Recommended AP World History
Web sites, Textbooks, Videos, & Misc. Resources
College Board Websites
1.
AP Central (College Board) - All official news re: AP (all
subjectsfile://localhost/) http/::apcentral.collegeboard.com:
2.
AP World History Home Page - Everything official from the
CB re: APWH
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers
_corner/4484.html
3.
APWH Course Description (the “Acorn” Book) Official
manual for APWH, updated every 2 years
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/apworld-history-course-description.pdf
4.
APWH Teacher’s Guide, edited by Sharon Cohen
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/repository/ap
07_worldhist_teachersguide.pdf
5.
APWH Exam Page - Info re: APWH exams, essay questions,
sample essays, Reader feedback, etc.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam
_questions/2090.html
6.
APWH Listserv (e-mail Discussion Group)
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/homepage/71
73.html
7.
AP Reader Application - THE best professional development
available. (and you get paid, too!)
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/homepage/4137
.html
8.
AP Credit Policy (which colleges accept which AP grades?)
http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/apcreditpolicy/index.
jsp
2012 & Beyond (Course Redesign)
9.
2012 and Beyond (“Home” Page) http://www.hostcollegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/subject_specific_world_
history.htm
10. Curriculum Framework
http://www.hostcollegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/pdf/AP_World_HistoryCCFra
mework.pdf
11. Summary of the Changes and the Components of the World
History Curriculum Framework
http://www.host
collegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/subject_specific_world_history_summary_componn
ts.htm
12. Video interviews re: course redesign rationale, curriculum
framework & classroom instruction.
http://www.host
collegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/subject_specific_world_histor
y_video.html
Textbooks
13. Bentley & Ziegler, Traditions & Encounters, 4th Ed.
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073406937/information_center_view0/
14. Bentley, Ziegler, & Streets, Traditions & Encounters, Brief
Edition, 2nd Ed..
http://catalogs.mhhe.com/mhhe/viewProductDetails.do?isbn=0073
385514
15. Bulliet, et al The Earth & Its Peoples, Note: Published by
Cengage, the HS AP editions are on the HoughtonMifflin/Harcourt website.
4th AP Edition at
http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/detail.htm?ID=100720000006
8357
ISBN: 978-0-618-77148-6 Do NOT order the “regular”
college 4th Edition.
5th AP Edition
http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/detail.htm?ID=100750000007
7822 ISBN: 978-1-439-08608-7 Do NOT order the “regular”
college 5th Edition.
Pronunciation Guide
http://college.cengage.com/site_engine/#0840059582/audio_pro/1:
shell
16. Christian, This Fleeting World 1st Ed. (Intro to “Big
History,” good Summer Reading assignment)
http://www.berkshirepublishing.com/brw/product.asp?projID=200
8
17. Fernandez-Armesto, The World, 2nd Ed.
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/armesto2e/
18. Hansen and Curtis, Voyages in World History, 1st Ed.
http://www.cengage.com/history/hansen/voyages1e.
19. Lockard, Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global
History, 2nd Ed
http://academic.cengage.com/cengage/instructor.do?disciplinenumber=21&product_isbn
=9781439085202&courseid=HI02&c
odeid=5F8A&sortByShow=all&sortBy=copyrightY
ear&instructorFlag=true&newProducts=false&codeFlag=false
20. Spodek, The World’s History, 4th Ed.
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0131
373358
http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ6Mo&filter_161=&filter_423=&f
ilter_422=&filter_424=&filter_281=
&filter_425=&programFilterTypeList=161%2C423%2C422%2C424%2C281%2C425&
PMDbSiteid=2781&PMDbSolutioni
d=6724&PMDbSubSolutionid=&PMDbCategoryid=811&PMDbSubcategoryid=23497&
&PMDbProgramID=67042
4th college/non-AP (but website contains links to ancillaries)
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0205
70839020. Stearns, et al, World Civilizations, 6th AP Ed.
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0131
3602056th college/non-AP (but website contains links to
ancillaries)
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0205
65956X
21. Strayer, Ways of the World, 2nd Ed. Has primary sources
embedded into the text.
http://www.bfwpub.com/HIGHSCHOOL/newcatalog.aspx?disc=HS&course=Social+Stu
dies&isbn=0312644663
Teachers’ APWH Websites
22. Jay Harmon –
http://harmonhistory.com/apwh.html
23. Bill Zeigler http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listworldhibi.html
24. Monica Bond-Lamberty - former Test Development
Committee Member
http://mbondlamberty.googlepages.com/apwhwebsite
http://mbondlamberty.googlepages.com/samplesccotessayquestion
s
25. Mrs. Huckaby - some good multiple choice questions
http://hhhknights.com/apwh/apwh.htm
26. Sue Pojer, Chappauqua HS,
NY
http://www.historyteacher.net/
http://www.pptpalooza.net/
200+ Powerpoints on World History
27. Kara Macsuga, Loxahatchee, FL
http://idisk.mac.com/macsuga-Public?view=web
Professional Organizations’ Websites for Teaching AP
World History
Bridging World History - excellent lessons for teachers as much as
students. 26 30-minute videos
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/worldhistory/
28. World History For Us All - including “History of the World in
7 minutes” free downloadable video. Also contains complete
teaching units for all eras of World History. Ross Dunn, et al.
http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/default.htm
29. World History Connected (online
journal)
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/6.2/ Special issue
for new APWH Teachers.
30. Historical Thinking Matters
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/
Great lesson on meta-thinking skills. (Sam Wineburg)
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/why/
31. National Center for History Education
http://www.nche.net
32. World History Association http://www.thewha.org
33. American Historical Association - Essays on Global &
Comparative History http://www.historians.org/pubs/globals.cfm
Great pamphlets designed for teachers.
34. National Center for History in the Schools
http://nchs.ucla.edu/World_units.html
35. Internet History Sourcebook - Paul Halsall, Fordham Univ.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
36. World History Matters http://worldhistorymatters.org/
37. World History Network http://www.worldhistorynetwork.org/
38. The Choices Program
39. Gapminder
http://www.gapminder.org/Amazing Software
that can analyze current world demographics. Great for students
studying the contemporary world.
40. Poodwaddle http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
Videos & DVDs
41. 1421: The Year China Discovered America, 2-hr dvd. PBS’
presentation and critical examination of Gavin Menzies’
controversial theory that Zheng He’s fleets sailed to the Americas
and even circumnavigated the world. Great lesson for
historiography
http://www.amazon.com/1421-Year-China-DiscoveredAmerica/dp/B0002IQNF6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U
TF8&s=dvd&qid=1246063672&sr=8-1
42. The 50 Years War, 2000 dvd. Palestine/Israel.
http://www.amazon.com/50-Years-War-IsraelArabs/dp/B00004TX2W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dv
d&qid=1246064198&sr=1-4
43. Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I,
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Oil-Middle-EastWorld/dp/B000HEWH3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s
=dvd&qid=1246048726&sr=1-1
44. China: A Century of Revolution, 3 dvd’s, 1911-49, 1949-76,
1976-presentfile://localhost/. http/::www.amazon.com:ChinaCentury-Revolution-ThreeDisc:dp:B000Q7ZOLC:ref=sr_1_2%3Fie=U
TF8&s=dvd&qid=1246048320&sr=1-2
45. China Rises: Behind the Great Wall, story of contemporary
China’s economic rise http://www.amazon.com/China-RisesBehind-Great-Wall/dp/B0017VG5ZK/ref=pd_sim_d_5
46. Connections, by James Burke. An alternative view of history.
http://www.amazon.com/Connections-1-JamesBurke/dp/B000NJVY3U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=d
vd&qid=1246048926&sr=1-1
47. The Crusades, 3 DVDs by Terry Jones (of Monty Python)
http://www.amazon.com/Crusades-TerryJones/dp/B00005U8F3/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=
1246048199&sr=8-2
48. Islam: Empire of Faith, PBS 3-hours on 2 dvd’s.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_d_0_8?url=searchalias=dvd&field-keywords=islam+empi
re+of+faith&x=0&y=0&sprefix=islam%3A+e
49. To Live, Historical fiction tracing family from Communist
Revolution through Cultural Rev. http://www.amazon.com/LiveYou-Ge/dp/B00005JM6H/ref=pd_sim_d_4
50. Lost Civilizations, Time/Life DVDs, Mesopotamia, Egypt,
Aegean, Greece, China, Rome, Maya,
Inca, Africa (Great Zimbabwe), Tibet.
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Lifes-Lost-CivilizationsDVDs/dp/B00006L942/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=12460479 73&sr=8-1
51. Millenium, CNN. 10 VHS-only episodes, each showing 1
century w/ 5-10 minutes from various places around the world.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias=vhs&fieldkeywords=cnn+millenium&x=16&y=19
52. The History of the World in Two Hours
http://www.amazon.com/History-World-TwoHours/dp/B005TK6QZ4
53. The Road to 9/11, dvd. Places Al Qaeda’s attacks in the larger
context from WWI to post-Cold War
http://www.amazon.com/Road-9-11-SabinStreeter/dp/B000GDH8JM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
&qid=1246063783&sr=1-1
54. Story of the Weeping Camel, (also Legend of the Weeping
Camel) Documentary of Mongol family
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Weeping-Camel-JanchivAyurzana/dp/B0006FFRB6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=
UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246049444&sr=1-1
56. Triumph of the Will, dvd. 1935 propaganda documentary of
annual Nazi party meeting. http://www.amazon.com/TriumphWill-Special-Adolf-Hitler/dp/B00004WLXZ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF
8&s=dvd&qid=1246065444&sr=1-258. The World at War, BBCproduced documentary, 1973. 5 dvd’s, 26 Hours, Laurence Olivier
http://www.amazon.com/World-At-War-CompleteSet/dp/B00005NOOH/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=
dvd&qid=1246048820&sr=1-4
APWH Exam Review Books
57. Cracking the AP World History Exam, Princeton Review’s by
Monty Armstrong, et al. http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-WorldHistory-Exam-College/dp/0375428526/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?i
e=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214501662&sr=1-1
58.5 AP* World History Crash Course, REA, by Jay Harmon
http://www.rea.com/crashcourse
59. 5 Steps to a 5, AP World History, McGraw-Hill, by Peggy
Martin http://www.amazon.com/History-2008-2009-AdvancedPlacement-Examinations/dp/007149796X/re
f=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214501521&sr=8-161.
60. AP Achiever, World History, McGraw Hill, by Bill Strickland,
$22.50 list price, $18 for schools.
Specifically keyed to Bentley’s Traditions & Encounters 4th Ed.
ISBN13: 978-0-07-724300-5 ISBN10: 0-07-724300-5
Call McGraw-Hill directly at (800) 334-7344 to order. Not in
Amazon.com database.
http://www.glencoe.com/catalog/index.php/component?isbn=0077243005&c=1657&s=1
0115&p=5053&t=2&v
Amazon does have the AP Achiever keyed to Traditions &
Encounters’ 3rd Ed. by Dixie Grupe and Sigrid Reynolds at
http://www.amazon.com/Achiever-Advanced-PlacementPreparation-History/dp/0073292117/ref=sr
_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246059164&sr=1-1
61. Barron’s AP World History, by John McCannon
http://www.amazon.com/Barrons-History-Advanced-PlacementExamination/dp/0764138227/ref=pd_sim_b_2
62. Kaplan’s AP World History 2010, by Patrick Whelan &
Jennifer Laden
http://store.kaptest.com/catalog/templates/product.jhtml;jsessionid
=OO4A0JWWZBJK3LA3AQJHBOFMDUCBG2HB?PRO
DID=kprod9781419553387&CA
TID=T00070005&disp=AP&rcid=T00070000
Also at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-AP-WorldHistory-2010/dp/1419553380
Books for World History Teachers
64. Teacher’s Manual for Traditions & Encounters. While this is
correlated for Bentley & Ziegler’s textbook, its applicable for all
teachers using any textbook. Note: be sure to get the 3rd edition
edited by Ane Lintvedt. ISBN: 978-0-07-325674-0
Amazon:
$22.95 Glencoe (McGraw-Hill) $30.00
65. Teaching World History in the 21st Century: A Resource
Book, Heidi Roupp, Editor http://www.amazon.com/TeachingWorld-History-Twenty-First
Century/dp/0765617153/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid
=1278033735&sr=1-1
66. The Human Web: A Bird’s Eye View of the World. McNeill
and McNeill. http://www.amazon.com/Human-Web-Birds-EyeWorld
History/dp/0393925684/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=134
3222040&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Human+Web
67. Experiencing World History. Adams, Langer Etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Experiencing-World-History-VauthierAdams/dp/0814706916/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343
222156&sr=1-1&keywords=experiencing+world+history
68. World History: the basics. Peter Stearns
http://www.amazon.com/World-History-Peter-NStearns/dp/041558275X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=134
3222579&sr=1-1&keywords=World+History+the+basics
69. AP* World History: An Essential Coursebook. Ethel Wood
Woodyard Publications. 2nd. Ed. http://www.amazon.com/APWorld-History
EssentialCoursebook/dp/0983176620/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UT
F8&qid=1343222684&sr=11&keywords=ap+world+history+an+essential+coursebook+2nd+e
dition
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