1. Welcome! Come in and find your seat! –Their in Alphabetical order, please DO NOT move your name. Please begin filling out the student information sheet! –At your desk you will find a student information sheet and a syllabus. –Begin looking over the syllabus once you have completed the student information sheet

2. Welcome to the first day of AP World

3. Agenda Student information Sheet Video Introductions Syllabus Comparison Homework

4. Study for Map Quiz- pg 3-6 of summer assignment Read Why Study History? And answer questions

5. Video http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.ed u/movies/flash_large.phphttp://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.ed u/movies/flash_large.php

6. Introductions Take 3 minutes and introduce yourself to your partner. Tell them your name, and something fun you did this summer When you are done, switch and have the other person introduce themselves to you Be ready to share the information you learn- You will be introducing your partner!!!

7. Syllabus Things not on the Syllabus

8. Comparisons Compare history last year to history this year –Think –Share –Find a another pair

9. Homework Study for Map Quiz- pg 3-6 of summer assignment Read Why Study History? And answer questions Summer assignment is DUE NEXT CLASS!!!!!

10. Journal Practice entering the room correctly –Get today’s handouts from the back –Put your homework (and Summer Assignment) in the correct Inbox –Be ready to start class with the Map Quiz! 8/31/11

11. Agenda 1.Map Quiz 2.AP World Regions 3.Skill: Summarization 4.AP World Themes 8/31/11

12. Objectives 8/31/11 Students will be able to… T1.Identify AP World regions. T2.Write effective summaries of written text. T3.Recognize AP World themes across history.

14. AP World Regions Why use regions? How to group places –Geography? –Religion? –Language and culture? –Economic or political system? Changes from Summer Assignment Objective #T1 Hey, look, it’s an Objective! When you see a new objective here, it means we’re on to something new. Pay attention! This can help you be on the right page, and organize your notes and Glossary words.

15. Latin America (includes Caribbean)

16. Middle East (includes Egypt)

17. North Africa (includes Egypt)

18. West Africa

19. Central (Equatorial) Africa

20. South Africa

21. East Africa

22. Western Europe

23. Eastern Europe

24. Central Asia

25. South Asia

26. East Asia

27. Southeast Asia

28. Oceania (also New Zealand, Papua New Guinea)

29. Also… North America? –Intentionally limited in AP World course –Would include Canada and US Russia –Not fully European, but not Asian –Not limited geographically to Central Asia, or very similar

30. Skill: Summarizing Read the fairytale, and write a summary! Objective #T2

31. Skill: Summarizing Now, read the article, and write a summary!

32. AP World Themes What are themes? SPICE –Social –Political –Interaction between humans and the environment –Cultural –Economic Objective #T3

33. Homework Read pages 7-16 in Stearns (your bright orange textbook) Complete the SPICE chart – identify three facts for each category Summarize the section

34. Journal Why are some areas of the world more powerful than others?

35. Objectives 1. Compare Paleolithic and Neolithic human societies 2. Explain the social and environmental changes caused by food production T4 Use the level of Questions to appropriately respond to prompts

36. Homework Summarize the “Worst Mistake”, write/answer questions at levels 1-3