Mr. Harper's AP World

Mr. Harper's

AP World History

Rogers High School

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Study Session 3:00 to 4:30 P.M. in the Lecture Hall March 14th.

Next Test Tuesday March 18th.

Welcome to AP World History

The purpose of the AP World History course is to develop in students a greater understanding of global processess and interactions between different types of human societies. Focusing on global experience from the first civilizations to the present day, the course builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological advances that along with geography help to explain the human condition today.

Specific themes organize the course and consistent attention is given to contacts among societies that form the core of world history as a field of study. The AP World History course prepares students to take the AP World History exam, which is offered every year in May. By achieving a successful score on the AP World History exam, students may receive credit and/or advanced placement for course work in college. For a student to receive weighted credit for this class, he/she must complete the AP World History exam at the end of the year.

For the purpose of organization, the course content will be divided into the following periods:

Foundations: c. 8000CE -600

CE600 CE- 1450

1450-1750

1750-1914

1914 – the present

Quote of the Day

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy

The Six AP Themes

The relationship of change and continuity from 8,000 BCE to the present
Impact of interaction among and within major societies
Impact of technology, economics, and demography on people and the environment
Systems of social structure and gender structure
Cultural, religious and intellectual developments
Changes in functions and structures of states and in attitudes toward states and political identities, including the emergence of the nation-state

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