AP World
Welcome to AP World History! http://sites.google.com/site/MrsNemec Questions? Email Mrs. Nemec at
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Congratulations on selecting AP World History as one of your courses of study for next year!
This will be a challenging yet rewarding year, so preparing early will be helpful. Listed on the following pages is your required summer assignment. The assignment will be collected on the first Friday of school and additional assignments and discussions, on the required selections, will follow in the first weeks of school.
Total points for 3 part summer assignment: 100 points DO NOT leave this assignment to the last day of summer. Plan ahead so you will be sure to have the assignment completed. We look forward to seeing you in August. Until then, have a great summer and happy reading!
Directions for this project can also be found on Mrs. Nemec’s Website listed above. Reading selections from the textbook can be found on Mrs. Nemec’s website as well, under AP World Summer Assignment. You may choose to purchase a new or used book for your assignment and to use throughout the school year, but it is NOT necessary (you could grab the paperback version of previous editions by the same author for much cheaper). The following is the text we will use during the school year if you choose to find a used copy for your personal use. (Every student will receive a textbook for use during the school year.) 1. Strayer, Robert W. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources. 2nd Ed. 2013
AP World Part 1: Read World History Reading and create an outline. (50 points) Purpose: Start the school year with a basic framework of information we are going to cover throughout the school year. As we re-learn the material, this will allow for your brain to quickly insert more detailed information that will be necessary for the AP exam at the end of the year. This reading is 105 pages. Get a calendar and pace yourself so you do not get burned out and you give yourself time to really create the framework in your mind. For best results, read the selection in the following fashion:
Step 1: Read all headings, pictures and captions. st Step 2: Read all headings and the 1 paragraph under each. Step 3: Read the entire selection (no notes). Step 4: Skim selection and create outline.
Creating your outline (finished product should be an outline with highlighted headings – follow directions below): If you are right handed, set up your paper like this:
Outline here
If you are left handed, set up your paper like this:
This blank space will be notes we take in class.
This blank space will be notes we take in class.
III. Outline in following format: I. Title of Selection (Ch. 1: Peopling of the World) a. Selection summary (COMPLETE LAST – should be a summary of all your summary sentences – DO NOT COPY THE CHAPTER OVERVIEW FROM THE DOCUMENT) II. First bold heading (Section 1: Human Origins in Africa) a. Summary sentence (complete after reading to next heading) b. Key Facts (Vocabulary, People, Theories, bulleted)
Outline here
Second bold heading (Section 2: Humans Try to Control Nature ) a. Summary sentence (complete after reading to next purple heading)
b. Key Facts Third Heading (Section 3: Patterns of Change: Civilization) a. Summary (if there is no information before the next heading, move to next title) b. Key Facts …. Start a new outline for each Chapter. Keep going until you are done! IV.
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Step 2: AP Regions Map (25 points) Fill in the blank map using the maps below.
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AP World Step 3: Getting Familiar with the Course (25 points) Start at: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-world-history/course-details Answer the following questions: 1. What are the Course Themes? 2. List the 6 Historical Periods. 3. Click on AP World History Course and Exam Description PDF. a. Go to pg. 7. List the 4 Historical Thinking Skills and a brief description of the college boards expectation for you to be able to demonstrate on the exam. b. Use the Table of Contents to learn what the three types of essays will be for AP World History on the Ap Exam. List the 3 types and explain how each are different. 4. Go to: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-world-history/about-the-exam (or click About the Exam from the bar at the top of the previous College Board page). a. How long is the AP World Exam? b. How many parts does it have? c. How much time is given for the multiple choice? How many questions? d. What percent of the course is each period given? List the period and the percent associated with it. e. What is section 2? f. How much time and how many essays are expected in this section? g. Is any one essay more important to your score than another? h. Describe each type of essay. i. Predict the future: Which essay do you anticipate will be the easiest for you? The hardest? Why?
Step 4: Put it Together! Please put Outlines, Map and Course Answers in a presentation folder (you could even fold large construction paper to make one) with your name clearly written on the front. (No three ring binders or spiral notebooks).
SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE THE 1ST FRIDAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!!
