Topic and Assignment Outline
***Students are expected to follow Bentley readings with AP Princeton Review readings.
Unit 1: Ancient Traditions 8000 BCE-1000 CE - Development of Classical Civilizations
Week 1 Wed., Thurs.
Introduction to course, texts, etc.
Map exercize/Habits of Mind
Princeton Review Summer reading (pp. 88-122)--- exam on Unit 2 "Big Picture" concept
Bentley, Ch. 1 (read "The Neolithic Era and the Transition to Agric." Section)
Intro. student research Ch. 2-6---SPRITE
Week 2 Review Princeton Review Summer Reading exam
Readings: Bentley, Ch. 2, re-read Princeton Review pp. 88-122
Document analysis, Point of View
DBQ rubric
Southwest Asia geography-Students prepare Classical Civilization reports and begin reporting
on their region: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, China
Quiz-Themes: Why development of complex politics and organized religion?
Effects of migrations on regions? Climatic change and effect on environment?
Week 3 - Continued Student reports
Readings: Bentley Ch. 3 focusing on Egypt
Bentley Ch. 4 and Ch. 9, Barron's pp. 76-81
Princeton Review Quiz
****Students should independently read Princeton Review as we move through Bentley text.
Week 4 Continued Foundation unit Reports
Readings: Bentley Ch. 5 and Ch. 8
DBQ rubric and DBQ exam
Week 5 Review DBQ and continue Classical Civilization (Foundation Unit) reports
Week 6 Summarize Classical Civilizations and link to African societies-Review Ch. 3 in Bentley,
specifically, pp. 59-60, p. 65, 80-83.
Week 7 Ch. 7 review Persians and link to Mediterranean Society
Ch. 10 Greek phase,
Ch. 11 Roman phase
Week 8 Ch. 12 Cross Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Road
CCOT and Compare/Contrast essay rubrics introduced
Week 9 Intro Post-Classical era 500-1000 CE
Assign student research reports on each region
Ch. 13 Byzantium (video clips "Byzantium: The Lost Empire)
Ch. 14 Islam (video clips: "Muhammed the Prophet")
Week 10 DBQ Islam
Student oral reports: Islam and Byzantine Empires
Review Resurgence of Empire in China
Ch. 15
Week 11 Ch. 16 India and the Indian Ocean Basin
"Southernization"
Student reports
Week 12 Ch. 17 Foundations of Christian Society
Early Medieval Europe
Student reports
Week 13 Pt. IV 1000-1500 CE
Ch. 18 Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
Turks and Mongols
Week 14 Ch. 19 States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Ibn Battuta
Student Reports
Week 15 Ch. 20 Western Europe during High Middle Ages
Compare Charlemagne and Abdul Rahman III (Andalusian Spain)
Student reports
Week 16 Ch. 21 Americas and Oceania
Student reports
Week 17 Ch. 22 Reaching Out: Cross-Cultural Interactions
Week 18 CCOT essay
Introduce Pt. V Origins of Global Interdependence, 1500-1800
Ch. 23 Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections
Week 19 Ch. 24 The Transformation of Europe
Week 20 Student reports
Midterm Exam AP World sample---3 essays, 70 multiple choice
Second Semester
Week 21 Ch. 25 New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania
Week 22 Ch. 26 Africa and the Atlantic World
Video clips plantation life
Field trip Charles H. Wright African-American museum
Week 23 Ch. 27 Tradition and Change in East Africa
Week 24 Ch. 28 The Islamic Empires
Review 1500-1800 era
Week 25 Pt. VI An Age of Revolution , Industry, and Empire, 1750-1914
Ch. 29 Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
Week 26 Ch. 30 The Making of Industrial Society
Week 27 Ch. 31 The Americas in the Age of Independence
Week 28 Ch. 32 Societies at Crossroads
Ch. 33 The Building of Global Empires
Rudyard Kipling "White Man's Burden"
"Black Man's Burden, Brown Man's Burden, etc."
Imperialism
Week 29 Continue Ch. 32, Ch. 33
Nationalism and anti-Colonial Movements
Week 30 Pt. VII Contemporary Global Realignments, 1914 to the Present
Ch. 34 The Great War: The World in Upheaval
Video clips WW I trench warfare and Russian Revolution
1918 Influenza
Week 31 Ch. 35 An Age of Anxiety
1920's
Great Depression, FDR, Communism in Russia, Fascism
Week 32 Ch. 36 Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Week 33 Ch. 37 New Conflagrations: WW II
Week 34 Intro. Cold War and UN
Ch. 38 Bipolar World
US vs. Soviets
Week 35 Ch. 39 End of Empire
Ch. 40 A World Without Borders
Terror, Globalization, Women's Traditions and Feminist Challenges
Week 36 Prepare for AP Exam
Week 37 Prepare for AP Exam
AP Examination
Discuss, analyze exam
Intro. post-exam project
Week 38 Student project preparation, research, etc.
Week 39 Seniors present Post AP Exam presentation
Week 40 Juniors present and must attend Final Exam 2 hr. period to finish presentations and complete Class Evaluation and letter to new students.