Course title
WHAPPre-requisite
Qualify on Placement Rubric and self-reflection on “Am I an Honors Student?”Course description
This class is offered for AP credit. Advanced Placement World History is a university-level course taught within the context of high school and is structured around themes and skills essential to making sense of the long human story. During the course; students will develop the ability to read; analyze and articulate interpretations of the past using the key skills of historians. As preparation for the AP World History exam is one of the intended outcomes; the course workload and methodology seeks to facilitate the appropriate academic rigor that students need to succeed at the university level. Students in this course will regularly analyze historical content thematically. There are five overarching themes that serve as organizational and unifying threads that allow students to make comparisons across regions; periods; or within and among societies. These themes also provide a consistent method with which to examine change and continuity over time. Students will apply the themes by using a “SPICE” acronym. This course will develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts; in interaction with different types of human societies. Students will use factual knowledge and analytical skills as they study the content. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences; as well as comparisons among major societies. Focused primarily on the past thousand years; the course builds on an understanding of cultural; institutional; and technological precedents that; along with geography; set the human stage prior to 1000 C.E. Periodization; explicitly discussed; forms the organizing principle for dealing with change and continuity from that point to the present. Specific themes provide further organization to the course; along with the consistent attention to contacts among societies that form the core of world history as a field of study. Geography skills and analysis will be integrated into the course. This course also aligns with the National Collegiate Honors Council’s expectations for university Honors course pedagogy. The course format will follow these objectives in the delivery of the content: 1. Discussion and writing are the hallmarks of Honors classes. Students will consistently use writing; both in class and out; as a means to express ideas and prepare for discussions. 2. The course is discussion-oriented rather than lecture. The instructor provides background to inform the discussion and guide the research; as students are given time in advance to read; research and prepare their responses in writing. 3. Students work to develop the ability to think about a broad range of ideas and come to understand how scholars and artists work by reading and responding to primary source material; by exploring issues and problems in depth rather than quickly and superficially; and by being carefully exposed to and guided through the methods of many disciplines. Students learn to see the broad implications of each issue; as well as learn to analyze and synthesize the material. 4. Students work to become more independent as critical thinkers; demonstrating the ability to use knowledge and logic when discussing an issue or an idea; while considering the consequences of their ideas; for themselves; for others; and for society. The classroom environment is open to many perspectives and points of view; where students are encouraged to take intellectual risks and feel safe doing so.
School country
United StatesSchool state
ArizonaSchool city
PhoenixHigh school
Horizon Honors HighSchool / district Address
16233 S 48th StreetSchool zip code
85048Requested competency code
Social ScienceDate submitted
Approved
YesApproved competency code
- SSCI
- 1 year of other Social Science