Course Syllabus2013-2014
Jose Guzman
TERRA Environmental Research Institute
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Required Text:
Bulliet, R.W., et. al. The Earth and Its People. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005.
Supplemental Instructional Materials:
Charles Van Doren, A History of Knowledge. Ballantine Books, New York. Copyright 1991.
Oliver A. Johnson, James L. Halverson, Sources of World Civilization V. 1-3.New Jersey: Prentice Hall Co., 2004.
J.,Weston Walch, Document-Based Assessment Activities for Global History Classes by Noonan,1999.
Course Description:
The course approaches history in a nontraditional way in that it looks at the common threads of humanity over time — trade, religion, politics, society, and technology —and it investigates how these factors have changed and continued over time in different places.
In addition, and as a constant concern, this class will prepare students to take the AP World History exam on Thursday, May 16th 2013. AP World History is an advanced level course designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam administered by the College Board in May of each year. Final test scores are reported on a 5 point basis; students who score a 3 or better may earn college credit, advanced placement, or both, depending on their college.
Specifically, the following AP World History themes will be used throughout the course to identify these broad patterns and processes that explain change and continuity over time. All assignments will focus on one or more of these themes in order to better understand the world, its peoples, and their history.
THE SIX AP WORLD HISTORY THEMES:
1.The relationship of change and continuity from 8,000 BCE to the present.
2.Impact of interaction among and within major societies.
3.Impact of technology, economics and demography on people and the environment.
4.Systems of social structure and gender structure.
5.Cultural, religious and intellectual developments.
6.Changes in functions and structures of states and in attitudes toward states and political identities, including the emergence of the nation-state.
The course further includes the following Time Periods and tentative Exam Dates:
I. Technological and Environmental Transformations 8000 BCE to 600 BCESeptember 16th
II. Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies600 BCE-600 CEOctober 27th
III.Regional and Transregional Interactions 600 CE-1450December 15th
IV.Global Interactions1450-1750January 15th
V. Industrialization and Global Integration 1750-1900 March 5th
VI.Accelerating Global Change and Realignments1914-the present April 23rd
AP EXAM REVIEW APRIL 25th - MAY 15th
APWH EXAMThursday, May 15th 2014
Course Requirements and Grading Policies:
Supplies: Each student must maintain a separate folder/notebook for this class. It must contain the following sections:
- Class Notes
- Maps
- Essays
- Guided Readings
- Timelines
It is also highly recommended that you acquire one of the various AP World History Exam Review books as soon as possible (either the Princeton Review or Barron’s). Some of the Chapter and Unit assessment questions will come directly from the review books.
Home Learning and Reading Assignments: Each student is responsible for completing any homework or reading assignment that the instructor has given. All reading and home learning assignments will be completed before you come to class and you will be ready to discuss the reading or homework in class. Home learning assignments will be worth 1 grade. Chapter quizzes will be given to insure that everyone is keeping up with the readings. Chapter quizzes will be worth 2 grades each. (*See attendance policy below regarding absences.)
Essays: Approximately every two weeks you will write a timed in-class essay modeled on the essays from the APWH test in May. Each essay will be worth 2grades each.
Unit Exams: The five Unit exams in this class will follow the format of the AP exam you will take in May. Each exam will be comprised of multiple-choice questions and 2-3 essay questions.
Review Project: There will be a major review project during the 5 review days immediately preceding the AP Test in May. This project will not only give each student an opportunity to improve his or her grade, but it will also serve as a much needed review for course content. The grade from this review will count as the students’ Final Exam grade.
Class Participation: "Class participation" refers to the degree to which the student takes part in the class discussions, and the quality of that participation. By reading the appropriate assignments you will be prepared for class. Class participation will count for 5% of each nine-week grade. Unexcused tardies may count negatively toward your class participation grade.
Attendance and Make-Up Work: No make-up work (including quizzes or exams) will be given for unexcused absences or tardies to class. Each student has 24-48 hours to bring an excused admit to the instructor and only then will make-up work be administered.
Learning and Writing Strategies for A.P. Exam used in the course:
Document-Based Questions (DBQ’s) are a significant part of the AP Exam. They test your ability to do a historian’s work—to interpret primary sources & make sense of them. You will learn to construct essays in which you cite the opinions of various authors in one integrative answer.
Free Response Essay Questions (FRQ’s) will cover the themes of change over time and continuity over time. Students can expect an essay assignment every two weeks or so. Learning to address the question asked with a relevant thesis and argument will be an integral part of each unit in this course.
Group Presentations/Debates These assignments allow students not only to work in groups but to look at history from different perspectives and views. These assignments require the students to do research, and assemble information for the purpose of making a historical argumentative point.
Overlapping Timelines help a student to see how one unit relates to others and to place intellectual or artistic achievements in context. Students will visually graph the historical event, important person, literary or artistic achievement(s) underneath the timeline of the political ruler(s).
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WORLD HISTORY - SUMMARY OUTLINE
First Quarter Major Topics(Bulliet, Chs. 1-10):
Human origins and Human Cultures (5 million B.C.E. – 10,000 B.C.E.)
Beginnings of Civilizations (10,000 B.C.E. – 1000 C.E.)
First Civilizations:
Africa and Asia (3200 B.C.E. – 500B.C.E.)
Ancient Kingdoms (Babylon, Mesopotamia, Phoenicians, Assyrians)
Egyptian Empire
Roots of Judaism
Early Civilizations in India and China (2500 B.C.E. – 256 B.C.E.)
Empires and Imperialism (2300 B.C.E. – 1100 C.E.):
Persian, Greek, and Roman Empires 2300 (B.C.E. – 490 C.E.)
Chinese and Indian Empires (220 B.C.E. – 1100 C.E.)
Rise of World Religions (300 B.C.E. – 1200 C.E.):
Hinduism, Jainism, Ahimsa, and Buddhism (300 B.C.E. -1200 C.E.)
Judaism and Christianity (600 B.C.E. – 1100 C.E.)
Islam (570 C.E. - 1500 C.E.)
Major Assignments:
Quiz on Summer Reading (Salt and World Geography)
In class essay comparing Polytheistic & Monotheistic religions and Civilizations
Team Debate on India/China vs. Greece/Rome
In-class practice, review of primary documents with citation practice (Johnson & Halverson)
Chapter Exams with FRQ’s, DBQ’s
Second Quarter Major Topics (Bulliet, Chs. 11-20):
Regional Civilizations (750 B.C. – 1650 A.D.):
The rise of Europe (500-1300)
The Dark Ages (500-1300)
The High Middle Ages (1050-1450)
The Byzantine Empire and Russia (330-1613)
Establishing World Trade Routes (1100-1500):
Silk Route, The Mediterranean, Indian Ocean
World travelers, Explorers
Atlantic Exploration
Renaissance and Reformation (1300-1650) :
Cosimo de Medici, Machiavelli, DaVinci
Catholic Counter Reformation
Unification of World Trade (1500-1776):
Capitalism and Expansion of Europe
Overseas Empires of Europe
Major Assignments:
Group presentations on Van Doren Chps. 3-6
At –home DBQ: Discuss how world exploration and trade led to the European Renaissance.
Overlapping Timeline for all Major Civilizations and Countries reviewed
In-class practice, review of primary documents with citation practice (Johnson & Halverson)
Chapter Exams with FRQ’s, DBQ’s
MIDTERM EXAM (70 multiple choice questions and 3 essays)
Third Quarter Major Topics (Bulliet, Chs. 21-29):
Exploding Technologies (1914-2000)
Social Change and Revolutions (1688-1914):
England’s Glorious Revolution
Political Revolutions in Europe and the Americas
Industrial Revolution (1740-1914):
Britain
Industrial Expansion and Imperialism
Nationalism
Japan from Isolation to Equality
World Wars I and II (1914-1945):
Technologies of mass production and destruction
National Identities
The Soviet Union and Japan (1914-2000):
The Russo-Japanese war
Russian Revolution (1917)
Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin
The Communist Party
Major Assignments:
In class DBQ on The effects of the Russian Revolution(with citation (Walch)
Team Debate countries involved in WWI & WWII
Group presentations on 20th Century Genocides
In-class practice, review of primary documents with citation practice (Johnson & Halverson)
Chapter Exams with FRQ’s, DBQ’s
Fourth Quarter Major Topics (Bulliet, Chs. 30-33):
Modern Nations:
China and India (1914-2000)
Middle East and North Africa (1914-2000)
European Colonialism in the African Sahara:
British, French, Belgian, and Portuguese Colonies (1945-1975)
Latin America (1870-2000):
Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)
South and Central America
Caribbean Island Nations
Major Assignments:
SPED Chart (Social/Political/Economic Description) on all modern/major Nations reviewed
Group presentations on 20th Century Genocides
In-class A.P. practice exam 2002
Chapter Exams with FRQ’s, DBQ’s
Review for AP Exam/Review Project Final Exam