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    Wappingers Central School District

    Social Studies Department

    Course Syllabus

     

     

     

     

    Course Name

    ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY II

     

     

    Course Code

    D477

     

     

    Duration

    Full Year

     

     

    Grade

    10

     

     

    Credit

    1.0

     

     

    Rank

    1.06

     

     

    Prerequisite

    1. Completion of Advanced Placement World History I with a final average of at least 85%; and 2. Recommendation of the previous year’s Social Studies teacher.

    Note: This course replaces Global History and Geography II.  This is a college-level course.  It is academically demanding and requires a significant commitment on the part of the student. 

     

     

    Assessment

    For Advanced Placement World History II, all students take the NYS Global History and Geography Regents examination in June.  The Regents exam is also the final exam for the course and (overall weight of Regents Exam on final course average (TBD).  Students must pass this course and the Global History and Geography Regents exam in order to graduate.  Students in this course are also expected to take the Advanced Placement World History exam in May.  There is fee for this exam which is determined by the College Board and is the responsibility of the student.  In the event that a student does not take the AP exam, the student’s report card and transcript will reflect only a course in Honors.

     

     

    Textbook

    World Civilizations: The Global Experience, 3rd Edition (Pearson Longman, 2003)

     

     

    Areas of Study

    Advanced Placement World History I/II is a two-year Advanced Placement program (grades 9 and 10). The Advanced Placement Program offers a course and exam in World History to qualified students who wish to complete studies in secondary school equivalent to an introductory college course in world  history.  The purpose of this course is to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts in interaction with different human societies. This understanding is advanced through  a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills.  The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. It emphasizes relevant factual knowledge used in conjunction with leading interpretive issues and types of historical evidence.

     

    Themes and Key Topics:

    Students in this course must learn to view history thematically. The AP World History course is organized around six overarching themes that serve as unifying threads throughout the course, helping students to relate what is particular about each time period or society to a “big picture” of history. The themes also provide a way to organize comparisons and analyze change and continuity over time. Consequently, virtually all study of history in this class will be tied back to these themes by utilizing a “SPICE” acronym.

     

    Theme 1:

     

    Social -- Development and Interaction of Cultures

    ● Religions ● Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies ● Science and technology ● T

    he arts and architecture

     

    Theme 2:

     

    Political -- State Building, Expansion and Conflict

    ● Political structures and forms of governance ● Empires ● Nations and nationalism ● Revolts and revolutions ● Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations

     

    Theme 3: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment

     

    ● Demography and disease ● Migration ● Patterns of settlement ● Technology

     

    Theme 4: Culture --

     

    Development and Transformation of Social Structures ● Gender roles and relations ● Family and kinship ● Racial and ethnic constructions ● Social and economic classes

     

    Theme 5: Economic --

     

    Creation, Expansion and Interaction of Economic Systems ● Agricultural and pastoral production ● Trade and commerce ● Labor systems ● Industrialization ● Capitalism and socialism

     

    Theme 6: Technology and Innovation

     

    ● Human adaptation and innovation ● Reshaping of Human Development Historical

     

     

    Periodization The course will be organized into six periods from approximately 8000 B.C.E. to the present. Each time period will be explored through the five themes listed above. Period Title Date Range

     

    Period 1: Regional and Interregional Interactions c. 1200 C.E. to 1450 C.E. 1. The Global Tapestry 2. Networks of Exchange

     

    Period 2: Global Interactions c. 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E. 3. Land-Based Empires 4. Trans-Oceanic Interconnections

     

    Period 3: Industrialization and Global Integration c. 1750 C.E. to 1900 C.E. 5. Revolutions 6. Consequences of Industrialization

     

    Period 4: Accelerating Global Change & Realignments c. 1900 to Present 7. Global Conflict 8. Cold War and Decolonization 9. Globalization