AP World History

Hello and Welcome

Hello future AP World History student! I’m so glad that you will be in class with me during the 2023-2024 school year. I hope you are excited too. I’ve prepared a few assignments for you to complete this summer so that you are prepared for the rigor and pace of the AP World History curriculum.

IIf you want a quick preview of the course organization and AP World History Modern test format, check out my Summer AP World History website. Also, I created a list of various ways you can study in AP World History. It would be helpful to check it out before class starts so you have an idea of how you can improve .Check it out HERE.

If you have any questions about the class or the summer assignment, feel free to email me at the link below! 

Text Book

AMSCO Advanced Placement World History Modern (1200-Present)

​You are welcome to find used copies of this AMSCO book but make sure that the time frame is 1200-Present, otherwise it will not align with the assignments in the class.

You will need this text as soon as school starts, so order ASAP! 

Summer Assignments-  

There are THREE summer assignments. All of these assignments will be turned in to me COMPLETE on the first day of class:

A-Day: Wednesday, August 9th
B-Day:  Thursday, August 9th

Autobiographical Long-Essay-Question (LEQ)

​Both the outline linked above AND your essay should be turned in together

Global Religious/Belief Systems Graphic Organizer

​You will be quizzed over these belief systems the first week of school. It’s important that you have this complete. 

Classical Empires Graphic Organizer

Summer Assignment Resources

I'm sure your next question is: where can I find the information to complete the two graphic organizers? I have Google presentations made for all the empires and the belief systems are also included in those presentations. As you learn about the different empires, record what you learn about them and their belief systems on your handouts.

• Qin and Han China - Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism 

• Ancient Greece & Persia - Zoroastrianism

• Mauryan/Gupta India - Hinduism and Buddhism 

• Roman Empire & Republic

• Introduction to Dar al-Islam

Additional Resources and Videos: 

• BBC Religions Website

• Origins of Islam

• Spread of Islam

• Judaism and Christianity

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Zoroastrianism

• Hinduism

• Spread of World Religions

Crash Course World History Videos

• ​Persians and the Greeks

• Buddha & Asoka (Mauryan/Gupta)

• Qin & Han China, Confucianism

• Alexander the Great

• Silk Road / Trade

• Roman Empire/Republic

• Christianity (Spread & Influence)

• Fall of the Roman Empire

• Islam