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**The WHAP exam is on Thursday May 17 at 8am**

= = = = = = =Semester 1 Exam Wednesday December 14 9:50-11:25=

Review Class (optional) Tuesday 12/13

//**For parents and students...the College Board's Course Booklet for WORLD HISTORY 2011-2012**// [|AP_World_History (revised course).pdf]




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*** Please note changes: 1 = 50%; 2 = 60%; 3 = 65%. All other conversions remain unchanged***

// __**Course Description**__ //

//In Advanced Placement World History, students will take a global view of historical processes and contacts among people in different societies over the course of six major time periods.//

// Students will be expected to learn selective factual knowledge in addition to certain analytical skills. Techniques used in interpreting both primary historical evidence and secondary sources will be taught and used throughout the course. The basic approach to the course will be chronological; however, themes and historical skills will also be employed throughout the year throughout the units. //

Period I Technological and Environmental Transformations// (approx. 10,000 B.C.E. to 600 B.C.E.) (2 Weeks) 5% of Exam ==== Period II Organization and reorganization of Human Societies (600 B.C.E.-600 C.E) (4 Weeks) 15% of Exam ==== Period III Regional and Transregional Interactions (600-1450) (7 Weeks) 20% of Exam Period IV Global Interactions (1450-1750) (7 Weeks) 20% of Exam Period V Industrialization and Global Integration (1750-1900) (7 Weeks) 20% of Exam Period VI Accelerating Global Change and Realignments (1900-present) (7 weeks) 20% of Exam

The AP exam will be taken by students in May 2012 with the possibility of earning college credit. The exam will consist of 70 multiple choice questions and three types of written assessments: a DBQ (Document Based Question), a Compare/Contrast essay, and a Change over Time essay. We will work extensively throughout the year on these types of writing.

Student online resources for the [|BENTLEY TEXTBOOK]
=A place to learn the correct pronunciation of World History TERMS= [|Audio Pronunciation]

=Learn how to INSPECT a civilization [|Inspect keynote.key]= ==INSPECT Noteguide [|INSPECT chart.pages]==

__[|National Geographic site] - FANTASTIC resource for many stories in World History!__
===__[|APWH course outlines] from Mr. Burnett - nice supplement to your notes?!__===

*__Thesis Writing__
** [|WritingKillerThesisStatements.key] Take a look at this KEYNOTE to get some hints if you are having troubles writing strong THESIS STATEMENTS **

=APWH SKILLS=

__Vocabulary__
As you know, an Advanced Placement course is a college level course. As a result, there is an expectation that students will have a college level vocabulary. Since this course is taught to high school students, we must work to attain that expected level. There are two types of basic AP vocabulary. The first are words and terms particular to the study of history. Some of these are words that have a different connotation when used in the history classroom or on an AP history exam. Other words are simply college level vocabulary that are frequently found in AP level questions. It is imperative that you become comfortable with these words and terms.
 * Analysis
 * Argument
 * Austerity
 * Chronology
 * Civilization
 * Commemorate
 * Comparison
 * Conceptualization
 * Connection
 * Contemporary
 * Cooperative
 * Country
 * Culture
 * Diffusion
 * Dominance
 * Dynamics
 * Empire
 * Era
 * Event
 * Evolution
 * Exemplify
 * Exemption
 * Exploit
 * Facilitate
 * Fact
 * Fusion
 * Incite
 * Global
 * Historiography
 * Hypothesis
 * Imposition
 * Interaction
 * Interdisciplinary
 * Interpretation
 * Manipulate
 * Master Narrative
 * Methodology
 * Millennium
 * Narrative
 * Nation
 * National History
 * Obligatory
 * Periodization
 * Perspective
 * Resistence
 * Society
 * Spur (verb)
 * Stages
 * State
 * System
 * Tenets
 * Themes
 * Theory
 * Trait
 * Tribe
 * Universal History

__ **How to Read a Primary Source Effectively: AP PARTS** __ = = = The following strategy helps AP History students interpret primary sources more effectively. If you begin looking at primary sources in the same way, you will become more successful in analyzing and synthesizing primary sources in this class and for the DBQ on the AP Exam. You need to commit this mnemonic device to memory. = = = = Author: Who created the source? What do you know about the author? What is the author’s point of view? = = Place and Time: Where and when was the source produced? How might this affect the meaning of the source? = = Prior Knowledge: Beyond information about the author and the context of its creation, what do you know that would help you further understand the primary source? = = Audience: For whom was the source created and how might this affect the reliability of the source? = = Reason: Why was this source produced at the time it was produced? = = The Main Idea: What point is the source trying to convey? = = Significance: Why is this source important? What inferences can you draw from this document? Ask yourself, “So what?” in relation to the question asked. =

==__Notetaking__==

This is something you need to develop for yourself. We will practice several ways throughout the course, you need to do what works best for YOU...
The CORNELL method of notetaking is a good method for a college-level text...Take a look to get the basics - [|Cornell PowerPoint notetaking.key]

**Here is a very useful [|website] for unit overviews, review, and connecting themes for APWH. It is created by APWH students!**
= This [|site] is a GREAT source for the websites of the major textbooks used in APWH courses...Check it out - There are interactive quizzes and other review activities on all of them! =

__Map Reading__
__A list of helpful maps for APWH:__

__[|Before Independence - 1797 CE][|Worlds Together Worlds Apart]__ **//Western Europe://** __[|Barbaric Invasions-500 b.c.e]__ __[|Charlemagne - 850 CE]__ __[|Charlemagne Divided - 1000 CE]__ __[|Crusades - 1096 CE]__ __[|Absolute Monarchy - 1800 CE]__ __[|Europe Timeline - 1000-2000 CE]__ __[|Industrial Revolution - 1850]__ __[|Unification Germany - 1871]__ __[|World War I - 1914-1918 CE]__ __[|World War II - 1939-1945 CE]__ __[|Germany Divided - 1946]__ __[|NATO-Warsaw Pact - 1980 CE]__ __[|Europe Today - 2000 CE]__ **//Mediterranean://** __[|**//Ancient Greece - 300 BCE//**]__ __[|**//Ancient Rome - 300 CE//**]__ __[|**//Byzantine Empire - 500 CE//**]__ __[|**//Unification of Italy - 1870 CE//**]__ __[|**//Balkans - 1990 CE//**]__ __[|**//Eastern Europe - Russia - Key Historical Maps//**]__ __[|**//Russian Expansion - 1462-1795//**]__ **//Africa://** __[|**//Ancient Civilizations/Kingdoms//**]__ __[|**//Spread of Islam//**]__ __[|**//Swahili Coast//**]__ __[|**//Atlantic Slave Trade//**]__ __[|**//Scramble for Africa - 1914//**]__ __[|**//Independence Movements - Post WWII//**]__ __[|**//South Africa - Boers/Zulus - 1910//**]__ __[|**//South Africa - Apartheid - 1960//**]__ __[|**//South Africa - Current//**]__ __[|**//Additional Maps//**]__ **//Latin America://** __[|**//Aztecs, Incas, Mayas - 1000 CE//**]__ __[|**//North American Tribes - 1500 CE//**]__ __[|**//Caribbean Colonies - 1627-1763//**]__ __[|**//Independent Nations - 1800s CE//**]__ __[|**//Spanish-American War - 1897 CE//**]__ **//Japan//** __[|**//Warring States//**]__ __[|**//Tokugawa Japan - 1603-1867//**]__ __[|**//Concentration Camps World War II//**]__ **//Middle East//** __[|**//Ancient World - 3000 BCE//**]__ __[|**//Persian Empire - 1000 BCE//**]__ __[|**//Alexander the Great - 300 BCE//**]__ __[|**//Ottoman Empire at Height - 1500 CE//**]__ __[|**//Gunpowder Empires - 1600 CE//**]__ __[|**//Ottoman Empire at WWI - 1914 CE//**]__ __[|**//Mandates Post WWI - 1923 CE//**]__ __[|**//Cold War Conflicts - 1980//**]__ __[|**//OPEC Countries - 1990//**]__ __[|**//Israel - 1947 CE//**]__ __[|**//Israel - 1967 CE//**]__ **//China-Key Historical Maps//** __[|**//From Ming to Qing - 1644-1760//**]__ **//Themes!!//** **//Religion//** __[|**//Spread of Christianity//**]__ __[|**//Spread of Islam//**]__ __[|**//Europe Post-Reformation//**]__ __[|**//Europe - Great Schism//**]__ __[|**//World Religions Today//**]__ **//Trade and Interaction!//** __[|**//Ancient Greece - 300 BCE//**]__ __[|**//Silk Road - 300 CE//**]__ __**//[|Indian Ocean - 500]//**__

__**//A few other general sites://**__

[|www.fordham.edu/halsall] - good document sources and a wealth of information [|www.womeninworldhistory.com/resources.html]- great site on women issues throughout history

5 Themes of WHAP
See WHAP Course Outline (College Board) for more information [|AP_World_History (revised course).pdf]

Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures Theme 3: State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures

= = Program Jacob recommended for making your own [|flashcards] to study [|Brayko resource :)]