Hello

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Mr. Whitehead

marc.whitehead@nhcs.net extension #70339

 

Welcome to AP(R) World History !!

 

As you already know, this is a college level course and so it is vital that you go over your work every night! The snowball effect of letting work go in this class could be devastating.  You will also be responsible for independent learning as well as writing many essays, especially the DBQ (Document-Based-Question) as this essay will be heavily weighted on your AP exam in May.

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Is there good news? Sure, the essays are not graded on mechanics either, nor are points are taken off for wrong answers! As long as you stick to the question you will do fine! Each essay has specific instructions, just follow them (and we’ll work on how to do this) and you should succeed!!! 

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Here is how the class will work, you will read, we will review the readings, I will supplement them with lecture and other highly stimulating input and primary source readings.  A thick three ring binder is needed for the class! There will be no big projects or papers due to time constraints.

The tests will echo the exam in that they will consist of multiple choice and an essay. You will need to become used to a timed test, we can practice these to help you!!

 

Here’s your rubric:

                              First Semester                         Second Semester                                                                                              (including post-final)

Quizzes/Papers                        40%                             40%

Unit Tests                                  60%                             60%

Final                                                             20%

 

Here’s our schedule (subject to change as needed due to testing, inclement weather and/or negligence on the instructor’s part)

 

The Much-Needed Background Units (2 weeks each)

Preview Unit 1: Early and classical civilizations and their religions

            A brief sketch of the Neolithic Era, the river civilizations, Greece,                Rome and Han China, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Tao-ism,                    Confucianism and Christianity

Preview Unit 2: The Middle Ages

            Europe, the rise of Islam, Tang and Song China, Mayan culture

 

The Official AP(R)  Course :

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1200-1450 (4 weeks)

The Global Tapestry (their term, not mine)

Networks of Exchange

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1450-1750 (6 weeks)

Land-based empires

Transoceanic Interconnections

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1750-1900 (6 weeks)

Revolutions

Consequences of Industrialization

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1900-Present (6 weeks)

Cold War and Decolonization

Globalization

Post-Final

In-depth exercises

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