Sprayberry High School
Advanced Placement Modern World History/2019-2020
Instructor: Mrs. N. Beemon E-Mail: natasha.beemon@cobbk12.org
Overview: 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 World History: Modern is designed to be
the equivalent of an introductory college or university survey
of modern world history.
Students will be able to show their mastery of the course goals by
taking part in the College Board AP World History Exam on May
14, 2020.
Main Text:
-The Earth and its Peoples AP ed, 7e/Cengage
Supplies:
o 3 ring binder with loose-leaf paper and dividers
o Pen / pencil / highlighters
o Markers, Kleenex, hand-sanitizer, and colored pencils
are always needed. Donations are welcome!
o Suggested Study Apps to download: Kahoot, QR Reader,
Socrative, and Remind
Assignments and Makeup Work:
• If a student has an excused absence, they have the
amount of days absent to make-up that assignment (Ex:
Student is out on Monday and Tuesday with an excused
absence, the work would be due by the start of class on
Friday) Students with unexcused absences will need to
make-up the work and will have late points deducted.
• Late work is 50% off regardless of the date in which it is
late.
• Incomplete or late work will not be accepted after the
unit assessment. (Ex: After the Unit One Exam is
administered, students will not be allowed to turn in
late work from Unit One)
• Tardies will be enforced and doors will be closed at the
final bell.
• Make-up policy: before or after school during tutoring
hours (see blog for times/dates) Students must request
an appointment to make-up work through the contact
section of my blog
Expectations:
o Bring all needed materials to class - You are EXPECTED
to bring your notebook, paper, and a writing utensil
EVERYDAY to class.
o Be respectful and follow the cell phone policy.
o Absolutely NO cheating or copying from a peer or the
Internet. All work is individual unless stated by the
teacher (no “group” work unless
assigned). This act will not be tolerated and will be
punishable first through receiving a grade of zero on the
assignment and a phone call home. Cheating includes
relaying information to students in other class periods
regarding assessments. Academic integrity is essential
throughout the scholarly community. All guidelines
regarding cheating as outlined in the student handbook
will be adhered to.
o NO SLEEPING or putting your head down during class.
Teacher Website:
My blog/website is: www.beemonworld.weebly.com
My Gmail is: mrs.beemon@gmail.com
Remind 101: text @beemon2020 to 81010
Grading:
Grades in this class will be calculated by percentages allocated to
categories.
o Summative Assessments 70%
o Unit Tests …………………………..……….40%
o Projects …………………………….………….5%
o Writing Assessments ………….…………25%
o Formative Assessments________ 20%
o Quizzes…………………………….……………10%
o Classwork, Homework ……….………….10%
o Final Exam ___________ 10%
• Student Survey:
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Due by Wednesday 1/8
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• Parent Survey:
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Course Information
Unit 1 – The Global Tapestry: 1200-1450 C.E.
Key Concepts:
o 1.1 Developments in East Asia
o 1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam
o 1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia
o 1.4 State Building in the Americas
o 1.5 State Building in Africa
o 1.6 Developments in Europe
o 1.7 Comparison in the Period from 1200-1450 C.E.
Unit 2 – Networks of Exchange: 1200-1450 C.E.
Key Concepts:
o 2.1 The Silk Roads
o 2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the
Modern World
o 2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean
o 2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
o 2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
o 2.6 Environmental Consequences of Connectivity
o 2.7 Comparison of Economic Exchange
Unit 3 – Land-Based Empires: 1450-1750 C.E.
Key Concepts:
o 3.1 Empires Expand
o 3.2 Empires: Administration
o 3.3 Empires: Belief Systems
o 3.4 Comparison in Land-Based Empires
Unit 4 – Transoceanic Interconnections: 1450-1750 C.E.
Key Concepts:
o 4.1 Technological Innovations
o 4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events
o 4.3 Columbian Exchange
o 4.4 Maritime Empires Established
o 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
o 4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power
o 4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies
o 4.8 Continuity and Change from 1450-1750
Unit 5 – Revolutions: 1750-1900 C.E.
Key Concepts:
o 5.1 The Enlightenment
o 5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions
o 5.3 Industrial Revolution Begins
o 5.4 Industrialization Spreads
o 5.5 Technology of the Industrial Age
o 5.6 Industrialization: Government’s Role
o 5.7 Economic Developments and Innovations
o 5.8 Reactions to the Industrial Economy
o 5.9 Society and the Industrial Age
o 5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age
Unit 6 – Consequences of Industrialization: 1750-1900 C.E.
Key Concepts:
o 6.1 Rationales for Imperialism
o 6.2 State Expansion
o 6.3 Indigenous Responses of State Expansion
o 6.4 Global Economic Development
o 6.5 Economic Imperialism
o 6.6 Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World
o 6.7 Effects of Migration
o 6.8 Causation in the Imperial Age
Unit 7 – Global Conflict: 1900-Present
Key Concepts:
o 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900
o 7.2 Causes of WWI
o 7.3 Conducting WWI
o 7.4 The Economy of the Interwar Period
o 7.5 Unresolved Tensions After WWI
o 7.6 Causes of WWII
o 7.7 Conducting WWII
o 7.8 Mass Atrocities After 1900
Unit 8 – Cold War and Decolonization: 1900-Present
Key Concepts:
o 8.1 Setting the Stage for the Cold War and
Decolonization
o 8.2 The Cold War
o 8.3 Effects of the Cold War
o 8.4 Spread of Communism
o 8.5 Decolonization After 1900
o 8.6 Newly Independent States
o 8.7 Global Resistance to Established Order
o 8.8 End of the Cold War
o 8.9 Causation in the Age of the Cold War and
Decolonization
Unit 9 – Globalization: 1900-Present
Key Concepts:
o 9.1 Advances in Technology and Exchange After
1900
o 9.2 Technological Advances and Limitations After
1900: Disease
o 9.3 Technological Advances: Debates About the
Environment
o 9.4 Economics in the Global Age
o 9.5 Calls for Reform and Responses
o 9.6 Globalized Culture
o 9.7 Resistance to Globalization
o 9.8 Institutions Developing in a Globalized World
o 9.9 Continuity and Change in a Globalized World
Themes and AP World History:
The themes serve as the connective tissue of the course and enable
students to create meaningful connections across units. They are often
broader ideas that become threads that run throughout the course.
Revisiting them and applying them in a variety of contexts helps students
to develop deeper conceptual understanding. Consequently, virtually all
study of history in this class will be tied back to these themes by utilizing
an “InSPECT” acronym.
Interactions between Humans and the Environment
• The environment shapes human societies, and as populations
grow and change, these populations in turn shape their
environments.
Social Interactions and Organization
• The process by which societies group their members and the
norms that govern the interactions between these groups and
between individuals influence political, economic, and cultural
institutions and organization.
Political: Governance
• A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state
formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain
order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies,
and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise
power in different ways and for different purposes.
Economic: Systems
• As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways
that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.
Cultural Developments and Interactions
• The development of ideas, beliefs, and religions illustrates how
groups in society view themselves, and the interactions of
societies and their beliefs often have political, social, and
cultural implications.
Technology and Innovation
• Human adaptation and innovation have resulted in increased
efficiency, comfort, and security, and technological advances
have shaped human development and interactions with both
intended and unintended consequences.
Essay Writing
Throughout the course students will be required to write essays in class
demonstrating their mastery of content as well as their ability to develop
coherent written arguments that have a thesis supported by relevant
historical evidence. Types of essays:
• Document Based Question (DBQ)
o Students will analyze evidence from a variety of
sources in order to develop a coherent written
argument that has a thesis supported by relevant
historical evidence. Students will apply multiple
historical thinking skills as they examine a particular
historical problem or question.
• Long Essay Question (LEQ)
o Students will be given two essay prompts and will
write about one of the prompt. The question will
measure the use of historical thinking skills to
explain and analyze significant issues in world
history as defined by the thematic learning
objectives. Students will answer with in-depth
examples of large-scale phenomena.
• Short Answer Question (SAQ)
o Students will answer four short answer questions,
with two of the questions having internal choice.
Questions will address one or more of the thematic
learning objectives and will require students to use
historical thinking skills.