AP World History
Have out your notebook, homework,
signed letters and a writing utensil.
Notebook Set Up
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Themes/Periods/Skills lists in front
Section 1: Bell work aka Write Now
Section 2: Vocabulary
Section 3: Notes (reading and class)
Section 4: Hand outs
Section 5: Writing
AP Themes
• I. Environment
• II. Culture
• III. State Building
• IV. Economic
• V. Social
Paleolithic vs. Neolithic
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Get a large piece of paper off the wall by the windows.
Draw a Venn diagram (2-interlocking circles)
Label one Paleolithic and the other Neolithic.
With each person using a different color, start completing the
diagram of characteristics of each group. Remember the center is
for what they share in common
Trends or Patterns
Periodization
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ePerio ds
Perio d One: U
p to 600 B.C.E
Perio d T
wo : 600 B.C.E
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Perio d T
hree: 600 C.E– 1450 C.e.
Perio d Fo ur: 1450 – 1750 C.E
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Perio d Five: 1750 – 1900 C.E
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Perio d S
ix: 1900 – present
Just Watch…
Quick Write
Jot down your reactions/observations
from the video.
Don‘t take too long.
Just write.
Pair Share
Timeline: How would you divide your major
life events?
Round Table
• Compare your timelines.
• How are your life events the same?
• How are they different?
• Compare your answers.
What global movements would you see?
Habits of Mind
(Historical Thinking Skills)
Argumentation
Use of Evidence
Thinking Skills
Causation
Continuity and Change
Periodization
Comparison
Contextualization
Interpretation
Synthesis
• Essential Question:
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How did increasingly more complex
societies develop?
• What historical evidence is there for the early development of human
societies?
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Using Visual Evidence
History before writing: How do we know?
Instructions
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Study the pictures.
Respond to the questions in your groups.
Record your answers on the page provided.
Be ready to share your observations with the rest of the class.
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Worst Mistake in Human History
Jared Diamond
Read Jared Diamond’s article “The Worst Mistake in Human
History.”
What evidence could you give in a counterargument to Diamond’s
statement that agriculture was the worst mistake in human history.
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Independent Practice
• Read Chapter 2. Complete the vocabulary and
review questions.
• Finish Jared Diamond’s article and your
counter argument.
• Map Quiz next meeting.
Write Now!: DAY 2 8/26
• Using the map on pp. 8-9 respond to the following question in
complete sentences in the space provided for Tuesday on your Write
Now paper. Use complete sentences.
• How do you explain the wider range of
Homo Sapien migration?
Global Migrations of Homo erectus and Homo
sapiens
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