1. AP WORLD HISTORY
Mr. Sager
Spring 2017

2. INDEX CARDS On the index card, list the following information:
Your Name – Write the name you preferred to be called
Parents/Guardians phone and
Your Schedule – Teacher Name, Subject, Room Number

3. MATERIALS Three Ring Binder to take notes and organize handouts
Notebook paper, pens and pencils
Colored pencils and highlighter
Large Post It pad

4. Rules Expectations and Procedures
Daily Class Structure – when you enter the classroom, there will be handouts to pick up from the front table and a warm up activity on the Smart Board for you to complete
These activities will help you review what we learned the previous day
Use your notes from the previous day to answer the questions on a large post it - I will collect the post its during class

5. Rules Expectations and Procedures
1. Absences/ Assignments
Class Website:
2. Tardy policy
3. Homework policy
4. Make-up policy
5. Bathroom/Water Policy
6. Hall Passes

6. Rules Expectations Procedures
7. Food/Drink Policy
8. Stay in your seat until the bell rings
9. Cheating Policy – Don’t cheat
10. Keep the Room Clean

7. RULES 1. CELL PHONES – ONLY ALLOWED OUT WHEN GIVEN PERMISSION FROM ME
2. RESPECT – NO TALKING WHILE I AM SPEAKING OR WHILE ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES IS SPEAKING –
3. NO SLEEPING IN CLASS
4. END OF CLASS – WE WILL COMPLETE A REVIEW EVERY DAY AT THE END OF CLASS, STAY IN YOUR SEAT UNTIL THE BELL RINGS –NO STANDING UP OR LINING UP AT THE DOOR
PLEASE BRING YOUR SYLLABUS HOME AND HAVE IT SIGNED – THIS IS DUE TOMORROW

8. GRADING AND TUTORING GRADING: TESTS and PROJECTS: 50 % QUIZZES: 30%
CLASSWORK / HOMEWORK / ONLINE DISCUSSION: 20 %
FOR EACH NINE WEEKS YOU WILL RECEIVE APPROX. 20 GRADES
ONLINE DISCUSSIONS – 3 POSTS PER WEEK – 1 POST THAT RESPONDS TO THE ORIGINAL PROMPT AND 2 POSTS TO CLASSMATES
TUTORING – TUE AND THUR 2:45 – 3:30 or by appointment
anytime –
To be reminded about when tests and quizzes will be or when assignments are due – sign up for REMIND

9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
On the back of your index card - answer these questions:
1. DESCRIBE what you think of when you hear the words “WORLD HISTORY”
2. How do you like to learn?
Do you prefer to learn by looking at articles, videos, maps, drawings, graphs?
Do you prefer lecturing and taking notes?
Do you like to be hands on and do a lot of activities
3. Do you have access to technology at home? Smartphone, Computer with Internet Access, etc. (List which ones you have)
4. What is your primary language used at home? Can you speak multiple languages? If so, which ones?
5. Anything else that I should know that will be helpful in the class

10. THEME ONE: INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Demography and disease
Migration
Patterns of settlement
*** Focuses on how the environment shaped human societies, but also how human societies have affected the environment.

11. The Peopling of the Earth

12. The Black Death

13. Global Warming

14. THEME TWO: DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES
Gender roles and relations
Family and kinship
Racial and ethnic constructions
Social and economic classes
*** This theme is about relations among human beings. All human societies develop ways of grouping their members, as well as norms that govern interaction between individuals and social groups.

15. Foot Binding in China

16. THEME THREE: STATE BUILDING, EXPANSION, AND CONFLICT (Political)
Political structures and forms of governance
Empires
Nations and Nationalism
Revolts and Revolutions
Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations
*** This theme encourages the comparative study of different state forms (city-states, kingdoms, empires, and nation-states)

17. City-States

18. Alexander the Great’s Empire

19. THEME FOUR: DEVELOPMENT AND INTERACTION OF CULTURES
Religions
Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
Science and technology
The arts and architecture
***Relates to how the study of the dominant belief system (s) or religions, philosophical interests, and technical and artistic approaches can reveal how major groups in society view themselves and others, and how they respond to multiple challenges.

20. World Religions

21. Architecture

22. Technology

23. Art

24. THEME FIVE: CREATION, EXPANSION, AND INTERACTION OF ECONOMIC SYSYTEMS
Agricultural and pastoral production
Trade and commerce
Labor systems
Industrialization
Capitalism and Socialism
*** This theme surveys the diverse patterns and systems that human societies have developed as they exploit their environments to produce, distribute, and consume desired goods and services across time and space.

25. Indian Ocean Trade

26. Communism

27. Atlantic Slave Trade

28. WHAT DOES THAT SPELL?
Social
Political
Interaction
Cultural
Economic

29. AP EXAM Thursday – May 11 – 8 am Section I: Part A
Multiple Choice — 55 Questions | 55 Minutes | 40% of Exam Score
Questions appear in sets of 2 to 5.
Students analyze historical texts, interpretations, and evidence.
Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs, and maps are included.

30. AP EXAM Section I: Part B
Short Answer — 4 Questions | 50 Minutes | 20% of Exam Score
Questions provide opportunities for students to explain the historical examples that they know best.
Some questions include texts, images, graphs, or maps.

31. AP EXAM Section II: Part A
Document Based — 1 Question | 55 Minutes (includes 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score
Analyze and synthesize historical data.
Assess written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.

32. AP EXAM Section II: Part B
Long Essay — 1 Question | 35 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score
Students select one question among two.
Explain and analyze significant issues in world history.
Develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.

33. WRITING ACTIVITY Take out a sheet of paper
In at least 3 paragraphs respond to the following prompt:
What is the difference between a primary and secondary source? What are some strengths and weaknesses of a primary source? What are some strengths and weaknesses of a secondary source?
ALWAYS BEGIN YOUR WRITING RESPONSES WITH A THESIS STATEMENT
Many differences exist between primary and secondary sources.

34. HOMEWORK Get your syllabus signed and brought back tomorrow
Due Tomorrow:
Find an example of a primary and secondary source (sources should be about the same event)
Add to the writing you just started: 1 paragraph for each source summarizing the source and its strengths and weaknesses
HW Due By Monday – Read Chapters 1 and 2 in the textbook