AP World History What to Expect

About AP The Advanced Placement program enables students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school AP provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit AP World History is modeled after a comparable college course

What will we be studying? BCE- Before the common era CE- Common era Why do we create certain time periods? Transformative events Led to a major change that influenced many people over a long period of time Took place in two or more regions of the world Led to more long distance interactions There are always exceptions!

Time Periods 8000 BCE-600 BCE 600 BCE-600 CE Hunter/ Gatherer Societies Stone Age Neolithic Revolution Agricultural Revolution 600 BCE-600 CE Classical Period Civilizations created that still impact society today

Time Periods 600 CE-1450 CE 1450 CE-1750 CE Fall of Rome Rise of Islam Middle Ages/ Dark Ages 1450 CE-1750 CE Renaissance European Maritime Revolution

Time Periods 1750 CE-1900 CE 1900 CE- Present Industrial Revolution Improvements in science and technology

Thinking Skills Analyzing Evidence Interpretation Comparison Primary/ secondary sources Interpretation Historiography Comparison Compare and contrast Contextualization Relate a more specific event to a larger pattern

Thinking Skills Synthesis Causation Make connections across different time periods, geographic regions Causation Identify, analyze, and evaluate relationships among historical causes and effects Patterns of continuity and change over time How do things change? How are they still the same?

Thinking Skills Periodization Argumentation Transformative events Create an argument and support it using historical evidence

Themes Social Political Structures Interaction with environment Structures/ systems, gender, race, class Political Structures State building, political ideologies, nationalism, conflict, imperialism Interaction with environment Terrain, climate, plants, animals

Themes Culture Economics Religion, philosophy, arts, technology Trade, labor systems, industrialization, economic philosophies

AP Test Course concludes with college- level assessment developed and scored by university faculty and experienced AP teachers May 4 hours! 2 parts

AP Test Part 1 Part A Part B 55 multiple choice questions 55 minutes 40% of score Part B Short answer questions 4 questions 50 Minutes 20% of score Lack of writing space usually the issue, not time

AP Test 10- 15 minute break Part 2 Part A Part B Document Based Question (DBQ) 1 Question 55 minutes, includes a reading period 25% of score Part B Long Essay Question 1 question, chosen from a pair 35 minutes 15% of score

AP Test 5- Extremely well qualified 4- Well qualified 3- Qualified 2- Possibly 1- No recommendation Your score on the test does not impact your grade in the class!