Welcome!
• Come in and find your seat!
–Their in Alphabetical order, please DO NOT
move your name.
• Please begin filling out the student information
sheet!
–At your desk you will find a student
information sheet and a syllabus.
– Begin looking over the syllabus once you have completed the student
information sheet
Welcome to the first day
of AP World
Agenda
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Student information Sheet
Video
Introductions
Syllabus
Comparison
Homework
Homework
• Study for Map Quiz- pg 3-6 of summer
assignment
• Read Why Study History? And answer
questions
Video
• http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/movies/fla
sh_large.php
Introductions
• Take 3 minutes and introduce yourself to your partner.
• Tell them your name, and something fun you did this
summer
• When you are done, switch and have the other person
introduce themselves to you
• Be ready to share the information you learn- You will
be introducing your partner!!!
Syllabus
• Things not on the Syllabus
Comparisons
• Compare history last year to history this year
–Think
–Share
–Find a another pair
Homework
• Study for Map Quiz- pg 3-6 of summer assignment
• Read Why Study History? And answer questions
• Summer assignment is DUE NEXT CLASS!!!!!
Journal
8/31/11
• Practice entering the room correctly
–Get today’s handouts from the back
–Put your homework (and Summer Assignment)
in the correct Inbox
–Be ready to start class with the Map Quiz!
Agenda
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Map Quiz
AP World Regions
Skill: Summarization
AP World Themes
8/31/11
Objectives
8/31/11
Students will be able to…
T1. Identify AP World regions.
T2. Write effective summaries of written text.
T3. Recognize AP World themes across
history.
Objective #T1
AP World Regions
• Why use regions?Hey, look, it’s an Objective!
When you see a new objective
• How to group places
here, it means we’re on to
–Geography? something new. Pay attention!
This can help you be on the right
–Religion? page, and organize your notes
and Glossary words.
–Language and culture?
–Economic or political system?
• Changes from Summer Assignment
Latin America (includes Caribbean)
Middle East (includes Egypt)
North Africa (includes Egypt)
West Africa
Central (Equatorial) Africa
South Africa
East Africa
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Central Asia
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Oceania (also New Zealand, Papua New Guinea)
Also…
• North America?
–Intentionally limited in AP World course
–Would include Canada and US
• Russia
–Not fully European, but not Asian
–Not limited geographically to Central Asia, or
very similar
Objective #T2
Skill: Summarizing
• Read the fairytale, and write a summary!
Skill: Summarizing
• Now, read the article, and write a summary!
Objective #T3
AP World Themes
• What are themes?
• SPICE
–Social
–Political
–Interaction between humans and the
environment
–Cultural
–Economic
Homework
• Read pages 7-16 in Stearns (your bright
orange textbook)
• Complete the SPICE chart – identify three
facts for each category
• Summarize the section
Journal
• Why are some areas of the world more
powerful than others?
Objectives
1. Compare Paleolithic and Neolithic human
societies
2. Explain the social and environmental changes
caused by food production
T4 Use the level of Questions to appropriately
respond to prompts
Homework
• Summarize the “Worst Mistake”, write/answer
questions at levels 1-3