AP World History - Mr. Sager - Room 708 - Spring 2018

1. AP WORLD HISTORY Mr. Sager 2nd Period Room 708 Spring 2018

2. On the index card… List the following information: • Your First and Last Name – Write the name you preferred to be called • Parents/Guardians phone and email • Your Schedule – Teacher Name, Subject, Room Number

3. My Background… • Grew up in Connecticut • Went to High School in Greensboro - Northwest Guilford • Received a Finance degree from UNC-Charlotte • Worked in Banking in Charlotte • Received a Masters degree in History from UNC-Wilmington • Received a Masters degree in Teaching from NC State • This is my third year teaching, all at Franklinton • Second year teaching AP World History

4. MATERIALS • Three Ring Binder to take notes and organize handouts • Notebook paper, pens and pencils • Colored pencils and highlighter • Large Post It pad

5. Rules Expectations and Procedures • Daily Class Structure – when you enter the classroom, there will be handouts to pick up from the front table and a warm up activity on the Smart Board for you to complete • These activities will help you review what we learned the previous day • Use your notes from the previous day to answer the questions on a large post it • We will also have a Ticket Out The Door (TOD) at the end of class to review what we covered that day – answer this on the same post it as the warm up – I will collect the post its at the end of class

6. Rules Expectations and Procedures • 1. Absences/ Assignments • Class Website: http://sagerapworld.weebly.com • 2. Tardy policy • 3. Homework policy • 4. Make-up policy • 5. Bathroom/Water Policy • 6. Hall Passes

7. Rules Expectations Procedures • 7. Food/Drink Policy • 8. Stay in your seat until the bell rings • 9. Cheating Policy – Don’t cheat • 10. Keep the Room Clean

8. RULES • 1. CELL PHONES – ONLY ALLOWED OUT WHEN GIVEN PERMISSION FROM ME • 2. RESPECT – NO TALKING WHILE I AM SPEAKING OR WHILE ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES IS SPEAKING – • 3. NO SLEEPING IN CLASS • 4. END OF CLASS – WE WILL COMPLETE A REVIEW EVERY DAY AT THE END OF CLASS, STAY IN YOUR SEAT UNTIL THE BELL RINGS –NO STANDING UP OR LINING UP AT THE DOOR • PLEASE BRING YOUR SYLLABUS HOME AND HAVE IT SIGNED – THIS IS DUE TOMORROW

9. GRADING AND TUTORING • GRADING: • TESTS and PROJECTS: 50 % • QUIZZES: 30% • CLASSWORK / HOMEWORK / ONLINE DISCUSSION: 20 % • FOR EACH NINE WEEKS YOU WILL RECEIVE APPROX. 20 GRADES ONLINE DISCUSSIONS – 3 POSTS PER WEEK – 1 POST THAT RESPONDS TO THE ORIGINAL PROMPT AND 2 POSTS TO CLASSMATES TUTORING – TUE AND THUR 2:45 – 3:30 or by appointment Email anytime –christophersager@fcschools.net To be reminded about when tests and quizzes will be or when assignments are due – sign up for REMIND

10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION • On the back of your index card - answer these questions: • 1. DESCRIBE what you think of when you hear “AP” • 2. How do you like to learn? • Do you prefer to learn by looking at articles, videos, maps, drawings, graphs? • Do you prefer lecturing and taking notes? • Do you like to be hands on and do a lot of activities • 3. Do you have access to technology at home? Smartphone, Computer with Internet Access, etc. (List which ones you have) • 4. What is your primary language used at home? Can you speak multiple languages? If so, which ones? • 5. Anything else that I should know that will be helpful in the class

11. HOMEWORK POLICY - READINGS • I am going to do my best to make sure that the only homework you have in this class is reading • In order to be successful in this class, you must complete these readings – these readings not only build on what we discuss in class but also may be material that we do not cover in class. • We are all in this together, your classmates and I are here to help you as much as I can but I cannot help you if you do not complete the readings • All readings are posted on my website including when you need to read them by – if you have any questions or difficulty with accessing the readings – please let me know.

12. AP Course Units 1. Foundations- 600 B.C.E. (Technological and environmental transformations) 2. 600 B.C.E. - 600 C.E. (Organization and reorganization of societies) 3. 600-1450 (Regional and Trans-regional interaction) 4. 1450-1750 (Global interactions) 5. 1750-1900 (Industrialization and Global Integration) 6. 1900- Present (Accelerating Global change and Re-alignment) 

13. THEME ONE: INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT • Demography and disease • Migration • Patterns of settlement *** Focuses on how the environment shaped human societies, but also how human societies have affected the environment.

14. The Peopling of the Earth

15. The Black Death

16. Global Warming

17. THEME TWO: DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES • Gender roles and relations • Family and kinship • Racial and ethnic constructions • Social and economic classes *** This theme is about relations among human beings. All human societies develop ways of grouping their members, as well as norms that govern interaction between individuals and social groups.

18. Foot Binding in China

19. THEME THREE: STATE BUILDING, EXPANSION, AND CONFLICT (Political) • Political structures and forms of governance • Empires • Nations and Nationalism • Revolts and Revolutions • Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations *** This theme encourages the comparative study of different state forms (city-states, kingdoms, empires, and nation-states)

20. City-States

21. Alexander the Great’s Empire

22. THEME FOUR: DEVELOPMENT AND INTERACTION OF CULTURES • Religions • Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies • Science and technology • The arts and architecture ***Relates to how the study of the dominant belief system (s) or religions, philosophical interests, and technical and artistic approaches can reveal how major groups in society view themselves and others, and how they respond to multiple challenges.

23. World Religions

24. Architecture

25. Technology

26. Art

27. THEME FIVE: CREATION, EXPANSION, AND INTERACTION OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS • Agricultural and pastoral production • Trade and commerce • Labor systems • Industrialization • Capitalism and Socialism *** This theme surveys the diverse patterns and systems that human societies have developed as they exploit their environments to produce, distribute, and consume desired goods and services across time and space.

28. Indian Ocean Trade

29. Communism

30. Atlantic Slave Trade

31. WHAT DOES THAT SPELL? • Social • Political • Interaction • Cultural • Economic

32. AP World History Exam • Thursday – May 18 – 8 am – Media Center • To earn College credit, you must get a 3, 4, or 5 on the exam

33. AP EXAM

34. AP EXAM

35. AP EXAM

36. AP Course Unit Tests • Period 1 - 2 Short Answers (Monday, January 29th) • Period 2 - 30 Multiple Choice, 4 SAQ’s, 1 LEQ • Period 3– 30 Multiple Choice, 4 SAQ’s, 1 LEQ, 1 DBQ • Period 4 - 55 Multiple Choice, 4 SAQ’s, 1 LEQ, 1 DBQ • Period 5 - Full Practice Test without Period 6 questions • Period 6 - Full Test from secure docs on Audit Website

37. WRITING ACTIVITY • Take out a sheet of paper • In at least 3 paragraphs respond to the following prompt: • What is the difference between a primary and secondary source? (Provide an example of each) • What are some strengths and weaknesses of a primary source? • What are some strengths and weaknesses of a secondary source? • ALWAYS BEGIN YOUR WRITING RESPONSES WITH A THESIS STATEMENT • Many differences exist between primary and secondary sources.

38. HOMEWORK • HW Due By Monday – Read Early Civilizations Reading (posted under today’s date on my website) by Monday • Period 1 Test - Monday