AP World History Reading Calendar
SEMESTER 1
Week 1 (7/20-7/22) - Early Humans and Mesopotamia
Reading: Chapters 1-2
Week 2 (7/25 – 7/29) - Early African and Indian Societies
Reading: Chapters 3 – 4
Week 3 (8/1 – 8/5) - Societies in China, Americas and Oceania
Reading: Chapters 5- 6
Week 4 (8/8 – 9/12) - Empires of Persia
Reading: Chapter 7
Week 5 (8/15 – 8/19) - Unification of China
Reading: Chapter 8
Week 6 (8/22 – 8/26) - Classical India
Reading: Chapter 9
Week 7 (8/29 – 9/2) - The Mediterranean World
Reading: Chapters 10 and 11
Week 8 (9/6 – 9/9) Cross Cultural Exchange and the Silk Roads
Reading: Chapter 12
Week 9 (9/12 – 9/16) Commonwealth of Byzantium
Reading: Chapter 13
Week 10 (9/19 – 9/23) Rise and Expansion of Islam
Reading: Chapter 14
FALL BREAK
Weeks 11 and 12 (9/26 – 10/7) - Resurgence of Empires in East
Asia
Reading: Chapter 15 and Online Lecture Assignment
Assignment: Comparison Essay
Week 18 (11/14 – 11/20) - Cross Cultural Interactions
Reading: Chapter 22
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 19 (11/21 – 11/25) – Global Connections
Reading: Chapters 23
Week 20 (11/28 – 12/2) - Western Transformation
Reading: Chapter 24
Week 21 (12/5 – 12/9) - Colonial Societies
Reading: Chapter 25
Week 22 (12/12 – 12/16) - Atlantic System and Africa
Reading: Chapter 26
WINTER BREAK
Week 23 (12/19 – 12/23) - Tradition and Change in East Asia
Reading: Chapter 27
Assignment: Online Lecture
Week 24 (12/26 – 12/30) No Homework!!!
Week 25 (1/2 – 1/6) – The Islamic Empires
Reading: Chapter 28
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!
 All chapters must be read by Monday of
the week it is listed under
Week 13 (10/10 – 10/14) Indian Ocean Basin
Reading: Chapter 16
 All notes for each Chapter are due on the
Tuesday of the week it is listed under
Week 14 (10/17 – 10/21) Christianity in Western Europe and
the High Middle Ages
Reading: Chapter 17 and 20
 All notes must be completed in your
notebook
Week 15 (10/24 – 10/28) - Nomadic Empires
Reading: Chapter 18
 All notes must be written in ink
Week 16 (10/31 – 11/4) - Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Reading: Chapter 19
 Notes and note cards should be kept until
the end of the year
Week 17 (11/7 – 11/11) - Americas and Oceania
Reading: Chapter 21
SEMESTER 2
Week 26 (1/10 – 1/12) - Revolutions and National States in the
Atlantic World
Reading: Chapter 29
Week 27 (1/17 – 1/20) - The Making of Industrial Society
Reading: Chapter 30
Week 28 (1/23 – 1/27) - The Americas in the Age of
Independence
Reading: Chapter 31
Week 29 (1/30 – 2/3) - Societies at Crossroads
Reading: Chapter 32
Week 30 (2/6 – 2/10) - The Building of Global Empires
Reading: Chapter 33
Week 31 (2/13 – 2/16) -The Great War: The World in Upheaval
Reading: Chapter 34
Week 42 (4/30 – 5/4) – REVIEW FOR THE AP EXAM
Reading: Review Units 1-3
SATURDAY MAY 5 – MOCK AP EXAM
Week 43 (5/7 – 5/11) – REVIEW FOR AP EXAM
Review Units 4 and 5
Reading: Areas of need based on Practice AP Exam
Week 44 (5/14 – 5/18) – REVIEW FOR AP EXAM
Review Unit 6
Reading: Areas of need based on Practice AP Exam
AP EXAM -THURSDAY, MAY 17
Week 32 (2/21 – 2/24) - Age of Anxiety
Reading: Chapter 35
Week 33 (2/27 – 3/2) - Nationalism and Political Identities in
Asia, Africa and Latin America
Reading: Chapter 36
Week 34 (3/5 – 3/9) - World War II
Reading: Chapter 37
Week 35 (3/12 – 3/16) (CAHSEE TESTING 3/13 and 3/14)
Reading: World War II Documents
Week 36 (3/19 – 3/23) - Cold War
Reading: Chapter 38
SPRING BREAK (March 24-April 8)
Week 37 (3/26 – 3/30) – Units 5 and 6 Review
Reading: Documents Packet
Week 38 (4/2- 4/6) – Make-up Essays if needed
Week 39 (4/9 – 4/13) - Decolonization
Reading: Chapter 39
Week 40 (4/16 – 4/20) - Globalization
Reading: Chapter 40
Week 41 (4/23 – 4/27) (CST TESTING 4/24 and 4/26)
Review Chapters 29-39
Reading: Units 4 and 5 Summary Reading
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!
 All chapters must be read by Monday of
the week it is listed under
 All notes for each Chapter are due on the
Tuesday of the week it is listed under
 All notes must be completed in your
notebook
 All notes must be written in ink
 Notes and note cards should be kept until
the end of the year