Welcome to A.P. World History. Course Description In A.P. World History we will explore key themes...
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Welcome to A.P. World History. Course Description In A.P. World History we will explore key themes of world history, including interaction with the environment,
Course Description In A.P. World History we will explore key
themes of world history, including interaction with the
environment, cultures, state-building, economic systems, and social
structures, from approximately 8000 B.C.E. to the present.
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The A.P. Exam Exam is Thursday, May 15 th Graded on scale 1 to
5 3, 4, or 5 = college credit 1,2 = no college credit
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The A.P. Exam Format Question TypeNumber of Questions Timing
Multiple-choice70 questions55 minutes Document-based question 1
question50 minutes Continuity and change-over time essay 1
question40 minutes Comparative essay1 question40 minutes
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THE DBQ 10 Documents Must use all 10 Must suggest a document
that is not in the DBQ you feel would help You must group the
documents into 3 groups, based on their point of view or some
similarity
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Continuity and Change Over Time Essay (CCOT) No documents, this
is a free response essay Must analyze a change that occurs in a
society over time Example: Analyze continuities and changes in
trade networks between Africa and Eurasia from circa 300 C.E. to
1450 C.E. No documents, this is a free response essay Must analyze
a change that occurs in a society over time Example: Analyze
continuities and changes in trade networks between Africa and
Eurasia from circa 300 C.E. to 1450 C.E.
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Comparative Essay No documents, this is a free response essay
Must compare 2 regions with each other at a specific point in time
Important you dont summarize one, then the other. Need to
constantly go back and forth Example: Compare demographic and
environmental effects of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas
with the Columbian Exchanges demographic and environmental effects
on ONE of the following regions between 1492 and 1750. (Africa,
Asia, or Europe) No documents, this is a free response essay Must
compare 2 regions with each other at a specific point in time
Important you dont summarize one, then the other. Need to
constantly go back and forth Example: Compare demographic and
environmental effects of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas
with the Columbian Exchanges demographic and environmental effects
on ONE of the following regions between 1492 and 1750. (Africa,
Asia, or Europe)
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Periodization If you were to write an autobiography at this
point in your life, you may very well go chronologically How would
you break up the chapters? A.P. World History breaks history into 6
chapters, called periods
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Period Number TitleTime FramePeriod Weights Textbook Chapters
Period 1Technological and Environmental Transformations 8000 B.C.E
600 B.C.E. 5%1 Period 2Organization and Reorganization of Human
Societies 600 B.C.E. 600 C.E. 15%2-5 Period 3Regional and
Transregional Interactions 600 C.E. 1450 20%6-15 Period 4Global
Interactions1450-175020%16-22 Period 5Industrialization and Global
Integration 1750-190020%23-27 Period 6Accelerating Global Change
and Realignments 1900- Present 20%28-36
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Course Themes As we study history, we must focus on 5 major
themes for each unit we study These themes are
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Theme 1 - Environment Interactions between humans and the
environment Demography (population) and disease Migration Patterns
of Settlement Technology
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Theme 2 - Culture Development and interactions of cultures
Religions Belief systems, philosophies, ideologies Science and
technology Arts and architecture
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Theme 3 - Politics State building, expansion, and conflict
Forms of government Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and
revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and
organizations
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Theme 4 Economics Creation, expansion, and interaction of
economic systems Agriculture and pastoral production Trade and
commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and
socialism
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Theme 5 Sociology Development and transformations of social
structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and
ethnic constructions Social and economic classes
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P.E.C.E.S Well use term P.E.C.E.S. to remember the 5 themes P
olitics E nvironment C ulture E conomics S ociology
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Important Info/Tips Use my website (have to go to Salk site)
Keep up with course work and do reading/assignments Read slow, take
notes Dont be absent and actively participate in class