AP+WH+Course+Design

Students will be able to…**
 * WHAP is structured around five themes and 19 key concepts (essential questions) covering six time periods. **
 * Write a multi-paragraph “change over time” and “compare and contrast” essay within an 80 minute time period.
 * Write a multi-paragraph essay responding to a DBQ (document based question) within a 45 minute time period.
 * Answer 70 objective test questions in a 55 minute time period.


 * Visit :** [|AP College Board Exam Information]

1) Technological and Environmental Transformations to c. 600 B.C.E. 5% 2) Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E. 15% 3) Regional and Transregional Interactions c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450 20% 4) Global Interactions c. 1450 to c. 1750 20% 5) Industrialization and Global Integration c. 1750 to c. 1900 20% 6) Accelerating Global Change and Realignments c. 1900 to the Present 20%
 * HISTORICAL PERIODIZATION: **

The course deals with the facts—names, chronology, events, but emphasis is on

1) crafting historical arguments from evidence, 2) chronological reasoning, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3) comparison and contextualization, and <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 4) historical interpretation and synthesis.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS: **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">By using the processes and tools used by historians, students practice and apply understanding to gain the “big picture” of world history. AP World History balances global coverage, with no more than 20% of course time devoted to European history.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Five AP WH Themes connect key concepts and serve as the foundation for student reading, writing & presentation. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment: Demography and Disease, Migration, Patterns of Settlement, Technology <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures: Religions, Belief Systems, Philosophies and Ideologies, Science and Technology, the Arts and Architecture <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Theme 3: State-building, Expansion, and Conflict: Political structures and forms of governance, Empires, Nations and Nationalism, Revolts and Revolutions, Regional, Trans-regional, and Global Structures and Organizations <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems: Agricultural and Pastoral Production, Trade and Commerce, Labor Systems, Industrialization, Capitalism and Socialism <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures: Gender Roles & Relations, Family and Kinship, Racial and Ethnic Constructions, Social & Economic Classes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">COURSE THEMES: **