Transcript Information regarding AP World History

AP World
revolves
around
Historical
Thinking
Skills!
EVERY AP test
question will
assess one or
more of the
skills we will
cover in this
presentation.
1. Analysis of sources
Primary – writing, art, architecture produced
BY the people in the period
• artifact (a definition to know…)
• bias?
1. Analysis of sources
Secondary – writing about primary source
information
• books, articles, hypotheses (‘professional’
historians)
• bias?
This skill is all about authenticity and
interpretation of our observations.
Always CONSIDER THE SOURCE!
2. Chronological reasoning
Causation
Continuity and change over time
Periodization
This skill is all about why things
change and why they stay the same.
3. Making connections
Comparing cultures – similarities and differences
Understanding context – what is happening
worldwide
Synthesis – putting it all together
This skill is all about how
nothing happens in a void.
4. Crafting historical argument
Argument = proving a point
This skill is all about using the other 3
skills to prove/validate your
argument.
So what does this all mean?
Here is a ‘regular’ World History MC
question:
____ 1. When was World War I?
(A) 1903-1912
(B) 1912-1919
(C) 1914-1918
(D) 1914-1922
So what does this all mean?
Here is an AP World History
MC question:
… Had the war continued until the projected invasion on November 1,
additional fire raids of B-20’s would have been more destructive of life and
property than the very limited number of atomic raids which we could have
executed in the same period. But the atomic bomb was more than a weapon
of terrible destruction; it was a psychological weapon. …
-Henry Lewis Stimson, former Secretary of War, Time article, 1947
___ 1. Which of the following best represents the purpose of Stimson’s
statement in the passage above?
A. To apologize for the use of the atomic bomb
B. To question the morality of the use of the atomic bomb
C. To justify the use of the atomic bomb
D. To assess the use of the atomic bomb
So what does this all mean?
Here is a ‘regular’ World History SA
question:
1. What is a ziggurat?
So what does this all mean?
Here is an AP World History
SA question:
1. Compare the construction and purposes of
Mesopotamian ziggurats with at least 2 similar
monuments during the Ancient Period.
So what does this all mean?
Here is a ‘regular’ World History
essay question:
1. Identify and describe the 5 Pillars of
Islam.
There is no argument here…
So what does this all mean?
Here is an AP World History
essay question:
1. Evaluate the extent to which the emergence of
Islam in the 7th Century CE can be considered a
turning point in world history.
What is the argument here (point to defend)?
So what does this all mean?
Do NOT fear this class!
It will be different, but you will gain
SKILLS.
You will not just memorize facts (that
you will later forget).
I will be with you every step of the way,
but you must step with me!
Above all, remember
– you’ve got this!