AP World Five Themes

  1. Interaction between humans and the environment
  • Demography and disease
  • Migration
  • Patterns of settlement
  • Technology
  1. Development and interaction of cultures
  2. Religions
  3. Belief Systems, philosophies, and ideologies
  4. Science and Technology
  5. The arts and architecture
  1. State-building and forms of government
  2. Political structures and forms of governance
  3. Empires
  4. Nations and nationalism
  5. Revolts and revolutions
  6. Regional, transregional, and global structures and organization
  1. Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
  2. Agricultural and pastoral production
  3. Trade and commerce
  4. Labor systems
  5. Industrialization
  6. Capitalism and socialism
  1. Development and transformation of social structures
  2. Gender roles and relations
  3. Family and kinship
  4. Racial and ethnic constructions
  5. Social and economic classes

Habits of Mind

Four Habits of Mind addressed are in the first category:

  • Constructing and evaluating arguments: using evidence to make plausible arguments
  • Using documents and other primary data: developing the skills necessary to analyze points of views context and bias, and to understand and interpret information
  • Assessing continuity and change over time in different world regions
  • Understanding the diversity of interpretations through analysis of context, point of view, and frame of reference

Five Habits of Mind addressed in the second category:

  • Seeing global patterns over time while also acquiring the ability to connect local developments to global ones
  • Comparing within and among societies, including comparing societies' reactions to global processes.
  • Considering human commonalities and differences
  • Exploring claims of universal standards in relation to culturally diverse ideas
  • Exploring persistent relevance of world history to contemporary developments

5 Themes of AP World- Bryant

1. Interaction between humans and the
environment
  • Demography and disease
  • Migration
  • Patterns of settlement
  • Technology

2. Development and interaction of cultures
  • Religions
  • Belief Systems, philosophies, and ideologies
  • Science and Technology
  • The arts and architecture

3. State-building and forms of government
  • Political structures and forms of governance
  • Empires
  • Nations and nationalism
  • Revolts and revolutions
  • Regional, transregional, and global structures and organization

4. Creation, expansion, and interaction of
economic systems
  • Agricultural and pastoral production
  • Trade and commerce
  • Labor systems
  • Industrialization
  • Capitalism and socialism

5. Development and transformation of
social structures
  • Gender roles and relations
  • Family and kinship
  • Racial and ethnic constructions
  • Social and economic classes