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AP World History

AP World History. Unit One: Foundations. Think about the “Big Picture”. Trying to learn every detail (every king, war, artist) would be madness- instead we are looking at and for the ebb and flow of a story Life is a journey- whether for one person, a civilization, or all humanity

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AP World History

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  1. AP World History Unit One: Foundations

  2. Think about the “Big Picture” • Trying to learn every detail (every king, war, artist) would be madness- instead we are looking at and for the ebb and flow of a story • Life is a journey- whether for one person, a civilization, or all humanity • We will focus on large units of time- and put spotlights of attention on key areas in each one • We are looking at the forest- not every tree

  3. Think about Themes • They will help us organize and understand what we are learning- which will help with comparisons. • Creates a framework we can use over and over again

  4. Environment (Geography) • More than just knowing “where” something is • Landscape affects civilizations in positive and negative ways. • Demography (study of human population) • Includes: migrations, patterns of settlement, impact of humans on environment, impact of environment on culture, disease, exploration, use of technology to shape environment

  5. Culture • Belief systems • Religion, Philosophy, Political ideology can shape virtually every aspect of life • Arts and Architecture • Tell us what civilizations value, what they like • Scientific Developments • Both knowledge and technology, can make life easier, can tell us what they are interested in

  6. Politics (Government, Military) • Systems of rule- from tribes to empires, nations, regions, kingdoms: across time and space • Also includes the interactions between them • Who has power? How did they get it? • How do various ideologies, religious and economic decisions play into that? • Includes warfare, diplomacy, commercial and cultural exchange

  7. Economics • How do people create/produce/trade for what they need to survive and thrive? • Includes changes over time in agriculture, pastoralism, industrialization • Labor systems: slave vs. tenet vs. free • Economic ideologies: Capitalism, socialism, communism • Patterns of trade and resulting relationships

  8. Social Structure • Relationships between human beings • Gender roles, family structure in any society • Race, ethnicity- do these shape civilization • Social Classes- distribution between rich and poor. • All of these can create positive and negative impacts on society

  9. Think about “Chunks” : Periodization • A system for making 10,000 years more managable. • Time periods created by historians AFTER they have happened. • Not just regional (for U.S., or China) but about the ebb and flow of world events. • We will break it down into 6 periods • 10,000 - 600 bce • 600 bce – 600 ce • 600 ce – 1450 • 1450 – 1750 • 1750 – 1914 • 1914 - present

  10. Think Comparitively • Use the big picture, and the chunks to analyze more than one society at a time. The idea is to look at not just what is happening- but how it affects what is going on around it • By comparing you see what you were looking at in the first place more clearly

  11. Think about Continuity and Change over Time • Everything has a beginning, middle, and end • What changes or stays the same in any civilization in one time period? Over several? • What events foreshadow later developments? • How do evaluations of events and people change over time? • History becomes more meaningful this way

  12. Think Like a Historian • History is a puzzle- if you get the pieces right it starts to make sense. • Must look at many things to create a reconstruction of the past- being careful to maintain perspective (watch out for Point of View: pov) • Evaluate based on evidence Analyze primary sources • Understand global and local events Understand how the past impacts the present

  13. Big Geography • Political/Sociological change occurs more quickly than geological change. • People have used maps since the beginning of civilization, not just to show natural features (rivers, mountains) but human ones as well. (cities, borders) • World history is GLOBAL- all the earth is involved- no one part is most important- different groups on top at different times

  14. Cultural Perspective • We all see the world through the eyes of our own time period’s standards. Other times saw issues differently. Change is continual • We must use caution before we say certain practices are “good” or “bad” • Any group at any moment has their own values- who can say which are best • Try to think from their pov- not ours

  15. Migrations • Permanent moves to new locations: locally, regionally, or globally. • Economics are generally the main cause • Intervening obstacles: things the prevent or limit movements • Push/Pull Factors: Push is something that drives you away from a certain area (war, drought, famine) Pull draws you there (better land, more jobs, gold rush)

  16. Cultural Diffusion • When people move or trade they bring their way of life, products and ideas with them. • These “things” then get taken into a new area- and blend in with what was already there. • This can be a force for good (new technologies, religions) or bad (disease, slavery)

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