Strickland’s Recommended AP World History
Web sites, Textbooks, Videos, & Misc. Resources
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College Board Websites
1. AP Central (College Board) - All official news re: AP (all subjects)
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/ap-world-history-course-description.pdf
4. APWH Teacher’s Guide, edited by Sharon Cohen
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/repository/ap07_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/7173.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.host-collegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/subject_specific_world_history.htm
10. Curriculum Framework
http://www.host-collegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/pdf/AP_World_HistoryCCFramework.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_components.htm
12. Video interviews re: course redesign rationale, curriculum framework & classroom instruction.
http://www.host-collegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/subject_specific_world_history_video.html
Bill Strickland
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Strickland’s Recommended AP World History
Web sites, Textbooks, Videos, & Misc. Resources
July 24, 2010
Textbooks
13. Bentley & Ziegler, Traditions & Encounters, 4th Ed.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073406937/information_center_view0/
14. Bentley, Ziegler, & Streets, Traditions & Encounters, Brief Edition, 2nd Ed..
http://catalogs.mhhe.com/mhhe/viewProductDetails.do?isbn=0073385514
15. Bulliet, et al The Earth & Its Peoples, Note: Published by Cengage, the HS AP editions are on the
Houghton-Mifflin/Harcourt website.
4th AP Edition at http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/detail.htm?ID=1007200000068357
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=1007500000077822#
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=2008
17. Fernandez-Armesto, The World, 2nd Ed.
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/armesto2e/
18. 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=copyrightYear&instructorFlag=true&newProducts=false&codeFlag=false
19. Spodek, The World’s History, 4th Ed.
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0131373358
http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ6Mo&filter_161=&filter_423=&filter_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=0205708390
20. Stearns, et al, World Civilizations, 6th AP Ed.
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0131360205
6th college/non-AP (but website contains links to ancillaries)
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=020565956X
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+Studies&isbn=0312644663
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Teachers’ APWH Websites
22. “Uncle” Jay Harmon - The #1 place to start!
http://harmonhistory.com/apwh.html
23. Bill Zeigler - One of the giants of APWH
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/samplesccotessayquestions
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
28. Bill Strickland, East Grand Rapids HS, MI
For Teachers: http://moodle.egrps.org//course/view.php?id=136 (Enrolment key = “monty”)
AP Summer Institute Participants should also see http://bsapwh.ning.com
29. For my own course/students. If you see anything you like you’re more than welcome to use it.
For Students: http://moodle.egrps.org//course/view.php?id=97
Professional Organizations’ Websites for Teaching AP World History
30. Bridging World History - excellent lessons for teachers as much as students. 26 30-minute videos
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/worldhistory/
31. 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
32. World History Connected (online journal)
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/6.2/ Special issue for new APWH Teachers.
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33. Historical Thinking Matters
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/
Great lesson on meta-thinking skills. (Sam Wineburg) http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/why/
34. National Center for History Education
http://www.nche.net
35. World History Association
http://www.thewha.org
36. American Historical Association - Essays on Global & Comparative History
http://www.historians.org/pubs/globals.cfm Great pamphlets designed for teachers. Really helped me
when I first started teaching this course. They model the ‘global’ perspective that AP demands.
37. National Center for History in the Schools
http://nchs.ucla.edu/World_units.html
38. Internet History Sourcebook - Paul Halsall, Fordham Univ.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
39. World History Matters
http://worldhistorymatters.org/
40. World History Network
http://www.worldhistorynetwork.org/
41. The Choices Program
42. Gapminder
http://www.gapminder.org/ Amazing Software that can analyze current world demographics. Great
for students studying the contemporary world.
43. Poodwaddle
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
Videos & DVDs
44. 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-Discovered-America/dp/B0002IQNF6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U
TF8&s=dvd&qid=1246063672&sr=8-1
45. The 50 Years War, 2000 dvd. Palestine/Israel.
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http://www.amazon.com/50-Years-War-Israel-Arabs/dp/B00004TX2W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dv
d&qid=1246064198&sr=1-4
46. Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I,
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Oil-Middle-East-World/dp/B000HEWH3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s
=dvd&qid=1246048726&sr=1-1
47. China: A Century of Revolution, 3 dvd’s, 1911-49, 1949-76, 1976-present.
http://www.amazon.com/China-Century-Revolution-Three-Disc/dp/B000Q7ZOLC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=U
TF8&s=dvd&qid=1246048320&sr=1-2
48. China Rises: Behind the Great Wall, story of contemporary China’s economic rise
http://www.amazon.com/China-Rises-Behind-Great-Wall/dp/B0017VG5ZK/ref=pd_sim_d_5
49. Connections, by James Burke. An alternative view of history.
http://www.amazon.com/Connections-1-James-Burke/dp/B000NJVY3U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=d
vd&qid=1246048926&sr=1-1
50. The Crusades, 3 DVDs by Terry Jones (of Monty Python)
http://www.amazon.com/Crusades-Terry-Jones/dp/B00005U8F3/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=
1246048199&sr=8-2
51. Islam: Empire of Faith, PBS 3-hours on 2 dvd’s.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_d_0_8?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=islam+empi
re+of+faith&x=0&y=0&sprefix=islam%3A+e
52. To Live, Historical fiction tracing family from Communist Revolution through Cultural Rev.
http://www.amazon.com/Live-You-Ge/dp/B00005JM6H/ref=pd_sim_d_4
53. Lost Civilizations, Time/Life DVDs, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Aegean, Greece, China, Rome, Maya,
Inca, Africa (Great Zimbabwe), Tibet.
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Lifes-Lost-Civilizations-DVDs/dp/B00006L942/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=12460479
73&sr=8-1
54. 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%3Dvhs&field-keywords=cnn+millenium&x=16&y=19
55. 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-Sabin-Streeter/dp/B000GDH8JM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
&qid=1246063783&sr=1-1
56. Story of the Weeping Camel, (also Legend of the Weeping Camel) Documentary of Mongol family
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Weeping-Camel-Janchiv-Ayurzana/dp/B0006FFRB6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=
UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246049444&sr=1-1
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57. Triumph of the Will, dvd. 1935 propaganda documentary of annual Nazi party meeting.
http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Will-Special-Adolf-Hitler/dp/B00004WLXZ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF
8&s=dvd&qid=1246065444&sr=1-2
58. The World at War, BBC-produced documentary, 1973. 5 dvd’s, 26 Hours, Laurence Olivier
http://www.amazon.com/World-At-War-Complete-Set/dp/B00005NOOH/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=
dvd&qid=1246048820&sr=1-4
APWH Exam Review Books
59. Cracking the AP World History Exam, Princeton Review’s by Monty Armstrong, et al.
http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-World-History-Exam-College/dp/0375428526/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?i
e=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214501662&sr=1-1
Note: buy any edition 2004-05 or later. (by Monty Armstrong)
60. 5 Steps to a 5, AP World History, McGraw-Hill, by Peggy Martin
http://www.amazon.com/History-2008-2009-Advanced-Placement-Examinations/dp/007149796X/re
f=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214501521&sr=8-1
61. 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=10115&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-Placement-Preparation-History/dp/0073292117/ref=sr
_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246059164&sr=1-1
62. Barron’s AP World History, by John McCannon
http://www.amazon.com/Barrons-History-Advanced-Placement-Examination/dp/0764138227/ref=pd_sim_b_2
63. Kaplan’s AP World History 2010, by Patrick Whelan & Jennifer Laden
http://store.kaptest.com/catalog/templates/product.jhtml;jsessionid=OO4A0JWWZBJK3LA3AQJHBOFMDUCBG2HB?PRO
DID=kprod9781419553387&CATID=T00070005&disp=AP&rcid=T00070000
Also at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-AP-World-History-2010/dp/1419553380
Bill Strickland
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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/Teaching-World-History-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0765617153/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid
=1278033735&sr=1-1
(Note: While I am a contributor to this publication, I receive no financial benefit
from its sale.)
Lesson Jamboree CD and/or DVD
Send $10 and a lesson of your own. Receive a CD w/ 100s of other APWH Teacher’s lessons.
Heidi Roupp
Lesson Jamboree
Box 816
Aspen, CO 81615
HeidiRoupp@aol.com
Who’s Who of World History
When looking for resources, asking for advice, these are the people I trust completely. Anything they say
is bound to be good, solid advice. This list is far from complete, and I intend no slight toward the many
worthy names inadvertently omitted.
Monty Armstrong
Cerritos HS, CA
Monica Bond-Lamberty
Northwood HS, MD
Mike Burns
Concordia Internat’l, Shanghai
Sharon Cohen
Springbrook HS, MD
Barth Derryberry
Bartram Trail HS, FL
Wendy Eagan
Walt Whitman HS, MD
Ryba Epstein
Rich East HS, IL
Michele Forman
Middlebury Union HS, VT
Dixie Grupe
Hickman HS,MO
Jay Harmon
Woodlands Christian Acad., TX
Bram Hubbell
Friends Seminary, NY
Connie Hudgeons
Albuquerque HS, NM
Bill Strickland
Ben Kahrl
Dartmouth HS, MA
Jen Laden
Fox Lane HS, NY
Angela Lee
Weston HS, MA
Ane Lintvedt
McDonough School, MD
John Maunu
Grosse Ile HS, MI
Colin Ramsey
Lemon Bay HS, FL
Sigrid Reynolds
retired
Lenore Schneider
New Canaan HS, CT
Anda Lee Seat
Flower Mound HS, TX
Deb Smith Johnston
Lakeside School, WA
Patrick Whelan St. Stephen’s Episcopal HS, FL
Bill Zeigler
San Marcos HS, CA
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