AP World History Audit Syllabus Final
Department: Social Studies
Course Title: Advanced Placement World History
Length: One 18-week semester (Block Scheduling)
Credit: One
Course Overview: Advanced Placement World History is like no other class you have ever taken. We will be looking at the history of the world via the examination of five time periods. In this class we will study 10,000 years of history over six continents. European and United States history account for no more than 30% of the total class, so be prepared to look at societies and cultures from an entirely new perspective. For students to better understand the complexity of the contemporary world, they need to comprehend and appreciate the past. This course will embrace a truly global view of history and civilization.
Instead of concentrating on the regurgitation of names and dates, students will be analyzing cause and effect. Students will be analyzing cultures in order to compare and contrast the ideas and trends within and among cultures. Students will be studying how things have changed over time and how ideas have remained constant through the years (change over time and continuity). Students will also be spending a considerable amount of time reading, interpreting, and analyzing primary and secondary source documents along with charts and graphs. Students will do this through developing and refining their analytical abilities and their critical thinking skills.
Course Goals: Students will comprehend, analyze, and interpret historical events, conditions, historical and geographic context, trends, and issues to develop an understanding of world civilizations including their encounters and interactions with each other in the past and today. Students will be better prepared for college by engaging and participating in a class that stresses an academically challenging and rigorous curriculum. The course is designed and intended to replicate a college-level survey course.
Student Objectives: Regardless of the time
Course Title: Advanced Placement World History
Length: One 18-week semester (Block Scheduling)
Credit: One
Course Overview: Advanced Placement World History is like no other class you have ever taken. We will be looking at the history of the world via the examination of five time periods. In this class we will study 10,000 years of history over six continents. European and United States history account for no more than 30% of the total class, so be prepared to look at societies and cultures from an entirely new perspective. For students to better understand the complexity of the contemporary world, they need to comprehend and appreciate the past. This course will embrace a truly global view of history and civilization.
Instead of concentrating on the regurgitation of names and dates, students will be analyzing cause and effect. Students will be analyzing cultures in order to compare and contrast the ideas and trends within and among cultures. Students will be studying how things have changed over time and how ideas have remained constant through the years (change over time and continuity). Students will also be spending a considerable amount of time reading, interpreting, and analyzing primary and secondary source documents along with charts and graphs. Students will do this through developing and refining their analytical abilities and their critical thinking skills.
Course Goals: Students will comprehend, analyze, and interpret historical events, conditions, historical and geographic context, trends, and issues to develop an understanding of world civilizations including their encounters and interactions with each other in the past and today. Students will be better prepared for college by engaging and participating in a class that stresses an academically challenging and rigorous curriculum. The course is designed and intended to replicate a college-level survey course.
Student Objectives: Regardless of the time