AP World History Summer Assignment Theme Chart, 2009-2010
Directions: Select FIVE specific things from each section of the book for each of the five (5) AP themes to complete the chart below.
Prequel: Beginnings: Acceleration: Our World:
Before the Beginning The Era of Foragers The Agrarian Era The Modern Era
THEME #1: Human- 1. 1. 1. 1.
Environment Interaction
• Demography & Disease 2. 2. 2. 2.
• Migration
• Patterns of Settlement 3. 3. 3. 3.
• Technology
4. 4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5. 5.
THEME#2: Development & 1. 1. 1. 1.
Interaction of Cultures
• Religions 2. 2. 2. 2.
• Belief Systems
• Philosophies 3. 3. 3. 3.
• Ideologies
• Science 4. 4. 4. 4.
• Arts & Literature
• Architecture 5. 5. 5. 5.
THEME #3: State-Building, 1. 1. 1. 1.
Expansion & Conflict
• Political Structures 2. 2. 2. 2.
• Forms of Governance
• Empires 3. 3. 3. 3.
• Nations & Nationalism
• Revolts & Revolutions 4. 4. 4. 4.
• Regional, Transregional &
Global 5. 5. 5. 5.
Structures/Organizations
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Prequel: Beginnings: Acceleration: Our World:
Before the Beginning The Era of Foragers The Agrarian Era The Modern Era
THEME #4: Creation, 1. 1. 1. 1.
Expansion & Interaction of
Economic Systems 2. 2. 2. 2.
• Pastoral Production
• Agricultural Production 3. 3. 3. 3.
• Trade & Commerce
• Labor Systems 4. 4. 4. 4.
• Industrialization
• Capitalism 5. 5. 5. 5.
• Socialism
THEME #5: Development & 1. 1. 1. 1.
Transformation of Social
Structures 2. 2. 2. 2.
• Gender Roles &
Relationships 3. 3. 3. 3.
• Family & Kinships
• Racial & Ethnic 4. 4. 4. 4.
Constructions
• Social & Economic Classes 5. 5. 5. 5.
TURN OVER