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Exploring World History: A Comprehensive Journey Through Cultures and Revolutions

Welcome to AP World History with Mr. Trainor! This course, based on "The Earth and Its Peoples" (5th Edition), will explore forces of continuity and change throughout history. Students will develop skills to assess diverse historical interpretations and analyze primary sources, gaining insights into major social, political, and cultural movements. The curriculum covers transformative events from the Scientific Revolution to World Wars, empowering students to understand the impact of history on current issues. Engage in discussions, enhance communication, and sharpen organizational skills throughout the course.

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Exploring World History: A Comprehensive Journey Through Cultures and Revolutions

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  1. Welcome to AP World History!!! Mr. Trainor Website: mrtrainor.sharepoint.com mrtrainor1@gmail.com Text: The Earth and Its Peoples (Fifth Edition), Bulliet

  2. General Learning Objectives of the Course: • Understand the forces of continuity and change • Develop the skills needed to assess a diversity of interpretations • Analyze primary source documents • Understand the major social, political, cultural movements/events in World History • Understand how the events of the past impact current issues/problems • Development of listening, speaking, and organizational skills in order to improve comprehension, communication and time management. • Develop skills needed to construct and evaluate

  3. Course Overview • September • Scientific Revolution • Enlightenment • American Revolution (Declaration of Independence) • French Revolution (causes and 1st phase)

  4. October • Radicalization of the French Revolution • Napoleon • Congress of Vienna • Liberal and Conservatism • Nationalism • Latin American Independence as extension of Enlightenment and French Revolution • Haitian Revolution • Industrial Revolution; changes in world trade patterns • Demographic changes • Marxism

  5. November • 19th Century Political History: • England: Reform Movement; Irish Famine • Women’s Emancipation movements • Unification of Italy and Germany • The “New Imperialism”

  6. December • Nonwestern World • Russian and Ottoman Empires • Africa: Berlin Conference; “scramble for Africa”; Boer War; Arab merchants and the east African slave trade • Resistance: Battle of Khartoum (1885); Ashanti resistance movements; • India: Mughal India (brief review), Sepoy Rebellion • Compare British and French colonial rule in Asia and Africa • China: Qing dynasty (brief review), Opium War, Taiping Rebellion, Empress Dowager Cixi, Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion • Japan: Review Tokugawa Regime; Meiji Restoration; expansion • Prelude to World War I • World War I

  7. January • January • World War I • Treaty of Versailles • Pros and Cons of the Treaty • Post World War I changes in geography • Responsibility for the War • Russian Revolution 1905 and 1917

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