AP World History Summer Assignment 2018-2019

Jesus Olivarez

jolivarez@beevilleisd.net

Welcome to class! Congratulations on the commitment of your time and energy to Advanced Placement

World History. Class has started! This will be a demanding course; a course that will challenge your mind

and engage all of your facilities over the 2018-2019 school year. Our time is very limited during the

school year. Thus, we have to begin our studies over the summer.

* Before you begin any of the summer assignments please accept the invitation to our google classroom,

using the code: tyd3cgn

Enclosed within this packet are the instructions and readings for the following assignments:

1. Part #1: Map Activity

a. On Map #1, label all the physical features as listed on page 2 of the packet. .

b. Name 5 countries from the 10 major regions studied in AP World History. Use the

attached graphic organizer found on page

2. Part #2: Current Events Assignment

a. Write a summary of two (2) news articles from 2 different regions studied in AP World

History

b. The news stories should be from 2018. (A list of approved sources is listed on page 6)

c. The summaries must be thorough including key facts.

d. Summary should answer the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where, why

e. A thorough explanation of what is expected is located on page 6.)

* All parts must either be typed and shared with me via google documents or handwritten*

The enclosed assignments must be completed by Aug. 21, 2018, the second day of class. The summer

work will count as a summative assessment. The first major summative assessment for the course will

take place on the 1st Monday of school.

Tips:

Begin your work right away and schedule a regular time during the summer to complete it.

Avoid doing everything at the last minute (the week before school starts for example!);

Spread your work out over the course of the summer in small pieces.

Should you have questions regarding this work or the course, please do not hesitate to contact me

via email: jolivarez@beevilleisd.net

Thank you for signing up for AP World History! I very much look forward to working with you this fall.

Directions:

2) Using the worksheet provided, list the names of 5 countries (your choice) in each of these APWH regions. (25 points)

Map#1:BodiesofWaterandLandforms

OceansandSeasAtlanticOceanPacificOceanIndianOceanMediterraneanSeaSouthChinaSeaPersianGulfCaribbean

RiversNileAmazonIndusGangesYangtzeHuangHe(Yellow)TigrisEuphrates

MountainRangesAndesMountainsAlpsUralMountainsHinduKushHimalayanMountainsDesertsGobiKalahariSaharaMojaveArabian

PeninsulasandotherlandformsArabianPeninsulaCrimeanPeninsulaHornofAfricaIberianPeninsulaYucatanPeninsulaAsianSteppe

1) Neatly label the water and landforms listed in the chart below on the attached Map #1. (25 points)

You may use the following website to test your knowledge: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/ (Note: this review site contains more information than the items listed for this map assignment/quiz).

PART 1: MAP ACTIVITY (50 points)

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Familiarity with the world and its physical features is an important part of World History. While you will not be specifically tested on the physical features when you take an exam, many questions assume that you have some knowledge of the earth and its topography. Additionally, there will be numerous references to these features during class and in course readings.

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The maps on this page are only for reference. Use Map #1 (below) to complete this project.

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Directions: 1. You MUST use these major news sources (online or in-print). reuters.com ap.org foreignpolicy.com economist.com jpost.com

nytimes.com cnn.com latimes.com washingtonpost.com english.aljazeera.net csmonitor.com

guardian.co.uk bbc.co.uk buenosaireherald.com english.peopledaily.com japantimes.co.jp moscowtimes.ru

indianexpress.com egypttoday.com granma.cu/ingles/index.html

b. At least 1 source should be an international, NOT a U.S., news source. c. Record the location of the article on your AP World Regions map with a STAR.

3. Read each article carefully. Highlight and annotate (write notes in the margins if necessary) a. Main ideas, supporting ideas, key vocabulary, people, places, events... b. Include this highlighted and annotated print out with each of your written assignments

4. Complete the written assignment below.

WrittenAssignment:

2. Summary: Write a thorough and accurate summary of the major points of each article. Provide

the name of the article, source and author. Use specific PARAPHRASED evidence from the article that summarizes KEY FACTS and supports your analysis of theme. Use at least one detail paragraph that includes the FACTS or 5 Ws – Who, What, Where, When, Why?

3. Analysis: Share your own reactions or opinion of the article and your ideas on the impact of the event. Analyze why this EVENT is important and the possible impact of the event.

GlobalRegionsChart: To help you with this assignment, here is a regional information chart with current issues below: Regions&CountriesExamples Topics/Events WesternEurope Greece, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Great Britain, etc. EasternEurope Russia, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, etc.

recession, interaction & global trade, discrimination & religious xenophobia, political corruption, civil war

Africa Sudan, Sierra Leone, S. Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, DRC, etc.

civil war, gender inequality, resource depletion, election fraud, refugees/displaced peoples

MiddleEast Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Israel/Palestine, Turkey, etc.

gender inequality, religious conflict, social inequality and revolution, refugees/displaced peoples, press/media freedom

CentralAsia Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, etc. gender inequality, poverty, war, terrorism, drug trafficking

EastAsia China, Japan, North and South Korea, Tibet, etc. SouthEastAsia Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, etc.

censorship & authoritarian rule, global trade & interaction, social inequalities, religious conflict

SouthAsia India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, etc.

poverty, global trade & growth, social inequalities, religious conflict

LatinAmerica&Caribbean Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Nicaragua, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, etc.

poverty & migrations, political conflicts/corruption, global trade & interaction

2. Using these sources and choose 2 articles from 2 different APWH regions and 2 different issues

PART 2: CURRENT EVENTS - GLOBAL ISSUES (25 pts X 2 = 50 points)

a. Format: 12-point, Times New Roman font.

Your assignment must address the following items. Suggested length for each summary is 3 paragraphs of 10-12 sentences. Grading rubric is attached.

1. Theme/Region: What AP World History theme does this article relate to and how? (AP Themes are listed and described in the handout attached.)

a. Articles should be from 2 different sources and published this year (2018).

b. DUE DATE: AUGUST 21, 2018.

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Student Name: ____________________________

CurrentEventRubric

Category 4Exemplary 3Effective 2Developing 1Limited

Connectionto

APWHThemeandregion

InsightfullymakesaconnectiontoatleastoneoftheAPWHthemes.CorrectlyidentifiesthelocationoftheeventontheAPWHregionalmap.Regionallocationisuniquei.e.differentthanotherarticles.

MakesappropriateconnectionstoatleastoneoftheAPWHthemes.CorrectlyidentifiesthelocationoftheeventontheAPWHregionalmap.Regionallocationisuniquei.e.differentthanotherarticles.

ConnectionsarenotrelevantorareinerrortotheAPWHthemes.IncorrectlyidentifiesthelocationoftheeventontheAPWHregionalmapand/orregionallocationisnotuniquei.e.differentthanotherarticles.

Noconnectionsweremade.Twoormoreelementsaremissing.

ContentSummary

Informationfromnewsarticleisclearlyandaccuratelysummarizedandanswersthe5W’s.Includesatleastfivesupportingpiecesofsupportingevidence.Allevidenceisparaphrased(i.e.noquotes!).

Informationfromnewsarticleisclearlyandaccuratelysummarizedandanswersthe5W’s.Includesatleastthreepiecesofsupportingevidence.Allevidenceisparaphrased(i.e.noquotes!).

Summarymaybeunclearorincompleteorsomeinaccuraciesand/ordoesnotanswerallofthe5W’sand/ordoesnotincludeatleastthreepiecesofsupportingevidence.Quotesareusedasevidence.

Toomuchinformationwasquotedfromthearticleorimportantpiecesofevidenceareleftout.

Analysis

Insightfulpersonalopinion,reactionandanalysisoftheevent’simportanceandimpactontheworld.

Appropriatepersonalopinion,reactionandanalysisoftheevent’simportanceandimpactontheworld.

Somepersonalopinion,reactionandanalysisoftheevent’simportanceandimpactontheworldispresent.

Missingpersonalopinion,reactionandanalysisoftheevent’simportanceand/orimpactontheworld.

Source

Validity/VarietyandAttachments

Sourceisnotfromtheprovidedlistand/ornotattachedtothesummaryand/orsourceisnotfromthevarietyrequiredintheassignment.

Style

Writermakeslittleornoerrorsingrammarorspellingthatinterferewithmeaning.Everyparagraphcontainssentencesthatarewellconstructed.

Writermakesveryfewerrorsingrammarorspellingthatinterferewithmeaning.Mostsentencesarewellconstructed.

Writermakessomemajorerrorsingrammarorspellingthatinterferewithmeaning.Somesentencesmaynotbewell-constructed

Writermakesmanyerrorsingrammarorspelling.Sentenceslackstructureandappearincompleteorareconfusing.

Total: _____________________/ 20 pts

Grades: A: 25-22 pts F: 10 and belowB: 21-19 pts C: 18-15 pts

D: 14-11 pts

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Uses a valid source from the list provided and date of publish is in 2018. Full article is attached to the summary with clear identification of the source and date ofprint.

Uses a valid source from the list provided and date of publish is in 2018 but it is not clearly identified with name of source and date of print. Article is attached to thesummary.

Source is valid and from the list provided but is not clearly identified with name of source and date of print and/or date is before 2018. Article is attached to thesummary.

An Introduction to the Five Themes of AP World History

Each and every unit we study relates to the themes and it is very important you to know and understand the themes. Theme 1 - Interaction Between Humans and the Environment • Demography and disease • Migration • Patterns of settlement • Technology The interaction between humans and the environment is a fundamental theme for world history. The environment shaped human societies, but increasingly human societies also affected the environment. During prehistory, humans interacted with the environment as hunters, fishers and foragers, and human migrations led to the peopling of the earth. As the Neolithic revolution began, humans exploited their environments more intensively, either as farmers or pastoralists. Environmental factors such as rainfall patterns, climate, and available flora and fauna shaped the methods of exploitation used in different regions. Human exploitation of the environment intensified as populations grew and as people migrated into new regions. As people flocked into cities or established trade networks, new diseases emerged and spread, sometimes devastating an entire region. During the Industrial Revolution, environmental exploitation increased exponentially. In recent centuries, human effects on the environment — and the ability to master and exploit it — increased with the development of more sophisticated technologies, the exploitation of new energy sources and a rapid increase in human populations. By the 20th century, large numbers of humans had begun to recognize their effect on the environment and took steps toward a “green” movement to protect and work with the natural world instead of exploiting it. Theme 2 - Development and Interaction of Cultures • Religions • Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies • Science and technology • The arts and architecture This theme explores the origins, uses, dissemination and adaptation of ideas, beliefs, and knowledge within and between societies. Studying the dominant belief system(s) or religions, philosophical interests, and technical and artistic approaches can reveal how major groups in society view themselves and others, and how they respond to multiple challenges. When people of different societies interact, they often share components of their cultures, deliberately or not. The processes of adopting or adapting new belief and knowledge systems are complex and often lead to historically novel cultural blends. A society’s culture may be investigated and compared with other societies’ cultures as a way to reveal both what is unique to a culture and what it shares with other cultures. It is also possible to analyze and trace particular cultural trends or ideas across human societies. Theme 3 - 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 This theme refers to the processes by which hierarchical systems of rule have been constructed and maintained and to the conflicts generated through those processes. In particular, this theme encourages the comparative study of different state forms (for example, kingdoms, empires, nation-states) across time and space, and the interactions among them. Continuity and change are also embedded in this theme through attention to the organizational and cultural foundations of long-term stability, on one hand, and to internal and external causes of conflict on the other. Students should examine and compare various forms of state development and expansion in the context of various productive strategies (for example, agrarian, pastoral, mercantile), various cultural and ideological foundations (for example, religions, philosophies, ideas of nationalism), various social and gender structures, and in different environmental contexts. This theme also discusses different types of states, such as autocracies and constitutional democracies. Finally, this theme encourages students to explore interstate relations, including warfare, diplomacy, commercial and cultural exchange, and the formation of international organizations.

These will be used throughout the course and in Part 2 of this assignment.

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Theme 4 - Creation, Expansion and Interaction of Economic Systems • Agricultural and pastoral production • Trade and commerce • Labor systems • Industrialization • Capitalism and socialism This theme surveys the diverse patterns and systems that human societies have developed as they exploit their environments to produce, distribute and consume desired goods and services across time and space. It stresses major transitions in human economic activity, such as the growth and spread of agricultural, pastoral and industrial production; the development of various labor systems associated with these economic systems (including different forms of household management and the use of coerced or free labor); and the ideologies, values and institutions (such as capitalism and socialism) that sustained them. This theme also calls attention to patterns of trade and commerce between various societies, with particular attention to the relationship between regional and global networks of communication and exchange, and their effects on economic growth and decline. These webs of interaction strongly influence cultural and technological diffusion, migration, state formation, social classes and human interaction with the environment. Theme 5 - Development and Transformation of Social Structures • Gender roles and relations • Family and kinship • Racial and ethnic constructions • Social and economic classes This theme is about relations among human beings. All human societies develop ways of grouping their members as well as norms that govern interactions between individuals and social groups. Social stratification comprises distinctions based on kinship systems, ethnic associations and hierarchies of gender, race, wealth and class. The study of world history requires analysis of the processes through which social categories, roles and practices were created, maintained and transformed. It also involves analysis of the connections between changes in social structures and other historical shifts, especially trends in political economy, cultural expression and human ecology. Source: MrsBurnside.org

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