AP World History Syllabus

Kevin Smith Dominion High School (571) 434-4400 [email protected] AP World History Syllabus (2013-2014) I.

Overview: AP World History is a year-long survey course intended to give students a fundamental understanding of significant developments in world history. It is also organized and taught in such a way as to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam in May. It is a secondary- school equivalent to a one-semester college introductory course on world history. Like other AP History courses, this class involves considerable amounts of reading and is arranged chronologically for the most part. The Acorn Book, published annually by the College Board (accessible online at www.collegeboard.org/ap), has a detailed list of topics that we will use as a guide. Students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the College Board program in World History and to make use of related review books (such as the Princeton Review Guide or Barron’s).

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Course materials: A. Duiker, William and Jackson Spielvogel. World History, 7th ed. Australia, Wadsworth/ Thomson Learning, 2013. [Main textbook] B. Companion website for Duiker Spielvogel textbook: http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/ course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=0534578888&disc ipline_number=21 C. Stearns, Peter et al. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, 4th ed. Advanced Placement Edition. New York-San Francisco-Boston: Pearson Longman, 2006. D. Brady, Charles and Phil Rhoden, eds. Document Based Questions in World History. The DBQ Project: Evanston (Ill.), 2005. E. Gordon, Stewart. When Asia Was the World. Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2008. F. Reilly, Kevin, ed. Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Boston-New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. G. Stearns, Peter et al. Documents in World History, 5th ed. 2 vols. New York-San Francisco-Boston: Pearson Longman, 2005. H. Wolf, Ken. Personalities and Problems: Interpretive Essays in World Civilizations. 2nd ed. Vol. II. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1999. I. Handouts provided by the instructor J. Primary sources and documents available on the Internet (such as Paul Halsall’s Modern History Sourcebook) K. Newspapers and magazines (some of which are available for free online), including The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The New York

Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, The National Review, and The Economist. III.

Additional sources of information: In addition to the materials mentioned above, students are encouraged to take a look at TV shows and Internet sites that feature commentary and news pertaining to foreign affairs; for instance, Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday, The Daily Show (with Jon Stewart), Frontline, and The NewsHour. Although these programs sometimes involve highly subjective or somewhat biased interpretations of people or events, they are often more interesting to watch or read than the more traditional news offerings. They will also give you an opportunity to keep up with current events and to sharpen your analytical skills.

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Goals: Students successfully completing this course will: 1) know important facts, concepts, and theories pertaining to world history and politics; 2) improve their writing and research skills; 3) be able to analyze original sources (documents, images, and maps) and interpret basic data (graphs, charts, and tables) relevant to historical developments from 8000 BCE to the present; 4) gain valuable experience collaborating with other students; and 5) have a better understanding of world history.

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Principal Themes (as recommended by the College Board): 1) Interaction Between Humans and the Environment (including a discussion of demography and disease, migration and settlement patterns, and the impact of technology). 2) Development and Interaction of Cultures (esp. concerning cultural, intellectual, religious and artistic developments). 3) State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict (including a study of the emergence of the nation-state, nationalism, empires, international organizations, revolts and revolutions). 4) Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems (including a study of the growth and development of agricultural, pastoral and industrial modes of production, patterns of trade and commerce, labor systems, capitalism and socialism). 5) Development and Transformation of Social Structures (e.g., gender roles and relations, family and kinship, racial and ethnic constructions, and social and economic classes).

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Periodization (or Time Frame) for AP Exam: 1) Technological and Environmental Transformations: Prehistory to ca. 600 B.C.E. 2) Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies: ca. 600 B.C.E. to ca. 600 C.E. 3) Regional and Trans-regional Interactions (aka Post-Classical Period): 600 C.E. – 1450 4) Global Interactions (aka Early Modern Period): ca. 1450 – ca. 1750 5) Industrialization and Global Integration (aka Modern Period): 1750 – 1900 6) Accelerating Global Change and Realignments (aka Contemporary Era): 1900 to the Present

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Four Historical Thinking Skills: 1) Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence 2) Chronological Reasoning 3) Comparison and Contextualization 4) Historical Interpretation and Synthesis

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Format for the AP Exam in World History: 1) Multiple-Choice Questions (70 questions to do in 55 minutes) 2) Essay Questions (130 minutes to do all three essay questions): a) Document-based question (or DBQ) b) Continuity and Change-over-time question (or CCOT) c) Comparative essay question

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Grading for this class: Assessment will be based on: i. multiple-choice quizzes; ii. traditional multi-dimensional tests (with multiple-choice questions, true-false questions, IDs (identification questions), and essays); iii. document- or data-based questions (in which students write an extended essay based on the analysis of original source material and the judicious use of background knowledge); iv. free-response questions (i.e., without documents): this includes the Continuity and Change-Over-Time (CCOT) Essays and Comparative Essays; v. oral reports and PowerPoint presentations; vi. simulations and debates; and vii. research projects Homework and class participation will also be factored into a student’s quarter-, semester- and year grade at Dominion High School. The AP grade, it should be remembered, is issued separately by the College Board and does not always correlate to a student’s grade at Dominion High School; those students who have taken other AP tests should already know this.

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Research Paper: Every student enrolled in AP World History is required to do a research project; instructions for this assignment will be given later in the school year.

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Academic Integrity: Students are required to do their own work. Copying other students’ work, cheating on tests, or plagiarizing material (whether from the Internet or from books) is a violation of Dominion High School’s Honor Code and is clearly unacceptable. If students are ever in doubt as to what is permissible and what is not, they may ask the instructor.

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Other recommendations: There are some things you can do to make your experience in this class more rewarding (and maybe more enjoyable too). For one thing, you should strongly consider forming and/or joining a study group. Second, you may wish to purchase a review guide to use throughout the year. Finally, you should get involved in only those courses and activities that truly matter to you and avoid getting overextended. While a course-load of 5 AP classes and/or 3-4 sports and other extracurricular activities might be fine for a few students, the majority of students are not capable of handling them all and achieving their best (much less preserving their sanity!). This is an especially critical concern in May, when many different significant or culminating events in the school year (including the AP exam in World History and the SOL exam in World History II) take place.

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Tentative Schedule:

9/3-9/6

Chapter 1

Introduction/ Early Civilizations

9/9-9/18

Chapters 2-3

Ancient India/ Ancient China

9/19-9/26

Chapters 4-5

Ancient Greece/ Ancient Rome

9/27-10/2

Chapter 6

Pre-Columbian Americas

10/3-10/9

Chapter 7

Islamic Civilization

10/4-10/5

** Homecoming Game/ Dance **

10/7-10/8

* 1st Quarter Interims *

10/10-10/15 Chapter 8 10/14

** Columbus Day ** (No School)

Ancient Africa

10/16-10/21 Chapter 9

Gupta India and Early SE Asia (Khmer Civilization, e.g.)

10/24-10/25 Chapter 10

Chinese Dynasties: Tang, Song and Yuan (Mongol)

10/28-11/3

Chapter 11

SE & East Asia/ Sinification

11/1

** End of First Quarter **

11/4-11/5

**Teacher Workdays**

11/6-11/11

Chapter 12

Medieval Europe and the Byzantine Empire

11/12-11/15 Chapter 13

The Renaissance

11/18-11/25 Chapter 14

Global Encounters (The Columbian Exchange, e.g.)

11/27-12/1

**Thanksgiving Holiday**

11/26-12/4

Chapter 15

12/2

* Due Date for the Rough Draft of the Research Paper*

12/5-12/13

Chapter 16

The Protestant Reformation/ Absolutism in Europe

Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires

12/12-12/13 Comparative Essay: Muslim (Gunpowder) Empires 12/13-12/20 Chapter 17

Ming and Qing China; Korea; Tokugawa Japan

12/23-1/1

** Christmas Break **

1/2-1/14

Chapter 18 Part A

1/8

* Due Date for the Final Draft of the Research Paper *

1/15-1/20

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*** First Semester Exam *** (Exam Period: 1/21-1/24)

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Review for Semester Exam

1/27

**Teacher Workday**

1/28-2/4

Ch. 18 Part B and Ch. 20 Part A

Europe on the Eve of a New World Order (French Revolution, Napoleon, Bolivar and Wars of Independence in Latin America)

2/5-2/10

Chapter 19

The Industrial Revolution and Nationalism in the West

2/11-2/14

Chapter 20 Part B

Emergence of Mass Society in the West

2/18-2/25

Chapter 21

Age of Imperialism

2/17

* President’s Day * (No School)

2/26-3/5

Chapter 22

China and Japan in Transition

3/6-3/13

Chapter 23

World War I and the Russian Revolution

3/14-3/19

Chapter 24

Africa, Asia, and Latin America during the Interwar Years

3/20-3/28

Chapter 25

World War II

3/28

**End of the Third Quarter**

3/31

*Teacher Workday* (No School)

4/1-4/11

Chapters 26-27

4/12-4/20

**Spring Break**

4/14-4/17

Chapter 28

The U.S., Europe, & Latin America after 1945

4/18-4/25

Chapter 29

Challenges of Nation-Building in Africa and the Middle East

The Cold War

4/28-5/1

Chapter 30 Part A

Emergence of Independent States in South and Southeast Asia (India and Pakistan esp.)

5/5-5/6

Chapter 30 Part B

New Developments in Japan, China, and other East Asian Countries since the 1950s

5/7-5/14

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AP Exam Review

5/15

** AP World History Exam **

[Thursday @ 8 AM]

5/16-5/23

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Review for State-Mandated Standard of Learning Exams (SOLs) -N.B.: The exact date for the World History II SOLs will be announced later in the school year

5/26-6/3

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Globalization: Problems and Opportunities

6/4-6/9

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Review for Semester Exam

*** Second Semester Exam *** (Exam Period: 6/10-6/13) 6/15

Graduation (Sunday@ 2 PM)

N.B.: This schedule is subject is change.