1st Trimester

1st Trimester 1 Sep- Nov 14

Underlines are links to more info, click on them to see the details of each unit and topic below. 

Before we begin topic #1 below, we will look at the goals for the year and we will begin the CNN Millennium project.

*AP World History: An Overview/ goals of course THINK, COMMUNICATE like historians, grasp HISTORICAL DATA (first and second day of class)

*Review of CNN’s Millennium, two weeks to get started (click here)–due 8 Nov.

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Topic #1, Shifting Global Power, 500 CE to present

An Introduction (one class, starting on 26 Sep)

A. Rise of Islamic Empires, 600 CE- 1200

B. The Mongols, 1200-1400 CE

C. The Rise of the West, 1450-1914 (begin Thursday October 13th=target date, Rise of the West test Oct 21)

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Back to CNN Millennium paper (click here for details)

CNN Intro paragraph due 28 Oct, full paper due 8 Nov.

 

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