Welcome to AP World History!!!
Mr. Trainor
Website: mrtrainor.sharepoint.com
mrtrainor1@gmail.com
Texts:
•The Earth and Its Peoples (Fifth Edition),
Bulliet.
•A History of Western Society, McKay
•World History, Spielvogel
•Ways of the World, Strayer
•Pattern of Interaction, Beck
General Learning Objectives of the
Course:
• Understand the forces of continuity and change
• Develop the skills needed to assess a diversity of interpretations
• Analyze primary source documents
• Understand the major social, political, cultural movements/events in
World History
• Understand how the events of the past impact current
issues/problems
• Development of listening, speaking, and organizational skills in order
to improve comprehension, communication and time management.
• Develop skills needed to construct and evaluate
Course Overview
• January
I. Post-WWI Europe – Treaty of Versailles
II. Age of Anxiety
III. Post-War political order
IV. Great Depression
Course Overview
• February – Interwar Europe and Japan
I. Rise of Authoritarianism in Europe
II. Stalin Revolution
III. Fascism in Italy
IV. Interwar Germany and the rise of the National
Socialists (Nazi’s)
V. Rise of militarism in Japan
VI. Spanish Civil War
VII. World War II
VIII.Rise of the New nationalism – Irish Civil War
IX. Test#1 – Friday, March 1
Course Overview
• March – Nationalism and the Cold War
I. Nationalism in Middle East
II. Independence in India and Partition of Pakistan
III. Nationalism in Latin America – Mexico,
Argentina, Brazil.
IV. Revolution in China – Sun Yat-Sen
V. Development of European Union
VI. Exam#2 – Monday, March 18th
VII. Cold War – Origins and early years
Course Overview
• April – Cold War Continued
I. Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan – Cold War “hot
spots”
II. Post-WWII independence in Africa
III. Cold War in Latin America – Cuba, Argentina, El-Salvador
IV. Communist Rev. in China
V. Exam#3 – Cold War and Decolonization, April, 19th
VI. Arab-Israeli Conflict
VII. Revolution in Iran
VIII. Roots of Islamic Fundamentalism
IX. Challenge to authority in China – Tiananmen Square
Course Overview
• May – End of Cold War, Review for AP Exam
I. End of Apartheid in South Africa
II. End of Cold War in Europe
III. Exam#4 – May 10th
IV. Term-Projects: Change and Continuity over
Time (CCOT)
V. AP World History Exam – Wednesday, May 22nd.
VI. AP Exam debrief
VII. Movie!!!
Course Overview
• June – Tying up Loose Ends
I. Groups presentations on contemporary
issues.
II. NYS Global History Regents Exam – Thursday,
June 13th.