AP World History
Course Credits: 15
Course Curriculum Used:
Teaching Company video Lecture Series
World History: The Fertile Crescent to The American Revolution
Taught by Linwood Thompson
M.A., Brigham Young University
Deep Roots, Colorful Leaves
By Earlene Davison Giglierano 310 pages
Leaves and Branches
By Earlene Davison Giglierano
Course Description
This course covers the time period from 3500 B.C. to the 1780s. Students will come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance. This course analyzes civilizations, their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. This fast-paced intensive class will include analysis of material through essay questions.
Course Lecture Titles| 1. | Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent |
| 2. | Egypt-The Gift of the Nile |
| 3. | Early India and China |
| 4. | The Ancient Greeks |
| 5. | Ancient Rome |
| 6. | The Growth of Christianity |
| 7. | The Fall of Rome |
| 8. | The Byzantine Empire |
| 9. | The Rise of Islam |
| 10. | Early Russia and the Fall of Constantinople |
| 11. | The Early Christian Church |
| 12. | The Vikings |
| 13. | Medieval Life |
| 14. | The Crusades |
| 15. | The 1300’s, The Age of Despair |
| 16. | The Renaissance |
| 17. | Africa-The Civilizations of the Sub-Sahara |
| 18. | China |
| 19. | The Mongols and Marco Polo |
| 20. | Early Japan through the Tokugawa Period |
| 21. | Discoverers and Conquistadors |
| 22. | North American Explorers |
| 23. | The Old World vs. The New World-Hazards and Benefits |
| 24. | Civilizations of The Americas |
| 25. | The Protestant Reformation |
| 26. | Tudor England |
| 27. | The English Civil War and Parliament |
| 28. | The Monarchs of Europe |
| 29. | The Growth of Democracy |
| 30. | The American Revolution |