AP World History
WHAP!!
2014-2015
Day One: Monday, August 11
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Course Syllabus
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Course Overview
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Activity: “Name 5” Periods and Regions
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Homework: Go to my website and click on tab “1st Week” and follow
directions
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Quick survey: Textbooks
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***If you are newly enrolled, go to my website and click on Summer Work to
download the assignment.
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You are responsible for the map sections by THIS FRIDAY!!
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You also need to do AP 101 this week. The vocab and essay will be due, no
later than Aug. 29. See me if you have any questions.
Quick survey
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Directions: Complete the following:
Name: __________________
Period: _____________
Pick One please:
1. I wish to be assigned a textbook as soon as possible.
2. I am ok reading assignments online for a temporary basis.
Tuesday, Aug. 12
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Complete Course Overview
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College Board AP Overview
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“Name 5”
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Handouts: Please place in Tab 7 (Review Materials)
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History Jargon: Pick 20 to define for homework
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“Must Know Dates”: You will be quizzed on these eventually!
Homework: Check website for Tuesday night
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Bentley Online Text: Finish the chapter and be prepared for a reading check
Wednesday
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History Jargon
Wednesday, Aug. 13
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Reading Check! You will need a sheet of paper.
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Name 5/ Must Know Dates Handout
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Video: Before We Ruled the Earth
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You do not have to take notes, please watch and observe the following:
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Different types/characteristics of early hominids
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Tools or resources used
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Climate characteristics
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Family norms/social characteristics
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Homework: Ch. 1 in Bentley’s online should be completely read. We will discuss it
on Thursday. Be prepared for your first quiz on Ch. 1 and the maps you completed
over the summer Friday.
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Also, watch John Green’s Crash course and complete the reading guide (also
online) in your notes for Tab 1 (Period 1). See my website for tonight’s homework.
1St Period Reading Check
1.
Name one of the three prominent Paleolithic settlements and
where they are located (today’s location).
2.
Why was walking erect so crucial for early human being survival?
3.
What Beatle’s song was playing when archaeologists discovered
the complete skeleton of a woman who died 3.2 million years
ago?
4.
What was believed to be the first cultivated crop in Mesoamerica
as early as 4000 B.C.E.?
5.
Name 2 of the 3 early craft industries that illustrate specialized
labor in Neolithic times:
3rd Period Reading Check
1.
Describe slash and burn farming.
2.
What was one result of a larger concentration of large
numbers of people living in villages?
3.
Name 2 of the 3 early craft industries that illustrate
specialized labor in Neolithic times:
4.
Which early group of hominids are generally believed to
the first to master fire?
5.
What concept do the Neanderthal burial sites elude to?
4th Period Reading Check
1.
The agricultural transition between Paleolithic and
Neolithic periods include what 2 main activities?
2.
What was believed to be the first cultivated crop in
Mesoamerica as early as 4000 B.C.E.?
3.
Detail two of the three specific characteristics that the
Australopithecine’s possessed and why they were
important?
4.
Why was erect walking so crucial for early human being
survival?
5.
Describe slash and burn farming.
Reading Check
1.
Which early group of hominids are generally believed to
the first to master fire?
2.
What was one of the principle characteristics of the
Paleolithic era?
3.
What Beatle’s song was playing when archaeologists
discovered the complete skeleton of a woman who died
3.2 million years ago?
4.
What was one result of a larger concentration of large
numbers of people living in villages?
5.
What concept do the Neanderthal burial sites elude to?
7th Reading Check
1.
The agricultural transition between Paleolithic and
Neolithic periods include what 2 main activities?
2.
Describe slash and burn farming.
3.
Why was walking erect so crucial for early human being
survival?
4.
What was one of the principle characteristics of the
Paleolithic era?
5.
Detail two of the three specific characteristics that the
Australopithecine’s possessed and why they were
important?
Thursday, Aug. 14
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H: Period 1 & 2 Testing Calendar
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H: Period 1 Key Concepts (TAB 1)
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History of the World in 7 Minutes
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Discussion: Ch. 1
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Homework: Review Ch. 1 and Period 1 Concepts
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Quiz Ch. 1 and Maps are postponed until Monday (please don’t be upset)
Friday, Aug. 15
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History of the World in 7 Minutes
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Discussion: Ch. 1
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Homework:
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Review Ch. 1 Notes
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Reading Assign. Ch. 2 (see calendar)
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IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BOOK, YOU STILL NEED TO READ CH. 2 INTRODUCTION!!
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Read Jared Diamond’s The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
(download online)