AP+World+History

**Resources**
Click here for the [|AP world history course page]: The first link on the course page is the current Course Description.


 * Bill Strickland's reengineering of the Key Concepts of the Course Description into [|questions] can be helpful to students. Look for the questions and answers throughout the wiki.
 * [|Bridging World History] is the premier video series for teaching the course. The site comes with many "[|classic]" [|readings as well as other information for teachers]from the [|Journal of World History]the most influential journal for the field of world history.

For the overall course see Unit 1: [|Maps, Time and World History]and Unit 2: [|History and Memory] focused on historical meaning and change of Columbus, the Maya, and museums.
 * Good to use in conjunction with a summary of the chapter "[|Census, Map, Museum]" from [|Benedict Anderson']s[|Imagined Communities]: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

The [|World History Association](WHA) is the organization that has been most influential in changing the field of world history in its scholarship and teaching. The WHA publishes the Journal of World History and has many[| local affiliates].
 * [|World History for Us All] features lesson plans and resources from San Diego State University and the National Center for History in the Schools.
 * [|World History Standards Bingo] from The New York Times

[|Gaming the Past: Historical Simulations in the Classroom]offers reviews and links to popular world history games for learning.

[|Children & Youth in World History] provides primary source and teaching resources for learning about the experiences of young people in history.

**Bibliography**, the following are mostly journal readings for history teachers. They could be useful to give students for additional reading or extra credit assignments. Some are framed as extra credit assignments.

Compare the website: [] to [] in terms of point of view, content – what is left in and what is left out, the WHAP habits of mind and skills and how they’re applied, etc.

Read William McNeill’s “Why Study History” on the American Historical Association’s __Perspectives__ here: []

and Peter Stearns’s “Why Study History” on the American Historical Association’s Perspectives here: [] then compare with FFA’s introduction.

Read March/April 2008 H-World discussion on the textbook __The World__. Search H-World discussion logs, find March 2008 and read posts from March 21-25 (can do more too – hard to stop once you start). What is the overall sense of the book you get from the posts?

Read about “American exceptionalism.” Is the course “world history” a case of American exceptionalism and/or a case of American colonialism?

Read William H. McNeill, "An Emerging Consensus about World History?," __World History Connected__ November 2003 [] [14 paragraphs]

Read William McNeill, “//The Rise of the West// after 25 Years” in the //Journal of World History// here: []

Read Gilbert Allardyce, “Toward World History: American Historians and the Coming of the World History Course: in the Journal of World History here: []

Read Ralph Crozier, “World History in the People’s Republic of China” in the //Journal of World History// here: []

Read Jerry Bentley, "Sea and Ocean Basins as Frameworks of Historical Analysis," //Geographical Review// 89, no. 2 (April 1999): 215–25. Available through Bridging World History here: []

Read David Christian, "World History in Context," //Journal of World History// 14, no. 4 (December 2003): 437–52. Available through Bridging World History here: []

Read William Everdell, "How to Use the Theme of Technology in Teaching the World History Survey Course," __World History Connected__ May 2004 []> [22 paragraphs]

Fred Spier, "The Small History of the Big History Course at the University of Amsterdam," __World History Connected__ May 2005 [] [16 paragraphs]

Watch Craig Benjamin’s Big History videos through this site: [] You can also read articles there too for extra credit.

Read David Christian, "What's the Use of Big History?," __World History Connected__ October 2005 [] 64 paragraphs with many pictures and graphs from a powerpoint.

Read selections from the Big History Forum from World History Connected, minimum is to read Benjamin’s introduction, Cynthia Stokes Brown’s article on civilization and at least one other (don’t be afraid to read them all!).