Syllabus

A.P. Modern World History Syllabus                                              Charity Pittillo

Spring 2024                                                                         cpittillo@greenville.k12.sc.us                                                            

Course Description

In AP World History: Modern, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1200 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course provides six themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: humans and the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, and technology and innovation. 

College Course Equivalent AP World History: Modern is designed to be the equivalent of an introductory college or university survey of modern world history. 

Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for AP World History: Modern. Students should be able to read a college-level textbook and write grammatically correct, complete sentence 

Assessments

To assess your knowledge of each part of each unit in AP World History and to prepare you for the AP Exam, you will be required to show your understanding in the following test formats: Long Essay Question Essays, Document Based Question Essays, Short Answer Questions, Standard Content-based Multiple Choice Questions, and Stimulus-based Multiple Choice Questions. 

Units  (These dates are subject to change)

Quarter 3:  (2 Tests, 2 Major Essay Grades)

1. The Global Tapestry: 1200 to 1450  

2. Networks of Exchange 1200 to 1450 

   • • Test 1 on Units 1 and 2 January 31, 2024

3. Land Based Empires 1450-1750  

   • • DBQ #1 February 7, 2024*

4. Transoceanic Interconnections 1450 to 1750  

   • • DBQ #2 February 16, 2024*

     • Test 2 on Units 3 & 4 (cumulative - includes some content from 1 & 2) February 23, 2024*

END of 3rd Quarter Grades

5. Revolutions 1750 to 1900

   • • LEQ #1 March 11, 2024*

6. Consequences of Industrialization  1750-1900  

   • • Test 3 on Units 5-6  April 3, 2024*

7. Global Conflict 1900 to Present      

   • • LEQ #2 April 16, 2024* April 3, 2024*

8. Cold War and Decolonization 1900 to Present 

9. Globalization 1900 to Present  April 20- April 27 

   • Test 4 on Units 7-9  May 3, 2024*

Review: May 4 - May 15

AP Exam: Wednesday, May 15, 8:00 AM

*Dates are tentative and could change

As you can see from the above guide, this curriculum combined with block scheduling in the Spring semester gives us very little time to cover a lot of curriculum.  It is inadvisable for students to fall behind.  In April and May, I will offer after school review sessions but will have to wait until closer to then to create a schedule for that.   

 Required Texts          Traditions and Encounters, Bentley, 2017, McGraw Hill  and AMSCO AP Modern World History 

 Required Materials   Three-ring binder for handouts

                                    Paper, pens, and pencils

                                    Index cards

 Optional:  There are many different study guides and workbooks available to prep for the AP World History Exam.  I recommend Barron's AP World History: Modern : https://www.amazon.com/AP-World-History-Practice-Barrons/dp/150626204X 

Grading:                    

Major Assignments 60% (This includes tests and DBQs ,LEQs (when announced) 

Minor Assignments (Quizzes, maps, in-class assignments, notebook checks, practice DBQs and LEQs) 40%

 *Students will be informed if an assignment is major or minor.  

Homework:

Homework will generally be in the form of Google Slides and text readings.  All homework assignments will be posted on Google Classroom.   For those who are absent; missed work is due the no later than 5 days after the student returns to class.  Long absences, illnesses, or other issues will be addressed individually.

 Late Work:

Wade Hampton High School has a schoolwide late work policy that I will adhere to.  Late assignments turned in before the end of the unit will be penalized 10%.  Late work submitted after the unit has completed will be penalized 10% per day.  I will not accept major assignments late without a parent conference.  This is a college level course and moves at a very fast pace.  It is inadvisable for students to fall behind.

 Discipline:

Any misbehaving, disrupting class, or misuse of time will be met with the following discipline plan:

1.       Verbal Warning

2.       Student/Teacher conference (this will take place immediately in the hallway)

3.       Parent Contact – at this point the parent will be informed that the next infraction by the student will result in an administrative referral

4.       Referral to administrator and parent contact

*Any infractions after a student has received a referral will result in immediate administrative referral and parent contact.