Course Description

In AP World History: Modern, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1200 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course provides six themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: humans and the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, and technology and innovation.

 

AP Exam – Thursday May 12^th, 2020 8:00am

Section 1A: Multiple Choice

55 Questions | 55 Minutes | 40% of Exam Score

Questions usually appear in sets of 3–4 questions.

Students analyze historical texts, interpretations, and evidence.

Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs, and maps are included.

 Section 1B: Short Answer

3 Questions | 40 Minutes | 20% of Exam Score

Students analyze historians’ interpretations, historical sources, and propositions about history.

Questions provide opportunities for students to demonstrate what they know best.

Some questions include texts, images, graphs, or maps.

Students choose between 2 options for the final required short-answer question, each one focusing on a different time period:

Question 1 is required, includes 1 secondary source, and focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1200 and 2001.

Question 2 is required, includes 1 primary source, and focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1200 and 2001.

Students choose between Question 3 (which focuses on historical developments or between the years 1200 and 1750) and Question 4 (which focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1750 and 2001) for the last question. No sources are included for either Question 3 or Question 4.

 Section 2A: Document-Based Question

1 Question | 1 Hour (includes 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score

Students are presented with 7 documents offering various perspectives on a historical development or process.

Students assess these written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.

Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.

The document-based question focuses on topics from 1450–2001.

 Section 2B: Long Essay

1 Question | 40 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score

Students explain and analyze significant issues in world history.

Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.

The question choices focus on the same skills and the same reasoning process (e.g., comparison, causation, or continuity and change), but students choose from 3 options, each focusing primarily on historical developments and processes in different time periods—either 1200–1750 (option 1), 1450–1900 (option 2), or 1750–2001 (option 3).

 

Units Exam Weighting

Unit 1: Global Tapestry 8-10 %

Unit 2: Networks of Exchange 8-10 %

Unit 3: Land Based Empires 12-15 %

Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections 12-15 %

Unit 5: Revolutions 12-15 %

Unit 6: Consequences of Industrializations 12-15%

Unit 7: Global Conflict 8-10 %

Unit 8: Cold War Decolonization 8-10 %

Unit 9: Globalization 8-10 %

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Course Materials

Course Textbooks

• (Textbook) Strayer, Robert. Ways of the World for AP. Bedford/St.Martin’s. 2016.
• (Supplemental) AMSCO Advanced Placement World History: Modern

Supplies

• Binder with Paper
• Dividers (10)
• Pens/Pencils/Colored Pencils
• Composition Notebook

Overview of Unit Assignments

• Free-Response Questions-  SAQs, LEQs, and DBQs
• Experiments
• Multiple Choice Question Tests
• Group Work in Assigned Groups
• Article Analysis
• Primary Source Analysis
• Reading Quizzes

Grading Policy

• 45%     Summative assessments(including Chapter and Unit tests and Unit assessments; and Formal Essays/Writing)
• 30%     Formative assessments(including content quizzes; vocabulary quizzes; informal Essays/Writings and reading, writing and research assignments, etc.)
• 25%     Coursework(including reading questions, discussions, seminars, simulations, mock-trials, etc.)

While many items will be graded in Canvas, not all assignments/assessments will be reflected in the grade that Canvas generates. For an accurate representation of your course grade, parents and students should reference Infinite Campus.

Grading Policy

• 45%     Summative assessments(including Chapter and Unit tests and Unit assessments (Projects); and Formal Essays/Papers/Writing (FRQs))
• 30%     Formative assessments(including content quizzes; vocabulary quizzes; informal Essays/Writings and reading, writing and research assignments, etc.)
• 25%     Coursework(including handouts, reading questions, discussions, seminars, simulations, etc.)

While many items will be graded in Canvas, not all assignments/assessments will be reflected in the grade that Canvas generates. For an accurate representation of your course grade, parents and students should reference Infinite Campus.

Expectations and Goals

In this class, I expect the following:

Student responsibilities include…

• Completing all assignments, graded and non-graded, on time.
• Planning ahead for completing long-term assignments.
• Checking their work for accuracy and completion.
• Maintaining academic integrity and honesty.
• Monitoring their grades and their progress toward learning goals.
• Collaborating with their teacher to establish and complete relearning plans, when appropriate.

In this class, you can expect from me:

• Giving students and parents clear explanations of grading procedures.
• Monitoring students’ progress, providing feedback, collaborating with students to create relearning plans, and providing reassessment opportunities.
• Teaching students to monitor their grades and their progress toward learning goals.
• Updating the grade book on a weekly basis.
• Promptly responding to student and parent requests for assistance with grading concerns.

Class Rules

• Respect! Be respectful to yourself, each other, and the teacher.
• Be prepared. Bring materials to class every day.
• You must participate in class.

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Communication Platforms- Canvas and Remind

Canvas is a course management system that supports online learning and teaching. It allows teachers to post grades, information, and assignments online. This platform will house:

• Daily instructions
• Resources
• Digital submission portal
• Distance learning platform if we have to learn from home.

Remind will be used to send out updates and reminders on course information and assignments.

* Parents are encouraged to join both platforms to observe their students.

 

Make-up Work Policy:

Students are responsible for making up materials and information missed while not in school and schedule times for making up missed tests and quizzes.

Academic Dishonesty Policy

Please see the Student/Parent Handbook for definitions of cheating, plagiarism, and collusion. Evidence of plagiarism on any written work (essays, presentations, and assignments) will constitute grounds for failing the assignment.  Disciplinary measures will follow.  For a full description of the rules concerning intellectual honesty for which all Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School students are responsible, see your handbook. There are no exceptions.

 

Absence Policy

The student is responsible for turning in any classwork missed during an absence.

IF A STUDENT IS ABSENT ON THE DAY AN ASSIGNMENT IS DUE:  The assignment must be submitted on the first day the student returns to school. 

IF A STUDENT IS ABSENT ON THE DAY THE ASSIGNMENT IS GIVEN: The student is responsible to find out what was missed.  The assignment is due on the day following the student’s return from absence.  This policy also applies to any work assigned and turned in during class on a day you are absent. 

 

Late Work Policy

Students will receive an 11 point deduction each day an assignment is late. 

 

IF A STUDENT IS ABSENT (EXCUSED) ON THE DAY A PROJECT/ASSIGNMENT IS DUE:

For individual assignments- The project has to be submitted the first day the student returns to class. 

For group projects - Make arrangements with classmates to submit your portion of the work and email me a copy to ensure that the project is in class on time as the group’s project will still be due.

There are no make-ups for performances or presentations unless prior arrangements have been made.  Attendance and planning are critical.

 

Technology in the Classroom

As per the RCBOE BYOT policy, cell phones are allowed in school. However, I uphold a strict cell phone policy in my classroom. There will be times when we will use technology for classwork, but there will be a large amount of time where we do not as we prepare for the AP exam, which includes no technological components.

On the day of the exam, you are required to turn in your cell phone for the entirety of the testing session. I will prepare you by doing the same thing in class. I will remind you at the start of class, and my expectations are that you place your phone on silent and store it in front of the classroom in the cellphone hanger. This includes smartwatches as they are also not allowed in the testing site and are often disruptive to the classrooms.

This is non-negotiable.