Unit 1 - Time Period: 8,000 B.C.E - 600 C.E.
Explanation: The AP Exam is split into 6 time periods, and attention is given to each one. As there is very little writing during the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras, this period of time only comprises 5% of the exam. As such, this period of time, Period 1, 8,000 B.C.E (Before Common Era) - 600 B.C.E. is combined with Period 2, 600 B.C.E. - 600 C.E. (Common Era).
Key Concepts in Period 1 & 2
| Key Concept 1.1: Throughout the Paleolithic era, humans developed sophisticated technologies and adapted to different geographical environments as they migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australasia, and the Americas. |
Key Concept 1.2: Beginning about 10,000 years ago, some human communities adopted sedentism and agriculture, while others pursued hunter-forager or pastoralist lifestyles—different pathways that had significant social and demographic ramifications. |
Key Concept 1.3: The appearance of the first urban societies 5,000 years ago laid the foundations for the development of complex civilizations; these civilizations shared several significant social, political, and economic characteristics. |
| Key Concept 2.1: As states and empires increased in size and contacts between regions intensified, human communities transformed their religious and ideological beliefs and practices. |
Key Concept 2.2: As the early states and empires grew in number, size, and population, they frequently competed for resources and came into conflict with one another. |
Key Concept 2.3: With the organization of large-scale empires, transregional trade intensified, leading to the creation of extensive networks of commercial and cultural exchange. |
Chapters
Period 1
Chapter 1 - First Peoples; First Farmers: Most of History in a Single Chapter, To 4000 B.C.E.
Chapter 2 - First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies, 3500 B.C.E.-500 B.C.E.
Period 2
Chapter 3 - State and Empire in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 B.C.E-500 C.E.
Chapter 4 - Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 B.C.E-500 C.E.
Chapter 5 - Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 B.C.E-500 C.E.
Chapter 6 - Commonalities and Variations: Africa and the Americas, 500 B.C.E-1200 C.E.
Quizzes
Map Quiz 8/24
Quizzes are going to come from the chapter. The chapters will be broken up into 2 reading sections, so for example, for chapter 1, students will read pages 11-26 for their first homework assignment on August 17. Then, on August 20/21 (depending on their class), their next homework assignment will be to read pages 26-44, therefore completing the chapter.
Students should take comprehensive notes because once they return to class, they will take a quiz, which will serve as a bellringer. It will be six questions and students can use their notes. They will turn in their notes for an extra credit point.
Chapter 1 Quiz pages 11-26: A Class = August 20 / B Class = August 21
Chapter 1 Quiz pages 26-44: A Class = August 22 / B Class = August 23
Chapter 2 Quiz pages 61-75: A Class = August 27 / B Class = August 28
Chapter 2 Quiz pages 75-90: both classes = August 31
Chapter 3 Quiz pages 116-129: A Class = September 5 / B Class = September 4
Chapter 3 Quiz pages 129-144: A Class = September 7 / B Class = September 6
Chapter 4 Quiz pages 164-180: A Class = September 10 / B Class = September 11
Chapter 4 Quiz pages 180-196: both classes = September 14
Chapter 5 Quiz pages 216-229: A Class = September 17 / B Class = September 18
Chapter 5 Quiz pages 229-241: both classes = September 21
Chapter 6 Quiz pages 260-277: A Class = September 24 / B Class = September 25
Chapter 6 Quiz pages 277-290: both classes = September 28
Review Days
We will be reviewing the week of October 1-4 with Jeopardy games. Students will be able to play for prizes. They will also be introduced to the test format, that will be the exact AP exam multiple choice format that they will encounter in May.
Students are to prepare for the games with the Period 1 and Period 2 review packets that they have been given. These should be filled out before they come to class, or at least started, as a means to start jogging their memories.
Videos
History Channel: Fire
History Channel: The Birth of Farming
Agricultural Revolution
Evolution of dogs
The Indus Valley Civilization
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
China
Bronze Age
Crash Course: Christianity
Crash Course: China and Confucianism
Crash Course: Persian and the Greeks
A COMPLETE REVIEW OVER PERIOD 1!!!
Crash Course: Roman Empire
The Indian Caste System - An Introduction
Extra Material
c. 1500 BCE. Vedic Traditions from the Indus Valley Civilizations will influence Hinduism.
Judaism - first monotheistic religion
570 BCE. Zoroastrianism develops in Persia, present day Iran.
A Quick Guide to the Greco-Persian Wars (great read!)
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