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 **Welcome to AP ****® ****World History **  Instructor: Mrs. Turner-Oden   **COURSE OVERVIEW : 
 * COURSE DESCRIPTION ****: **
 * AP® World History gives students the opportunity to visit the past, connect with the present, and look to the future. Through the positive development of the habits of mind, students will join others in the exploration of ancient and modern civilizations, as well as investigating the impact and contributions of these societies on today's global society. The purpose of this course is to enable students to understand connections between different civilizations – emerging, developing or established civilizations - throughout the passage of time. Students will be challenged to construct and assess arguments; to use primary and secondary source documents in order to develop analytical skills aimed at exploring point of view/perspective, context, and interpretation of varying information; explore continuity and change through time and various regions; and investigate the array of historic interpretations by an analysis of context, point of view and frame of reference. AP® World History course is solidly based on the FIVE themes of AP World History. **

The AP World Studies course is broken down into five chronological periods, 8000 B.C.E to 600 C.E., 600 C.E. to 1450, 1450 to 1750, 1750 to 1914, and 1914 to the present. Within these time periods, students will use the five themes of world history, a well as chronology and regional mapping in order to understand change, comparison and connection throughout and between societies, cultures and change over/throughout time periods.

Students will be assessed in the following ways throughout the duration of the course:

Multiple-Choice Questions Tests Free Response Essays **** Cultural Poster Projects Weekly Writing Activities Small group work **
 * Through structured and varied activities, students will develop the following skills:

1. Comparing and Contrasting 2. Graphing 3. Identifying cause and effect 4. Problem solving 5. Identifying values 6. Hypothesizing 7. Analyzing 8. Evaluating 9. Assessing and Identifying Continuity and Change

The following pedagogical skills will be used in delivering the curriculum:

1. Student driven discussion 2. Modeling 3. Cooperative Learning 4. Lecturing 5. Mapping/Outlining/Graphing 6. Map-making and interpretation 7. Project and artifact creation

WEIGHTED CATEGORIES: Grades are calculated according to the following formula:

25% Tests/Quizzes 25% Homework and Classroom Assignments 25% Projects 25% Essays

Using the following Grading Scale:

100 to 95 = A 94 to 88 = B 87 to 81 = C 80 to 75 = D Below 74 = F ** Students are required to come prepared with their textbook and the following supplies:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">REQUIRED MATERIALS:

Textbook: Ways of the World Pens USB Flash Drive Ruler 4 (Four) One Subject Notebooks Pencils Loose-leaf notebook paper **

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To learn more about Mrs. Turner-Oden, visit [|Mrs. Turner's Wonderful World of Studies]

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