AP World History
AP World Key Concept Folders
For AP World History, we created "concept folders," which are basically like mini-poster projects, each one representing a different key concept in world history. These folders were all used to study during our last two weeks before the AP exam, and were very useful. The topics I chose for my concept folders included: Hellenistic Period, Inca Empire, Voltaire, French Revolution & Declaration on the Rights of Man and the Citizen, as well as The Game of Cricket. I found these topics to be particularly interesting because I don't know much about them, and wanted to look further into them. The key concepts for these topics were focused primarily in Units 2, 3, and 4, with some references in 5, of the AP World History textbook.
AP Exam Review - Shower Curtain Project
To study for the AP World History Exam, our class decided to make a creative project called AP Review Shower Curtain. Basically, it is a normal shower curtain that has all of the most pertinent facts to the AP exam on one shower curtain. My shower curtain is split into 10 different sections, the top 4 being different regions of the world, which are enlisted: The Americas & Oceania, West & East Europe (+ Russia), Africa and the Middle East, and Asian Mainland & Island Nations. The middle 4 boxes are central themes of World History, being patterns of land and sea migration, stages of human development, emergence and spread of world religions, and political / economic / technological patterns and ideologies. The bottom two sections are timelines, one being CCOT (Change & Continuity Over Time), and the other being AP World History must-know dates (from 8000 BCE to the Present). This shower curtain was a vital asset to helping me study and prepare diligently for the AP World History exam.
Famous Wo(Men) in World History Project - Bartolomé De Las Casas Essay
In AP World History, for our last project of the year, after the AP Exam, our class did a project called "Famous Wo(Men) In World History." The person I chose was Bartolomé de las Casas. While studying history, I found it fascinating that at such an early time, he rose up against imperialism and racism, and defended the Indians for who they were, actual people, not worthless creatures according to the Spaniards. I believe he greatly represents the cause to lessen discrimination and harsh indentured servitude in colonialism, and without him, slavery and the encomienda system in the Americas might have prevailed for a significantly longer period of time, or still be in existence. I hope you enjoy reading this essay!