Welcome to WHAP!

Welcome to World History AP (WHAP)! We are so excited to have you in class this year. You are the best of the best, and we're lucky to be your teachers! Despite what you've heard, WHAP is a very manageable course...you just have to stay on top of things and ask us for help whenever you need it!

Tonight/before class tomorrow, we would like you to: 
-Get your materials, especially your 5-subject spiral!
-Get your AP letter signed
-Get your CFISD password changed (must be done on a school computer)

We will be helping you  join our Google Classrooms tomorrow in class. There, you will be able to find a lot of helpful information and attachments. However, please use this blog for the calendar at the bottom! It will tell you your reading assignments and any upcoming major grades!

Your first reading quiz is scheduled for September 12th.  If you keep up with the pages as we assign them, it's not hard to stay on top of things! To help you do this, we have scanned PDFs of the first set of reading pages. You will be able to access these PDFs via your Google Classroom. Remember, your notes must be in your own handwriting and must be taken in the 3rd section of your 5-subject spiral notebook.

If you're worried about reading notes, come in and ask us for help! We'll be doing reading note tutorials each day after school for the first two weeks.

Eventually, you will have to read from the online textbook. You can access this the same way you access textbooks for your other classes, but you will need the access code given to you in class. Ask your teacher if you lost it! Once you put in the access code, you will have to create a log-in to read the textbook. See your teacher if you run into any issues.

Looking forward to a great year, Wildcats!

-Ms. Gillihan & Mr. Kent

AP Score Calculator

Need a boost of confidence? Check out this AP score calculator tonight to see how you'd do on the test!

YOU'VE GOT THIS, WHAP WARRIORS!!!

https://www.albert.io/blog/ap-world-history-score-calculator/

Helpful Review Resources- UPDATED

Hey there, WHAP warriors! It's that time of year when we have to begin thinking about how to prepare for the upcoming AP exam. We will be doing a TON of review in class. However, it is critical that you spend time outside of class studying if you want to earn a 3, 4, or 5. To that end, here are some helpful review resources. There are brief descriptions included for each so you can choose the ones that best target your areas that could use improvement. The ones we think are MOST valuable have an asterik (*) beside them. Most of these resources are free, but some require you to purchase them. Please understand that you are NOT required to purchase any outside materials, although we encourage you to if it's possible. 

If you use any other resources that you find helpful, let us know and we can add it to the blog! 

Format Infographic- reviews highlights of what the test format will look like
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/WHAP+infographic.docx

Essay Practice-we will be going over this in class Wednesday-Monday, but you will not get to work with all the prompts in class. You could use this power point to do extra practice at home.
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/Essay+Practice.pptx

***Teacher-Provided Review Packet

This is a helpful resource if you are unable to purchase your own review book. It contains a lot of content terms, graphics, and helpful ways to divide up the content of this course by time periods. Obviously, these files are very lengthy, so you can print what you need on your own printer or at the library, or you can choose to use these on electronic devices. These links will not work on a school computer due to the wikispace being blocked. However, you can access them on my CFISD teacher page by visiting the Cy Woods website and looking at the faculty page links. 

http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/Section+III+Content+Terms.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/Map+Identification+Terms+for+AP+World+History.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/APWH+Academic+Vocabulary.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/APWH-R+Important+Civilizations.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/APWH-R+Migration-Trade.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/APWH-R+Periodization.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/APWH-R+Technological+developments.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/APWH-R+Terms+1st+Semester.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/APWH-R+Terms+2nd+Semester.pdf
http://cwwh.wikispaces.com/file/detail/Periodization+Acronyms.docx

***iScore5-available in the App Store

Great review resource designed for AP exams, but it costs about $5. 

***Review Books

AP review books are incredibly helpful, if you have the resources to purchase one. However, the most popular one of previous years, the Princeton book, has NOT been updated to reflect the changes for the 2018 exam. If you already have one, that's ok because the content is the same! However, the details for the SAQ, LEQ, and DBQ have changed slightly. The only review books I could verify that had been updated are the ones made by AMSCO and Kaplan. Both are linked below.

https://www.amazon.com/World-History-Preparing-Placement-Examination/dp/1531116957

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ap-world-history-prep-plus-2018-2019-kaplan-test-prep/1127785085?ean=9781506203379&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_New+Core+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP164972&gclid=CjwKCAjw75HWBRAwEiwAdzefxIUMJtpnziYa2BNXOK0kjNtOgvjIx2JVbUW2zruUqENoZFsaDUbRtRoCDaMQAvD_BwE

***Get a Five (FREE!!!)

www.getafive.com

This one has not been updated for the new format, bu the content review videos are still EXCELLENT! 

Has lessons, timelines, quizzes, etc.
If you haven't registered for Get a Five yet, here's how:

1. Visit getafive.com and click on "I'm a student".
2. On the students page, choose "AP World History".
3. On the AP World History page, click on the "Enroll now" button.
4. Create an account or log in if you're already signed up.
5. You're now in your personal Study Room.

Quizlet- has flash cards and matching games as well as practice tests

http://quizlet.com/22989703/ap-world-history-review-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/17081676/ap-world-history-fall-semester-timeline-review-flash-cards/

Time Maps

http://www.timemaps.com/history

Excellent interactive timeline- again, this will help those of you struggling withchronology!!!

History Haven
http://www.historyhaven.com/

This is a teacher's class website, but there are LOTS of great resources on here!

Learnerator

http://www.learnerator.com/ap-world-history

Provides great mulitple choice questions for each time period and an explanation of each correct answer. Catch is that you have to pay for full access, but many materials are available free of charge!

Crash Course World History with John Green

If you go to YouTube and search for Crash Course World History, he has videos on almost every topic we have covered. This is a great way to get a quick refresher on information you  may have forgotten.

Other Review Videos
History of Japan- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHhPiVRZYYE
Chinese Dynasties Song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJis9TSw1rE
History of the Entire World I Guess- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzAOhyOtfqc (you can start around 4:25 if you only want the history our course covers)

Technology Education and Reference Center (TERC)
How to get there:
1. http://cywoods.cfisd.net
2. Parents and Students
3. Library Resources
4. Under Test Prep – click on TERC (Testing and Education Reference Center) link

Password: lonestar

Click on High School Tools for Academic Skills Question Banks, AP Tests, GED, and STAAR.

You will need to register because that is the only way to show test scores and progress each time taking a test or course. You must SAVE your work as you go – do not click SCORE until you are finished with test.

An email isn’t required, but know that if you don’t enter an email, then you won’t be able to get username or password help if you forget either of those. This is also the only way to be shown your test scores and track your progress.

Kahoot Reviews

If you wanted to replay any of the Kahoots from class, here are the links. You will most likely need to create and be logged into a Kahoot account to access them.

https://create.kahoot.it/details/ap-world-history-period-4/36782484-5210-48a7-9496-2e36e37c1e6c (Period 4)

https://create.kahoot.it/details/ap-world-history-600-1450-ce-part-i-islam-asia-and-mongols/9485295c-8edd-434e-b5dd-e717b5591484 (Period 3)

https://create.kahoot.it/details/ap-world-period-3-review/9e7ed356-287c-4fa1-a279-188a74ab8a7a  (Period 3)

https://create.kahoot.it/details/ap-world-history-period-2/336ef297-8825-4b2c-a456-40abe7d3021c (Period 2)

Online Multiple Choice for May 3-4

On Thursday and Friday in the lab, we will be doing a practice multiple choice online using the link below:

http://barronsbooks.com/ap/worldhist/index.html

You will need to take the test in "practice mode," allowing you to take notes and check your answers as you go. You should read the question and answer by clicking on the choice you think is best. Record you answer on a sheet of notebook paper. Then, you can click "show answer" at the bottom to see if you are right and read the explanation. Take notes over the explanation and use this as a content review and a practice test. You will turn in your answers and your explanations. Your grade will be based off of your effort, not your accuracy. 

At the end of class on Thursday, you will need to write down the number you left off on. On Friday, you will reopen the test, but you will click on the button on the bottom left that says "Jump to Question" and pick the one you left off with on Thursday. Then, you will continue taking the test. If you finish early, please note that there is writing practice included in this online test as well. You could work on that if you finish early.

Zero Hour Links

While it is not absolutely essential for you to finish watching this video if you were absent, we know some of you were interested in seeing the part you  missed, so here are the links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpfG4Y5SiNk (part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A89dxJ8Mh-A (part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63JzyhVS9qs (part 3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1zFc9XsR4Y (part 4)

Culture Poster Instructions

If you are absent for our 4/18 work day, please use the instructions below to complete your culture poster and turn it into your teacher by 4/20.

You will be creating a poster/visual for a certain aspect of modern culture that you think is particularly influential. It can be a genre of music, specific band, movie, character, idea, television show, religion, etc. 

You must include the following in your poster:

Identify the product/idea/person that you think is influential 

Visual image of the product

**Long-term impact of the product/idea-how has it impacted modern culture to a great extent??** (2-3 sentences)

**Thesis statement in “although format” (can compare to other social/cultural ideas OR bring in political, economic, technological etc. ideas)**