Title: Miami Beach Senior High School
Author: nadia zananiri
Last saved by: CHILDS, JOSHUA
Company: MDCPS-7201-MIAMI BEACH SR

AP World History Syllabus
Instructor: Mr. Childs
(305) 532-4515 ext.2707
327531@dadeschools.net

Course: AP World History: Modern
Texts:	 Way of the World by Strayer and Nelson
	Traditions and Encounters by Bentley and Zeigler
	
Required Supplemental Material: 
AMSCO® Advanced Placement® World History: Modern 2019 Student Edition Softcover

Highly Recommended
The Princeton Review’s Cracking the AP World History Exam 2020 Edition, by Armstrong et. Al, Random House, Inc. (See instructor for used copy or purchase on Amazon for $13.95)
Additional Readings: a variety of primary and secondary source readings will be assigned during the course. 
Required Materials:
1.	Students must bring a charged device with keyboarding capabilities to class everyday. Cell phones are not permitted.  
2.	Students must register for their course on MYAP.collegeboard.org . Content and assessment will largely take place on MYAP. 
3.	Students are also required to maintain a binder with paper or spiral notebooks for handwritten notes and essays. Alternatively, students may opt to take handwritten notes in 9 different small plastic folders with pockets for each time period where graded essays can be stored.
4.	Additional materials include: blue pens, mechanical pencils, index cards, and highlighters (yellow, orange, green, pink, blue)

Students enrolled in this course and who have maintained a C average will take the AP exam on the morning of May 14^th.  If students receive a score of 3 or higher they may be able to receive college history credits which will save them time and money! Each university has their own standards for awarding college credit based on AP exam scores and you should check with the individual colleges that you are interested in attending. Florida universities generally award credit for a score of 3 or higher. Because college credit may be awarded based on passing test scores, this course is designed to be taught at the college level. The reading, writing, and analytical skills necessary for success in this course and the exam will far surpass anything you have done thus far in your academic career. Expect to be challenged and don’t expect an easy A. Neither the course, nor the exam is designed to be a mere memorization of facts, dates and details. You will be required to analyze, evaluate, synthesize, discuss, compare and contrast. The course traces the development of world history from the emergence of cities to the present focusing on global processes and patterns of interactions. Additionally, this course emphasizes the writing skills necessary for success in a college-level history course. 

This course devotes a considerable amount of time to essay writing in preparation for the AP Exam which includes a stimulus based multiple choice section of 55 questions (40%), 3 short answer questions (20%), a document based essay question (25%), and a long essential question (15%) which will focus on a course theme, a course time period, and one of our historical thinking skills:  comparison/contrast, change and continuity over time, or causation. 

Grading Policy:  Grades are not given to you, you earn them. You always know when something is due. There is no excuse that “you did not know.” Assignments are posted online and students should be prepared for any quizzes, tests when they return to school after an absence. The course grade is allotted by points. The percentages may vary as the assignments in class vary from one semester to the next.. However the points will be approximately distributed as follows
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1.	15% Participation and Mini-tasks. This may include coming prepared for class, being on task, participation in discussions and small in class assignments. 
2.	15% Notebook Check. Students will complete bell ringers in their OneNote Class Notebook in addition to answering questions to Crash Course mini-lectures which correspond to units of study. These will be checked on the day of the Unit exam or at any time at the teacher's discretion.
3.	20% Quizzes and Mini-Assessments. This may include reading quizzes, map tests, vocabulary tests and short writing assignments.
4.	50% AP Style Assessments. Students will be given major AP style unit tests that will consist of multiple choice questions, short response questions, and essays. 

Technology in the Classroom: You should bring a CHARGED device to use in class. If a student is caught off task or cheating with their device, the device will be confiscated and the student will receive a Z. Students will use any and all technological devices for the appropriate educational purposes only; the use of such devices is at the discretion of the instructor. If any device is misused students will be asked to put them way or they will be confiscated. These tools are a privilege not a right. Any and all time given in class with these devices must be used only for in-class assignments, projects, research for the course, or homework for this course only. 

Cell Phones: The phone is to remain in storage until the end of class. This is done out of respect for the instructor, the learning environment, and to help students limit distractions and be mindful. 
Bathroom: Students may not ask to use the restroom for the first fifteen minutes or last fifteen minutes of class. Students may not go to the bathroom during exams. 
Absent Policy: If you have an “excused absence” you must provide documentation and will have 3 days to turn in all assignments or make up work. Students cannot “make up” missed assignments or exams at the end of a grading period to “boost” their grade.  Do NOT ask during class time, ever!: “Did I miss anything important?” Of course you did! It's an AP class! Check the website and gradebook for missed assignments. 
Testing Policy: When testing, talking, sharing, or disruption is considered cheating; if there are students still taking a quiz/exam in the time allotted no student in the classroom may talk or go to the bathroom. A student will receive a Zero on a quiz/exam grade if this rule is not followed. Your tests will be timed and as close to the AP Exam as possible.
Academic Honesty: Students are to be honest both in the work turned in as their own and cited properly as well as honest in class. I do not tolerate lying, cheating, or plagiarism. You will receive double Zeros for any assignment that you have cheated on or plagiarized and a referral will be sent to the Scholars Academy.
I have received the AP Human Geography syllabus. I have read and understand the syllabus and expectations for World Geography.
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The course spends a tremendous amount of time on historical thinking skills and students will have to learn some of the content outside of class time via the textbook, the Crash Course video series, or other online resources.