The Five Themes Of AP World History

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AP WORLD HISTORY Mr. Salz 2013-14 Our Advanced Placement World History course will cover history throughout six chronological periods elaborated in the syllabus. Nevertheless, we will endeavor to integrate all time periods through comparisons and continuities and changes over time. While it will be necessary to learn a vast array of facts, we will be learning those facts as a basis for critical thinking. We will use the historical thinking skills or habits of mind to break down nineteen Key Concepts from the College Board. Our extensive use of primary and secondary sources will largely involve only short excerpts, in order to allow us to compare point of view and carry on thorough document analysis. After reading the primary…show more content…
Interaction between Humans and the Environment a. Demography and disease-Migration-Patterns of Settlement-Technology 2. Development and Interaction of Cultures a. Religions-Belief Systems, Philosophies, and Ideologies-Science and Technology-the Arts and Architecture 3. State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict a. Political structures and forms of governance-Empires-Nations and Nationalism-Revolts and Revolution-Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations 4. Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems a. Agricultural and Pastoral production-Trade and Commerce-Labor Systems-Industrialization-Capitalism and Socialism 5. Development and Transformation of Social Structures a. Gender roles and relations-Family and kinship-Racial and ethnic constructions-Social and economic…show more content…
Imperial societies grow dramatically 2. Techniques of imperial administration 3. Social and economic dimensions of imperial societies 4. Decline, collapse, and transformation of empires (Rome, Han, Maurya) Key Concept 2.3: Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and Exchange 1. The geography of trans-regional networks, communication and exchange networks 2. Technologies of long-distance communication and exchange 3. Consequences of long-distance trade Primary sources for discussion and writing: The Writings of Master Han Fei, Ashoka’s Rock Edicts, Terra-Cotta warriors, the Analects, Bhagavad Gita, the Gospel of Matthew, Ban Zhao’s Lessons for Women, Livy writing on women Secondary sources for discussion and writing: Classical India: the Art of Statecraft from William H. McNeil Day 4-Class C Only-Focus-Persia and Greece Homework-read 143-154 Class Activity-Persia and Greece, assign comparative take home re:Rome and China with an SPICE required Day 5-Class D Only-Focus-Persia and Greece Homework-read 143-154 Class Activity-Persia and Greece, assign comparative take home re:Rome and China with a SPICE required Day 6-Focus-Rome and
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