AP World History Syllabus, 2011-12 School Year
Brief Description of Course: My AP World History class will follow the College Board’s suggested curriculum designed to parallel college-level World History courses. My AP World History course will examine world history from 8000 BC to the present with the aim of helping my students develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contracts and how different human societies have interacted. This course will highlight the nature of changes in an international context and explore their causes and continuity.
Texts/Sources The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, AP Edition, Bulliet et al, 2011, 5th Edition,
Wadsworth. The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present,
(1.5 - "Treating good news as no news" & 1.9 "How the other half traded") Pomeranz & Topek, 2nd edition (October 31, 2005)
The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past, (VI, pages 66--68) John Lewis Gaddis, Oxford university Press, 2004
This Fleeting World: A short History of Humanity, (Pages 76-77 - "Global Upheavel") David Christian, Berkshire Publishing Group, 2007
Salt: A World History, (Chapter 21 - "Salt and the Great Soul") Mark Kulansky, Penguin Books, 2002
"Guns, Germs, and Steel" (Chapter 4 - "Farmer Power") Jared Diamond, Norton Publishing, 2005 used to examine findings/methods from anther discipline - biology.
Primary Source Reader for World History, Volumes 1 & 2, Cynthia Kosso, Wadsworth Visual Sources in World History, Prentice Hall, 2011 Map Workbook for World History, Volumes 1 & 2, Elsa Nystrom, Wadsworth Student resources (primary, secondary, maps, charts, etc) for textbook available on the eBook.
Course Requirements: Prepare to take the AP Exam May 17th, 2012. Attend class daily arriving on time. Read the textbook - I know this may sound like an obvious comment (not worthy of mention) but it is
easy to fall behind and trying to get by in class without reading is a recipe for frustration. Taking notes while reading will help keep you brain focused.
Take Notes - You should have a spiral notebook to keep your notes in. See my notes handout for the proper format. Notes are due as outlined on the pacing guide below (usually on Tuesdays).
Study Groups - Study groups are a key ingredient to success in complex classes. The first step and perhaps the trickiest part is selecting a place to meet. You will need to find a place where you won't have a great deal of distractions. The library or a friend's house (one who has a parent that makes great snacks is a bonus and worthy of consideration) will usually fit the bill, whereas a local coffee shop may be bad (too many distractions). The next critical step is picking the group members. Find a group where the members of the group challenge one another and can stay focused on studying. Study groups should not be social groups. Having a good study guide is a great focus point to keep your group on track. Besides reviewing the weekly readings/assignments, use your small group to discuss the chapter activities/questions I post on my blog.
Make-up work when absent. The schedule is listed below, so missed assignments will be your responsibility to determine and complete.
Actively participate in class and complete all assignments thoroughly and promptly. GRADING SCALE: The course falls under the OHHS AP grading scale. Failure to maintain a C average
at the semester may lead to you being transferred out of the course and into the regular World History class. If at any time you are having problems with the course please come in for help either before or after school and at lunch or if you have a free period and schedule it with me before hand during my prep period.100-90 A 89-85 A- 84-83 B+ 82-77 B
76-75 B- 74-73 C+ 73-67 C 66-65 C-
64-55 D <54% F
Late work policy: Because of the nature of the course, late work is due no later than the last school day of the week in which it is due at 75% credit. Student work on major assessments (turned in) that is not up to the teacher’s standard can be redone within two weeks to earn up to 75% credit.
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Chapter Test Correction Format: Students may fix chapter quizzes to retrieve 50% of the points missed. In order to receive the points back you must complete the following steps and staple them to the back of the chapter quiz they apply to. Failure to follow and perform each step will result in zero points being rewarded. 1. Write the Question: Analyze the question and highlight three key words that the question is asking
you. 2. Answers:
A) Describe the answer choices. What are they pertaining to? B) Explain why you missed the question. What made you put the answer you chose? C) What is the correct answer? D) How do you know? Provide evidence (page number).
Major Assignments/Assessments: Chapter reading quizzes: will be held weekly, are made up of multiple choice questions, and are timed
events. If you get 80% or better on the chapter reading quiz, I will give you 100% on the multiple choice section of that chapter test.
Chapter tests will follow the completion of each chapter of the textbook and usually given on Fridays. As the semester goes along, the size of Chapter tests will increase in depth and size. Chapter tests will be consist of the following:
o Multiple choice questions. Expect 45 seconds per question.o Key term definitions.o Short answer questionso Interpretation - short excerpts from document to encourage document analysis using
SOAPStone.o Essays - written arguments made up a thesis supported by relevant historical evidence. Essays
will come in the forms found on the AP Exam: DBQ (sources will be found in the test), continuity & change over time, and comparative questions mirroring those you will see on the AP exam.
o Test review - on the day prior to the test (typically Thursday), I will have the test available for students to review after school. No recording devices (electronic, paper, pen, etc.) are allowed during this time.
Illustrating World History - On Tuesdays after the reading quizzes students will break up into small groups, and using the questions at the end of their chapter notes, they will decide which question best illustrates the chapter. Groups will illustrate that question and present it to the class. Questions will fall into one of the following categories:
o Big Picture – timeline of the most important events of those under study, accompanied by a written explanation of their ultimate significance.
o Diffusion – the spread of natural elements, people, artifacts, ideas, or other cultural creations from one civilization to others.
o Syncretism – mixing of two or more cultures resulting in something newo Comparison – comparing two or more things.o Common Phenomena – natural or historic events and developments that two or more societies
have. 1st Semester Final Exam will mirror the AP World History exam and administered at the end of the 1st
semester (26-27 January 2012). 2nd Semester Book Report. Following the AP exams, students will be expected to read and complete a
book report on one of the books found on those listed on the Book Report Handout. Books have to be at least 400 pages long, or several books from the list can be combined to achieve the required 400 pages.
Grading Scale:o Writing - 25%o HW/Class Work - 20%o Illustrating World History - 20%o Tests/Quizzes - 15%o Participation - 10%o Final Exam - 10%
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Content/Skills Taught: my course will develop four historical thinking skills:1. Crafting historical arguments from historical evidence. Your familiarity with world history will allow
you to make historical arguments based upon evidence from diverse sources.2. Chronological reasoning. Through various eras/regions in world history you will identify, analyze, and
evaluate the relationship between cause and effect. You will learn to categorize timeframes in history based upon turning points, dates, or changes that taking place in regions.
3. Comparison and contextualization. You will describe, compare and contrast, and evaluate: Multiple historical developments within a society in various chronological and geographical
contexts One or more developments across or between different societies in various chronological and
geographical contexts.4. Historical interpretation and synthesis. Using primary and secondary sources you will describe, analyze,
evaluate, and create diverse interpretations of the past using analysis of evidence, reasoning, contexts, points of view, and frames of reference.
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Key Concepts: The following 19 concepts will be intertwined with the AP Themes and used throughout the course to achieve a depth of world history knowledge.
Period 1: Technological and environmental transformations, to 600 BCEChapters 1-3
Key Concept 1.1 Big geography and the peopling of the earth.Key Concept 1.2 The Neolithic Revolution and early agricultural societies.Key Concept 1.3 The development and interactions of early agricultural, pastoral and urban societies.
Period 2: Organization and reorganization of human societies, 600 BCE to 600CE. Chapters 4-7
Key Concept 2.1 The development and codification of religious and cultural traditions.Key Concept 2.2 The development of states and empires.Key Concept 2.3 Emergence of transregional networks of communication and exchange.
Period 3: Regional and transregional interactions, 600 CE to 1450Chapters 8-15
Key Concept 3.1. Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks.Key Concept 3.2. Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions.Key Concept 3.3. Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences.
Period 4: Global interactions, 1450 to 1750Chapters 16-20
Key Concept 4.1. Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange.Key Concept 4.2. New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production.Key Concept 4.3. State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion.
Period 5: Industrialization and global integration, 1750 to 1900.Chapters 21-26
Key Concept 5.1. Industrialization and Global Capitalism.Key Concept 5.2. Imperialism and Nation State Formation.Key Concept 5.3. Nationalism, Revolution and Reform.Key Concept 5.4. Global Migration.
Period 6: Accelerating global change and realignments, 1900 to the present. Chapters 27-33
Key Concept 6.1. Science and the Environment.Key Concept 6.2. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences.Key Concept 6.3. New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society and Culture.
AP World History Themes: We will use the AP World History themes throughout the course to identify the broad patterns and processes that explain change and continuity over time. Their titles have been manipulated to form the acronym SPICE.
1. S - Social structures development and transformation: gender roles and relations, family and kinship, racial and ethnic constructions, social and economic classes. Example of an activity using this: Chapter 1 - Examine the changes in status and experience of women
as Mesopotamian society developed into a civilization.2. P - Politics - State building, expansion, and conflict: political structures and forms of governance,
empires, nations and nationalism, revolts and revolutions, regional, transregional, global structures and organizations. Example of an activity using this: Chapter 6 - Describe the rise and importance of the Mauryan
Empire.3. I - Interaction between humans and the environment: demography and disease, migration, patterns of
settlement, and technology. Example of an activity using this: Chapter 10 - Examine how the following played a role under the Sui
and Tang: market roads, long-distant roads, the Grand Canal, caravan and sea routes.4. C - Cultures development and interaction: religion, belief systems, philosophies, ideologies,
science/technology, arts and architecture. Example of an activity using this: Chapter 15 - Examine the role that religion played in driving the
forces of exploration from Europe.5. E - Economic systems - creation, expansion, and interaction of: agriculture and pastoral production,
trade and commerce, labor systems, industrialization, capitalism and socialism. Example of an activity using this: Chapter 17 - Examine the major elements of the Columbian
Exchange and how it affected both Amerindians and Europeans.
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Unit Name / Time Frame:Chapter 1: From the Origins of Agriculture to the first River-Valley Civilizations
Sourceso The Epic of Gilgamesh (text)o Hymn to the Nile (text)
Activitieso Using the "The Epic of Gilgamesh" - How does Enkidu propel Gilgamesh on a quest for immortality,
and is the quest successful?o Examine the changes in status and experience of women as Mesopotamian society developed into a
civilization.o Analyze the pair of sources - Hammurabi's Code (text) & Hammurabi Stele (visual)o Using "Guns, Germs, and Steel" (Chapter 4 - "Farmer Power") by biologist Jared Diamond, analyze
food production vs. population during the Agricultural Revolution.Chapter 2: New Civilizations in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, 2200-250 BCE
Sourceso The Book of Documents (text)o Egyptian throne of Tutankhamen (visual)o A scene from the Egyptian afterlife (visual)
Activitieso Compare and contrast the political and social structures of two early civilizations:
Mesoamerica The Indus Valley Mesopotamia
o DBQ 1: Evaluate how geography influenced the roles that religion and politics played in ancient societies in Afro-Eurasia. What additional kind(s) of documents would help you analyze the complex relationship between ancient humans and the environment? For this and subsequent DBQ's you will need to develop written arguments that have a thesis supported by relevant historical evidence. Use the "Document analysis using SOAPStone" handout on each of the documents to identify: speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, tone, point of view, and the applicable AP world history theme(s). Document 1 - Map: Early Civilizations, 3500-1500BCE Document 2 - Source: Description of Babylonian New Year's festival, 3rd century BCE, but
representative of earlier Babylonian beliefs and practices. Document 3 - Source: Hymn to Aten, the Egyptian sun-god Document 4 - Map: Ancient Egypt, 2575-1070 BCE Document 5 - Source: Mandate of Heaven, 6th century BCE
Chapter 3: The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000-500 BCE Sources
o Text - Moses descends Mt. Sinai with the 10 commandmentso Visual - Wall relief from the Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveho Visual - Tophet of Carthage
Activitieso Archaeology - Students will examine /discuss archeologist findings related to the Temple mound in
Jerusalem; in particular artifacts from the first and second temples.o Compare and contrast Judaism, Polytheisms, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Daoism
Chapter 4: Greece and Iran, 1000-30 BCE Sources
o Map - Persian Empireo Map - Ancient Greeceo Text - The Trojan hero Hector prepares to meet his destinyo Text - A Lyric Poem Laments an Absent Lovero Text - Apologiao Text - Aristotle on Politicso Map - Hellenistic Civilization
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Activitieso Change Over Time: Using chart 4.2, how did the role of the Greek city-states change over time?
Chapter 5: An Age of Empires: Rome & Han China, 753 BCE - 600 CE Sources
o Text - Man of unlimited ambition: Julius Caesaro Map - Han Chinao Text - Lessons for women
Activitieso Compare and contrast the Classical civilizations of Greece & Rome in terms of the following
characteristics: Political Developments Social & gender structures Art, science & technology
o DBQ 2: Analyze the causes and effects of social inequality during the Classical Age (1000 BCE - 500 CE). How did one's status within society influence one's perspective of events in that society? What kinds of additional document(s) would help analyze the effects of increased social complexity? Document 1 - Visual: Wall relief from the Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh Document 2 - Text: Excerpts from the Book of Amos, 750 BCE Document 3 - Text: Unnamed Babylonian document, 1000 BCE Document 4 - Text: Inscription at Behistun, modern-day Iran, by Persian king Darius, 500 BCE Document 5 - Visual: Vase painting depicting women at an Athenian fountain house, 520 BCE Document 6 - Text: Greek historian Herodotus describing Persian king Xerxes (486-465 BCE)
ordering a bridge to be built to transport his troops over the Hellespont strait.Chapter 6: India & SE Asia, 1500 BCE - 600 CE
Sourceso Map - Ancient Indiao Text - Rig Vedao Map - Southeast Asia
Activitieso Describe the rise and importance of the Mauryan Empire.
Chapter 7: Networks of Communication and Exchange. 300 BCE - 600 CE Sources
o Asian trade and communication routes (map)o Africa & trans-Saharan trade routes (map)
Activitieso The Silk Road brought transformations across Asia. Trace significant impacts in two of the following
areas: Technological Economic Religious
o DBQ 3 : Analyze the relationship between technology and the development of large Eurasian empires up to the year 600 CE Document 1 - Map: Economic aspect of the Roman Empire. Document 2 - Map: Han China, 206 BCE - 220 CE Document 3 - Visual: Roman aqueduct near Tarragona constructed 98-116 CE Document 4 - Map: Asia trade and communication routes Document 5 - Text: Indian Ocean sailing itinerary of unknown Greco-Egyptian merchant, 1st
century CE Document 6 - Text: Chinese traveler Xuanzang (600-664), description of Indians he encountered
while searching for Sanskrit scriptures to take back to China Document 7 - Visual: Iranian musicians from the Silk Road
Chapter 8: The Rise of Islam, 600-1200 Sources
o Text - Constitution of Medina - Muslims and Jews at the dawn of Islam
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o Map - Abbasid Caliphate Activities
o Evaluate the political changes and continuities over time in the Middle East from 600 to 1200.Chapter 9: Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 600-1200
Sourceso Map - Spread of Christianity o Map - Germanic kingdoms o Map - 11th century Kievan Russia and the Byzantine empire o Text - Annals
Activitieso Evaluate the impact of religion on the Europe from 600-1200.
Chapter 10: Inner and East Asia, 600-1200 Sources
o Map - Tang Empire o Map - Liao & Song Empires o Map - Jin & Southern Song empires
Activitieso Sophomore English Textbook poetry: Song of P'eng-ya by TuFu (pgs 460-461): discuss how the
Tang Dynasty's dependence on local military commanders impacted Chinese society.o Examine how the following played a role under the Sui and Tang:
Market roads Long-distant roads The Grand Canal Caravan and sea routes.
o DBQ 4: Evaluate the degree that scientific discovery and technological invention developed in Muslim, Christian, and Chinese societies during the post-Classical age (600-1450). Document 1 - Text: Quran, Book 28, Number 3865, 650 Document 2 - Text: Autobiography of Avicenna (980-1037), Muslim scholar later known in
Europe as the "prince of physicians." Document 3 - Visual: Vertical two-beam loom, 1100 CE Document 4 - Visual: Spanish Muslim woven silk textile fragment, 12th century Document 5 - Visual: Page from the book of Kells, 800 CE Document 6 - Text: Roger bacon: despair over 13th-century learning, from Compendium Studii
Philosophiae, 1271 Document 7 - Visual: Su Song's astronomical clock, 1088-1092
Chapter 11: Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, 600-1500 Sources
o Map - Maya Civilization o Map - N. Am cultures o Map - Andean Civilization
Activitieso Archaeology - Students will consider how archeological findings lead them to believe that climate
change may have played a part in the collapse of the Mayan civilization.o Compare and contrast the political and social structures of two empires:
Russia Aztec Tang China
Chapter 12: Mongol Eurasia and its Aftermath, 1200-1500 Sources
o Graph - Conversion to Islam o Diagram - Rulers o Map - Domains o Map - Western Eurasia o Map - Ming Empire
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Activitieso Using "The World that Trade Created" ("1.5 - Treating Good News as No News"), analyze Marco
Polo's travels with respect to Euro-Asian Trade.Chapter 13: Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200-1500
Sourceso Map - Africa & Indian Ocean o Map - Africa o Map - Trade/travel arteries
Activitieso Compare and contrast the social and economic characteristics of the Muslim caliphates and the
Mongols in the Middle East from 600 to 1450.Chapter 14: The Latin West, 1200-1500
Sourceso Map - Black Death o Text - Marco Polo - description of the world o Map - Trade & manufacture o Text - The Practice of Commerce o Text - Summa Theologica o Map - 1453 Europe o Text - Magna Carta
Activitieso Art History - Students will consider the methods art historians use to date and authenticate oil
paintings from the 15th century based upon the artists' usage of: linear perspective, medium, and style.o DBQ 6: Evaluate the factors that influenced cultural and technological diffusion in Eurasia and Africa
up to the year 1500. Document 1 - Map: Mongol domains in Eurasia in 1300 Document 2 - Visual: movable type: individual tiles - the ones shown are Korean - made printing
easier and cheaper and contributed to increased levels of literacy. Document 3 - Visual: Confucian examination cells, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) but common in
China since the 12th century. Document 4 - Map: Africa and Indian Ocean Basin, physical characteristics. Document 5 - Text: Travels of Ibn Battuta in the Near East, Asia, and Africa, 1325-1354,
describing Battuta's visit in Mali during the reign of Mansa Suleiman in 1353. Document 6 - Map: Black Death in 14th century Europe Document 7 - Text: Official chronicles of the upper-Rhineland towns (modern day Switzerland)
1350. Document 8 - Map: The growth of printing in Europe.
Chapter 15: The Maritime Revolution to 1550 (Oceania & Australia) Sources
o Map - Indian/Pacific Oceans o Map - Middle America o Map - Euro Exploration o Text - Agreement w/Columbus o Text - Dominican voice in the wilderness
Activitieso Examine the role that religion played in driving the forces of exploration from Europe.
Chapter 16: Transformation in Europe, 1500-1750 Sources
o Graph - World Population 5000 - 1 BCEo Graph - Population in China and Europe 1-1500 CEo Text - Martin Luther Table talko Map - Religious Reformation o Text - Letter to Duchess Christinao Text - Treatise on Toleration
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o Map - Charles V o Map - 1740 Europe
Activitieso Evaluate the applicability of the term "reformation" as it applies to religion throughout Europe from
1500-1750.Chapter 17: The Diversity of American Colonial Societies, 1530-1770
Sourceso Text - Things in New Spain o Map - 18th century Latin America o Map - European claims
Activitieso Examine the major elements of the Columbian Exchange and how it affected both Amerindians and
Europeans.Chapter 18: The Atlantic System and Africa, 1550-1800
Sourceso Chart - Transatlantic Slave Trade from Africa o Text - Narrative by Olaudah Equiano o Map - Atlantic economyo Map - Atlantic slave trade o Text - Voyage to New Calabar o Map - West Africa o Table - Slave occupations on a Jamaican sugar plantation, 1788 o Table - Birth and death on a Jamaican sugar plantation, 1779-1785
Activitieso DBQ 5: Analyze the social and political changes and continuities over time in the Americas and
Africa from 1492-1750. Document 1 - Map: The Americas and early European exploration Document 2 - Text: Hernan Cortes, letter to King Charles V, 1521 Document 3 - Visual: Death from smallpox Document 4 - Text: Letter from King Alfonso of Kongo to King Joao III of Portugal, 1526 Document 5 - Text: Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa, a Spanish priest, Compendium and Description
of the West Indies, 1625. Document 6 - Map: Colonial Latin America in the 18th Century Document 7 - Chart: Transatlantic slave trade from Africa, 1551-1850. Document 8 - Text: Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa, A Voyage to South America, 1735.
Chapter 19: SW Asia and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1750 Sources
o Map - 16th/17th century Muslim empires o Map - Euros Indian Ocean
Activitieso The period 1450-1750 witnessed important transformations in Africa. Trace significant changes and
continuities in two of the following areas: Social Economic Political
o Using "The World that Trade Created" ("1.9 - How the Other Half traded"), examine the role of women in Southeast Asia/Oceania when interfacing/inter-marrying with European traders in the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
Chapter 20: Northern Eurasia 1500-1800 Sources
o Text - Some observations on Merchants o Map - Qing Empire o Text - Edict on trade with Great Britain o Map - Climate & diversity in the Qing
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o Map - Russian Expansion o Text - Edict & decrees
Activitieso DBQ 7: Using the following documents, assess the validity of this statement: "The period from 1350 to
1750 was marked by increasing openness to foreign ideas, culture, and peoples." Document 1 - Map: Ming Empire and Allies, 1368-15500 (including Zheng He voyages). Document 2 - Text: Ebu's-Su'ud, Mufti of Istanbul, ruling Ottoman emperor Selim II's plan to
attack the Venetians in Crete, 1570. Document 3 - Text: Ebu's-Su'ud, Mufti of Istanbul, ruling on war against the Shi'ite Muslim
Safavids of Iran, 1570 Document 4 - Text: Zhang Han (1511-1593), Ming scholar-bureaucrat who was raised in a textile
merchant family, 1590. Document 5 - Text: Journal of Matteo Ricci, Jesuit priest, describing a Chinese court scene where
Jesuit Missionaries were accused of high treason against the Chinese throne, 1607. Document 6 - Text: Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese Shogun who ruled from1623 to 1651, Closed
Country Edict, Japan, 1635. Document 7 - Visual: Iranian water pipe Document 8 - Text: Peter the Great, tsar of Russia (r. 1689-1725), Decree on the Invitation of
Foreigners, 1702. Document 9 - Text: Edict on trade with Great Britain, letter from Chinese emperor Qianlong (r.
1736-1796) to King George III of Britain, 1792. (but representative of Chinese thought throughout the 18th century).
Chapter 21: Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World, 1750-1850 Sources
o Text - Declaration of Independence o Map - American Revolution war o Text - Declaration of the rights of man)o Map - Napoleon's Europe o Map - Haitian Revolution
Activitieso What was the relationship between the French Revolution and the Haitian revolution and the
revolution of 1848?Chapter 22: The Early Industrial Revolution, 1760-1851
Sourceso Map - Industrial Revolution o Text - Adam Smith & division of labor o Map - Industrial Europe
Activitieso Analyze the main factors in changing European policies concerning their colonies in the 19th century.
Chapter 23: State Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas, 1800-1890 Sources
o Text - Jamaica Letter o Map - Latin Americao Text - Afro-Brazilian experience o Map - Canada dominion o Map - US growth o Map - US expansion
Activitieso What impacts of Spanish and Portuguese rule endured in Latin America in the post-colonial period?
Chapter 24: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1870 Sources
o Map - Ottoman / Russian empires o Text - Tanzimat Decree o Map - Qing conflicts
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o Text - Chinese response to Imperialism Activities
o Political Science & the Economy - Students will explore how economists view the influence of political relationships in dominating the flow of trade in the late 19th and early 20th century.
o Choose one of the following empires and chronicle how its relationship with western Europe developed from 1750 to 1914: Ottoman Chinese Russia
Chapter 25: Africa, India, and the New British Empire, 1750-1870 Sources
o Map - 19th century Africa o Map - 1805 India o Text - Ceremonies of imperial dominance o Map - European possessions in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific
Activitieso Describe the changes and continuities that took place between 1750 and 1850, using the Eastern part
of the empire as an example. Include Australia and New Zealand in your answer and explain why those colonies were unusual in this period.
Chapter 26: The New Power Balance, 1850-1900 Sources
o Text - Marx & Engel on global trade o Text - Working men of all countries unite o Map - Italy unification o Map - Germany unificationo Map - Japan modernizationo Text - Letter to Mitsubishi o Text - Extracts from Germany in the 19th century
Activitieso Using Chart 26.2 to help outline your thoughts, compare and contrast the Japanese and Chinese
responses to the challenge by Western powers.o DBQ 8: How did the political and economic changes and continuities from 1750 to 1914 influence
the social order in Europe and the Americas? What additional kind(s) of document(s) would help historians analyze the cause-effect relationship among these developments? Document 1 - Graph: Transatlantic slave trade from Africa, 1551-1850 Document 2 - Text: Rousseu, The Social Contract, 1762 Document 3 - Text: US Constitution, Article 1, Section 2, 1787 Document 4 - Text: Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, Olympe De
Gouges, 1791 Document 5 - Text: Simon Bolivar, leader of South American independence movement in the
1820s, The Jamaica Letter, 1815. Document 6 - Visual: Paris apartment at night, 1845 Document 7 - Text: Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto, 1848 Document 8 - Visual: Former Brazilian slave returns home from military service, 1870 Document 9 - Visual: Arrest of a labor activists in Buenos Aires, 1895 Document 10 - Visual: Emmeline Pankhurst, British women's suffragist, being arrested, 1914.
Chapter 27: The New Imperialism, 1869-1914 (Africa, Asia & the Pacific, and Latin America) Sources
o Text - Convention on free navigation of the Suez o Map - Africa 1878-1914 o Text - Two Africans recall arrival of Europeans o Map - Asia in 1914 o Map - Colonial possessions 1913
Activities
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o How did imperialism differ in Africa, Asia, and Latin America? How did it change between 1870 and 1914?
o How did the New Imperialism affect SE Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Hawaii? What impact did the Suez Canal have on imperialism in that region?
o DBQ 9: Analyze the factors that encouraged and/or limited the rule of large empires in Africa and Eurasia from 1800 to 1914 Document 1 - Map: India, 1707-1805 Document 2 - Text: Lin Zexu, Chinese official in charge of stopping the opium trade in the city of
Guangzhou (Canton), Letter to Queen Victoria, 1839 Document 3 - Text: Imperial Rescript, 1856. Ottoman sultan Abdul Mejid (r. 1839-1861). Document 4 - Visual: Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 Document 5 - Text: Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Viceroy of India, Letter to Queen Victoria,
1876. Document 6 - Text: Excerpt from a proclamation during the Boxer Rebellion, 1900. Document 7 - Visual: South African diamond mine, early 20th century. Document 8 - Map: Expansion and modernization of Japan, 1868-1918.
Chapter 28: The Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900-1929 Sources
o Map - Europe in 1913 o Map - WWI in Europe o Text - Letter from Turkey o Text - Comments on the German delegation o Text - Economists analyzes the treaty and finds it lacking o Map - Territorial changes o Text - Two proclamations of the Boxer rebellion o Text - Three peoples principals and the future of the Chinese people o Text - Balfour declaration o Text - Woodrow Wilson's 14 points o Text - Memo of the general Syrian Congress o Map - Middle East post WWI
Activitieso Using Chart 29.1 to help you brainstorm ideas: Compare and contrast dictatorial leadership structures
of the USSR, Germany, Italy, and/or Japan.Chapter 29: The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929-1949
Sourceso Text - Women, family values, and the Russian revolution o Map - China / Japan o Map - WWII Europe & Africao Text - Decision to drop the bomb o Text - Memoirs
Activitieso Sophomore English Textbook short story (nonfiction): Examine the consequence of world conflict
(WWII) on Japanese Americans - "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houstin. (pgs 866-876) Jews - "Night" by Elie Wiesel (pgs 854-859)
o Using "This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity" ("Global Upheaval"), analyze the continuity and change in Europe between 1929 and 1949.
Chapter 30: Striving for Independence: India, Africa, and Latin America, 1900-1949 Sources
o Map - Partition of India o Text - Indian National congress o Map - Mexico revolution
Activities
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o Using "Salt: A World History" (chapter 21) Analyze salt's uses and impact on the British-Indian relationship.
Chapter 31: The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945-1975 Sources
o Text - Comment on Algeria o Text - Rivonia Trial speech to the court o Map - Cold War confrontationso Map - Decolonization o Text - 100 items for destroying the old and establishing the new o Text - Palestinian National Chartero Map - Middle East
Activitieso Using "The Landscape of History: How historians Map the Past" (Chapter 4: the interdependency of
variables - VI), Analyze the factors that sustained the Cold War. Examine what changes might have kept the USSR alive and extended the Cold War?
Chapter 32: The end of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration, 1975-2000
Sourceso Table - Population for world and major areas, 1750-2050 o Graph - Age structure comparison o Table - World's largest cities o Text - Islamic government o Text - Last heir of Lenin explains his reform plans o Map - End of the USSR o Map - World Population growth o Map - Fresh Water (map)
Activitieso Using Chart 31.2 to help brainstorm ideas: Analyze how one of the following regions' importance to
the Cold War superpowers developed from 1945 to 1975: Latin America The Middle East SE Asia Sub-Sahara Africa.
Chapter 33: New Challenges in a New Millennium Sources
o Map - Global wealth redistribution o Map - Regional trade associations o Text - Declaration of jihad against Americans occupying the land of two holy mosques o Text - Clash of civilizations o Text - Tehran declaration on dialogue among civilizations o Text - Alliance of civilizations report of the high level group o Map - World religions
Activitieso Use Chart 33.1 to help you brainstorm ideas: How has the world moved toward more global unity in
terms of Culture, technology and political rights?o DBQ 10: Analyze the social, economic, and political challenges that women faced in the 20th century.
Document 1 - Text: Syrian Parliament debate about the relationship between gender and citizenship, April 25th, 1920.
Document 2 - Text: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Speech to the national Socialist Women's Association, Nuremburg, Germany, 1935.
Document 3 - Text: Education, Civilization, and "Foreignization" in Buganda (Uganda), by Kabaka Daudi Chwa (1897-1939), 1935.
Document 4 - Text: Letter to Russian newspaper Izvestia regarding proposed law banning abortion, 1936.
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Document 5 - Text: "No more Miss America" ten-point manifesto by a radical New York women's group.
Document 6 - Text: Gladys Acosta, militant Peruvian feminist, 1994 Document 7 - Visual: Chinese family planning campaign, encouraging the public to limit families
to one child in the 1980's Document 8 - Visual: Darfur refugees, 2004 Document 9 - Visual: Women political leaders
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Pacing GuideThe following will be your typical week which repeats itself for the most part:
Monday - Skills needed - based upon the work turned in last week or this week's assignments. Tuesday- Reading Quiz (multiple choice) & illustrating your questions to the class. Notes due. Wednesday - Document work Thursday - Lecture - based upon last week's test and weak points observed. Friday - Chapter Quiz & Note cards due.
Part 1 - The emergence of Human Communities, to 500BC Calendar (Chapters 1-3)Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9/5Labor Day
9/6 9/7 9/8 Course Syllabus Books Issued 3x5 cards
9/9How to read a TextbookDue - Summer worksheets :
9/12How to answer Multiple ChoiceNote Card Handout
9/13Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 1Illustrating World History
9/14SOAPStone Analysis
9/155 steps to a Thesis
9/16Note cards due & Test Chapter 1Constitution Day
9/19Skill: 3 Types of Essays(DBQ)
9/20Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 2Illustrating World History
9/21Doc: Hammurabi's code
9/22Lecture Chapter 1
9/23Note cards due & Test Chapter 2
9/26Skill: 3 Types of Essays(Compare/Contrast)
9/27Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 3Illustrating World History
9/28Skill: 3 Types of Essays(Change over Time)
9/29Lecture Chapter 2
9/30Note cards due & Test Chapter 3
Part 2 - The Formation of New Cultural Communities, to 1000BC - 600AD Calendar (Chpts 4-7)Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10/3Skill:
10/4Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 4-5Illustrating WH chapter 4
10/5Doc: DBQ-1
10/6Lecture Chapter 3
10/7DBQ-1 (Continued)
10/10Illustrating WH chapter 5
10/11Note cards due & Test Chapters 4-5
10/12Debrief w/grades
10/13Parent-Teacher Conferences
10/14Parent-Teacher Conferences
10/17Skill:
10/18Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 6Illustrating World History
10/19Doc: DBQ-2
10/20 Lecture Chapter 4-5
10/21Note cards due & Test Chapter 6
10/24Skill:
10/25Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 7Illustrating World History
10/26Doc:
10/27Lecture Chapter 6
10/28Note cards due & Test Chapter 7
Part 3 - Growth and Interaction of Cultural Communities, to 600-1200 Calendar (Chapters 8-11)Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10/31Skill:
11/1Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 8Illustrating World History
11/2Doc: DBQ-3
11/3Lecture Chapter 7
11/4Note cards due & Test Chapter 8
11/7Skill:
11/8Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 9Illustrating WH chapter 8
11/9Doc:
11/10Lecture Chapter 8
11/11Veteran's Day
11/14Skill:
11/15Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 10-11Illustrating WH chapt 10
11/16Doc:
11/17Lecture Chapter 9
11/18Note cards due & Test Chapters 10-11
11/21Skill:
11/22Illustrating WH chpt 11
11/23Thanksgiving Break
11/24Thanksgiving Break
11/25Thanksgiving Break
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Part 4 - Interregional Patterns of Culture and Contact, to 1200-1550 Calendar (Chapters 12-15)Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
11/28Skill:
11/29Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 12Illustrating World History
11/30Doc: DBQ-4
12/1Lecture Chapter 10-11
12/2Note cards due & Test Chapter 12
12/5Skill:
12/6Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 13Illustrating World History
12/7Doc:
12/8Lecture Chapter 12
12/9Note cards due & Test Chapter 13
12/12Skill:
12/13Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 14Illustrating World History
12/14Doc:
12/15Lecture Chapter 13
12/6Note cards due & Test Chapter 14
12/19Christmas Break
12/20Christmas Break
12/21Christmas Break -
12/22Christmas Break
12/23Christmas Break -
12/26Christmas Break -
12/27Christmas Break -
12/28Christmas Break -
12/29Christmas Break -
12/30Christmas Break -
1/2Skill:
1/3Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 15Illustrating World History
1/4Doc: DBQ-6
1/5Lecture Chapter 14
1/6Note cards due & Test Chapters 15
Part 5 - The Globe Encompassed, to 1500-1750 Calendar (Chapters 16-20)Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday1/9Skill:
1/10Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 16-17Illustrating World History
1/11Doc:
1/12Lecture Chapter 15
1/13Note cards due & Test Chapters 16-17
1/16MLK Jr. Day
1/17Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 18Illustrating World History
1/18Doc:
1/19Lecture Chapter 16-17
1/20Note cards due & Test Chapter 18
1/231st Semester Review
1/241st Semester Review
1/251st Semester Review
1/261st Semester Exam
1/271st Semester Exam
1/30Skill:
1/31Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 19Illustrating World History
2/1End of 1st SemesterDoc: DBQ-5
2/2Lecture Chapter 18
2/3Note cards due & Test Chapter 19
2/6Skill:
2/7Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 20Illustrating World History
2/8Doc:
2/9Lecture Chapter 19
2/10Note cards due & Test Chapter 20
Part 6 - Revolutions Reshape the World, to 1750-1870 Calendar (Chapters 21-25)Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday2/13Skill:
2/14Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 21/22Illustrating World History
2/15Doc: DBQ-7
2/16Lecture Chapter 20
2/17Note cards due & Test Chapters 21-22
2/20Presidents Day
2/21Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 23/24Illustrating World History
2/22Doc:
2/23Lecture Chapter 21-22
2/24Note cards due & Test Chapter 23-24
2/27Skill:
2/28Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 25Illustrating World History
2/29Doc:
3/1Lecture Chapter 23-24
3/2Note cards due & Test Chapter 25
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Part 7 - Global Diversity and Dominance, to 1850-1945 Calendar (Chapters 26-30)Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday3/5Skill:
3/6Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 26Illustrating World History
3/7Doc:
3/8Lecture Chapter 25
3/9Note cards due & Test Chapter 26
3/12Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 27
3/13HSPE Testing
3/14 HSPE TestingLecture Chapter 26
3/15HSPE TestingLecture Chapter 26
3/16Note cards due & Test Chapter 27
3/19Skill:
3/20Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 28Illustrating World History
3/21Doc: DBQ-8
3/22Lecture Chapter 27
3/23Note cards due & Test Chapter 28
3/26Skill:
3/27Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 29Illustrating World History
3/28Doc: DBQ-9
3/29Lecture Chapter 28
3/30Note cards due & Test Chapter 29
4/2Spring Break - no school
4/3Spring Break - no school
4/4Spring Break - no school
4/5Spring Break - no school
4/6Spring Break - no school
4/9Skill:
4/10Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 30Illustrating World History
4/11Doc:
4/12Lecture Chapter 29
4/13Note cards due & Test Chapter 30
Part 8 - Perils and Promises of a Global Community, 1945-Present Calendar (Chapters 31-33)Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday4/16Skill:
4/17Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 31Illustrating World History
4/18Doc:
4/19Lecture Chapter 30
4/20Note cards due & Test Chapter 31
4/23Skill:
4/24Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 32Illustrating World History
4/25Doc: DBQ-10
4/26Lecture Chapter 31
4/27Note cards due & Test Chapter 32
4/30 Skill:
5/1Reading Quiz & Notes Due Chapter 33Illustrating World History
5/2 Lecture Chapter 32-33
5/3Begin AP Exam Review
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