).
9. UNIT FOUR TEST: 70 multiple choice questions, in-class essay drawn from either the past
Compare/Contrast, CCOT, or DBQ formats.
UNIT FIVE: Industrialization and Global Integration
PERIODIZATION: c. 1750 to c. 1900
MAIN FOCUS: Transcontinental Imperialism Era Patterns of Human Behavior in Trans-Oceanic Contexts
LENGTH OF CLASS TIME FOR UNIT: 24 days
READING TEXT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 21-27
Key Concepts:
Key Concept 5.1: Industrialization and Global Capitalism
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Industrialization
New patterns of global trade and production
Transformation of capital and finance
Revolutions in transportation and communication: Railroads, steamships, canals, telegraph
Reactions to the spread of global capitalism
Social transformations in industrialized societies
Key Concept 5.2: Imperialism and Nation-State Formation
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Imperialism and colonialism of trans-oceanic empires by industrializing powers
State formation and territorial expansion and contraction
Ideologies and imperialism
Key Concept 5.3: Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform
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The rise and diffusion of Enlightenment thought
18th century peoples develop a sense of commonality
Spread of Enlightenment ideas propels reformist and revolutionary movements
Enlightenment ideas spark new transnational ideologies and solidarities
Key Concept 5.4: Global Migration
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Demography and urbanization
Migration and its motives
Consequences of and reactions to migration
Unit 5 Major Assignments:
1. TEXT READING ASSIGNMENT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 21-27
2. TAG TEAM TEACHING: Student groups will research and make presentations. Presentation groups will
be responsible for the following topics: Seven Years’ War, Napoleonic Wars, Great Game in Central Asia,
Berlin Conference, Opium Wars, Zulu, Formation of Hawaii, German and Italian Unification, Meiji
restoration, Abolition, Marxism, Indian National Congress, Industrialization; Migration Suffrage, Scientific
Revolution, Atlantic revolutions, Latin America Independence movements, Boxer Rebellion, Indian Revolt of
1857, Taiping rebellion, Wahhabi Movement, Tanzimat, Self-Strengthening movement, Liberalism, Socialism,
Communism, Anarchism, pan-Slavism, pan-Islamism, Factory System, and Second Industrial revolution
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Students will continue work on how to write essays. Possible prompts
include questions from previous released AP exams: DBQ- Indentured servitude; Development of Global
trade patterns, 1750-1914; Compare the French and Haitian Revolutions; Compare reaction to foreign
domination in the Ottoman Empire, China, India, and Japan; Compare nationalism, e.g., China and Japan,
Cuba and the Philippines, Egypt and Nigeria; Compare forms of Western intervention in Latin America and
in Africa; Compare the roles and conditions of women in the upper/middle classes with peasantry/working
class in Western Europe; Compare the causes and social impact of the Industrial Revolution in Western
Europe and Japan
4. TEXT TIMELINE REVIEW: See Unit Activities explanation regarding this activity.
5. LEARNING LOG: Write a reflective commentary considering the roots and influences of Enlightenment
thought during this era and its connection to the larger story of world history.
6. SHORT PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS: The source analysis will include identifying point of view,
intended purpose, audience, and historical context of each source. Sources might include excerpts from:
Locke, Montesquieu, Declaration of Independence, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Jamaica
Letter, Adam Smith, and Karl Marx; statistics about bonded labor migrations from Asia to the Americas and
Africa.
7. POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Students will employ Socratic Seminar strategy. Taking Sides topics: Did the
West define the modern world? Was the French Revolution worth its human costs? Did the Meiji Revolution
Constitute a revolution in nineteenth-century Japan? Were Confucian values responsible for China’s failure to
modernize?
8. WORLD HISTORY ARTIFACT POSTING ASSIGNMENT: See Unit Activities explanation regarding
this activity. Object must be connected to industrialization e.g. images of factories in England, USA, France,
and Japan showing the size of the steam-powered machines and women working in the factories; images of
industrial cities with air or water pollution; political cartoons about American imperialism related to the
Spanish-American war that affected Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam
9. UNIT FIVE TEST: 70 multiple choice questions, in-class essay drawn from either the past
Compare/Contrast, CCOT, or DBQ formats.
UNIT SIX: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments
PERIODIZATION: c. 1900 to the present
MAIN FOCUS: Globalization Era Patterns of Human Behavior in Local to Global Contexts
LENGTH OF CLASS TIME FOR UNIT: 24 days
READING TEXT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 26-33.
Key Concepts:
Key Concept 6.1: Science and the Environment
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Rapid advances in science spread assisted by new technology
Humans change their relationship with the environment
Disease, scientific innovations, and conflict led to demographic shifts
Key Concept 6.2: Global Conflicts and Their Consequences
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Europe’s domination gives way to new forms of political organization
Emerging ideologies of anti-imperialism contribute to dissolution of empires
Political changes accompanied by demographic and social consequences
Military conflicts escalate
Individual and groups oppose, as well as, intensify the conflict Key Concept
6.3: New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture
I. States, communities and individuals become increasingly interdependent
II. People conceptualize society and culture in new ways
III. Popular and consumer culture become global
Unit 6 Major Assignments:
1. TEXT READING ASSIGNMENT: The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Chapters 26 –33.
2. TAG TEAM TEACHING: Students will be making individual presentations this unit. Topics include:
WWI, WWII, Cold War, International Organizations, Decolonization in Algeria, Decolonization in subSaharan Africa, economic developments in Argentina/ Brazil, Cuban Revolution, Great Depression,
economic developments in the Pacific Rim, Communism in Russia and China, Feminist movements,
globalization, Indian/ Pakistani Partition, Jewish settlement/Palestine, Irish partition, Great Depression,
Gurkha soldiers, ANZAC troops, Nuclear weapons, Marshall Plan, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Bandung
Conference, Genocides, Civil Rights Movements, Green movements, World Bank, NAFTA, European
Union, Quantum Mechanics, Antibiotics, and HIV/AIDS.
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Students will continue work on how to write essays. Possible prompts
include questions from previous released AP exams: Compare the notion of the “East” and the “West” in
Cold War ideology; DBQ- Muslim Nationalist Movements; Choose two revolutions (Russian, Chinese,
Cuban, Iranian) and compare their effects on the roles of women; Compare the causes and effects of the
World Wars on areas outside of Europe; Compare legacies of colonialism and patterns of economic
development in two of the following regions: Asia, Latin America, Africa; Compare patterns and results of
decolonization in Africa and India
4. TEXT TIMELINE REVIEW: See Unit Activities explanation regarding this activity.
5. LEARNING LOG: Write a reflective commentary considering social movements during this era and its
connection to the larger story of world history.
6. SHORT PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS: The source analysis will include identifying point of view,
intended purpose, audience, and historical context of each source. Sources might include excerpts from
Gandhi, Nkrumah, and Ho Chi Min; data on the growth of outsourcing and business cycles of multinational
corporations in the twentieth and twenty first centuries
7. POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Students will employ Socratic Seminar strategy. Taking Sides topics: Did the
Bolshevik Revolution improve the lives of Soviet women? Was Stalin responsible for the Cold War? Does
Islam revivalism challenge a secular world order? Should Africa’s leaders be blamed for the continent’s
current problems? Were ethnic leaders responsible for the disintegration of Yugoslavia? Will the Oslo Peace
Accords benefit both Israelis and Palestinians?
8. WORLD HISTORY ARTIFACT POSTING ASSIGNMENT: See Unit Activities explanation regarding
this activity. Object must be connected to advances in science and technology e.g. CERN collider, small pox
and polio vaccination delivery programs, atomic bombs, or computers.
9. UNIT 6 TEST: 70 multiple choice questions, in-class essay drawn from either the past Compare/Contrast,
CCOT, or DBQ formats.
10.REVIEW SESSIONS PRIOR TO AP WORLD HISTORY EXAMINATION. After-school time will be
spent reviewing major concepts and ideas from all the units, including essay strategies. Review sessions will be
offered on selected days (after school and Saturdays). Attendance at the review sessions is highly
recommended, but voluntary.