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Welcome to A.P. World History

Welcome to A.P. World History. Course Description. In A.P. World History we will e xplore 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. The A.P. Exam.

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Welcome to A.P. World History

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  1. Welcome to A.P. World History

  2. 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.

  3. The A.P. Exam • Exam is Thursday, May 14th • Graded on scale 1 to 5 • 3, 4, or 5 = college credit • 1,2 = no college credit

  4. The A.P. Exam Format

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. 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 don’t 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 Exchange’s demographic and environmental effects on ONE of the following regions between 1492 and 1750. (Africa, Asia, or Europe)

  8. 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

  9. Course Themes • As we study history, we must focus on 5 major themes for each unit we study • These themes are…

  10. Theme 1 - Environment Interactions between humans and the environment • Demography (population) and disease • Migration • Patterns of Settlement • Technology

  11. Theme 2 - Culture Development and interactions of cultures • Religions • Belief systems, philosophies, ideologies • Science and technology • Arts and architecture

  12. 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

  13. Theme 4 – Economics Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems • Agriculture and pastoral production • Trade and commerce • Labor systems • Industrialization • Capitalism and socialism

  14. Theme 5 – Sociology Development and transformations of social structures • Gender roles and relations • Family and kinship • Racial and ethnic constructions • Social and economic classes

  15. P.E.C.E.S We’ll use term P.E.C.E.S. to remember the 5 themes • Politics • Environment • Culture • Economics • Sociology

  16. Important Info/Tips • Use my website • Keep up with course work and do reading/assignments • Read slow, take notes • Don’t be absent and actively participate in class

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