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Braden River
High School
AP World History
Class Guidelines 2010-11
Who is Mr. Nelson
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Bachelors Degree: History Teaching Broad Area.
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Masters Degree: Education - Curriculum and Instruction.
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7 years at Port Townsend High School in Washington State.
2 year at Braden River High School.
Previous advisor for two student trips to Japan.
Traveled to Egypt and Israel this past summer.
14 years baseball coaching experience.
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Old Dominion University.
9 years of teaching experience.
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Central Washington University.
10 years of high school coaching at both the JV and Varsity
level (2004 Washington State Champions).
JV coach at Braden River High School.
Interests include family, traveling, history, geography,
baseball, football, golf, auto racing, country music,
outdoors, movies, etc.
Married with a baby boy due on November 2nd.
Mr. Nelson’s Website
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http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sit
es/highschool/brhs/index.htm
Go to the school website.
Click on “Staff Directory”, at the
top of the page.
Scroll down to “Nelson, Erik”,
click on the name.
Magically you will be taken to
Mr. Nelson’s webpage.
Location & Contact Info.
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Periods 3 and 7 – Room 711
phone: 941-751-8230 ext 2344
email:
[email protected]
Class Description
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Advanced Placement World History is designed to
prepare students for intermediate and advanced college
courses by making demands similar to those of a fullyear college survey course.
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AP World History develops a greater understanding of
global processes, encounters, and interactions that have
shaped human history since 8000 B.C.E.
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Daily activities focus on the mastery of a selective body
of factual knowledge and the development of analytical
skills required of advanced students.
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Critical reading and writing skills are developed through
the evaluation of primary and secondary sources, oral
presentations, essay writing, and research assignments.
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All students are required to take the AP World History
examination on Thursday May 12th, 2011.
The 6 Themes of World History
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Patterns and impacts of interaction among major
societies: trade, war, diplomacy, and international
organizations.
The relationship of change and continuity across
the world history periods covered in this course.
Impact of technology, economics, and demography
on people and the environment (population growth
and decline, disease, manufacturing, migrations,
agriculture, weaponry).
Systems of social structure and gender structure
(comparing major features within and among
societies and assessing change).
Cultural, intellectual, and religious developments
and interactions among and within societies.
Changes in functions and structures of states and in
attitudes toward states and political identities
(political culture), including the emergence of
nation-state (types of political organization).
Habits of Mind and Skills
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Construction and evaluating arguments: using evidence to
make plausible arguments.
Using documents and other primary data: developing the
skills necessary to analyze point of view and to interpret
information.
Developing the ability to assess issues of change and
continuity over time.
Enhancing the capacity to handle diversity of
interpretations through analysis of context, bias, and frame
of reference.
Seeing global processes over time and space while also
acquiring the ability to connect global developments to
global ones and to move through levels of generalization
from the global to the particular.
Developing the ability to compare within and among
societies, including comparing societies’ reaction to global
processes.
Developing the ability to assess claims of universal
standards yet remaining aware of human commonalities
and differences; putting culturally diverse ideas and values
in historical context, not suspending judgment but
developing understanding.
Course Organization
1st Semester
 Unit 1 – 8000 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
(7 weeks, 16 days)
Agricultural Revolution and River
Valley Societies.
 Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism,
and Christianity.
 Growth of Empires and Trade:
Persia, Greece, China, Rome, and
Silk Road.
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Course Organization
1st Semester
 Unit 2 – 600 to 1450
(7 weeks, 14 days)
Byzantine Empire, Christian Europe,
and Medieval Europe.
 Islam, East Asia, and the Mongols.
 Global Trade & Exchange, Black
Death, Indian Ocean Trade, and
African Societies.
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Course Organization
1st Semester
 Unit 3 – 1450 to 1750
(5 weeks, 11 days, winter break)
Changes in Europe & Europe and
China Maritime Expansion.
 Columbian Exchange, Ecological
Changes, and Diseases.
 New World Empires, Slave Trade,
and Changes in the Global Economy.
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Course Organization
2nd Semester
 Unit 4 – 1750 to 1914
(7 weeks, 15 days)
Revolutions, Rebellions, and Reform.
 Industrialization and Global Economy
& Order.
 Decline of Ottomans, Crisis in China,
and New Imperialism: India, Africa, &
the Pacific.
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Course Organization
2nd Semester
 Unit 5 – 1914 to the present
(7 weeks, 15 days)
WWI, Russian Revolution, Great
Depression, and Independence
Movements.
 Fascism, Totalitarianism, WWII, and
Cold War.
 Independence in Africa and Latin
America, Middle East Conflict, End of
the Cold War, and Globalization.
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GRADING PROCEDURES
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Each student’s grade will be determined on four
different categories.
Grades will also be divided by quarters and the
semester exam.
There may be extra credit possibilities added
into course work; but there will be no additional
extra credit possibilities.
Grading Categories & Percentages
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Tests and Quizzes = 40%
Essays and Projects = 25%
Assignments and Class Activities = 25%
Chapter Outlines and Terms = 10%
Division of Quarters and Exam
1st Quarter = 40%
 2nd Quarter = 40%
 Semester Exam = 20%
same process for 2nd Semester
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NO LATE WORK IS ACCEPTED!!!!!
GRADING POLICY – Tests
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Students will be tested after each unit;
there are a total of five units.
 However, Unit 3 will not have a test.
Students may not use notes.
Unit tests will consist of 50 multiple choice
questions and one essay question.
Multiple choice questions may include
maps and/or pictures.
If a student is absent for a test they must
make arrangements with Mr. Nelson in
order to make up the test in accordance
with school policy.
GRADING POLICY – Quizzes
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Quizzes will occur about every few weeks with
in the major units.
Quizzes will cover content addressed in class
and the textbook.
Quizzes will not only evaluate what students
are retaining from each class period, but also
what students are retaining from the textbook
readings.
Nine quizzes are scheduled during the course:
five 1st semester and four 2nd semester.
Quizzes will consist of 20 multiple choice
questions, which may include maps and/or
pictures.
If a student is absent for a quiz they must make
arrangements with Mr. Nelson in order to make
up the test in accordance with school policy.
GRADING POLICY – Essays
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Essays are a very important past of the
course and require students to master
three specific skills:
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Document Analysis
Comparative Analysis
Change-Over-Time Analysis
These three skills are the bases for the
three essays students will write on the
AP Exam.
Several essays addressing these skills
will be assigned throughout the year.
GRADING POLICY – Projects
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Projects will vary throughout the
semester and will include research
papers, essays, debates,
presentations, powerpoints, posters,
etc.
Projects will generally involve several
days of group or individual work in
and/or out of school.
Students are allowed more time to
work on projects then they are allowed
on assignments and so they are
expected to more detailed, specific,
and organized.
GRADING POLICY – Assignments
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Assignments will occur
sporadically throughout the
semester.
All assignments will be work that
is done outside of school, aka
“homework”.
Most assignments will be focused
on primary and secondary source
analysis.
GRADING POLICY – Class Activates
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Class activities will occur sporadically
throughout the semester.
Class activities will be work that is
completed in-class, some class
activities may be started in class and
complete for homework.
Class activities will include document
analysis, mapping, presenting,
debating, pop-quizzes, etc.
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Pop-quizzes may or may not be
announced ahead of time.
GRADING POLICY – Chapter
Outlines and Terms
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For each chapter in the textbook, each
student will complete an outline and set of
terms.
Due dates for chapter outlines and terms will
be posted on Mr. Nelson’s website.
Reading and terms Pop-quizzes might be
given to make sure that students are on top
of their reading.
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Pop-quizzes may or may not be announced ahead
of time.
PLAGIARISM
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Princeton University defines plagiarism as “a piece of
writing that has been copied from someone else and is
presented as being your own work” and “the act of
plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if
they were your own”.
As you can see with this definition, credit is given to
the source from which it came from.
The easiest way to think about it is if it is not your own
words or ideas, then just make sure you give credit to
whoever used those words or had those ideas.
Documentation is a key essential to avoiding
plagiarism.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any way, shape, or
form in this class.
If a student is found to have plagiarized any part, large
or small, they will receive a zero on the work and will
not be allowed to redo the work.
If you have any concerns, just talk to Mr. Nelson.
Process for Chapter Outlines
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For each chapter in the textbook, you
are required to complete an outline.
Outlines should be organized in
traditional outline fashion.
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At the end of the outline should be a
minimum of three questions you had
about the content in the chapter.
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Follow the example on the white board.
Mr. Nelson will review these questions and
try to address them in class.
Refer to the schedule and due dates on
Mr. Nelson’s website.
Process for Terms
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Write the term on the front of an
index card.
On the back side:
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Write the definition.
Historical significance.
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Given an example if necessary.
Terms are due the same day as the
outlines that relate to the terms.
Refer to the reading schedule and
chapter outline due dates on Mr.
Nelson’s website.
CLASS SUPPLIES
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Textbook
Document Reader
3 Ring Binder
Notebook Paper
Pens and/or Pencils
Other materials may be
addressed at a later date, but
these are the basics each student
will need.
CLASS EXPECTATIONS
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Students need to show respect for the teacher, the school,
and especially their peers.
Students are not allowed to work on homework from other
classes, unless they are granted permission.
Students must be on time and prepared for class every day.
Students must be on task at all times.
Students are not allowed to have any food in the classroom
during class time; water is the only drink that will be allowed.
Students are responsible for keeping the room neat and
orderly, including cleaning up any messes created.
Students are not allowed to have any backpacks, purses, and
other bags on their desk, need to be placed on the floor or
countertop.
Consequences: Students that do not follow the class
expectations will receive a warning, student conference,
parent phone call/conference, and/or office referral.
GRADING SCALE
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100 – 90
89 – 80
79 – 70
69 – 60
59 – 0
A FEW WORDS TO FINISH ON
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Please feel free to approach me and discuss
any concerns you might have with the class.
If you have trouble with an assignment,
project, or test come talk to me, and if you
have any concerns what so ever about the
class come talk to me.
I cannot help you if you do not communicate
with me.
In the middle of class is probably not the best
time to bring up personal issues, talk to me at
a more appropriate time.
I would like to make this class as enjoyable for
you as possible.
The best way for this to take place is with open
communication.