Advanced Placement WHAP Coach Jones Coach Lucero Coach Vasek Coach Murdock Mr Ramirez Welcome to WHAP WHAP is an opportunity to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts in interaction with different types of human societies In essence how did the ID: 515212
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World History Advanced PlacementWHAP
Coach Jones
Coach Lucero
Coach Vasek
Coach Murdock
Mr. RamirezSlide2
Welcome to WHAP!WHAP is an opportunity to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts, in interaction with different types of human societies. In essence, how did the world get where it is today. To affect this understanding, students need a combination of factual knowledge and analytical skills.
This course highlights the nature of changes in the global framework, their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. Special attention will be given to the WHAP Themes. This course is truly global in its scope, including Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe represented.Slide3
Why Take WHAP?AP World History offers motivated students an opportunity to immerse themselves in the study of global history. This course is taught at a college level, and will require more investment than the average high school course. For example, 40-60 pages of reading per week as well as extensive writing assignments.
All students are encouraged to take the AP test in May, and those who score well can receive college credit. Although one purpose of the course is to provide students with the skills required to do well on the AP test, the larger purpose is to develop a variety of analytical skills and to "do history" rather than just reading about it. This requires a great deal of critical thinking, interpretation of written material, logical argumentation and analysis. Special attention will be given to the WHAP Habits of Mind. These skills will certainly benefit all students regardless of their future plans.Slide4
Expectations
The pace of this class is much faster than the average high school course, therefore it is imperative that students have good attendance and complete all assignments/readings in a timely manner. Students who fall behind might have serious problems catching up. All course information will be available through
iTunesU
. Please contact me in person or via email if you are having difficulties.Slide5
Classroom Rules
Respect for your teacher, as well as your fellow classmates are most important.
The school rules will be enforced.
Communication is the key.
It is your responsibility to contact your teacher if you need clarification.
Attendance is crucial.
You are considered absent from class if you are 5 minutes late.
It is your responsibility to make up work in a timely manner if you are absent.
Tests are made up in the testing center. Quizzes are made in up in your teacher’s room at lunch.
If a planned assignment is due and you miss that day, the assignment is due the day you get back.
If you have a planned absence, assignment is still due on the due date.
Preparedness is essential.
Do not procrastinate! Keep up with your reading every day and do your homework. Bring your
iPad
, notebook and pen every day to class. Check
iTunesU
for other items that are needed in class. You are expected to complete all tests and assignments when assigned.
If you are not prepared for class, I will communicate with your parents.
Cheating will not be tolerated. The Honor Code will be enforced.
Participation is expected.
Discussion over readings and current events will be a daily expectation.
Critical Thinking.
You are responsible for your learning! Up the ante! I do not want you to just learn facts. I want you to know how and why. I want you to understand the BIG PICTURE!Slide6
Respect We spend a good deal of time analyzing religions and religious documents because they reflect the culture and historical perspective of the people and events that shaped history. Many religions, cultures, values and cultural practices will be studied. No particular religious or cultural view will be favored over others; however, the course will consider how different aspects of culture, including religion, affected and shaped history. Since this is a global course, we will explore the point of view of a variety of peoples and countries, only one of which will be the United States. Be respectful of others, their opinions, and cultural differences. Rudeness and/or insensitivity will not be tolerated.Slide7
Chronology
The course is divided into five chronological periods that will be the 6 main units of study:
8,000 BCE to 600 BCE; Ancient
600 BCE to 600 CE; Classical
600 to 1450; Post-Classical
1450 to 1750; Early Modern
1750 to 1900; Modern
1900 to the present; ContemporarySlide8
World History Themes
These themes serve throughout the course as unifying threads, helping to put what is particular about each period or society into a larger framework. The themes also provide ways to make comparisons over time.
Interaction between humans and the environment
Demography and disease
Migration
Patterns of settlement
Technology
Development and interaction of cultures
Religions
Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
Science and technology
The arts and architecture
State-building, expansion, and conflict
Political structures and forms of governance
Empires
Nations and nationalism
Revolts and revolutions
Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizationsSlide9
Themes continuedCreation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
Agricultural and pastoral production
Trade and commerce
Labor systems
Industrialization
Capitalism and socialism
Development and transformation of social structures
Gender roles and relations
Family and kinship
Racial and ethnic constructions
Social and economic classesSlide10
WHAP Habits of Mind
The AP World History course addresses habits of mind or skills in two categories: 1) those addressed by any rigorous history course, and 2) those addressed by a world history course.
Four Habits of Mind are in the first category:
Construction and evaluating arguments
: using evidence to make plausible arguments.
Using documents and other primary data:
developing the skills necessary to analyze point of view, context, and bias, and to understand and interpret information.
Assessing issues of change and continuity over time:
including the capacity to deal with change as a process and with questions of causation.
Understanding diversity of interpretations:
including analysis of context, point of view, and frame of reference. Slide11
Habits of Mind continued
Three Habits of Mind are in the second category:
Seeing global patterns and processes over time and space while also
connecting local developments to global ones and moving through levels of generalizations from the global to the particular.
Comparing within and among societies, including
comparing societies' reactions to global processes.
Being aware of human commonalities and differences while assessing claims of universal standards, and
understanding culturally diverse ideas and values in historical context. Slide12
Classroom Supplies
iPad
Pen(blue or black)/Paper
***Optional: Purchase the following book at Barnes & Noble or any other book store of choice.***
Cracking the AP World History Exam
,
2015
Edition (College Test Prep) (Paperback) by Princeton Review.
Wood, Ethel.
AP World History: an Essential
Coursebook
. Reading, PA:
WoodYard
Publications, 2008. Print.Slide13
Grading
80% -Tests, projects, essays
If you fail a test (69 and below), you may make test corrections to make a grade no higher than a
“
70
”
.
20%- Daily work, quizzes
All late work will receive a 30 point deduction before grading the assignment.
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iTunes U Set upDownload iTunesUClick Add
Enroll in a Course
Enrollment Code is: f7eyzn6fb
You are now “Awaiting Enrollment”
The teacher will complete the process.Slide15
Contact Information
Coach Jones:
jjones@eanesisd.net
Coach Lucero:
rlucero@eanesisd.net
Coach Vasek:
bvasek@eanesisd.net
Coach Murdock:
bmurdock@eanesisd.net
Mr. Ramirez:
sramirez@eanesisd.netSlide16
Tutorials
Lunch or
By appointment.