Mrs.
Kavet, Advanced Placement World History: Course Syllabus 2014-2015, room 14
kathleen_kavet@dpsk12.org
office hours:
after school 3-4pm M, T, Th, F
In
A.P.World History you will develop a greater understanding of the evolution of
global
processes
and contacts including interactions over time. The course highlights the nature
of
changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well
as
comparisons
among major societies.
Periodization:
The
AP World History course is divided into SIX UNITS that are roughly equal in
weight. Along with the themes and the habits of mind, the periods make up the
basis of the course. The six historical periods are:
Unit
1: Neolithic Revolution - 8,000 BCE – 600 CE
Unit
2: Organization and reorganization of Human Societies, 600 BCE- 600 CE
Unit
3: Regional and Trans-regional Interactions – 600 CE- 1450
Unit
4: Global Interactions 1450- 1750
Unit
5: Industrialization and Global Integration 1750- 1900
Unit
6: Accelerating Global Change and
Realignments 1900 - Present
Students
are required to attend writing lab and reading lab once a week.
Grades are based on participation,
quizzes, tests, essays, journals, labs and projects.
Course
Text, Readings, and Sources include:
Main
text. Stearns. World Civilizations: The Global Experience. Pearson, 6th
AP edition
·
Van Doren, C. 1991.
A History of Knowledge. Ballantine
Books
·
Diamond, J.M.
1999. Guns, Germs, and Steel. Norton
& Co.
·
Annenberg
Learning, Bridging World History,
online
Class Materials List:
Each student should be prepared with:
Notebook Paper
Black & Blue Pens
Highlighters, 4 colors
3 – Ring notebook
The Five Themes
of AP World History
•
Theme 1 – Interaction between humans and the environment
•
Theme 2 – Development and Interaction of Cultures
•
Theme 3 – State-building, expansion and conflict
•
Theme 4 – Creation, expansion and interactions of Economic Systems
•
Theme 5 – Development and transformation of social structures
Course Schedule
Period I –
Technological and Environmental Transformations from 8000 B.C.E.
•
Key Concept 1.1. Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth
•
Key Concept 1.2. The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies
•
Key Concept 1.3. The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural,
Pastoral and
Urban
Societies
Period II –
Organization and reorganization of Human Societies to 600 C.E.
•
Key Concept 2.1. The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural
Traditions
•
Key Concept 2.2. The Development of States and Empires
•
Key Concept 2.3. Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and
Exchange
Period III:
Regional and Transregional Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to 1450
•
Key Concept 3.1. Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange
Networks
•
Key Concept 3.2. Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their
Interactions
•
Key Concept 3.3. Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
Period IV:
Global Interactions 1450 to 1750
•
Key Concept 4.1. Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange
•
Key Concept 4.2. New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production
•
Key Concept 4.3. State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion
Period V:
Industrialization and Global Integration, 1750 to 1900
•
Key Concept 5.1. Industrialization and Global Capitalism
•
Key Concept 5.2. Imperialism and Nation—State Formation
•
Key Concept 5.3. Nationalism, Revolution and Reform
•
Key Concept 5.4. Global Migration
Period VI:
Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, 1900 - Present
•
Key Concept 6.1. Science and the Environment
•
Key Concept 6.2. Global Conflicts and Their Consequences
•
Key Concept 6.3. New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society and Culture.
Mrs.
Kavet, Advanced Placement World History:
kathleen_kavet@dpsk12.org
STUDENTS
MUST TAKE THE AP TEST IN MAY 2015. For free/reduced lunch students – the cost
is reduced or absorbed by the state … There is a form to fill out.
MRS. KAVET APWH HONOR CODE:
It will be understood that all academic work is to be completed by students without collusion with others. Cheating will be dealt with immediately and without equivocation. This includes plagiarism, copying another student's work, and the giving and receiving of information on the content of class examinations. All Advanced Placement World History students will sign this Honor Code.
It will be understood that all academic work is to be completed by students without collusion with others. Cheating will be dealt with immediately and without equivocation. This includes plagiarism, copying another student's work, and the giving and receiving of information on the content of class examinations. All Advanced Placement World History students will sign this Honor Code.
Print Name –
Student signature and
date and email –
Parent signature and
date (please include a phone number and email) –
It is my sincere belief that my students will come away
from this course with a well-rounded interpretation of World History and a
heightened sense of scholarship.
Mrs. Kavet
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