2015-2016 Pre- AP World History Syllabus
ABOUT THE COURSE:
Welcome to Ms. Aguirre’s Pre-AP World History class. World History PreAP is carefully designed to address the issue of why studying history is important as well as to help students better prepare for continued success in a College Board Advanced Placement program. The basic course will concentrate on the world’s history from early civilizations to the present. The course content will emphasize developments in the rich political, cultural, social, and intellectual heritage with a focus on European history. Although political history tends to provide the framework for the course, economic, religious, social, intellectual, diplomatic, and artistic history will receive significant consideration.
The emphasis in World History PreAP is placed on creative thinking, independent research, and oral and written skills. Students go far beyond normal expectations of digesting the information in the textbook by reading more primary and secondary sources, writing more historical responses, analyzing and drawing conclusions from document-based questions, and using more critical thinking skills. These are the types of skills students will need on the Advanced Placement exams. Students must be able to demonstrate preparation for college-oriented writing and thinking.
Specifically, the course aims to develop the student’s ability to view history with a perceptive and open intelligence; to refine the ability to gather evidence; to present conclusions in a coherent and cohesive manner; to read with analytical discrimination; and to write with precision and clarity.
Important Things a Pre-AP Student Must Learn:
Though you will receive instruction on how to do each of these tasks, it is important to understand that many of these take practice and effort on the part of the student.
· How to evaluate and support a point of view
· How to take notes from a lecture
· How to take notes from reading a book
· How to study for an assessment
· How to read for content
· How to analyze an image
· How to analyze a primary source document
· How to create a thesis statement
· How to create a basic historical essay
· How to create a complete a Document Based Question
PRE/AP & AP Classroom Policies:
1.Be prepared and ready to learn when you walk in the door.
2. Be on time and please be in your seat with needed materials before the tardy bell rings.
3. Show respect for all; Ms. Aguirre, yourself, school property, fellow students, and for all school staff.
4. No food and drinks are allowed in our classroom.
5. No cell phones OR any other electronic devices allowed to be seen or used at any moment unless authorized by the teacher when doing research.
6. Never procrastinate.
7. Always complete homework and outside readings on your own.
Always:
8. Wear student ID at all times!
·Be prepared
·Be willing to participate
·Take care of all personal needs before you walk into class
·BE AN ACTIVE, POSITIVE, and ENTUSIASTIC participant in the classroom
DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES:
1. Warning to student.
2. Conference with student and teacher.
3. Telephone conference with parent/guardian and teacher.
4. Referral to assistant principal.
GRADING CATEGORIES:
Daily assignments=50 %, Tests and Mini Mark Assessments = 30%, Comprehensive Final Test = 20%
Grades will be posted in class every Monday. Parents and students may monitor their grades through the parent/ student portal. Do NOT inquire about a grade during class. If you have questions or concerns about your grade please come by before school, during B lunch or afterschool.
Late Work: It is the student’s responsibility to turn in work on time; moreover, any late work will be deducted 10 points each day it is turned in late. If the student is absent, it is also their responsibility to talk to the teacher and pick up the assignments missed along with their due dates.
Tutoring/ Contact: If you need extra help or need to contact me, you may stop by room F223 during my 4th period conference period, during “B” lunch, or after school Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00- 4:30PM. Tutoring may be available other days upon request. EMT is also available everyday afterschool in room B202.
REQUIRED SUPPLIES:
The following supplies are REQUIRED for this class:
- paper/pens (blue/black ink)/pencils/Map colors or markers
- Highlighter (any color)
- 5 subject spiral notebook (preferably with plastic cover for durability) with college rule paper
- Assignment/Weekly Calendar
Fall Semester Units:
1) Early Civilizations, 2) Ancient Greece and Rome, 3) Byzantium and Islamic Civilizations and Middle Ages, 4) Renaissance and Reformation and Absolute Rulers, 5) Early Africa, Asia, & the Americas and European Exploration
Spring Semester Units:
6) Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution and the Age of Revolutions 7) Industrialism & Imperialism, 8) World War I & the Russian Revolution, 9) the Interwar Years & World War II, 10) Cold War & Modern Era
We are all a proud part of Eastlake High School, and we are here to learn about ourselves, our world, and to grow mentally, emotionally, and physically. I am excited to be your teacher this year and I hope you learn so much about our amazing world, and how you can be an important part of its future. GOOOO FALCONS!!
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OUTLINE FOR CLASS
First Semester
Unit 1 – The Basics of Geography
Unit 2 – The United States and Canada
Unit 3 – Latin America
Unit 4 – Europe
Unit 5 – Russia and the Republics
Second Semester
Unit 6 – Africa
Unit 7 – Southwest Asia
Unit 8 – South Asia
Unit 9 – East Asia
Unit 10 – Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Year-at-a-Glance
1st Six Weeks…………………………………………………Aug.26-Sept.27
-Geographical Basics
-Five Themes of Geography
-North America: United States, Canada, & Mexico
2nd Six Weeks…………………………………………………Sept.30-Nov.1
-North America: United States, Canada, & Mexico
-Latin America
3rd Six Weeks………………………………………………….Nov.4-Dec.20
-Europe
-Russia & the Republics
-PBL: Zombie Apocalypse from Dec. 2 to Jan.10
4th Six Weeks………………………………………………….Jan.6-Feb.14
-North Africa and the Middle East
-Sub-Saharan Africa
-PBL: Travel Documentary
5th Six Weeks…………………………………………………Feb.17-Apr.11
-South Asia
-East Asia
-Southeast Asia
-Year-long Project on Ancestry due BEFORE Spring Break
6th Six Weeks…………………………………………………Apr.14-May 29
-Australia, Oceania, & Antarctica
-Media & Literary Project: American Values Project
**This is a tentative schedule, updates will be given throughout the year!**