AP WORLD HISTORY
AUGUSTUS HERODOTUS
SUMMARY
The purpose of the AP World History course is to develop a greater understanding of global historical processes and contrasts viewed against the interaction of different types of human societies. The course highlights the changes in international framework, their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. The course emphasizes relevant factual knowledge used in conjunction with leading interpretive issues, types of historical evidence, and appropriate analytical skills. Focused primarily on the past 1,000 years of the global experience, the course builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological precedents that, along with geography, set the human stage prior to 1000 CE. Rather than focusing on continents or states, we study cultural regions or civilizations. Periodization or how we structure past eras forms the organizing principal for dealing with change and continuity. Themes provide further organization to the course, along with constant attention to contacts among societies that form the core of world history
Bentley and Zeigler Student Study Guide Web Site: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072424354/student_view0/world_history_powerweb.html
Updated Bentley and Zeigler student site
Peter Stearns textbook Review Site
Bridging World History Website
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