4 August-
Why AP World History?
Who are you? Why are you taking the class? What are your motivations to be successful? What are your expectations for the class? These are a few of the questions we will discuss in the first few days of class. In addition to looking at these questions, we will look at the resources available to you during the course and how to best make use of your time in preparation for class.
Resources- This page contains numerous resources that you can use to help you not only in World History, but other classes and life in general.
Resources- This page contains numerous resources that you can use to help you not only in World History, but other classes and life in general.
How do we learn about the past?
What can we Learn from this object?
How do we Learn?
What is learning? Why do we learn things? How do we learn them? Where do we learn? Why do we learn? These are but a few questions we will address in our introduction to the course so that you will have the tools you need to be available. As a part of this discussion we will view the following video clip of a TEDx talk by John Green. If the imbedded video does not work properly, it can be found here.
5 August-
What Motivates You?
Why do you do what you do? Why are you taking this class? Why are you in school? What do you want to do?
Understanding what motivates us in life can help us realize what is important to us, as well as help us reach our potential. We will discuss various motivators in peoples lives and hopefully will walk away with a better understanding of why you do the things you do.
Understanding what motivates us in life can help us realize what is important to us, as well as help us reach our potential. We will discuss various motivators in peoples lives and hopefully will walk away with a better understanding of why you do the things you do.
Big History
A Few years ago David Christian developed the concept of "Big History". In this TED Talk he discusses the history of the world in 18 minutes. Are you surprised by anything he discusses? Is anything exceptionally interesting to you? If the video below does not play, it can be found here.
How do we remember things?
What steps are involved in remembering something? we will discuss the process of memory and how we can use this knowledge to make remembering facts easier.
6/7 August-
Recap/review
Class will begin with a time for students to ask any lingering questions they may have from the previous two days and a verbal review of concepts and material covered to help ensure comprehension.
How do we change our map of the world?
This discussion based on part of the John Green Paper Towns talk you watched on Monday will cover the maps we create and how we can alter these maps, and therefore our lives.
How important are learning communities?
Another discussion based on the Paper Towns TEDx talk will cover the importance of surrounding ourselves with learners and how we can push ourselves. What learning communities are available to you?
Take a look at your books
You will be assigned a textbook today in class and we will take a look at the structure of the book and begin to examine the content together.
8 August-
Back to the book
What did you think about the books? were you surprised by anything you saw when you looked through it? What other resources are available to go along with the book?
Textbook Website- this site has outlines for the chapters in the book. They are not all inclusive of the material you need to know from the chapters, but they are a great tool to help guide you in your note taking. There are also quizzes you can take to see how well you are doing. the quizzes are free but you have to register.
Textbook Website- this site has outlines for the chapters in the book. They are not all inclusive of the material you need to know from the chapters, but they are a great tool to help guide you in your note taking. There are also quizzes you can take to see how well you are doing. the quizzes are free but you have to register.
Themes in History: Why do they matter?
We will discuss the 5 themes of World History and how each one offers us a different view of our past. If you miss class, you can find notes on the five themes here.