advanced placement world history - lake county poured fire on us from the sky by benson deng, alepho...

Advanced Placement World History

Course Syllabus

Mr. Mollett & Mr. Ferrell

2017-2018

Course Description:

The AP World History course focuses on developing students’ understanding of world history from

approximately 8000 BCE to the present. The course has students investigate the content of world history

for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in six historical time periods, and develop

and use the same thinking skills and methods employed by historians when they study the past. The course

also provides five themes (interaction between humans and the environment; development and interaction

of cultures; state building, expansion, and conflict; creation, expansion, and interaction of economic

systems; development and transformation of social structures) that students explore throughout the course

in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places encompassing

the five major geographical regions of the globe: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

Textbook

■Bentley, Jerry & Ziegler, Herbert. Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. Fifth

Edition. McGraw-Hill. 2011.

Recommended Resources ■Princeton Review. Cracking the AP World History Exam (paperback)

■ This Fleeting World: A History of Humanity by David Christian

■YouTube – Crash Course Playlists World History and World History 2

Supplemental/Summer Reading

■ They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky by Benson Deng, Alepho Deng, and Benjamin Ajak

■ Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat

Website

Mollett - http://lake.k12.fl.us/Page/13235

Ferrell - http://lake.k12.fl.us/Domain/2910

Periods of Study per the AP College Board

Period 1. Technological and Environmental Transformations, to 600 B.C.E.

Period 2. Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, 600 B.C.E. to 600C.E.

Period 3. Regional and Transregional Interactions, 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.

Period 4. Global Interactions, 1450 C.E. to 1750.C.E.

Period 5. Industrialization and Global Integration, 1750 C.E. to 1900 C.E.

Period 6. Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, 1900 C.E. to Present.

The Five Themes of AP World History

1. Interaction between humans & the environment: demography & disease, migration, patterns of

settlement, technology

2. Development and interaction of cultures: religion, belief systems, philosophies, ideologies, science &

technology, arts & architecture

3. State-building, expansion, & conflict: political structures & forms of governance, empires, nations &

nationalism, revolts & revolutions, regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations

4. Creation, expansion, & interaction of economic systems: agriculture and pastoral production, trade and

commerce, labor systems, industrialization, capitalism & socialism

5. Development and transformation of social structures: gender roles & relations, family & kinship, racial

& ethnic constructions, social & economic classes

http://lake.k12.fl.us/Page/13235

http://lake.k12.fl.us/Domain/2910

The Historical Thinking Skills of AP World History

1. Analysis of historical sources and evidence to include extrapolation of evidence from and sourcing

of primary sources and historical interpretations found in secondary sources.

2. Making historical connections to include making comparisons between/among human societies,

contextualizing events into a larger historical framework, and synthesizing historical and cross-

discipline, cross-geographic, cross-thematic, and cross-period connections.

3. Chronological reasoning (e.g. historical causation, patterns of continuity and change over time,

periodization, etc.)

4. Crafting historical arguments from historical evidence (e.g. historical argumentation, appropriate

use of relevant historical evidence; etc.)

Grading Policy

Grade categories are weighted in AP World History. The weights according to category are listed below.

Quizzes - 20%

Daily Assignments - 10%

Essays - 30%

Tests - 30%

La Grande Review - 10%

Total - 100% *Notice, this class is about performance!

Grade Clarification

Quizzes – Topical Quizzes: Expect a quiz on every chapter/reading topic in a unit. Topical quizzes will be given

at the conclusion of each topic (see weekly calendar). Reading guides per chapter are made available to you on

the website. Complete the reading guides and feel free to use them on any quiz you take in this class.

Additionally, there are Crash Course videos you can watch that go along with each topic. Submit completed

reading guides and Crash Course video guides and earn 10 points extra credit on quizzes.

Written Quizzes: Expect written quizzes from time to time in class. Written quizzes will be opportunities to

practice parts of essay writing, whether Long Essay Questions (LEQs) or Short Answer Questions (SAQs), and

analyzing primary and secondary sources.

Daily Assignments – Expect an assignment each day. It may be a bell-ringer, an exit slip, a quick write up, etc.,

but do expect to turn something in each day. Please be ready each class period with a piece of paper and a writing

utensil.

Essays –Numerous essays, including Long Essay Questions (LEQs) and Document Based Question Essays

(DBQs), will be completed throughout the course; most will be completed in class while few may be completed

out of class. All in-class essays are timed, as they are during your AP exam. All essays are to be hand-written. I

grade your essays according to a modified College Board rubric. Essay writing is a skill you will learn, which

proves to me and the College Board that you can analyze the content. The following is a grade correlation for

essay rubric scores:

DBQ Rubric Score Alpha/Numeric Grade

7 90 -100 A

6 85-89 B

5 80-84 C

4 75-79 C

3 70-74 D

2 65-69 D

1 62-64 D

0 60 D

Missing 0 F *Notice, always try! Your grade depends on it!

LEQ Rubric Score Alpha/Numeric Grade

6 100

5 90

4 85

3 78

2 70

1 65

0 60


Unit Test –You will have one 40-question, multiple choice test per unit. The following is a grade correlation for

your test scores:

Number Correct Alpha/Numeric Grade


0-9 correct 50 C

10-14 correct 60 C

15-19 correct 65 B

20-24 correct 70 B

25-29 correct 80 A

30-34 correct 90 A

35-40 correct 100 A

The proverbial bottom line: When you walk into AP World History, I consider you a mature, adult college student.

That means life here will be very different from high school: much more independence and freedom of choice. Some

people are ready for the responsibility that comes with that new life; others are far from ready. Your success is based

on your willingness to respond as a college student.

Academic Expectations of AP World History Students

1. All readings are expected to be completed prior to the class discussion and assignments. Readings may

include textbook and primary/secondary sources provided by instructor.

2. Students are expected to participate in group and class discussions.

3. Class discussions are encouraged, and utilized almost every single day. Students are expected to respect

each other. Only meaningful comments are expected. All comments are expected to be made in manners that

do not offend other students.

4. The instructor reserves the right to choose any student to lead a discussion, answer questions, or illicit

comments. All AP students must be able to articulate thoughts pertaining to the course at any given time.

5. Group discussions should be focused on class topics at all times.

6. Group activities are expected to be complete with the utmost sincerity and integrity. We do not waste time in

class, and everything that you complete impacts your grade.

7. We will move forward with the daily schedule no matter of general interruptions, such as class assemblies,

firedrills/alarms, state assessments, short periods, etc. This means that any topics on the course schedule that

are interrupted by such general interruptions, it is expected that those topics will be completed by the student.

8. Students are expected to review discussion topics from class with their parents in the evenings. This is a

simple exercise that can result in the students’ better conceptual understanding of class topics.

9. Cheating, plagiarism, and copying other students’ work are all student behaviors that will result in an

automatic failure of the assignment(s) in question and my recommendation of your removal from the AP

program.

10. Students are not permitted to use any notes, texts, or sources during the writing of in-class essays unless

told otherwise by the instructor.

11. Essay rewrites may be granted to classes from time to time, but they are not guaranteed, and are solely at

the instructor’s discretion.

12. In-class essays are all hand-written and timed. If you miss an essay, then you are expected to make an

appointment with me for before or after school to make it up.

13. All unit exams are timed. If you miss an exam, then you are expected to make an appointment with me for

before or after school to make it up.

14. All quizzes are timed in class. If you miss a quiz, then you are expected to make an appointment with me for

Power Hour, or before or after school to make it up.

Class Rules & Procedures

Rule 1: Respect Everyone and Everything. Be kind and respectful to yourself, your classmates, your teacher, and

to the items in the classroom. We are all here to help you, not to trick you. Disrespectful behavior includes name-

calling, talking loud, talking out of turn, talking over myself or others who have the floor, using profanity, and

throwing items. Here is what happens…

First Time – Non-verbal or verbal warning

Second Time – Conference with you after class w/ parent contact

Third Time – Teacher detention

Fourth Time - Referral

Rule 2: Do Not Be Disruptive. This class encourages co-operative group work and class discussions. However,

no student will be tolerated for rude interruptions while the teacher, another student, administrator, or guest

speaker is addressing the class. If you have a comment or question, raise your hand and I will call on you. We are

a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school. There will be times where you will be encouraged to use your

cellphones in class (e.g. Kahoot, Socrative quizzes, reference, camera use, etc.). However, during class you are

not permitted to play games, text, check social media, etc. unless given a “tech break” by the instructor.

First Time – Warning (I ask you nicely to put it away).

Second Time – You place it in my cell phone bin (you get it back at the end of class).

Rule 3: Be Prepared. Be prepared everyday for class. No student will be tolerated that is not prepared for class.

Textbooks, paper, notebooks, and writing utensils are required everyday. Have these items ready for use; class

begins when the bell rings. Don’t miss timed quizzes that start when the bell rings!

Rule 4: Learn something. Do not waste your time in this class or any other class for that matter. There is value in

every class you take, but you have to take the initiative to find that value. Please learn something and have fun at

it.

Procedure 1: Restroom. East Ridge High School faculty and staff are dedicated to maintaining the hallways

during class times. Therefore, students needing to leave class for the restroom and/or water fountain will need to

sign out and carry the clipboard. Passes for other designated areas will be signed and given by the teacher. If you

abuse the restroom pass, plan on holding it.

Procedure 2: Absenteeism. If you are absent on a test day, you have FIVE school days from your last missed day

to make it up. DO NOT FAIL TO TAKE TESTS AND WRITE ESSAYS; THEY ARE WORTH TOO MUCH.

It is your responsibility to find out what you’ve missed. In other words, DO NOT rely on me to initiate

conversation about what you missed when you were absent. If you miss handouts or assignments, then you need

to ask me for details at proper times. If the class is engaged in group activities, you will be asked to join a group

upon your return.

Procedure 3: Take care of your part of the classroom. Before leaving I ask that you take a minute to look

around your immediate area. If chairs and desks need to be straightened up in your area, please take the

initiative. If you see any trash on the floor in your area, simply throw it away in one of my trashcans. Secure all

of your personal belongings before you leave.

Week Of… In Class Topics Weekly Textbook

Reading

Weekly Crash

Course Videos

Tentative

Assignments

8/7/17

School starts

Thursday 8/10/17

-Introduction,

syllabus, textbooks,

grading policy,

signatures, emails

8/14/17 -Essay Writing: DBQ

Essay

-DBQ Essay

(practice)

8/21/17

-The Contemporary

World: World War I

-Essay Writing: DBQ

Essay

-Ch. 33

-Archdukes,

cynicism, and

World War I

-How World War I

Started

-Who Started

World War I

-DBQ Essay

(complete)

8/28/17 -The Contemporary

World: The Interwar

Crisis

-Ch. 34

-Ch. 35

-Communists,

nationalists, and

China’s revolutions

-Democracy,

Authoritarian

Capitalism, and

China

9/4/17

Monday, 9/4/17 is

Labor Day – No

School.

-The Contemporary

World: World War II

-Ch. 36 -World War II

-World War II, A

War for Resources

-Summer

Reading

Assessment

completed in

class Friday

9/8/17


World: The Cold

War

-Pgs. 853-861 &

892-896

-USA v. USSR

Fight! The Cold

War

-Quiz on first half

of the twentieth

century


World:

Decolonization

-Ch. 37

-Decolonization and

nationalism

triumphant

-Congo and

Africa’s World War

-Conflict in Israel

and Palestine

-DBQ Essay

(complete)


World: Globalization

-Ch. 38

-Globalization I:

The upside

-Globalization II:

Good or bad?

-Quiz on second

half of the

twentieth century


Reading

Weekly Crash

Course Videos

Tentative

Assignments

10/2/17 -Review for Period 6

Exam

-Essay Writing:

Cause and Effect

-No Assigned

Readings

-Review chapters

33-38

-Visit

www.freeman-

pedia.com and

review for Period 6

in WHAP

-Complete Key

Concepts for Period

6 in La Grande

Review

-No Assigned Crash

Course Videos

-C/E Essay

(complete)

-Period 6 M/C

Exam

10/9/17

-Foundations:

Prehistory,

Paleolithic &

Neolithic Culture

-Foundations: Early

Civilizations

(Mesopotamia,

Egypt, India, China,

Mesoamerica)

-Ch. 1

-Groups will be

assigned one of the

following chapters

(2, 3, 4, 5, or 6)

-The Agricultural

Revolution

-Rethinking

Civilization

-Mesopotamia

-Ancient Egypt

-Indus River Valley

Civilization

-China

-Class SPRITE

Chart Due

-Period 1 Quiz

10/16/17

Monday, 10/16/17

is a Teacher

Workday – No

School.

-Classical

Civilizations: The

Persian Empire

-Ch. 7 -The Persians and

the Greeks

-Water and

Classical

Civilizations

10/23/17 -Classical

Civilizations: The

Chinese and Indian

Empires

-Ch. 8

-Ch. 9

-Buddha and

Ashoka

-C/C Essay

(practice)

10/30/17 -Classical

Civilizations: The

Greek and Roman

Empires

-Ch. 10

-Ch. 11

-Alexander the

Great and the

Situation…the

Great

-The Roman

Empire. Or

Republic.

Or…which is it?

-Christianity: From

Judaism to

Constantine

-C/C Essay

(practice)

-Classical

Civilizations Quiz

http://www.freeman-pedia.com/



Reading

Weekly Crash

Course Videos

Tentative

Assignments

11/6/17

-Classical

Civilizations:

Patterns of

Interaction and

Exchange

-Classical

Civilizations:

Decline of Classical

Empires

-Ch. 12 -The Silk Road and

Ancient Trade

-C/C Essay

(practice)

-Quiz on the end

of the Classical

Age

11/13/17

-Review for Periods

1 & 2 Exam

-Essay Writing:

Comparison and

Contrast

-No Assigned

Readings

-Review chapters 1-

12

-Visit

www.freeman-

pedia.com and

review for Periods

1 and 2 in WHAP

-Complete Key

Concepts for

Periods 1 and 2 in

La Grande Review

-No Assigned Crash

Course Videos

-C/C Essay

(complete)

-Periods 1 & 2

M/C Exam

11/20/17 Thanksgiving Holidays – No School.

11/27/17 -Post-Classical

Civilizations:

Christian societies of

the Mediterranean

Basin and Beyond

-Ch. 16

-The Dark

Ages…how dark

were they?

-The Fall of the

Roman Empire…in

the 15th Century

-The Vikings!


Civilizations: Islamic

societies of the

Eastern Hemisphere

-Ch. 13 -Islam, the Quran,

and the Five Pillars

all without a

flamewar

-Islam and Politics


Civilizations: Islamic

societies of the

Eastern Hemisphere

-Ch. 15

-Ch. 18

-International

commerce,

snorkeling, camels,

and the Indian

Ocean Trade

-Mansa Musa and

Islam in Africa

-Quiz on

Christian and

Islamic societies

of the Post-

Classical Period




Reading

Weekly Crash

Course Videos

Tentative

Assignments

12/18/17

Thursday 12/21/17

is the first day of

Winter Holidays –

No School until

1/4/18

Midterm Exams

12/25/17 Winter Holidays – No School

1/1/18

Classes Resume

Thursday 1/4/18

-Post-Classical

Civilizations: East

Asia

-Ch. 14 -Japan in the Heian

Period and Cultural

History


Civilizations:

Nomadic and

migrant groups

-Ch. 17 -Wait for it…the

Mongols!

-Quiz on Post-

Classical East

Asian and

Nomadic

Societies

1/15/18

MLK Holiday

1/15/18 – No

School

-Post-Classical

Civilizations:

Europe, interaction &

exchange, plague,

and recovery

-Ch. 19

-Ch. 21

-The Crusades –

Pilgrimage or holy

war?

-Climate Change,

Chaos, and The

Little Ice Age

-The Renaissance:

Was it a thing?

-Columbus, De

Gama, and Zheng

He! 15th century

mariners


Civilizations: Pre-

Columbian American

Civilizations

-Ch. 20 -Quiz on Late

Post-Classical

Civilizations


Exam

-Essay Writing: DBQ

Essay

-No Assigned

Readings

-Review chapters

13-21

-Visit

www.freeman-

pedia.com and

review for Period 3

in WHAP

-Complete Key

Concepts for Period

3 in La Grande

Review

-No Assigned Crash

Course Videos

-DBQ Essay

(complete)

-Period 3 M/C

Exam




Reading

Weekly Crash

Course Videos

Tentative

Assignments

2/5/18

-Early Modern

Civilizations:

European

Exploration & the

Rise of Europe

-Ch. 22

-Ch. 23

-Disease!

-The Columbian

Exchange

-Luther and the

Protestant

Reformation

-CCOT Essay

(parts)

2/12/18

-Early Modern

Civilizations:

American Colonial

societies

-Ch. 24 -The Spanish

Empire, silver, and

runaway inflation

-The Seven Years’

War

-Capitalism and the

Dutch East India

Company

-The amazing life

and strange death of

Captain Cook

-CCOT Essay

(parts)

-Quiz on Early

Modern

Exploration,

Europe, and the

Americas

2/19/18

Monday, 2/19/18 is

Presidents Day

Holiday – No

School.

-Early Modern

Civilizations:

African societies

-Ch. 25 -The Atlantic Slave

Trade

-CCOT Essay

(parts)

2/26/18 -Early Modern

Civilizations: East

Asian and Islamic

societies

-Ch. 26

-Ch. 27

-Venice and the

Ottoman Empire

-The Mughal

Empire and

Historical

Reputation

-CCOT Essay

(parts)

-Quiz on Early

Modern African,

East Asian, and

Islamic Societies


Exam

-Essay Writing:

CCOT Essay

-No Assigned

Readings

-Review chapters

22-27

-Visit

www.freeman-

pedia.com and

review for Period 4

in WHAP

-Complete Key

Concepts for Period

4 in La Grande

Review

-No Assigned Crash

Course Videos

-CCOT Essay

(complete)

-Period 4 M/C

Exam

3/12/18

Friday 3/16/18 is a

Teacher Workday

– No School

Flex Time for catching up with content, reviewing content, practicing writing, looking

ahead at content.

3/19/18 Spring Break – No School.




Reading

Weekly Crash

Course Videos

Tentative

Assignments 3/26/18

Friday 3/30 is a

Student

Holiday/Storm

Make Up Day – No

School

-Late Modern

Civilizations: Atlantic

Revolutions and

Effects

-Ch. 28 -Tea, taxes, and the

American Revolution

-The French

Revolution

-The Haitian

Revolutions

-C/C Essay (parts)

4/2/18 -Late Modern

Civilizations: Industrial

Revolution

-Ch. 29 -Coal, steam, and the

Industrial Revolution

-Capitalism and

Socialism

-Population,

Sustainability, and

Malthus

-CCOT Essay

(parts)

4/9/18 -Late Modern

Civilizations: Americas

in the Age of

Independence

-Ch. 30 -Latin American

Revolutions

-C/C Essay (parts)

4/16/18 -Late Modern

Civilizations: Societies

at Crossroads

(Ottoman, Russia,

China, Japan)

-Ch. 31 -Samurai, Daimyo,

Matthew Perry, and

Nationalism

-The Railroad

Journey and the

Industrial Revolution

-C/C Essay (parts)

4/23/18 -Late Modern

Civilizations: Age of

Imperialism

-Ch. 32 -Imperialism

-Asian Responses to

Imperialism

-C/E Essay (parts)


Exam

-Essay Writing: DBQ

Essay

-No Assigned

Readings

-Review chapters 28-

32

-Visit www.freeman-

pedia.com and review

for Period 5 in

WHAP

-Complete Key

Concepts for Period 5

in La Grande Review

-No Assigned Crash

Course Videos

-DBQ Essay

(complete)

-Period 5 M/C

Exam

5/7/18 -Course Review -Practice M/C

Exam

5/14/18 -Course Review

DATES TBA – AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING! PLEASE ATTEND!

THURSDAY 5/17/18

P EXAM SCHEDULED FOR 8:00 AM; LOCATION - TBA



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