AP World History

SEMESTER ONE

Quarter One

• 8/26 - Syllabus and book distribution

  • Turn in summer work

• 8/27 - Review Quiz

  • Overview of the AP World History Exam - PowerPoint

• 8/29 - Cornell notes review and levels of questioning

  • How to write a CCOT (review rubric)

  • How to use your textbook

  • Children's book

  • Due: Ch. 7 Cornell Notes Outline

• 9/3 - Notes: First Peoples; First Farmers – Most of History in a SingleLecture to 4000 BCE (Powerpoint)

  • Peer edits of CCOT #1

  • Children's book

  • Due: CCOT #1: How did monotheism and polytheism merge and divide over time?

• 9/5 - How To: Socratic Seminars - PowerPoint and Student Handout

  • How to write a comparative essay

  • CCOT rubric quiz

  • Children's book

  • Due: Ch. 8 & 9 Cornell Notes Outline

• 9/8 - Socratic Seminar - "The Myth of Continents - Introduction"

  • Notes: First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies - 3500 BCE-500BCE(PowerPoint)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 9/10 - Notes: State and Empire in Eurasia (PowerPoint)

  • Children's book

  • Peer edits of Comparative Essay #1

  • Due: Comparative Essay #1: Analyze the similarities and differences in techniques of imperial administration in two of the following empires: Han China (206 BCE - 220 CE), Mauryan/Gupta India (320 BCE - 550 CE), or Imperial Rome (31 BCE - 476 CE).

• 9/12 - How to write a DBQ

  • Children's book

  • Due: Chapter 10 & 11 Cornell Notes Outline

• 9/15 - Socratic Seminar - "The Code of Hammurapi" - Nina

  • Notes: Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa (PowerPoint)

  • Thinkers and Philosophers of the Second Wave Era

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 9/17 - Notes: Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa (500 BCE - 500 CE) and Commonalities and Variations: Africa and the Americas (500 BCE - 1200 CE) (PowerPoint)

  • Peer edits of DBQ #1

  • Children's book

  • Due: DBQ #1

• 9/19 - Children's book

  • Due: Ch. 12 Cornell Notes Outline

• 9/22 - Units 1 & 2 Test

• 9/24 - Notes: Commerce and Culture (500-1500) (PowerPoint)

  • Peer edits of CCOT #2

  • Visual vocabulary

  • Due: Continuity and Change Essay #2 - Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of the classical era: Chinese (100-600 CE), Roman (100-600 CE), or Indian (300-600 CE).

• 9/26 - Debrief and feedback from the first test

  • Due: Ch. 13 & 14 Cornell Notes Outline

• 9/29 - Socratic Seminar - "The Emergence of Brahminical Hinduism" - Katie

  • Notes: China and the World - East Asian Connections (500-1300) (PowerPoint)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 10/1 - Quiz

  • Peer edits for comparative essay #2

  • Storyboarding notes

  • Identifying themes in notes

  • Due: Comparative Essay #2 - Compare and contrast the political, economic, and social life of the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic Empire, and Western Europe from 600 to 1450 CE.

• 10/3 - Notes: The Worlds of Islam - Afro-Eurasian Connections (600-1500) (PowerPoint)

  • Due: Ch. 15 & 16 Cornell Notes Outline

• 10/6 - Socratic Seminar - "Mahayana Buddhism: A Religion of Infinite Compassion" - Shannon

  • Writing DBQ #2 (pages 2-5) - due at the end of class

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 10/8 - Peer edits - DBQ #2

  • Notes: The Worlds of Christendom - Contraction, Expansion, and Division (500-1300) (PowerPoint)

  • Due: Ch. 17 Cornell Notes Outline

• 10/13 - Socratic Seminar - "Nomads and Sedentary Societies in Medieval Eurasia" - Katie

  • Annotated timelines

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 10/15 - Notes: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage - The Mongol Moment (1200-1500) (PowerPoint)

  • Editorial writing.

  • Due: Continuity and Change Essay #3 - Analyze changes and continuities in Chinese political, social, & economic life in the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties. Explain Chinese relations with their neighbors, 600 to 1450 CE.

• 10/17 - Notes: The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century (PowerPoint)

  • Due: Ch. 18 & 19 Cornell Notes Outline

• 10/20 - Socratic Seminar - "The Foundations of Islamic Life" - Lily

  • Notes: People and Civilizations of the Americas (600-1500) (PowerPoint)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 10/22 - Notes: The Latin West (1200-1500) (PowerPoint)

  • Annotated timeline

  • Peer edits

  • Due: Comparative Essay #3 - Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic life of the Mongol and Aztec empires from 600 to 1450 CE.

• 10/24 - Annotated timelines due

  • Due: Ch. 20 & 21 Cornell Notes Outline

Quarter Two

• 10/27

  • Socratic Seminar - "Born with a 'Silver Spoon': The Origin of World Trade in 1571" - Audrey

  • African Language in 500-1450

    • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 10/29

  • Cover/Review previous week (The Latin West)

  • Get to Know Your Empire TV Show

• 10/31

  • Empire TV Project

  • Due: Ch. 22 Cornell Notes Outline

• 11/3

  • Unit 3 Test

• 11/5

  • Notes: The Maritime Revolution (to 1500) (PowerPoint)

  • Notes: Transformations in Europe (1500-1750) (PowerPoint)

  • Empire TV Project

  • Enroll on turnitin.com (class id = 9007640, password = bacon)

• 11/7

  • Peer Edits

  • Socratic Seminar - "Plagues and Peoples: Transoceanic Exchange, 1500-1700" - Michael

  • Empire TV Project

  • Due: Ch. 23 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Due: DBQ #3 (What was the most important consequence of the printing press?)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 11/12

  • Notes: The Diversity of American Colonial Societies (1530-1770) (PowerPoint) / (Detailed Banducci Powerpoint)

  • ABC Poem / Visual vocabulary

  • Peer edits

  • Due: Continuity and Change Essay #4 - Describe and analyze the cultural, economic, and political impact of Islam on ONE of the following regions between 1000-1750 CE (West Africa, South Asia, or Europe). Be sure to discuss continuities as well as changes.

• 11/14

  • Quiz (Be sure to study The Maritime Revolution (to 1500))

  • Empire TV Project

  • Ch. 24 Cornell Notes Outline

• 11/17

  • Socratic Seminar - "Byzantium and the West in the age of the Crusades: The Dividing of Christendom" - Myroslav

  • Notes: The Atlantic System and Africa (1550-1800) (PowerPoint) (Detailed Banducci Powerpoint)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 11/19

  • Notes: The Atlantic System and Africa (1550-1800) (PowerPoint) (Detailed Banducci Powerpoint) (continued)

  • Notes - Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean (1500-1750) (PowerPoint)

  • Peer Edits

  • Empire TV Project

  • Due: Comparative Essay #4 - Compare the effects of racial ideologies on North American societies with those on Latin American/Caribbean societies during the period from 1500 to 1830.

• 11/21

  • Quiz (Study this prompt and be prepared in class to answer the question in 40 minutes)

  • Empire TV Project

  • Due: Ch. 25 Cornell Notes Outline

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

• 12/1

  • Notes: Northern Eurasia (1500-1800) (PowerPoint)

  • Socratic Seminar - "Silk Roads or Steppe Roads? The Silk Roads in World History" - Katie

  • Homework: DBQ #4

  • Homework: Empire TV Projects (Due in 14 days)

• 12/3

  • Due: DBQ #4

  • Peer edits

  • Notes: The Rise of Austria, Prussia, and Russia (PowerPoint)

  • Review: Russia and Eurasia Notes

  • Empire TV Project

  • Homework: Study for Quiz

  • Homework: Ch. 26 Cornell Notes

  • Homework: Empire TV Projects (Due in 12 days)

• 12/5

  • Quiz (17 multiple choice questions on Ch. 26 reading)

  • Russian Expansion Notes (PowerPoint)

  • Empire TV Project

  • Due: Ch. 26 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Homework: Socratic Seminar Reading ("The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and Their Historians")

  • Homework: Empire TV Projects (Due in 10 days)

• 12/8

  • Review: Southwest Asia Notes

  • Socratic Seminar - "The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and Their Historians" - Monica

  • Homework: Continuity and Change Essay #5 - Analyze continuities and changes in patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads from 200 BCE to 1450 CE.

  • Homework: Empire TV Projects (Due in 7 days)

• 12/10 (Day of Service - 40 minute class)

  • Due: Continuity and Change Essay #5 - Analyze continuities and changes in patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads from 200 BCE to 1450 CE.

  • Peer edits

  • Empire TV Project

  • Homework: Ch. 27 Cornell Notes

  • Homework: Empire TV Projects (Due in 5 days)

• 12/11

  • Review: Atlantic Trade and Diversity of American Colonial Societies Notes

  • Bering Expedition Primary Source and discussion of Russian history (Drake document) (Romanov family tree)

  • Empire TV Project

  • Due: Ch. 27 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Homework: Socratic Seminar Reading ("Europeans in the Americas")

  • Homework: Empire TV Projects (Due in 3 days)

• 12/15

  • Review: Maritime Revolution and Transformations in Europe Notes

  • Socratic Seminar - "Europeans in the Americas" - Lily

  • Screen TV Shows

  • Homework: Study Guide for Unit 4 Test

• 12/17

  • Unit 4 Test

  • Homework: Comparative Essay #5 - Compare the historical processes of empire building in the Spanish maritime empire during the period from 1450 through 1800 with the historical processes of empire building in ONE of the following land-based empires: The Ottoman Empire OR the Russian Empire.

  • Homework: Socratic Seminar Reading ("Technology in World Civilizations: Gunpowder Empires, 1450-1650")

  • The Prince by Machiavelli + Guided Reading Questions

WINTER HOLIDAY

(Holiday work = read The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, chapters 1-11 + preface. Answer questions)

Daitoku Notes for Unit Five:

Seven Years' War (notes) (PowerPoint), Notes: Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes (1750-1914) (PowerPoint)

Notes: Revolutions of Industrialization (1750-1914) (PowerPoint)

Notes: Africa, India, and the New British Empire (1750-1870) (Notes) (PowerPoint)

Notes: Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia (Notes) (PowerPoint)

Notes: Colonial Encounters in Asia and Africa (1750-1950) (Graphic Organizer) (PowerPoint)

Marxism (PowerPoint)

Banducci To-Do List

1. Create Quizzes for Chapter Readings

2. Create 70-question Test

3. Assign Socratic Readings

4. Populate Gradebook

5. Splice PPTs

6. Make Nation-State PPT

7. Find "Scramble for Africa" Lesson Plan

• 1/5 (Enlightenment, French Revolution, American Revolution)

  • Lecture: Science Revolution and Enlightenment

  • Peer Edit (take home)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading: Socratic Seminar - "Technology in World Civilizations: Gunpowder Empires, 1450-1650" - Myroslav

  • Due: Comparative Essay: Compare the historical processes of empire building in the Spanish maritime empire during the period from 1450 through 1800 with the historical processes of empire building in ONE of the following land-based empires: The Ottoman Empire OR the Russian Empire.

• 1/7

  • Lecture: Science Revolution and Enlightenment

  • Lecture: The American Revolution

  • Due: Machiavelli questions (Chapters 1-11 of The Prince) for Socratic Seminar led by Mr. Banducci

• 1/9

  • Ch. 28 Reading Quiz (Revolutions - 20 questions)

  • Lecture: French Revolution

  • Due: Ch. 28 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Documentary (watch until minute 60)

• 1/12 (Haitian and Latin American Revolutions)

  • Assign: Comparative Revolutions Grid (due 1/16)

  • Documentary (finish)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading: Socratic Seminar - "Women's Roles in Early Modern Europe" -Shannon

• 1/14

  • Lecture: Independence in Latin America + Haiti

  • Haitian Revolution Documentary (55 minutes)

• 1/16

  • Ch. 30 Reading Quiz (The Americas During Independence)

  • Due: Ch. 30 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Due: Machiavelli questions (Chapters 12-14 of The Prince) for Socratic Seminar led by Mr. Banducci

  • Due: Comparative Revolutions Grid

• 1/21 - 80 minutes (Nationalism)

  • Lecture: Nation, City, State, City-State, Nation-State, Multinational State

  • Lecture: Napoleon

  • Assign: Congress of Vienna Role Play

  • Due: Machiavelli questions (Chapters 15-23 of The Prince) for Socratic Seminar led by Mr. Banducci

• 1/23 - 80 minutes

  • Lecture: Reforms, Revolutions, and War

  • Lecture: German Unification

  • Activity Time: Congress of Vienna Role Play

• 1/26 - 66 minute

  • Activity: Congress of Vienna Role Play

    • Opening Statements (3-5 minutes)

    • Discussion and compromise (10-15 minutes)

    • Voting if necessary (5 minutes)

    • Attempt to get everything you desire (100% credit); compromise only if you have dutifully argued for your position (80-100% credit); capitulate to others demands while vaguely presenting your demands (70-80%); end in gridlock without having agreed to anything (60% credit)

• 1/27 - 2 hour class

  • Ch. 29 Reading Quiz (Industrial Society)

  • Lecture: Italian Unification

  • Lecture: Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire

  • Due: Migrations Article and Note Grid

  • Due: Ch. 29 Cornell Notes Outline

SEMESTER TWO

• 2/2 (Industrial Revolution)

  • Activity: Industrial Revolution Debate (Debating Pro and Con, 2-person groups)

  • Lecture: Industrial Revolution + Life in the Industrial Age

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading: Socratic Seminar - "The Opening of Oceania" -Lily (Student 1)

• 2/4

  • CAHSEE Testing

• 2/6

  • Chapter 31 Reading Quiz (Crossroads)

  • Due: Machiavelli questions (Chapters 24-26 of The Prince) for Socratic Seminar led by Mr. Banducci

  • Due: Ch. 31 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Due: Continuity and Change Essay: Analyze continuities and changes in labor

  • systems between 1750 and 1900 in ONE of the following regions.

• • Peer Edits

  • Lecture: Industrial Revolution + Life in the Industrial Age

• 2/9

  • Debate A: #1 vs. #2 (30 minutes)

  • Debate B: #3 vs. #4 (30 minutes)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading: Socratic Seminar - The Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Women and Children -Katie (Student 2)

• 2/11

  • Debate C: Winner of Debate A vs. Winner of Debate B (30 minutes)

  • Debate D: Loser of Debate A vs. Loser of Debate B (30 minutes)

  • Peer Edit

  • Due: Comparative Essay: Compare differing responses to industrialization in any TWO of the following: Japan, Ottoman Empire, Russia.

• 2/13 (Society at Crossroads; reactions from the 'others')

  • Chapter 32 Reading Quiz (Imperialism)

  • Lecture: Unrest in Russia

  • Due: Ch. 32 Cornell Notes Outline

• 2/18 (Imperialism)

  • Activity: Scramble for Africa (Berlin Conference)

  • Lecture: Age of Imperialism

• 2/20

  • Lecture: Age of Imperialism

  • In-class DBQ: DBQ (2009) Age of Imperialism in Africa (40 minutes)

  • Homework: Design study guides as assigned in

• 2/23

  • Study Guide Presentations: Ch. 27-32

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading: Socratic Seminar The White Man's Burden - Shannon (Student 3)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading: Socratic Seminar The Black Man's Burden - Lily (Student 4)

• 2/25 - Unit 5 Test (50 multiple choice questions [40 minutes] + DBQ [50 minutes])

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• 2/27 (half day)

  • Test corrections

• 3/2

  • Notes: World War I Part I

  • Socratic Seminar - "Cycles of Silver: Global Economic Unity throughout the Mid-Eighteenth Century" -Myro (Student 7)

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 3/4

  • Notes: World War I Part II

• 3/6

  • Quiz Ch. 33

  • Notes: Inter-war Years Part I

  • Due: Ch. 33 Cornell Notes Outline

• 3/9

  • Socratic Seminar - "Russia and the West in the 18th Century" -Audrey (Student 6)

  • Notes: Inter-war Years Part II

  • Weimar Republic Project Rollout

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 3/11

  • Notes: Inter-war Years Part III

  • Project: Weimar Republic

• 3/16

  • Socratic Seminar - "Rubber and the World Economy" -Michael

  • Notes: Inter-war Years Part IV

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

• 3/18

  • Notes: Inter-war Years Part V

  • Project: Weimar Republic Simulation

• 3/20

  • Quiz Ch. 34

  • Due: Ch. 34 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Weimar Republic Simulation

  • Homework: Spring Reading Assignment: Animal Farm by George Orwell; see Reading Questions

• 3/23

  • Socratic Seminar - "Technology in World Civilizations: Railroad Empires, 1850-1940" -Monica

  • Notes: Africa, Asia, Latin America Part I

  • Due: Socratic Seminar Reading

  • Homework: Read Ch. 1 of Animal Farm by George Orwell; answer reading questions + rehearse speech OR write 10 commandmants

• 3/25

  • In-Class: DBQ (Indian Nationalism)

    • Using the documents, analyze British imperialism in India and reactions among Indians. Identify an additional type of document and explain how it would help in assessing British/Indian actions and reactions.

  • Due: Rehearsed Reading of the Old Major Speech

  • Due: Answers to the the Animal Farm Questions, Ch. 1

  • Socratic Seminar

• 3/27 (half day)

  • Quiz Ch. 35

  • Due: Ch. 35 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Notes: Africa, Asia, Latin America Part II

• 4/8

  • Notes: World War II Part I

  • Crash Course World History - Due May 14^th

  • ^{Study Guide Assignment - Study Guide Template}

  • Reading Questions Due, Chapters 2-5

  • Socratic Seminar: Animal Farm Ch. 2-5

• 4/10

  • Notes: World War II Part II

  • Socratic Seminar: Animal Farm Ch. 6-10

  • AP Prep Schedule, Final Exam, Performative Lectures

Quarter Four

• 4/13

  • Socratic Seminar - "The Russian and Chinese Revolutions" -Myroslav

  • Notes: World War II Part III

  • Work on Performative Lectures

• 4/15

  • Notes: The Inception of the Cold War

  • Due: Comparative Essay: Compare and contrast the patterns of decolonization in Africa and South Asia (eg India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.).

  • Work on Performative Lectures

• 4/17 (half day)

  • Quiz Ch. 36

  • Due: Ch. 36 Cornell Notes Outline

  • Notes: The UN Partioning India and the Middle East

  • Work on Performative Lectures

• 4/20

  • Socratic Seminar - "Women in the Modern World" -Katie

  • Notes: The Cold War Part I

  • Work on Performative Lectures

• 4/22

  • Notes: The Cold War Part II

  • Continuity and Change Essay: Analyze major changes and continuities in the formation of national identities in ONE of the regions listed below from 1914 to the present. Be sure to include evidence from specific countries in the region selected:

    • Middle East

    • South/Southeast Asia

    • Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Work on Performative Lectures

• 4/24

  • Quiz 37 and 38

  • Due: Ch. 37 and 38 Notes Outline

  • Due: Study Guide Template

  • Work on Performative Lectures

• 4/27

  • Study Guide Presentations: Ch. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38

• 4/29

  • Unit 6 Exam

  • Exam DBQ

• 5/1

  • Assignment: Daitoku Review for AP Exam

  • Final Exam (20% of overall grade)

    • 30% = performative lecture

    • 10% = note-taking, listening, attention, and quality inquiry during peers performative lectures

    • 60% = In class mock AP exam (May 11th and 13th, preceding the actual exam)

    • (5% extra credit for Saturday study session - see below, Saturday 5/9)

  • Work on Performative Lectures

  • 830-900am: Myroslav - The Early Complex Societies, p. 2-127

• 5/4 - Final Exam Performative

  • 800-830am: Shannon - The Postclassical Era, page 258-349

  • 910-940am: Monica - The Origins of Global Interdependence (Part I), p. 464-617

• 5/6 - Review

  • 800-830am: Nina - The Acceleration of Cross Cultural Interaction, p. 350-461

  • 835-905am: Audrey - The Origins of Global Interdependence (Part II), p. 464-617

  • 910-940am: Michael - An Age of Revolution, p. 620-759

• 5/8 - Review

  • 800-830am: Katie - Contemporary Global Realignments (Part I), p. 760-921

  • 835-905am: Lily - Contemporary Global Realignments (Part II), p. 760-921

• 5/9 - Saturday Library Cram Session - Civic Center Library (up to 5% extra credit on final exam; partial credit given for each hour in attendance)

  • 10am-11am - Quiet Study Time

  • 11am-12pm - Quiet Study Time

  • 12pm-1230pm - Lunch

  • 1230pm-2pm - Quiet Study Time

  • 2pm-3pm - Practice Multiple Choice Exam

• 5/11 - Final Exam

  • 8am-855am - Multiple Choice Exam

  • 9am-940am - CCOT

• 5/13 - Final Exam

  • 8am-855am - DBQ

  • 900am-940am - Comparison

• 5/14 - AP World History Exam

  • Exam in Mr. Banducci's Classroom; be in front of the classroom 15 minutes prior to the exam

  • #2 Pencil + Pen (Black or Blue Ink)

  • NO ELECTRONICS - Cell phones must be collected by the proctor (Mrs. Ward-Kelley)

  • Bring a book unrelated to History for reading after you finish the exam, ask for approval from Mr. Banducci prior to the test

• 5/15 - Debrief

• 5/18

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 1

  • The Art of War

• 5/20

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 2

  • Fair interview entry deadline

• 5/25

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 3

• 5/27

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 4

• 5/29

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 5

  • Interview w/literary character due

    • (eg. Boxer, Machiavelli interviewing Saruman, etc.)

    • 2 pages with page protector

    • Literature must be identified in entry description]

    • Presentations accompany the written document

• 6/1

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 6

• 6/3

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 7

• 6/5

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 8

• 6/8

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 9

• 6/9

  • Migration and Movement Project Day 10

  • (Holy Grail - Thursday, June 11th)

• 6/12

  • Migration and Movement Project Due

• 6/15 - AP Olympics

• 6/17 - AP Olympics