Hello students and thanks so much for taking the challenge of AP World History. This year will be an amazing adventure of knowledge and discovery. I hope to inspire all of you to realize just how vast the world is and that you can make a difference in it! Change can come from the smallest places! Good luck and remember Aristotle's famous quote "We are repeatedly what we do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit".
Very helpful website with video:
Bridging World History-Very helpful series created by college professor around the US to help students! There are write ups and videos on each topic. Please use -it will help your studies!!!! Directions to get to the videos: Open the unit you want to study and click on “view the video” in the bottom left of the screen (I usually have to click it twice to open).
John Green's review of history with his videos are also very popular
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNjasccl-WajpONGX3zoY4M
My Rubrics for written work
DBQ's (Document Based Question) = DBQ Rubric
LEQ"s (Long Essay Question-can be comparative, continuity/change, causation, contextualization, or more)= LEQ Rubric
Short Answer Questions = SAQ Rubric/ Notes
Links to essay rubrics from College Board
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/rubrics-ap-histories.pdf?course=ap-world-history
Helpful chapter outlines:
Chapter 2 notes
Chapter 6 Notes
Chapter 7 Notes
Chapter 10 updated notes
chapter 11 updated notes
chapter 14 Notes updated
chapter 15 notes updated
Old Notes
Chapter 1 Notes Human Prehistory to early civilizations
Interactive Map of the Global spread of hominids and Homo Sapiens
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072424354/45341/map01.htm
Chapter 2 notes Classical Civilization of China
Chapter 2 and 3 notes Classical Civilization of China and India
chapter 4 notes Mediterranean -Greece and Rome
Chapter 5 notesDecline of classical civilizations
chapter 6 Notes Rise and spread of Islam and Umayyads
Chapter 7 Notes Abbasid Empire continued and spread of Islamic Civilization
Chapter 8 notes African Civilization
chapter 9 notes Byzantine and Russia
chapter 10 notes Western Europe
Chapter 11 notes Americas-Aztec and Incans
chapter 12 notes Sui, Tang, Song China
Chapter 13 NotesJapan, Korea, and Vietnam
chapter 14 notes The Mongols
chapter 15 notes Rise of Europe
chapter 16 notes The World
Economy
Chapter 17 Notes Europe's many wars and changes (religion, political, and thought)
chapter 18 notesRussia
chapter 19 notesEarly Latin America and colonial rule
chapter 20 notesAfrica and the slave trade
Chapter 21 NotesThe Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, and the Safavid Empire
Chapter 22 notesAsia and European contact, Ming dynasty, Zhenghe, and Japanese isolation
Chapter 23 notes Revolutions: America Rev, French Rev, creation of Italy and Germany, new ideas
Chapter 24 notesIndustrial Revolution and colonization expands
Chapter 25 notesLatin American independence and development
Chapter 26 NotesLand Based Empires: Ottomans and the Qing
Chapter 27 NotesIndustrial State lead revolutions of Japan and Russia
Chapter 28 NotesWord War I
Chapter 29 NotesBetween wars: Rise of Fascism and Russia: NEP-Stalin
Chapter 30 NotesWWII, Holocaust, Independence of former colonies
chapter 30 and 31 video clips
Chapter 31 NotesCold War
Chapter 32 NotesLatin America end of the 21st century
Dachau Trip 2008
vacation pics
Silk road assignment:
I decided to take it easy on you and post a few videos instead of making you read a really long and boring website. It would be a wise idea to take some notes over the videos as you watch them-especially as it relates to commodities exchanged. After viewing the following websites, scroll down to the Silk Roads quiz and take it. Good Luck and I will see you on Tuesday for sure!!!
silk road websites:
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-atlas-china-revealed-silk-road.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowP8zYHDYA
Welcome to the Brief Review in Global History and Geography Web site. Here you can test your knowledge with multiple-choice questions from actual Regents exams. You'll find out right away what you know and what you need to work on before your exam. You can also practice your test-taking skills on document-based essay questions (DBQs)
Videos: Videos are posted by other people than the instructor on the internet and I am just providing students with links to these sites (posted by others). Most videos are from youtube and all videos links are posted for educational/ academic uses for this World History course. Links are simply posted as a means to help students who'd like to revisit material before tests or who have been absent.
