AP World History Syllabus
Additional readings, essays, and maps will be assigned in class. This is for the
purpose of giving you at home reading and essay assignments as well as quiz
and test dates. It is your responsibility to keep up with the reading and be aware
of upcoming quizzes and tests. Essay prompts will be given in class on the
Wednesday prior to the due date.Discussion and lecture in class will revolve
around topics read. In parentheses you will find how long we will be discussing
the topics in class. Be prepared ahead of time.
Period 1 – 8000 BCE – 600 CE Foundations
(3 ½ weeks) August 27- September 18
Stearns textbook reading Ch. 1
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Ch. 1 – 3 Test Sept. 7
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5
Unit 1 Test Sept. 18
Prehistory (2 days)
China (3 days)
India (3 days)
Vol. 1 Reader Ch. 1
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3
Greece and Rome (3 days)
Decline (3 days)
6
Period 2 – 600 CE – 1450 CE Post Classical Era
(3 ½ weeks) September 19- October 15
Stearns textbook reading Ch. 6 Rise of Islam (2 days) Vol. 1 Reader Ch.
7 Abbasids (2 days)
8 Islam in Africa (1 day)
Ch. 6 – 8 Test Sept. 27
9 Eastern Europe ( 1 ½ days)
10 Western Europe (1/2 day)
11 America (1 day)
Ch. 9 – 11 Test Oct. 3
12 Chinese Renaissance (2 days)
13 Japan, Korea, Vietnam (1 day)
Ch. 12 & 13 Test Oct. 9
14 Nomads- Khan to Timur (2 days)
15 World balance (1 day)
Unit 2 Test Oct. 16
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Period 3 – 1450 CE – 1750 CE The World Shrinks
(3 ½ Weeks) October 16 – November 8
Steans textbook reading Ch.
Ch. 16-18 Test Oct. 25
16World Economy (1 day) Vol. 2 Reader Ch.1
17 The West (1 day)
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18 Russia (3 days)
19 Latin America (2 days) Vol. 2 Reader Ch.2
20 Africa/Atlantic Slave Trade (2 ½ days) 6
Ch. 19 & 20 Test Nov. 1
Unit 3 Test Nov. 8
21 Muslim Empires (2 days)
22 Asian Trade (2 days)
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Period 4 – 1750 CE – 1914 CE Industrialism and Hegemony
(3 ½ weeks) November 12 – December 5
Stearns textbook reading Ch. 23 Rev. in the West (2 days) Reader Ch.
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24 industrialism & Imperialism
Ch. 23 & 24 Test Nov. 16
25 Latin American Consolidation (3 days)
Ch. 25 Quiz Nov. 21
26 Ottoman Empire & Qing China (3 days)
Ch. 26 Quiz Nov. 30
27 Russia and Japan (3 days)
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Unit 4 Test Dec. 5
Period 5 – 1914 CE – Present 21st Century World History
(3 ½ weeks) December 6 – January 9
Stearns textbook reading Ch. 28 WWI (2 days) Vol. 2 Reader Ch.
Ch. 28 Quiz Dec. 10
29 1920s (1 day)
30 Great Depression
Ch. 29 & 30 Quiz Dec. 13
31 WWII (3 days)
32 Cold War & E. Europe
Ch. 31 & 32 Quiz Dec. 20
33 Latin America (1 day)
34 Afr,Mid East, Asian Independ. (2 days)
35 East Asia & Pacific Rim Rebirth (2 days)
36 Globalization (2 days)
Unit 5 Test Jan. 9
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Essays Due Every Other Week
1st Block Essay due dates- Sept. 10, Sept. 24, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 5, Nov. 19,
Dec. 3, Dec. 17, Jan. 7
4th Block Essay due dates- Sept. 4, Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 30, Nov. 12,
Nov. 26, Dec. 10, Jan. 2