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AP World History
Understanding the AP World History Themes
Why ThemesThemes?
• Big world—lots of history
How to make sense of it?
• “Themes”—big ideas-helps organize knowledge
-helps to see continuity/change
-helps to compare & contrast
AP THEMES: S.P.I.C.E.
AP Themes: S.P.I.C.E.Acronym:
Social
Political
Interaction
Culture
Economics
Do Now!For each S.P.I.C.E.
1)Title Slide—BIG IDEA! (left side)
2)Next—Outline (right side)
?s historians ask/examples
On your own practice: Remember to try to summarize in your own words.
Social—Development & Transformation
of Social Structures
SOCIALNotes: How are people GROUPED socially, &
how do these groups relate to each other?
Example: Gender— Roles & relationships
Etruscan (Italy)- 600 BCE Roman (Italy)- 60 CE
CompareSimilar?Different?
SOCIAL
*Example: Family—#, roles, relationships.
Chinese family--1930Chinese family--2011
Continuity/ChangeWhat’s continued?What’s changed?
SOCIAL*Example-Race/Ethnicity
?
What questions might a
Historian ask?
Mexican family-1763Spanish husband
Native American wife
Notes Summary:
Social—in your own words.
Political—
State Building, expansion, & conflicts
POLITICALNotes: How are people GROUPED politically, &
What unites & divides people?
Example: Political structure—who has power?
CompareSimilar?Different?
Egyptian King American president
Political*Example: Empires
The Mongol Empire Over Time
Continuity/ChangeWhat’s continued?What’s changed?
Why?
POLITICAL*Revolt & Revolution—
?
What questions might a
Historian ask?
Liberty Leading the PeopleEugene Delacroix, 1830
Notes Summary: POLITICAL—in your own words.
Interactions—
How People & the Environment Relate
INTERACTIONSNotes: How did environments shape people, &
how do people shape their environments?
Example: Patterns of settlement
CompareSimilar?Different?
Inuit (Canadian) home Bedouin (Arabia) home
Interactions*Example: Technology
Mongolian home-yurt1950s
Continuity/ChangeWhat’s continued?What’s changed?
Mongolian home-yurtToday
Interactions*Demography (study of populations)
?
What questions
might a
Historian ask?
Notes Summary:
Interactions—in your own words.
Cultural—Development & interaction
of cultures
CULTURALNotes: What are the unique & similar beliefs, ideas,
& ways of living between peoples?
Example: Religion
Greek gods & goddesses
Christianity
CompareSimilar?Different?
CULTURAL*Example: Beliefs (about the solar system)
Ptolemy model—160 C.E.
Continuity/ChangeWhat’s continued?What’s changed?
Copernicus model—1543 C.E.
Cultural*Architecture
?
What questions
might a
Historian ask?
Hagia Sophia (Church of Holy Wisdom)
Built by Byzantine (Christian) empire: 537 C.E.
Conquered by Ottoman (Islamic) empire: 1453 C.E.
Notes Summary:
Cultural—in your own words.
Economics-Creation, expansion, &
interactions of economic systems
EconomicsNotes: How do people produce “wealth”, work, & trade
with each other?
Example: Labor systems
CompareSimilar?Different?
Nigerian woman,Cacao (chocolate) harvest
Kenyan woman,Clothing factory
Economics*Example: Agricultural production
Sugar harvest, 1800s
Continuity/ChangeWhat’s continued?What’s changed?
Sugar harvest, today
EconomicsExample: Trade
The “Silk Road”
What questions might a historian ask?
Notes Summary: Economics—in your own words.
Do Now!1st—Write down the S.P.I.C.E. of YOU!
Example: Social
Family of…
Race is…
My social class is…
2nd—Pair & Share!
Write down another’s S.P.I.C.E.
3rd—Compare!
What’s similar/different about the S.P.I.C.E.s