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AP WORLD HISTORY

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INFORMATION:

CURRENT SYLLABUS:

AP WORLD HISTORY
1914-2008
WORLD WAR I--- PRESENT
In the Time of the Butterflies

Syllabus
TE- Traditions & Encounters Text

HR- Human Record

Primary Sources- SOAPS material

RM: Recommended Movie/s

HO- handout

CIM- Cultures in Motion Book



March 17 Review 1914 Test, Intro New Unit

March 19 Intro to W.W.I- Balance of Power Game
TE: 945- 950
Primary Sources:
1. http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/serbresponse.html
RM: Paths of Glory, The Day That Shook the World

HAPPY SPRING BREAK----------HAPPY SPRING BREAK----------HAPPY SPRING BREAK

March 31 W.W.I
TE: 950- 972
Primary Sources:
1. HR- Comments of the German Delegation..., p. 381
2. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/brest.htm
RM: Gallipoli, The African Queen

April 2 Russian Revolutions
TE: 891- 892, 990- 994
Primary Sources:
1. TE page 964- State and Revolution by Lenin
HO- Lenin
RM: Reds, Stalin

April 4 Between the Wars
TE: 985- 990, 994- 1001
Primary Sources:
1. TE page 998- Mein Kampf by Hitler
2. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/mussolini-fascism.html
3. HR- Fundamental Principles of National Policy, p. 403
RM: Triumph of the Will, Grapes of Wrath

April 8 W.W.I.I.
TE: 1037- 1060
Primary Sources:
1. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/gp4.htm
RM: Longest Day

April 10 Decolonization in Asia, Indian Independence
TE: 1006- 1008, 1013- 1014, 1097- 1102
Primary Sources:
1. TE- Self-Rule is My Birthright, p. 1009
2. HR- Indian Home Rule, p. 441
3. HR- The Need for a Muslim Pakistan, p. 1099
RM: Gandhi, Indochine

April 14 Chinese Revolutions, DBQ
TE: 1008- 1012
Primary Sources:
1. HR- Report on an Investigation of the Peasant , p. 457
2. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/sunyat.html
RM: The Last Emperor

April 16 Cold War, Latin America
TE: 1020- 1027, 1056- 1059
Primary Sources:
1. HR- Latin America: Its Rise ..., p. 449
2. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/churchill-iron.html
3. HR- Speech to the Nation, p. 453
4. TE- Nikita Khrushchev ...p. 1074
RM: Romero, The Official Story, Maria Full of Grace

April 18 Middle East and Russia
TE: 994- 997, 1084- 1090, 1103- 1107
Primary Sources:
1. HR- Speech to the Congress of the ..., p. 432
2. HR- Islamic Law in the Modern World, p. 486
3. HR- A Plan to Save Communism, p. 511
RM: Kedma, Wedding in Galilee, Paradise Now, Osama

April 22 Decolonization in Africa
TE: 1014- 1020, 1107- 1113
Primary Sources:
1. http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=10
2. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1960-un-colonialism.html
3. TE page 1112- African Unity by Nkrumah
4. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1953geyer.html
5 TE- Africa for Africans, p. 1019
HO- Decolonization in Africa
RM: Battle of Algiers, Catch a Fire
APR 23, 2007 REVIEW SESSION AFTER PSAE TESTING- bring lunch and notes

April 25 Catch up Day- bring all notes and Human Record book

April 29 STUDY GUIDE QUIZ, 1980- present, a thematic overview
CIM: International Consumer Culture Chapter 14
TE: 1113- 1126, Chapter 40

HO-1980's
Primary Sources:
1. TE- Silent Spring, p. 1145
2. HR- The Dangers of NAFTA, ..., p. 527
3. HR- Globaphobia,..., p. 530
RM: Gung Ho

May 1 Review

May 4 2007 5 PM Practice AP World History Test Room A210
5-5:50 PM- Multiple Choice
6-7 PM- Three Essays
7-8 PM Review whole test

May 5 THREE ESSAY DAY

May 7 FINAL EXAM (70 Multiple Choice, 10 terms), JOURNAL PROMPTS DUE

May 9 Review Test and Essays

May 13 ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY TEST
FVEC 7:30 AM

 


 

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LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT!!!

Traditions and Encounters 3rd Edition

Prentice Hall Blue Book

College Board

History of the World in Seven Minutes

Excellent History of Africa

Chinese History

Political Geography Practice Quizzes

Map Quizzes

More Map Quizzes

Ms Meyer's Summer Handouts:

summer 2007 handout

country list

physical features list

Ms. Meyer's Handouts for the School Year:

Film Project

Film List

Basic Writing Rules

SOAPS

C/C Essay Rubric

C/C Essay Outline

Study Guide Template

COT Outline

COT Rubric

DBQ Rubric

DBQ Outline

Ms. Meyer's Units:

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Last Updated: April 22, 2008