Welcome to World History Advanced Placement (W.H.A.P.)
Brian Bowick-teacher/facilitator
W.H.A.P. Exam: May 13th 8AM Room #TBA
Recommended Summer Reading: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
TEXT: Text: A History of World Societies, 8th Edition, McKay, Hill and Buckler. Bedford/St Martin's Publishing Boston & New York ISBN 0-312-68293-x $126.95
To Order. 1 Call Bedford Warehouse 888-330-8477. 2. When you get the automated prompt press 2, then 3 for the HighSchool Texts. Credit Card required.
*This Text must be purchased by the student ASAP.*
**I will supply DSA LMC with a copy for student reference. Please note that LMC policy is that NO reference material may be checked out. Reference materials are for on premise use only.
This class is intense. Student are
expected to keep up with the reading and content. I emphasize reading, writing and skills. Skills allow students to use what they know to respond to questions revolving around civilizations. We write many essays for many purposes. We have many years to
investigate in a short amount of time, so a great deal of the work will
be independent student homework. Exam specific content will be wrought
from our text.
We have 33 chapters of content to discover in 39
weeks. See reading schedule below.
Syllabus:
World History Advanced Placement (W. H. A. P) Bowick DSA 2009-10
Text: A History of World Societies, 8th Edition, McKay, Hill and Buckler. Bedford/St Martin's Publishing Boston & New York ISBN 0-312-68293-x
You are expect to independently complete weekly Chapter Note Taking, Methods Questions and Note Card Making
Week Date Subject Chapter
1 Aug 19-20 Diagnostic Test
2 Aug 24-28 Early Civs 1
3 Aug 31-Sept 4 Foundations India 2
4 Sept 7-11 Classical China 3
5 Sept 14-17 Greek Experience 4
6 Sept 21-25 Rome Rules 5
7 Sept 28-Oct 2 East Asia (Buddhism) 6
8 Oct 5-9 Europe & W. Asia 7
9 Oct 12-16 Islam 8
10 Oct 19-23 African Civs 9
11 Oct 26-30 American Civs 10
12 Nov 2-6 Central & South Asia 11
13 Nov 9-13 East Asia 12
14 Nov 16-20 Europe in the Middle Ages 13
15 Nov 23-27 Euro Renaissance & Reform 14
16 Nov 30-Dec 4 Global Conflict 15
17 Dec 7-11 Constitutionalism in Europe 16
18 Dec 14-18 New World View in the West 17
19 Dec 21-25 Winter Break *
20 Dec 28-Jan 1 Winter Break *
21 Jan 4-8 Africa and the World 18
22 Jan 11-15 The Islamic World 19
23 Jan 18-22 Change and Continuity in E. Asia 20
24 Jan 25-29 Political Revolution 21
25 Feb 1-5 Indust Rev in Europe 22
26 Feb 8-12 Nationalism in Europe 23
27 Feb 15-19 Western Imperialism 24
28 Feb 22-26 Asia & Imperialism 25
29 Mar 1-4 CSAP's *
30 Mar 8-12 Nation Building 26
31 Mar 15-19 War and Revolution 27
32 Mar 22-26 Nationalism in Asia 28
33 Mar 20 - Apr 2 Spring Break *
34 Apr 5-9 Anxiety in the West 29
35 Apr 12-16 Dictators & WWII 30
36 Apr 19-23 Global SuperPowers 31
37 Apr 26-30 The Contemporary World 32
38 May 3-7 New Era in World History 33
39 May 10-13 Review
May 14 World History Advanced Placement TEST!! 8AM DSA LMC
40 May 17-21 Post Exam Hijinx
41 May 24-28 Global Points
Overview of the Course
This AP World History course is designed to be an apt equivalent of a college level course in content, scope and sequence. You are expected to do the reading, create appropriate notecards and take Cornell style outline notes for each of the assigned chapters and for the assigned primary source documents. We will examine the history of the people of this planet called Earth. Our focus is on human interaction, organization, movement, trade and conflict over time. We will enjoy mastering the nature of change within larger political frameworks and we will compare major civilizations. We will examine, nearly everyday, primary sources in both texts and in visuals. We will also do simulations and we will debate questions regarding the complexities and ambiguities surrounding human commonalities and differences. Through this method we will refine and develop the higher order thinking skills necessary for your success at the next level of your educational career.
Content: The Six World History Themes for Student Investigation
1) Change and continuity from 8,000BCE to Present
2) Impact of interaction revolving around major societies
3) Impact of technology, economics and demographics on people and on the environment
4) Systems of social structure, and gender structure
5) Development and exploitation of culture, religion and technology
6) Political shape – shifting, and political attitudes
A Sampling of Assignments Incorporated in this Class:
Timeline Assignment –Choose one of the WHAP themes and between ten and fifteen events for the time period assigned. These events will demonstrate the largest changes related to the theme and you will rank order the events on the timeline according to its significance. You will explain each event and its relevance.
Notecards Assignment-For each assigned chapter and each assigned primary source reading, there are key terms to be mastered. These terms will be highlighted in bold text in the reading. These constitute the content of the objective, or multiple-choice, section of the May World History AP exam. Each student will write the term on the front of the 3x5 notecard and the student will classify that term according to PERSIAN (political, Economic, Religious, Social, Invention/Innovation/Intelligence, Art and Near or georaphic location). Define the term on the back of the notecard and provide an example and a comparative term. There will be a quiz every Friday for every chapter. Between on third and one half of this assessment will be over notecard material.
Doing World History AP or Do-WHAP Assignment–Table groups are to address the teacher assigned, chapter based question pictorially. Responses may vary according to Dr. David Smith’s methods of questioning history: comparison, common phenomenon, diffusion, syncretism and big picture. Student will then orally interpret their drawing in response to the question and the method of inquiry for the rest of the class.
Research Projects- One Per Semester. Topic and times to be announced.
Core Activities & Other Assignments– worksheets and interactions designed to help the AP student analyze content, people, events, conflicts, motivations, outcomes and concepts.
Leader Analysis, Peoples Analysis, Conflict Analysis, Change Analysis
Societal Comparison, Document Analysis, Dialectical Journal
and Inner/Outer Circle Discussion Scenarios
Texts&Materials
Text: A History of World Societies, 8th Edition, McKay, Hill and Buckler. Bedford/St Martin's Publishing Boston & New York ISBN 0-312-68293-x
*Writing Material for notes, essays, skills and projects i.e. Paper & Pencil/Pen
Course Requirements
a) Take the Exam in May
b) Suit up and Show up (attend class, be on-time and be prepared)
c) Make-up missed work
d) Active participation
e) Pull your weight in both study groups and in class discussions as well as in seminars.
Grades
a) 25% Essay, 25% Homework, 25% Tests & Quizzies, 15% Projects,
10% Participation
b) 100-90% =A, 90-80%=B, 80-70%=C, 70-60%=D, 60-50%=F
Essay Writing:
Thesis Creation, Time Reference and Historical Support-
DBQ – (Document Based Questions) Students read and analyze a set of documents and then write and essay about them.
COT – (Change Over Time) Students are required to essay about broad changes in one or more regions in the world over a time period.
Comparison – (both Similarities and Differences) Students compare two or more societies on a given set of issues.
*All essay assignments accompanied by supporting Rubric for grading, chances are fair to midland that I will demand a rewrite of your essays: learn to embrace this conscript.
**Be it known that you will receive a point for being present and on-time each class meeting session. If you show up late, no point, if you are gone, excused or unexcused, no point. Think of it as your job. When you show up, you get paid. If you don’t show up, regardless of the excuse, you don’t get paid. Too “real-world” for you? Relax. The points for attendance go under the participation section of your grade or 10% of your cumulative total. If you don’t like it, drop this ELECTIVE class and take another.
I average your quarter grades to make your semester grades.
TEXT DIGESTION: History
books tend to be written in outline form: thesis, main heading, sub
headings, topic sentences and then evidence. The following is a
technique that will allow the reader to take advantage of the format of
the text. You will get a sneak peak at the content of the chapter b/4
you read, so that when you do read, you will have a better chance of
remember some of the important ideas. What you want to do is keep the
info. fresh by revisiting it often. The times below are suggested. Mold
this plan to fit your learning style.
NOTE - CARDS are a
learning aid intended to keep information fresh over a long period of
time. Memorization is not enough. Students must be able to use the
content to make connections in history. Kids who keep up with the card
and take them seriously by consistently studying them, do well on the
AP Exam.
Day 1
BROWSE through the chapter. Notice the pics and graphs, Look at the
graphics, maps, charts, pics and charts and art. Just look, but nothing
else. Start your note cards (30-60 minutes.)
Day 2
SKIM and SCAN Finish note cards and read the chapter intro and all
topic sentences of all paragraphs. Find the thesis statement for the
chapter and section. Read the captions to the maps, graph, charts,
pics, and art. (30-60 minutes.)
Day 3
CAREFUL READING Read the text all the way through. Don't stop, just
read, read every word in every sentence. Re-read the captions on the
maps and graphs etc. No notes yet. Do this in one, but not more than
two sittings (1-3 Hrs)
Day 4
SKIM and SCAN with NOTE -TAKING With pen in hand, skim and scan again.
Take outline notes with headings matching those in the chapter. DON'T
REWRITE THE BOOK!!!. Instead, take quick note on things you will need
to remember. Jot down page #'s of important paragraph. Write questions
in the left margins and determine if your question deals with Big
Pict.(BP), Diffusion(D), Synthesis(S), Comparison(C), and/or Common
Phenomenon(CP). Label your questions accordingly. (1 Hr.)
DAY 5
REMINDING
is a skim and scan technique that uses both your text and your notes.
Let the notes remind you of what is in the text. Refer to the text only
when you need to. This is a final check before the chapter quizzie.
DAY 6
REST and REVIEW Use this day to relax a bit whilst checking your notes
and cards. Avoid excessive text time. If you've followed the process,
chances are fair to mid-land that the info is in your brain. Review
your notes and note cards. Then, simply re-read the chapter intro and
the chapter's conclusion. These are good reviews and will reinforce
what you've already learned
DAY 7
Test
day. Take the test. When you get it back is a good time to look at the
questions and answers. Check your notes, and ask yourself why you
missed the question. Ask yourself what worked for you and what didn't
work for you in the process? How can you improve?
Welcome to World History Advanced Placement (W.H.A.P.)
Brian Bowick-teacher/facilitator
W.H.A.P. Exam: May 13th 8AM Room #TBA
Recommended Summer Reading: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
TEXT: Text: A History of World Societies, 8th Edition, McKay, Hill and Buckler. Bedford/St Martin's Publishing Boston & New York ISBN 0-312-68293-x $126.95
To Order. 1 Call Bedford Warehouse 888-330-8477. 2. When you get the automated prompt press 2, then 3 for the HighSchool Texts. Credit Card required.
*This Text must be purchased by the student ASAP.*
**I will supply DSA LMC with a copy for student reference. Please note that LMC policy is that NO reference material may be checked out. Reference materials are for on premise use only.
This class is intense. Student are
expected to keep up with the reading and content. I emphasize reading, writing and skills. Skills allow students to use what they know to respond to questions revolving around civilizations. We write many essays for many purposes. We have many years to
investigate in a short amount of time, so a great deal of the work will
be independent student homework. Exam specific content will be wrought
from our text.
We have 33 chapters of content to discover in 34
weeks. That means the student will be reading and processing a chapter
a week and two chapters over the Winter (chapt. 17 & 18) and Spring
(chapt. 31 & 32)Breaks.
Syllabus: World History Advanced Placement (W. H. A. P) Bowick DSA 2009-10
Text: A History of World Societies, 8th Edition, McKay, Hill and Buckler. Bedford/St Martin's Publishing Boston & New York ISBN 0-312-68293-x
You are expect to independently complete weekly Chapter Note Taking, Methods Questions and Note Card Making
Week Date Subject Chapter
1 Aug 19-20 Diagnostic Test
2 Aug 24-28 Early Civs 1
3 Aug 31-Sept 4 Foundations India 2
4 Sept 7-11 Classical China 3
5 Sept 14-17 Greek Experience 4
6 Sept 21-25 Rome Rules 5
7 Sept 28-Oct 2 East Asia (Buddhism) 6
8 Oct 5-9 Europe & W. Asia 7
9 Oct 12-16 Islam 8
10 Oct 19-23 African Civs 9
11 Oct 26-30 American Civs 10
12 Nov 2-6 Central & South Asia 11
13 Nov 9-13 East Asia 12
14 Nov 16-20 Europe in the Middle Ages 13
15 Nov 23-27 Euro Renaissance & Reform 14
16 Nov 30-Dec 4 Global Conflict 15
17 Dec 7-11 Constitutionalism in Europe 16
18 Dec 14-18 New World View in the West 17
19 Dec 21-25 Winter Break *
20 Dec 28-Jan 1 Winter Break *
21 Jan 4-8 Africa and the World 18
22 Jan 11-15 The Islamic World 19
23 Jan 18-22 Change and Continuity in E. Asia 20
24 Jan 25-29 Political Revolution 21
25 Feb 1-5 Indust Rev in Europe 22
26 Feb 8-12 Nationalism in Europe 23
27 Feb 15-19 Western Imperialism 24
28 Feb 22-26 Asia & Imperialism 25
29 Mar 1-4 CSAP's *
30 Mar 8-12 Nation Building 26
31 Mar 15-19 War and Revolution 27
32 Mar 22-26 Nationalism in Asia 28
33 Mar 20 - Apr 2 Spring Break *
34 Apr 5-9 Anxiety in the West 29
35 Apr 12-16 Dictators & WWII 30
36 Apr 19-23 Global SuperPowers 31
37 Apr 26-30 The Contemporary World 32
38 May 3-7 New Era in World History 33
39 May 10-13 Review
May 14 World History Advanced Placement TEST!! 8AM DSA LMC
40 May 17-21 Post Exam Hijinx
41 May 24-28 Global Points
World History Advanced Placement (W.H.A.P.)
Syllabus
Overview of the Course
This AP World History course is designed to be an apt equivalent of a college level course in content, scope and sequence. You are expected to do the reading, create appropriate notecards and take Cornell style outline notes for each of the assigned chapters and for the assigned primary source documents. We will examine the history of the people of this planet called Earth. Our focus is on human interaction, organization, movement, trade and conflict over time. We will enjoy mastering the nature of change within larger political frameworks and we will compare major civilizations. We will examine, nearly everyday, primary sources in both texts and in visuals. We will also do simulations and we will debate questions regarding the complexities and ambiguities surrounding human commonalities and differences. Through this method we will refine and develop the higher order thinking skills necessary for your success at the next level of your educational career.
Content: The Six World History Themes for Student Investigation
1) Change and continuity from 8,000BCE to Present
2) Impact of interaction revolving around major societies
3) Impact of technology, economics and demographics on people and on the environment
4) Systems of social structure, and gender structure
5) Development and exploitation of culture, religion and technology
6) Political shape – shifting, and political attitudes
A Sampling of Assignments Incorporated in this Class:
Timeline Assignment –Choose one of the WHAP themes and between ten and fifteen events for the time period assigned. These events will demonstrate the largest changes related to the theme and you will rank order the events on the timeline according to its significance. You will explain each event and its relevance.
Notecards Assignment-For each assigned chapter and each assigned primary source reading, there are key terms to be mastered. These terms will be highlighted in bold text in the reading. These constitute the content of the objective, or multiple-choice, section of the May World History AP exam. Each student will write the term on the front of the 3x5 notecard and the student will classify that term according to PERSIAN (political, Economic, Religious, Social, Invention/Innovation/Intelligence, Art and Near or georaphic location). Define the term on the back of the notecard and provide an example and a comparative term. There will be a quiz every Friday for every chapter. Between on third and one half of this assessment will be over notecard material.
Doing World History AP or Do-WHAP Assignment–Table groups are to address the teacher assigned, chapter based question pictorially. Responses may vary according to Dr. David Smith’s methods of questioning history: comparison, common phenomenon, diffusion, syncretism and big picture. Student will then orally interpret their drawing in response to the question and the method of inquiry for the rest of the class.
Research Projects- One Per Semester. Topic and times to be announced.
Core Activities & Other Assignments– worksheets and interactions designed to help the AP student analyze content, people, events, conflicts, motivations, outcomes and concepts.
Leader Analysis, Peoples Analysis, Conflict Analysis, Change Analysis
Societal Comparison, Document Analysis, Dialectical Journal
and Inner/Outer Circle Discussion Scenarios
Texts&Materials
Text: A History of World Societies, 8th Edition, McKay, Hill and Buckler. Bedford/St Martin's Publishing Boston & New York ISBN 0-312-68293-x
*Writing Material for notes, essays, skills and projects i.e. Paper & Pencil/Pen
Course Requirements
a) Take the Exam in May
b) Suit up and Show up (attend class, be on-time and be prepared)
c) Make-up missed work
d) Active participation
e) Pull your weight in both study groups and in class discussions as well as in seminars.
Grades – weighted
a) 25% Essay, 25% Homework, 25% Tests & Quizzies, 15% Projects,
10% Participation
b) 100-93+% =A, 92-83%=B, 82-77%=C, 76-70%=D, 69-60%=F
Essay Writing:
Thesis Creation, Time Reference and Historical Support-
DBQ – (Document Based Questions) Students read and analyze a set of documents and then write and essay about them.
COT – (Change Over Time) Students are required to essay about broad changes in one or more regions in the world over a time period.
Comparison – (both Similarities and Differences) Students compare two or more societies on a given set of issues.
*All essay assignments accompanied by supporting Rubric for grading, chances are fair to midland that I will demand a rewrite of your essays: learn to embrace this conscript.
**Be it known that you will receive a point for being present and on-time each class meeting session. If you show up late, no point, if you are gone, excused or unexcused, no point. Think of it as your job. When you show up, you get paid. If you don’t show up, regardless of the excuse, you don’t get paid. Too “real-world” for you? Relax. The points for attendance go under the participation section of your grade or 10% of your cumulative total. If you don’t like it, drop this ELECTIVE class and take another.
I average your quarter grades to make your semester grades.
TEXT DIGESTION: History
books tend to be written in outline form: thesis, main heading, sub
headings, topic sentences and then evidence. The following is a
technique that will allow the reader to take advantage of the format of
the text. You will get a sneak peak at the content of the chapter b/4
you read, so that when you do read, you will have a better chance of
remember some of the important ideas. What you want to do is keep the
info. fresh by revisiting it often. The times below are suggested. Mold
this plan to fit your learning style.
NOTE - CARDS are a
learning aid intended to keep information fresh over a long period of
time. Memorization is not enough. Students must be able to use the
content to make connections in history. Kids who keep up with the card
and take them seriously by consistently studying them, do well on the
AP Exam.
Day 1
BROWSE through the chapter. Notice the pics and graphs, Look at the
graphics, maps, charts, pics and charts and art. Just look, but nothing
else. Start your note cards (30-60 minutes.)
Day 2
SKIM and SCAN Finish note cards and read the chapter intro and all
topic sentences of all paragraphs. Find the thesis statement for the
chapter and section. Read the captions to the maps, graph, charts,
pics, and art. (30-60 minutes.)
Day 3
CAREFUL READING Read the text all the way through. Don't stop, just
read, read every word in every sentence. Re-read the captions on the
maps and graphs etc. No notes yet. Do this in one, but not more than
two sittings (1-3 Hrs)
Day 4
SKIM and SCAN with NOTE -TAKING With pen in hand, skim and scan again.
Take outline notes with headings matching those in the chapter. DON'T
REWRITE THE BOOK!!!. Instead, take quick note on things you will need
to remember. Jot down page #'s of important paragraph. Write questions
in the left margins and determine if your question deals with Big
Pict.(BP), Diffusion(D), Synthesis(S), Comparison(C), and/or Common
Phenomenon(CP). Label your questions accordingly. (1 Hr.)
DAY 5
REMINDING
is a skim and scan technique that uses both your text and your notes.
Let the notes remind you of what is in the text. Refer to the text only
when you need to. This is a final check before the chapter quizzie.
DAY 6
REST and REVIEW Use this day to relax a bit whilst checking your notes
and cards. Avoid excessive text time. If you've followed the process,
chances are fair to mid-land that the info is in your brain. Review
your notes and note cards. Then, simply re-read the chapter intro and
the chapter's conclusion. These are good reviews and will reinforce
what you've already learned
DAY 7
Test
day. Take the test. When you get it back is a good time to look at the
questions and answers. Check your notes, and ask yourself why you
missed the question. Ask yourself what worked for you and what didn't
work for you in the process? How can you improve?
Bowick's AP World History