AP WORLD COURSE CALENDAR – 1st QUARTER
DATE
9/3-9/4
TOPIC
Introduction to Course
9/5-9/6
Human Prehistory to Early
Civilzation/Geography Skills
9/9-9/10
Classical Civ: China/Writing
Workshop
9/119/12
Classical Civ: India
9/13,9/16 Classical Civ: The Mediterranean
9/179/18
The Classical Period: Decline
9/199/20
The Rise and Spread of
Islam/Review
9/239/24
Review
9/259/26
9/279/28
10/110/2
Unit 1 Test (MC Only)
10/310/4
10/710/8
10/910/10
10/11,
10/14
10/1610/17
Research Day
The Spread of Islamic Civilization
ACTIVITIES
Go over Syllabus
Textbooks
Mind Map
Ch. 1 Practice Reading Quiz
Notes
World Regions Map
Ch. 2 Reading Quiz
“Beer” Chapter Quiz
Notes
Thesis Writing for Compare
Contrast
Ch. 3 Reading Quiz
Notes
Compare Contrast: The Formula
Ch. 4 Reading Quiz
Notes
Six Glasses: Wine
Ch. 5 Reading Quiz
Notes
Compare/Contrast Essay on
Slavery (Outline)
Ch. 6 Reading Quiz
“Wine” Chapter Quiz
Notes
Work on CC Essays
Intro to Research Project
Jeopardy
Test
Intro to Annotated Bibliography
Library
Ch. 7 Reading Quiz
Notes
DBQ Intro: The Formula
African Civilizations and the
Ch. 8 Quiz
Spread of Islam
Notes
Ibn Battuta Documents
Civilization in Eastern and Western Ch. 10 Reading Quiz
Europe
Ch. 9&10 Notes
DBQ Docs. Analysis
Americas on the Eve of Invasion
Ch. 11 Reading Quiz
Notes
DBQ Essay on Rome/Han Tech
(Turn in)
Reunification and Renaissance in
Ch. 12 Reading Quiz
China
Notes
Belief System Comparison
PSAT/Research Day
HOMEWORK DUE
None
Signed Paperwork
Chapter 1 Outline
Ch. 2 Outline
Six Glasses: Beer
Ch. 3 Outline
Ch. 4 Outline
Ch. 5 Outline
Ch. 6 Outline
Six Glasses: Wine
Six Glasses Due
Compare Contrast Take-Home
Essay Due
Research Topic Proposals Due
Ch. 7 Outline
Ch. 8 Outline
Ch. 10 Outline
Ch. 11 Outline
Review DBQ Formula
Ch. 12 Outline
10/18,
10/21
Spread of Chinese Civ: Japan,
Korea, Vietnam
Ch. 13 Reading Quiz
Hand back DBQ
Chapter 13 Notes
Review for Unit 2 Test
w/ CC essay
Ch. 13 Outline
10/2210/23
10/2410/25
Unit 2 Test
Ch. 14 Outline
Annotated Bibliography Due
Mongol Trial
Ch. 14 Reading Quiz
Notes
Prep for Trial
Trial of Chinngis Khan
10/2810/29
10/3010/31
11/1,
11/7
Writing Workshop
Buddhism DBQ w/ Peer Grade
The West and the Changing World
Balance
Ch.15 Reading Quiz
Notes
Renaissance Art Activity
Last Great Nomadic Challenges:
Chinggis Khan to Timur
DBQ Rewrite Due (optional)
Ch. 15 Outline
AP World Projects Tentative Schedule
1st Quarter –Research Topic Proposal & Annotated Bibliography
2nd Quarter – Research Paper Rough Draft (minimum 5 pages) by Winter Break
3rd Quarter – Research Paper Final Draft by March 1st/Red Scarf Girl outside reading
4th Quarter (after AP Exam) – Project Presentations/Six Glasses poster projects (groups)