WHAP Warm-Up and Exam Details

1. Warm-Up: • Get two post-it notes from the front table. • On one note, write down a few skills you have (think academic) that will help you be successful in WHAP. • On the other note, write down one thing about WHAP that has you worried. • When you finish, place each post-it in the appropriate place on the front board. You have 3 minutes!

2. AP World History Introduction Course & Exam Description

3. Welcome to WHAP! • What kind of class is WHAP? • WHAP is a reading and writing class. • You will read the entire textbook. • You will write for WHAP at least once every class period. • You will work hard if you want to pass the AP test.

4. AP versus Pre-AP • What’s the difference? • AP classes are taken in order to earn college credit via exam. • This is a college-level course with a college-level textbook! • You must study to be successful. • The course will touch on mature themes.

5. AP World History Exam • You are ALL expected to complete the AP World History Exam on May 16, 2019. • If you don’t plan on taking the test, you are wasting your time. This is not worth the premium GPA points alone.

6. AP World History Exam • The test is 3 hours and 15 minutes long. • Section 1 • Part A: 55-minute multiple-choice questions – 55 minutes to complete – 40% of exam score. • Part B: 3 short answer questions – 40 minutes to complete – 20% of exam score. • Section 2 • Part A: 1 document based question – 60 minutes to complete (includes 15 min. reading period) – 25% of exam score. • Part B: 1 long essay question – 40 minutes to complete – 15% of exam score.

7. AP World History Exam • Multiple-Choice • 55 questions • 55 minutes • Document-based Question • 1 essay question • 60 minutes (includes a 15-minute reading period). • Long Essay Question • 1 essay question (choose from three prompts). • 40 minutes • Comparison, CCOT, Causation, Contextualization • Short Answer Questions • 3 short answer questions (Questions 1 and 2 required, choose between Questions 3 and 4). • 40 minutes

8. Four Historical Thinking Skills • Contextualization • Comparison • Causation • Continuity and Change Over Time

9. Course Themes • Interaction between humans & the environment: demography & disease, migration, patterns of settlement, technology • Development & interaction of cultures: religions, belief systems/philosophies/ideologies, science & technology, arts & architecture • State-building, expansion, & conflict: political structures & forms of governance, empires, nations/nationalism, revolts & revolutions, regional/transregional/global structures & organizations • Creation, expansion, & interaction of economic systems: agriculture & pastoral production, trade & commerce, labor systems, industrialization, capitalism & socialism • Development & transformation of social structures: gender roles & relations, family & kinship, racial & ethnic constructions, social & economic classes

10. Historical Periodization • Technological & Environmental Transformations: to c. 600 BCE (5%) • Organization & Reorganization of Human Societies: 600 BCE – 600 CE (15%) • Regional & Transregional Interactions: 600 CE – 1450 (20%) • Global Interactions: 1450 – 1750 (20%) • Industrialization & Global Integration: 1750 – 1900 (20%) • Accelerating Global Change & Realignments: 1900 – the present (20%)

11. Testing in WHAP • Map Tests • Usually on Mondays, 1 per period (1 & 2 combined) • Matching format – study guides on website, completion of guide worth 20 pts. of test grade • Timeline Tests • Usually on Tuesdays, 1 per period • Matching portion– 50% • 5 identification questions – 50% • Short answer: event name given – student gives date (within 50 years), place/region, description, & significance • Study guides on website • Unit Tests • Usually on Thursdays, ~2 chapters per test • Multiple-choice with occasional writing portions • SPICE, CCOT, & SOAPPS-Tone charts as well as chapter notes & assignments will serve as your review • ALL TESTS WILL BE TIMED TO MIRROR THE AP EXAM!!!

12. Reading Quizzes • 10 multiple-choice questions (10 minutes) or 5 identification questions (short answer, 10 minutes) • Format will alternate • Students may use HAND-WRITTEN reading notes on the quiz • Quizzes are valued as 2 daily grades

13. Reading Notes • You must take notes for each chapter – these are for a daily grade • Each chapter is divided into sections with RED titled headings and sub-sections with BLUE titled headings • You must take notes over the introduction of the chapter as well as each section with a RED header • You must write down the title of each RED header and highlight the title in YELLOW. For the introduction, just write “INTRODUCTION” and highlight in YELLOW. • You must have notes written under each section, but you may use any format (Cornell, outline – it’s up to you) • The better the notes – the better your quiz grades & test grades!

14. Note-taking Tips • You MUST read your textbook! • If you do not read, you will take too many notes, and you will not fully comprehend the material. • Read each section once. Then, summarize the information in your head. Then, read it again! Finally, write down your notes in your spiral. • After you take notes for the entire chapter, compare your notes with the Strayer outline online. Fill in any gaps you may have.

15. Study Tips • Read over your notes before each reading quiz. • Study early and often – do not procrastinate studying for tests! • Read ahead! • Come to tutorials! • Stay on top of your grades. • Take care of business if you’re absent. • Get work in advance if you know you will be out. • If you’re out for a school-approved absence, you MUST complete assignments and tests in advance!

16. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!! • You will get a zero if you do not turn something in on time. You cannot reassess work that earned a zero because it was not attempted.

17. Failing… • You will fail a reading quiz, test, and/or writing assignment. • You will NOT fail the class – unless you do not turn assignments in or do not attend tutorials.

18. Chapter 1 RQ: Wednesday, August 29 • Your first reading quiz and note check is next Wednesday. • You MUST write your notes in a spiral. • If you do not have your titles highlighted in yellow, you will lose points on the note check grade.