AP WORLD HISTORY:
AP World Summer Assignment 2008 (.pdf)
Welcome to the whacky world of AP World History! This course surveys approximately 10,000 years of world history, focusing primarily on the last 1000 years and the evolution of global processes and interactions between and within different human societies. The course is truly a global history rather than one focused primarily on Western civilizations with bits and pieces of others receiving only passing mention at best. While the acquisition of relevant factual knowledge is part of the course, the main focus is to develop critical and evaluative thinking skills and the ability to analyze and interpret historical documents in support of a plausible argument.
Major Units of Study:
AP World is comprised of 5 major units of study. When considering these chronological units, the concept of "periodization", or how historians choose to organize their study of history, is an important conceptual framework for students to grasp. Understanding the intentionality of these divisions, in conjunction with the AP World themes, will help students to make meaningful connections and establish long term learning.
A special thanks to AP World teacher Ellen Wood. Many of the unit overviews statements and descriptions of broad characteristics of individual units were inspired by her work or quoted directly from her.
General Links:
General Course Downloads:
- AP World Syllabus 07.08 (.pdf)
- AP World Themes (.pdf)
- S.O.A.P.S. - Tone Document Analysis (.pdf)
- Doing World History (.pdf)
- World Regions to Know (.pdf)
- World Countries to Know (.pdf)
- DBQ Essay Framework (.doc)
- Writing/Studying the Historical ID (.pdf)
- Essay Scoring Rubrics: DBQ, COT, CC (.pdf)
- Reading Guidelines for AP Text (.pdf)
- AP World History Survival Guide (.pdf)
- World History Tournament of Champions (.pdf)
- Career Project Overview (.pdf)
- Career PowerPoint Rubric (.pdf)
- Career Powerpoint Example 1 (.pdf)
- Career Powerpoint Example 2 (.pdf)
- Career Powerpoint Example 3 (.pdf)
- Career Powerpoint Example 4 (.pdf)
- End of the Year Video (.mp4)
