World History AP

Unit 0: Preamble - Packing Our Toolbox

• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn - Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Assignment - not assigned to 2020-2021 AP classes; but if you are interested...
• Why Study History - by Stephen Kreis
• Professionals of the Social Sciences
• 4 Themes of Geography
  • ​Location, Regions, Movement and Human-Environment Interaction
    • ​​Diffusion & Syncretism

Unit 1: The Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras - The Great Settling Down

• BIG HISTORY: Cosmic Calendar, Evolution, ​Human Diaspora, Paleolithic lifestyles [SPICE-T]
• Neolithic Revolution: agriculture, domestication
• Edible History - Standage excerpt

Unit 2: The Beginnings of Civilization - Middle East, India and China

• ​Continuities and Changes, Making Connections
• Historical Thinking Skills
• "Rise of the State" and 8 Features of (Almost) All Civilizations
• Cultural Hearths / Axial Age and Wisdom Traditions...setting the FOUNDATIONS of future civs
  • ​Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and the Caste System 
  • Confucianism, Legalism & Daoism: The Quest for Unity and the Confucian-Bases Chinese Civil Service Examination System
• ​DBQ: The Spread of Buddhism - diffusion!

How To Outline Chapters from Strayer Text

• Chapter Thesis
• Main Heading Thesis
  • Evidence
• Sub-Section Thesis
  • Evidence
    • Repeat
• Key Terms
  • Identify
• Key Places
  • Know where they are!
• Chapter Examples of:
  • Diffusion, Common Phenomenon, Syncretism and C/C

"There's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all" - Bob Dylan​