ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL
MS. AHLIN
NAME OF COURSE: ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY
LENGTH OF COURSE: ONE YEAR
COURSE WEBSITE: http://luhsd.net/ahlina (parents and students should check regularly and register for updates)
EMAIL: ahlina@luhsd.net
PHONE: (925) 634-0037 ext. 6103
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A.P. WORLD HISTORY: The purpose of this AP World History course is to prepare students for the AP World
History Exam. The required reading and coursework associated with this AP World History course will encourage
students to look at history from a global prospective. Students will look at the development of human history from
ancient times to the present analyzing social, economic, political, religious and technological themes that have
made the world what it is today. We will look for common patterns and themes between societies and time
periods as well as how individual societies change and develop over time.
COURSE MATERIALS
Textbook
- Adas, Michael, Marc J. Gilbert, Peter Stearns, and Stuart B. Schwartz. World Civilizations: The
Global Experience. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Fifth edition, 2006
Primary Sources
Textual:
- Stearns, Peter. World History in Documents: A Comparative Reader
- Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History, a Comparative Reader Vols. 1 and 2. New York: Bedford/St.
Martin’s.
- David Christian.Tables and graphs in Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, by
Visual:
- Most images for analysis will originate from the textbook, readers, and internet. Samples for
analysis will include but are not limited to art, political cartoons and photos; see the course
outline below for some specific examples.
Quantitative:
- Tables and graphs in Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History by David Christian
Secondary sources
- David Christian, Maps of Time.
- Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topic. The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, And the
World Economy, 1400 to the Present
ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL
MS. AHLIN
COURSE OUTLINE
Summer Assignment: Read Chapters 1-6 (Stearns), prepare to write an in class essay.
Week 1
Quiz: Chapter 1-6 Stearns (2nd Day Quiz)
Lecture/discussion: Islam and spread of Islam
Essay:
Activity: Baseball review, Chapter 6
Week 2
Quiz: Chapter 7 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Islam, India and Islam
Essay: Introduce DBQ
Activity: Baseball review, Chapter 7
Week 3
Quiz: Chapters 8 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Africa and Islam
Reading: Epic of Sundiata
Activity: Jeopardy review, Chapter 8
Week 4
Quiz: Chapters 9 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Byzantines and Spread of Eastern Orthodoxy
Essay: DBQ Rubric Quiz
Reading: Russia Turns to Christianity
Activity: Jeopardy review
Test: Chapters 6-8
Week 5
Quiz: Chapters 10 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Medieval Europe
Activity: Baseball review
Week 6
Quiz: Chapters 11 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Aztecs and Incas
Activity: Baseball review
Week 7
Quiz: Chapters 12
Lecture/discussion: Tang, Song
Video: CNN 11th Century
Activity: Jeopardy review
Test: Chapters 9-11
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Week 8
Quiz: Chapter 13
Lecture/discussion: Medieval Japan
Essay: DBQ – Green Revolution
Video: CNN 13th Century
Activity: Jeopardy review
Week 9
Quiz: Chapter 14
Lecture/discussion: Mongols
Essay: DBQ Video: CNN 14th Century
Activity: Jeopardy review
Test: Chapters 12-14
Break Assignment:
- Read Chapter 15 and complete study guide/reading notes
- TBA
Week 10
Quiz: Chapter 15
Lecture/Discussion: Exploration, plague, Renaissance, Ottomans
Video: CNN 14th Century
Activity: Baseball review
Week 11
Quiz: Chapters 16 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Exploration, Columbian Exchange
Essay: Comparative Essay Introduction
Video: CNN 15th Century
Activity: Baseball review
Week 12
Quiz: Chapters 17 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Protestant Reformation, Religious Wars, Absolutism, Scientific Revolution and
Enlightenment
Activity: Baseball review
Test: Chapters 15-17
Week 13
Quiz: Chapters 18 Stearns, Chapter 19 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great
Activity: Jeopardy review
Week 14
Lecture/discussion: Early Latin America
Essay: Comparative Rubric Quiz
Activity: Baseball review
Test: Chapters 18-19
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Thanksgiving Break Assignment:
- Read Chapter 20 (Stearns) and complete study guide/reading notes
- TBA
Week 15
Quiz: Chapter 20 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Africa and the Slave Trade
Reading: Slavery and Human Society
Activity: Baseball review
Week 16
Quiz: Chapters 21 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Ottoman Empires
Essay: Comparative Activity: TBA
Week 17
Quiz: Chapter 22 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Mughal Empire
Activity: Chapts. 21-22 review
Week 18 (FINALS)
Final Exam: Chapters 21-22
Essay: Comparative Winter Break Assignment:
- Read Chapter 23 (Stearns) and complete study guide/reading notes
- TBA
Week 19
Quiz: Chapters 23 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: French Revolution, Industrial Revolution
Essay: COT Introduction & COT Rubric Quiz
Activity: Baseball review
Week 20
Quiz: Chapters 24 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Imperialism in Africa and Asia
Essay: COT Quiz #1
Video: CNN 18th Century
Activity: Jeopardy review
Week 21
Quiz: Chapters 25 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Latin American Independence
Video: CNN 18th Century
Activity: Baseball review
Test: Chapters 23-25
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Week 22
Quiz: Chapters 26 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Fall of Ottomans and Qing
Essay: COT Quiz #2
Activity: Baseball review
Week 23
Quiz: Chapters 27 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Modernization of Russia and Japan
Video: CNN 19th Century
Activity: Jeopardy review
Week 24
Quiz: Chapters 28 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: World War I, Nationalism in India and Egypt
Essay: COT Quiz #3
Activity: Jeopardy review
Week 25
Quiz: Chapters 29 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Nationalism and Independence: Mexico and China, Russian Revolution
Video: CNN 19th Century
Activity: Jeopardy review
Test: Chapters 26-28
Week 26
Quiz: Chapters 30 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Great Depression, Totalitarianism in Soviet Union and Germany
Activity: Baseball review
Essay: COT - TBA
Week 27
Quiz: Chapters 31 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: World War II, Indian Independence
Essay: COT - TBA
Activity: Baseball review
Week 28
Quiz: Political Units (Review)
Video: CNN 20th Century
Activity: Baseball review
Test: Chapters 29-31
Spring Break Assignment:
- Read Chapters 32 and 33 (Stearns) and complete study guides/reading notes
- Map Assignment (see assignment sheet)
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Week 29
Quiz: Chapters 32 and 33 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Cold War and Modern Latin America
Essay: DBQ - TBA
Reading: Human Rights in the Twentieth Century
Activity: Baseball review
Week 30
Quiz: Chapters 34 and 35 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: Modern Africa and Asia
Essay: Comparative - TBA
Activity: Baseball review
Week 31
Quiz: Chapters 36 Stearns
Lecture/discussion: End of Soviet Union, Revolution in Eastern Europe
Activity: Jeopardy review
Reading: Women in the Revolutionary Struggle
Activity: Jeopardy review
Week 32
Quizzes: Time periods (Foundations and 600-1450)
Practice test quiz A
Baseball review
Essay: COT - TBA
Week 33
Quizzes: Time periods (1450-1750 and 1750 to 1900)
Practice test quiz B
HW: Venn diagrams
Baseball review
Essay: TBA
Week 34
Quizzes: Time periods (1900 to present)
Practice test quiz C
HW: Venn diagrams
Baseball review
Essay: TBA
ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL
MS. AHLIN
GRADING POLICY
Students’ grades are based on homework and in-class assignments, reading quizzes, essays and exams.
Grades A-C will be computed based on a five-point scale. If a student earns a D, he or she will receive
one point towards their GPA.
Grades are weighted within the course as follows:
Homework/Class-work
20%
Quizzes
25%
Essays
20%
Exams
35%
GRADE SCALE
A
B
C
D
F
90 - 100%
80 - 89%
70 - 79%
60 - 69%
59 – 00%
CLASS PARTICIPATION
Students will be appropriately graded for daily class participation. This means that students must have
regular class attendance and will not be allowed to leave during class unless they have written requests
from administrators or a signed parent excuse for medical appointments (must be accompanied by Town
Hall Pass from front office).
RESTROOM PASSES are restricted in this class (2 passes per semester). If you have a medical
condition that warrants special attention, it is your responsibility to notify administrators. Take
care of personal business before or after class time.
NOTE: Students will adhere to the Heritage High School Behavioral Code, outlined in the 2012-2013
Parent/Student Handbook. A copy of these class policies will be kept in your AP World History class
binder, as well as on file with the Heritage High School Assistant Principals.
APPROPRIATE SUPPLIES
(DUE in class Monday, August 6th)
One three-ring binder (1” at least)
8-1/2 X 11’ college ruled notebook paper (LOTS!!)
Blue or black ink pens (no other colors)
No. 2 lead pencils (with eraser)
CLASS RULES
Be On Time (in your seat when the bell rings or you are TARDY)
Be Ready To Work (bring binder to class everyday with paper and pencil/pen)
Be Kind To Yourself And Others
Be Aware of Deadlines
Food And Drink Remain Outside Of The Classroom
Remain in Your Seat Until the Bell Rings
No Passes To Leave Class Unless Absolutely Necessary (2 bathroom passes per semester)
If Possible, You Should Help Others. If that is not possible, you should do no harm.
Always Bring Your Binder to Class!
ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY
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Infractions are dealt with in the following manner:
1st – Verbal warning
2nd – Private counsel (usually accompanied with seat change)
3rd – Phone call home (Referral if necessary)
4th – Written referral with administrative intervention.
THE FOLLOWING ARE PROHIBITED IN CLASS:
Food
Drinks (water only)
Snacks
Disruptive Behaviors
Candy
Personal Grooming
Disruptive Behaviors
Cell Phones, IPODS, Etc.
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES
A learning environment must be maintained in the classroom. Do not disrupt this environment.
Restroom privileges may be exercised 10 minutes after the bell and will cease 10 minutes before class
is dismissed. You must have a completed hall pass from me to use the restroom. Each student will
receive only TWO bathroom passes each quarter and must complete the sign-out sheet when leaving the
classroom.
There is zero tolerance for vulgar language or racial slurs.
ABSENCE POLICY
If you are absent and desire to make up the work you may have missed, here are the steps you must take.
In-class/Homework Assignments: Students are responsible for obtaining the assignment(s) on days
they are absent from the assignment binder and/or the course website. Students will have the number of
days they are absent (excused) to make up the work. Please note that not all assignments are available
via the course website as they are not available in electronic format. These assignments will only be
available in class.
Missed Essays: All of our essays will be written IN CLASS. If you are absent on the day we write an
essay you must schedule a time after school to write the essay you missed within two calendar days of
your absence or receive a 0 (zero) on the assignment.
Missed Tests/Quizzes: Students will be able to make up tests on assigned days throughout the grading
period.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL
MS. AHLIN
ASSIGNMENT #1
DUE: Monday, August 6th
Step 1: Register on the course website (www.luhsd.net/ahlina)
Step 2: Post a comment in response to the “A.P. World History Short Answer Questions” link on our
course website
I will be checking the course website to make sure this assignment has been completed by 11:59pm on
the date it is due. If you do not have a computer at home you may use the library computers before or
after school or during lunch. Please note this is a 5 point homework assignment and no late entries will
be accepted.