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AP World History Unit Syllabus* – A Day

Intro to AP World and Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to c. 600 B.C.E.

Strayer - Ways of the WorldCh. 1-3 Bentley Traditions and Encounters Ch. 1-6

Date / Topics / Class Activities / Handouts / Homework / Reading Assignments
Mon
8/10 / •General Introduction to AP World
• Assign Textbooks
•APWH Course Syllabus
•Where is everything???
• Fill out Student Info form HERE / • Parent Letter signed
• ReadOverview of AP World HistoryHERE
• Read Course Syllabus
• Read Prologue and Ch. 1 outlines.
• Read Barron’s 6-9, 37-72
• Unit Terms / Dates
• Review What is History handout
• Listen to Podcast #1 HERE
•Work on assignment packet
•Read Strayer pgs. v-xii and xlv-lvii and Ch. 1
• Purchase Binder
Wed 8/12 / • Bell Ringers
• Set up Binders
• Historical Thinking Skills
•What is History? BWH FilmClip
•AP Regions Map and Must Know Countries
•Homework packet / Unit Syllabus / Same as above
• Unit Terms / Dates
• Review 5 Themes ofWorld History
• Study for Map Test
• Take the self-test and Vocab Quiz
• The Battle of Lexington. (~30-40 minutes)
is history done as an investigative mystery, not a bunch of boring facts to memorize! There are a series of 10 ?s for you to contemplate as you ask yourself, “What is History?”
Fri
8/14 / •Video: Historyof the World in 7 min.
•Discussion: If one organizes the studyof world historyaround thetopic of “civilizations,” what might such adiscussion leaveout?
•5 Themes ofAP World History
•Historical Map Activity #1 / • Read Chapter 2 outline
• Read Worst Mistake in History...
• Read Strayer Chapter 2
• Study for Map Test
• Unit Terms / Dates
•Work on assignment packet
• Listen to Podcast #2 HERE
• Read Barron’s 6-9, 37-72
Tue
8/18 / • SPICE - Put me in a Category! Group activity
• Human Migration – BWH Film Clip
•Map Test / Same as above
•Watch Crash Course #1
• Take the self-test and Vocab Quiz
Thur
8/20 / • Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steelfilm clips and discuss Worst Mistake article
•Early agriculture – BWH Film Clip / • Read Chapter 3 outline
• Read Strayer Chapter 3
• Read Barron’s 6-9, 37-72
• Finish Terms
•Work on assignment packet
• Listen to Podcast #3 HERE
Mon
8/24 / • Mankind #1-Inventors / Same as above
• Watch Crash Course #2, #3, #4
• Take the self-test and Vocab Quiz
Wed
8/26 / • Comparison – Mesopotamia and Egypt / Read Primary Sources:
- Code of Hammurabi
- Epic of Gilgamesh
Fri
8/28 / • Working with Primary Sources
• Comparative reading of Gilgamesh
Hammurabi primary sources / • Read Strayer Chapter 3
• Watch Crash Course #2, #3, #4
• Study for Vocab test
• Take the self-test and Vocab Quiz
Tue
9/1 / •Neolithic / Paleolithic Gallery Walk activity / Same as above
Thur
9/3 / •Unit 1 Vocab and Dates Test
•Kahoot Review / • Study for Exam and finish packet
Mon
9/7 / LABOR DAY – NO SCHOOL / • Study for Exam and finish notes
Tue
9/8 / •Unit 1 Exam
• Intro to Comparative Essay / • BRING TEXTBOOK TUESDAY
• Read Strayer Chapter 4
• Read Barron’s 75-118
• Unit Terms / Dates
•Work on assignment packet
Thur
9/10 / BRING TEXTBOOKS / HOMEWORK DUE!!!
•Corrections and new homework packet / Same as above

*Schedule is TENTATIVE and may possibly change.

Essential Question:

▼ In what ways did the Neolithic Revolution lead to new and more complex economic and social systems within

human societies after 10,000 B.C.E.?

Main Topics for Discussion

· Hunting & gathering societies were relatively egalitarian, small, mobile and spiritual.

· Early humans spread out from Africa to the entire world and adapted to a variety of climates.

· After the last Ice Age, humans settled around available sources of grains and water forming larger populations and societies.

· Agriculture developed independently in many parts of the world.

· Agricultural societies became more varied, complex and socially stratified.

· Core and foundational civilizations developed around these centers of agriculture.

· Because of the Agricultural Revolution, larger and expanding civilizations resulted in more complex, urban, organized, and

unequal societal structures.

· Power became increasingly consolidated in various forms of government.

· Civilization developed unifying cultures based on language, literature, laws, myths, religion, and monumental art.

Terminology (you must identify definition, significance, and any specific examples in relation to this unit)

Chapter 1
/ Chapter 2
/ Chapter 3

General “History Jargon: Vocabulary (You’ll need to know these terms or you won’t be able to understand all of this unit)agrarian, Afro-, Amer-, analyze/analysis, arable, continent, Eurasia, Euro-, fascism, forage, lifeways, Meso-, Neo-, Paleo-, region, ocean basin, urban, ancient, archaic, architecture, authoritarian, city­state, civilization, diffusion, divine, empire, ethnic, historiography, pottery, priest, rural, textile, aristocracy, clergy, craft, deity, divinity,hierarchy, incarnation, nomad/­ic,, patriarchy, scholar, sedentary

Dates to Remember (will be on vocab test) – COPY FROM MS. SULLIVAN

Utilize correlation guide for Key Concept – Period 1

Chapter 1 - First Peoples Populating the Planet, to 10,000 B.C.E.

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Chapter Learning Targets

To familiarize students with the spread of human societies in the Paleolithic era

To explore the conditions of life in gathering and hunting societies

To examine factors that eventually led to change in the gathering and hunting societies

  1. Why were the Paleolithic people known as “gathering and hunting” peoples?

Out of Africa to the Ends of the Earth: First Migrations

  1. What kinds of uniquely human behavior /activity show up in Africa long before it shows up elsewhere?
  1. What was the sequence of human migration across the planet?

The Ways We Were

  1. What were some of the common features of the Paleolithic societies?
  1. In what ways did a gathering and hunting economy shape other aspects of Paleolithic societies?
  1. Describe the possible spiritual life of Paleolithic societies.
  1. Why did some Paleolithic peoples abandon earlier, more nomadic ways and begin to live a more settled life?

THE BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS

  1. What is the significance of the Paleolithicera in world history?
  1. In what ways did various Paleolithic societies change over time?

Chapter 2 - First Farmers: The Revolutions of Agriculture, 10,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE

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LEARNING TARGETS

To make students aware that agriculture evolved independently in several regions of the world

To trace the development of agriculture and its local variations

To consider the social implications of the Agricultural Revolution

Agricultural Revolution in World History

  1. What does “Neolithic” mean?
  1. What were the revolutionary aspects of the Agricultural Revolution?

Comparing Agricultural Beginnings

  1. What did the different areas of agricultural societies have in common?
  1. List the differences among the first Agricultural societies.

The Globalization of Agriculture

  1. How did the extension of farming occur?
  1. What affect did the Bantu-speaking people have on migration?
  1. How did societies based on domestication (Agricultural Revolution) differ from those rooted in hunting and gathering?

Social Variation in the Age of Agriculture

  1. Describe Pastoral Societies
  1. Describe Agricultural Village Societies
  1. Describe Chiefdoms

THE BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS

  1. Was the Agricultural Revolution inevitable? Why did it occur so late in the story of humankind?

Chapter 3 - First Civilizations: Cities, States & Unequal Societies 3,500 BCE to 500 BCE

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LEARNING TARGETS

To establish the relationship between the First Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution

To contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities

To explore when, where, and how the First Civilizations arose in human history

To explore how the emergence of civilizations transformed how humans lived and how their societies were structured

To show the various ways in which civilizations differed from one another

To explore the outcomes of the emergence of civilizations, both positive and negative, for humankind

Something New: The Emergence of Civilizations

  1. When and where did the first civilizations emerge?
  1. How did civilizations get started?
  1. What do all civilizations have?
  1. Why were cities the heart of all civilizations?

The Erosion of Equality

  1. What is considered a turning point in the social history of mankind?
  1. Describe the class hierarchy of early civilizations.
  1. Why was there an emergence of patriarchy?
  1. How did Mesopotamian and Egyptian patriarchydiffer from each other?

The Rise of the State

  1. What were the sources of state authority in the First Civilizations?
  1. What form of writing is associated with each of the ancient civilizations and what was it used for?

THE BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS

  1. In the development of the First Civilizations, what was gained for humankind, and what was lost?