Ap World Pitts
Mr. Pitts Email: smpitts@canfieldschools.net Website: www/smpitts.weebly.com AP World History Course 2013-2014
AP World History is for the high school student who wishes to earn college credit in high school through a rigorous academic program. This class approaches history in a way that looks at the common threads of humanity over time— society, politics, religion, ideology, technology and trade —and it investigates how these things have changed and continued over time in different places. This course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document-based questions (DBQ) and thematic essays addressing issues of change, continuity, and comparison. The AP World History Exam will be Thursday May, 15, 2014
The following AP World History Themes will be used throughout the course to identify broad patterns and processes that explain change and continuity over time:
5 AP World History Themes
1. Social--Development and transformation of social structures
Gender Roles
Race and ethnicity
Social Class
Family
2. Political--State-building, expansion, and conflict
Forms of government
Political Structures
Nationalism
Empire and nation building
Revolutions
3. Interaction between Humans and the Environment
Demography
Disease
Technology
Patterns of Settlement
Movement of people and ideas
Migration
4. Cultural--Development and interaction of cultures
Religion
Belief systems
Ideologies
The arts and culture
5. Economic--Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
The development of agriculture
Trade
Commerce
Economic and Labor systems
Capitalism and Socialism
The following Basics of Historical Thinking Skills will be utilized in this course:
1. Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence
2. Chronological Reasoning
3. Comparison and Contextualization
4. Historical Interpretation and Synthesis
Main Textbook:
Voyages in World History 2nd Ed.,
AP World History is for the high school student who wishes to earn college credit in high school through a rigorous academic program. This class approaches history in a way that looks at the common threads of humanity over time— society, politics, religion, ideology, technology and trade —and it investigates how these things have changed and continued over time in different places. This course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document-based questions (DBQ) and thematic essays addressing issues of change, continuity, and comparison. The AP World History Exam will be Thursday May, 15, 2014
The following AP World History Themes will be used throughout the course to identify broad patterns and processes that explain change and continuity over time:
5 AP World History Themes
1. Social--Development and transformation of social structures
Gender Roles
Race and ethnicity
Social Class
Family
2. Political--State-building, expansion, and conflict
Forms of government
Political Structures
Nationalism
Empire and nation building
Revolutions
3. Interaction between Humans and the Environment
Demography
Disease
Technology
Patterns of Settlement
Movement of people and ideas
Migration
4. Cultural--Development and interaction of cultures
Religion
Belief systems
Ideologies
The arts and culture
5. Economic--Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
The development of agriculture
Trade
Commerce
Economic and Labor systems
Capitalism and Socialism
The following Basics of Historical Thinking Skills will be utilized in this course:
1. Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence
2. Chronological Reasoning
3. Comparison and Contextualization
4. Historical Interpretation and Synthesis
Main Textbook:
Voyages in World History 2nd Ed.,