AP World History: Scope & Sequence Proposed Planning Guide
Howard HS: 2015-16
Unit 1: Foundations to the Classical Period
Early Complex Societies
Formation of Classical Societies
August 24 – October 23, 2015 (9 wks)
Period Titles & Date Range –
1. Technological and Environmental Transformations
2. Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
Chapters – 1 to 12
Unit 2: Postclassical Period
Postclassical Era
Acceleration of Cross-Cultural Interaction
October 26 – December 22, 2015 (8 wks)
Period Titles & Date Range –
1. Regional and Transregional Interactions
Chapters – 13 to 21
Unit 3: Origins of Global Interdependence
January 4 – February 12, 2016 (5 wks)
Winter break; Mid-terms
Period Titles & Date Range –
1. Global Interactions
Chapters – 22 to 27
Unit 4: Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire
February 16 – March 11, 2016 (4 wks)
Period Titles & Date Range –
1. Industrialization and Global Integration
Chapters – CHs 28-32 (CH 30 to be read on own; US Hist)
Unit 5: Contemporary Global Realignments
March 14 – April 28, 2016 (6 wks)
Spring Break
Period Titles & Date Range –
1. Accelerating Global Change and Realignments
Chapters – 33 to 38
to c600 BCE
c600 BCE to 600 CE
c600 CE to c1450
c1450 to c1750
c1750 to c1900
c1900 to present
REVIEW FOR WHAP EXAM
May 2 – May 11, 2016 (2 wks)
WHAP EXAM: Thurs, May 12, 2016
Unit 6: Contemporary Issues
May 16 – June 2, 2016 (3 wks)
Project-based Inquiry
Unit 1: Foundations to the Classical Period (Early Complex Societies; Formation of Classical Societies)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
August
24, 2015
25
26
27
WELCOME; SETTING
CLASS EXPECTATIONS
28
TAKING YOUR
TEXTBOOK HOME
31 September
1, 2015
2
3
4
8
9
10
11
16
17
18
24
25
1, 2015
2
DUE: CH 1
Before History
7
NO SCHOOL
LABOR DAY
DUE: CH 2-6
Early Complex Societies
14
NO SCHOOL
15
DUE: CH 7
Empires of Persia
21
QZ on Foundations?
22
DUE: CH 8
Unification of China
28
DUE: CH 9
State, Society, Quest for
Salvation in India
5
DUE: CH 10
Med Society: Greeks
DBQ on Greeks?
23
NO SCHOOL
29
30 October
NO SCHOOL
PROF DEVPT
6
7
8
9
Unit 1: Foundations to the Classical Period (Early Complex Societies; Formation of Classical Societies)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
12
13
PSATs
14
15
DUE: CH 11
Med Society: Romans
19
16
NO SCHOOL
MSEA CONFERENCE
20
21
22
DUE: CH 12
Silk Road
23
TEST: Foundations &
Classical Periods
Unit 2: Postclassical Period (Postclassical Era; Acceleration of Cross-Cultural Interaction)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
October
26, 2015
27
28
29
Friday
End 1MP
30
DUE: CH 13
Expansive Realm of
Islam
November
2, 2015
3
4
5
6
DUE: CH 14
Resurgence of Empire in
East Asia
9
10
11
12
13
DUE: CH 15
India & Indian Ocean
Basin
16
17
18
19
20
DUE: CH 16
Two Worlds of
Christendom
HALF DAY
Unit 2: Postclassical Period (Postclassical Era; Acceleration of Cross-Cultural Interaction)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Half Day (confs) 23
Half Day (confs) 24
25
26
DUE: CH 17
Nomadic Empires &
Eurasian Integration
30
DUE: CH 18
States & Societies of SubSaharan Africa
7
DUE: CH 19
The Increasing Influence
of Europe
14
DUE: CH 21
Expanding Horizons of
Cross-Cultural
Interaction
21
NO SCHOOL (confs)
December
27
NO SCHOOL
Thanksgiving Break
1, 2015
2
3
4
8
9
10
11
(READ ON OWN: CH 20
Americas & Oceania)
15
16
17
18
22
23
24
25
TEST: Postclassical Era
Monday
January
4, 2016
DUE: CHs 22 & 23
Transoceanic
Encounters;
Transformation of
Europe
NO SCHOOL
Thanksgiving Break
Friday
NO SCHOOL
Winter Break Begins!
Unit 3: Origins of Global Interdependence
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
5
6
NO SCHOOL
Merry Christmas!
Friday
7
8
Monday
11
Unit 3: Origins of Global Interdependence
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
12
13
DUE: CH 24
New Worlds: Americas &
Oceania
18
NO SCHOOL
MLK Jr Day
19
MID-TERMS BEGIN
25
Half Day
20
MID-TERM EXAMS
Half Day
Friday
14
21
MID-TERM EXAMS
15
Half Day
22
MID-TERM EXAMS
26
27
28
29
2
3
4
5
DUE: CH 25
Africa & the Atlantic
World
February
1, 2016
DUE: CH 26
Tradition & Change in
East Asia
NO SCHOOL
CONFERENCES
8
NO SCHOOL
PROF DEVPT
9
DUE: CH 27
The Islamic Empires
10
11
12
TEST: Global
Interactions
Unit 4: Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
16
17
Monday
February
15, 2016
NO SCHOOL
Presidents’ Day
22
DUE: CH 28
Revolutions & National
States in the Atlantic
World
23
24
DUE: CH 29
The Making of Industrial
Society
29
Friday
18
19
25
26
(READ ON OWN: CH 30
The Americas in the Age
of Independence)
March
1, 2016
2
3
4
8
9
10
11
DUE: CH 31
Societies at Crossroads
7
DUE: CH 32
The Building of Global
Empires
Monday
March
14, 2016
DUE: CH 33
The Great War
TEST: Revolutions,
Industry, Global
Integration
Tuesday
Unit 5: Contemporary Global Realignments
Wednesday
Thursday
15
16
Friday
17
18
Monday
21
Unit 5: Contemporary Global Realignments
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
22
23
Friday
24
DUE: CH 34
An Age of Anxiety
April
25
SCHOOLS CLOSED
BEGIN SPRING BREAK
4, 2016
5
DUE: CH 35
Nationalism & Political
Identities in Asia, Africa,
& Latin America
11
6
7
8
HALF DAY
END OF 3MP
12
13
14
15
18
19
20
21
22
25
26
27
28
29
DUE: CH 36
World War II
DUE: CH 37
The End of Empire
DUE: CH 38
A World w/o Borders
SCHOOLS CLOSED
ELECTION DAY
TEST: Global Change &
Realignments
Monday
May
Tuesday
2, 2016
REVIEW for WHAP EXAM
Wednesday
3
4
Thursday
Friday
5
6
12
13
BEGIN REVIEW FOR
WHAP EXAM
9
10
11
WHAP EXAM!
May
Monday
16, 2016
Tuesday
Unit 6: Contemporary Issues
Wednesday
17
18
BEGIN RESEARCH PRJs:
Contemporary Issues
23
24
30
31
NO SCHOOL
Memorial Day
Half Day
FINAL EXAMS
(no snow days)
Thursday
Friday
19
20
SCHOOLS CLOSED
ARTICULATION
June
25
26
27
1, 2016
2
3
FINALS BEGIN
(no snow days)
6
Half Day
FINAL EXAMS
(no snow days)
7
Half Day
FINAL EXAMS
LAST STUDENT DAY
(no snow days)
8
9
10