AP WORLD COURSE CALENDAR – 1st QUARTER
DATE
9/1
9/3
Pre-Test
ACTIVITIES
Go over Syllabus
Textbooks
Outlining Skills
Pre-test
9/8
Human Prehistory to Early
Civilization/Geography Skills
Research for Classical
Civilizations Presentations
Notes
World Regions Map
Ch. 1 Practice Reading Quiz
Research
9/14
Research for Classical
Civilizations Presentations
Ch. 2 Reading Quiz
Research
9/16
Classical Civilizations
Presentations
Ch. 3 Reading Quiz
Presentations
“Beer” Chapter Quiz
9/18
Writer’s Workshop: The
Compare/Contrast Essay
Chapter 5
9/22
The Rise and Spread of Islam
9/24
Unit 1 Test (MC Only)
Ch. 4 Reading Quiz
Compare/Contrast: The
Formula
Introduce Research Project
Ch. 5 Reading Quiz
Notes
“Wine” Chapter Quiz
Review for Unit 1 Test
Test
9/28
Abbasid Decline and The
Spread of Islamic Civilization
to South and Southeast Asia
Ch. 6 Reading Quiz
Notes
DBQ Intro
Chapter 7
Compare Contrast Take-Home
Essay Due on Turnitin at 9am
9/30
African Civilizations and the
Spread of Islam
Ch.7 Quiz
Chapter 8 & 9 Notes
Chapter 8
Review DBQ Formula
10/2
DBQ Essay
Rome/Han Tech
Chapter 10
10/6
Civilization in Eastern and
Western Europe
Chapter 11
10/8
Americas on the Eve of
Invasion
Ch. 8 Reading Quiz
Notes
DBQ Essay on Rome/Han
Tech (Turn in)
Ch. 10 Reading Quiz
Notes
10/13
Reunification and Renaissance
in China
Ch. 11 Reading Quiz
Notes
Belief System Comparison
Chapter 12
9/10
TOPIC
Introduction to Course
HOMEWORK DUE
None
Signed Paperwork
Chapter 1 Outline
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Bring copy of A History of the
World in Six Glasses, by Tom
Standage
Chapter 4
Six Glasses: Beer Quiz
Classical Civ. Presentations
Chapter 6
Six Glasses: Wine Quiz
Chapter 11
10/15
Spread of Chinese Civ: Japan,
Korea, Vietnam
10/19
10/21
Unit 2 Test
Writing Workshop
10/23
Quarter Test/Research Day
10/27
10/29
Library
Last Great Nomadic
Challenges: Chinggis Khan to
Timur
11/5
Trial of Chinggis Khan
Ch. 12 Reading Quiz
Chapter 13 Notes
Review for Unit 2 Test
w/ CC essay
Buddhism DBQ w/ Peer
Grade
Chapter 13
Research Topic Proposals Due
Test
Library
Notes
Prep for Trial
DBQ Rewrite Due (optional)
Chapter 14
Trial Notes
AP World Projects Tentative Schedule
1st Quarter –Research Topic Proposal
2nd Quarter – Research Paper Outline/Bibliography and Rough Draft (minimum 5 pages)
3rd Quarter – Research Paper Final Draft=and Red Scarf Girl
4th Quarter (after AP Exam) – Project Presentations/Between Shades of Gray
Research Paper Deadlines:
Research Topic Proposals – 10/13
Research Paper Outline with Works’ Cited – 11/12
Rough Draft Due – 12/10
Final Draft Due – 2/2