AP WORLD HISTORY

WHAP SKILLS

• Mental Mapping - Where In The World? Regions and Relationships.
• Analysis - Documents/Charts/Maps, Primary and Secondary
• Understanding Tone and POV
• Organizing and Manipulating Information
• Addressing Essays - DBQ, CCOT, C/C

THE ESSAYS

• DBQ
• CCOT
• C/C
• Graded on a scale of 1-9, lowest score - 1 scales 50%, highest score - 9 scales 98%.
• With Multiple Choice test and Projects -Worth 70% of your grade.

PERIODIZATIONS

• Time periods that share particular characteristics.
• Units that help organize the flow of time.
• Specific civilizations that go together within that period.
• PERSIAN acronym for each of those civilizations.
• Regions that interrelate with each other within that time period.

THE IMPORTANCE OF READING

• YOU must be responsible for the reading.
• I will be teaching the writing and critical analysis.
• Your reward: a solid understanding of world history,
• A working understanding of bias, tone and point-of-view,
• A leg-up in rank and the skills you'll need for AP US, Gov and Econ.

OTHER WHAP SKILLS

HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS

• Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence
• Argument
• Causation and Effect
• Patterns of Continuity and Change
• Periodization

HiSTORICAL THINKING SKILLS CONT.

• Comparison
• Contextualization
• Interpretation
• Synthesis

ORGANIZED BY FIVE THEMES

• Interaction between Humans and the Environment.
• Development and Interaction of Cultures.
• State-building, Expansion and Conflict.
• Creation, Expansion, and Interactions of Economic Systems.
• Development and Transformation of Social Structures.

PERSIAN

POLITICAL

• Leadership, Elite
• State Structures
• War
• Diplomacy,treaties
• Law

ECONOMIC

• Type of Systems
• Technology, Industry
• Trade and Commerce
• Capital/Money
• Types of and Power of Business

RELIGION

• Religion vs. Philosophy
• Beliefs and Teachings - Holy Books
• Conversion
• Sin/Salvation
• Dieties

SOCIAL

• Family
• Gender Relations
• Social Classes
• Inequity
• Lifestyles

INTELLECTUAL

• Art/ Music
• Writing/Literature
• Philosophy
• Math and Science
• Education

NEAR (GEOGRAPHIC SETTING)

• Location
• Physical
• Movement/Migration
• Human/Environment Interaction
• Regional

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