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RecommendedAPWorldHistory

Websites,Textbooks,Videos,&Misc.Resources
CollegeBoardWebsites
1.

APCentral(College Board) - All official news re: AP (all


subjectsfile://localhost/) http/::apcentral.collegeboard.com:

2.

APWorldHistoryHomePage- Everything official from the CB


re: APWH
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corn
er/4484.html

3.

APWHCourseDescription(the Acorn Book) Official manual


for APWH, updated every 2 years
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-worldhistory-course-description.pdf

4.

APWHTeachersGuide,edited by Sharon Cohen


http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/repository/ap07_w
orldhist_teachersguide.pdf

5.

APWH Exam Page - Info re: APWH exams, essay questions,


sample essays, Reader feedback, etc.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_questi
ons/2090.html

6.

APWH Listserv (e-mail Discussion Group)


http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/homepage/7173.html

7.

AP Reader Application - THEbest professional development


available. (and you get paid, too!)
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/homepage/4137.html

8.

AP Credit Policy (which colleges accept which AP grades?)


http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/apcreditpolicy/index.jsp

2012&Beyond(CourseRedesign)
9.

2012andBeyond(Home Page) http://www.hostcollegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/subject_specific_world_histor


y.htm
10. Curriculum Framework
http://www.hostcollegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/pdf/AP_World_HistoryCCFra
mework.pdf
11. Summary of the Changes and the Components of the World
History Curriculum Framework
http://www.host
collegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/subject_specific_world_history_summary_componn
ts.htm

12. Video interviews re: course redesign rationale, curriculum


framework & classroom instruction.
http://www.host
collegeboard.com/ap/coursechanges/subject_specific_world_histor
y_video.html

Textbooks
13. Bentley&Ziegler,Traditions&Encounters,4th Ed.
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073406937/information_center_view0/
14. Bentley,Ziegler,&Streets,Traditions&Encounters,Brief
Edition,2nd Ed..
http://catalogs.mhhe.com/mhhe/viewProductDetails.do?
isbn=0073385514
15. Bulliet,et al TheEarth&ItsPeoples,Note: Published by
Cengage, the HS AP editions are on the HoughtonMifflin/Harcourt website.4th AP Edition at
http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/detail.htm?
ID=1007200000068357ISBN: 978-0-618-77148-6 Do NOT order
the regular college 4th Edition.
5th AP Edition http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/detail.htm?
ID=1007500000077822 ISBN: 978-1-439-08608-7 Do NOT order
the regular college 5th Edition.
Pronunciation Guide
http://college.cengage.com/site_engine/#0840059582/audio_pro/1:
shell16. Christian,ThisFleetingWorld1st Ed. (Intro to Big
History, good Summer Reading assignment)
http://www.berkshirepublishing.com/brw/product.asp?
projID=2008
17. FernandezArmesto,TheWorld,2nd Ed.
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/armesto2e/
18. Hansen and Curtis, Voyages in World History, 1st Ed.
http://www.cengage.com/history/hansen/voyages1e.

19. Lockard,Societies,Networks,andTransitions:AGlobal
History,2nd Ed http://academic.cengage.com/cengage/instructor.do?
disciplinenumber=21&product_isbn=9781439085202&courseid=HI02&c
odeid=5F8A&sortByShow=all&sortBy=copyrightY
ear&instructorFlag=true&newProducts=false&codeFlag=false

20. Spodek,TheWorldsHistory,4th Ed.


http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?
isbn=0131373358
http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?
locator=PSZ6Mo&filter_161=&filter_423=&filter_422=&filter_424=&filter_281=
&filter_425=&programFilterTypeList=161%2C423%2C422%2C424%2C281%2C425&
PMDbSiteid=2781&PMDbSolutioni
d=6724&PMDbSubSolutionid=&PMDbCategoryid=811&PMDbSubcategoryid=23497&
&PMDbProgramID=67042

4th college/non-AP (but website contains links to ancillaries)


http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?
isbn=020570839020. Stearns,et al, WorldCivilizations,6th AP
Ed. http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?
isbn=01313602056th college/non-AP (but website contains links to
ancillaries)
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?
isbn=020565956X
21. Strayer,WaysoftheWorld,2nd Ed. Has primary sources
embedded into the text.
http://www.bfwpub.com/HIGHSCHOOL/newcatalog.aspx?
disc=HS&course=Social+Studies&isbn=0312644663

TeachersAPWHWebsites
22. JayHarmon
http://harmonhistory.com/apwh.html

23. BillZeiglerhttp://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listworldhibi.html
24. MonicaBondLamberty- former Test Development Committee
Member http://mbondlamberty.googlepages.com/apwhwebsite
http://mbondlamberty.googlepages.com/samplesccotessayquestions
25. Mrs.Huckaby- some good multiple choice questions
http://hhhknights.com/apwh/apwh.htm
26. SuePojer,Chappauqua HS, NYhttp://www.historyteacher.net/
http://www.pptpalooza.net/ 200+ Powerpoints on World History
27. KaraMacsuga,Loxahatchee, FL
http://idisk.mac.com/macsuga-Public?view=web

ProfessionalOrganizationsWebsitesforTeachingAP
WorldHistory
BridgingWorldHistory- excellent lessons for teachers as much as
students. 26 30-minute videos
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/worldhistory/
28. WorldHistoryForUsAll- including History of the World in
7 minutes free downloadable video. Also contains complete
teaching units for all eras of World History. Ross Dunn, et al.
http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/default.htm
29. WorldHistoryConnected(online journal)
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/6.2/ Special issue
for new APWH Teachers.

30. HistoricalThinkingMatters
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/

Great lesson on meta-thinking skills. (Sam Wineburg)


http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/why/
31. NationalCenterforHistoryEducationhttp://www.nche.net
32. WorldHistoryAssociationhttp://www.thewha.org
33. AmericanHistoricalAssociationEssaysonGlobal&
ComparativeHistoryhttp://www.historians.org/pubs/globals.cfm
Great pamphlets designed for teachers.
34. NationalCenterforHistoryintheSchools
http://nchs.ucla.edu/World_units.html
35. InternetHistorySourcebook- Paul Halsall, Fordham Univ.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
36. WorldHistoryMattershttp://worldhistorymatters.org/
37. WorldHistoryNetworkhttp://www.worldhistorynetwork.org/
38. TheChoicesProgram
39. Gapminderhttp://www.gapminder.org/Amazing Software that
can analyze current world demographics. Great for students
studying the contemporary world.
40. Poodwaddlehttp://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

Videos&DVDs
41. 1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredAmerica,2-hr dvd. PBS
presentation and critical examination of Gavin Menzies
controversial theory that Zheng Hes fleets sailed to the Americas
and even circumnavigated the world. Great lesson for
historiography
http://www.amazon.com/1421-Year-China-Discovered-

America/dp/B0002IQNF6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U
TF8&s=dvd&qid=1246063672&sr=8-1
42. The50YearsWar,2000 dvd. Palestine/Israel.
http://www.amazon.com/50-Years-War-IsraelArabs/dp/B00004TX2W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dv
d&qid=1246064198&sr=1-4
43. BloodandOil:TheMiddleEastinWorldWarI,
http://www.amazon.com/BloodOilMiddleEast
World/dp/B000HEWH3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s
=dvd&qid=1246048726&sr=11
44. China:ACenturyofRevolution,3 dvds, 1911-49, 1949-76,
1976-presentfile://localhost/. http/::www.amazon.com:ChinaCentury-Revolution-ThreeDisc:dp:B000Q7ZOLC:ref=sr_1_2%3Fie=U
TF8&s=dvd&qid=1246048320&sr=1-2
45. ChinaRises:BehindtheGreatWall,story of contemporary
Chinas economic rise http://www.amazon.com/China-RisesBehind-Great-Wall/dp/B0017VG5ZK/ref=pd_sim_d_5
46. Connections,by James Burke. An alternative view of history.
http://www.amazon.com/Connections-1-JamesBurke/dp/B000NJVY3U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=d
vd&qid=1246048926&sr=1-1
47. TheCrusades,3 DVDs by Terry Jones (of Monty Python)
http://www.amazon.com/Crusades-TerryJones/dp/B00005U8F3/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=
1246048199&sr=8-2

48. Islam:EmpireofFaith,PBS 3-hours on 2 dvds.


http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_d_0_8?url=searchalias=dvd&field-keywords=islam+empi
re+of+faith&x=0&y=0&sprefix=islam%3A+e
49. ToLive,Historical fiction tracing family from Communist
Revolution through Cultural Rev. http://www.amazon.com/LiveYou-Ge/dp/B00005JM6H/ref=pd_sim_d_4
50. LostCivilizations,Time/Life DVDs, Mesopotamia, Egypt,
Aegean, Greece, China, Rome, Maya,
Inca, Africa (Great Zimbabwe), Tibet.
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Lifes-Lost-CivilizationsDVDs/dp/B00006L942/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=12460479 73&sr=8-1

51. Millenium,CNN. 10 VHS-only episodes, each showing 1


century w/ 5-10 minutes from various places around the world.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias=vhs&fieldkeywords=cnn+millenium&x=16&y=19

52. The History of the World in Two Hours


http://www.amazon.com/History-World-TwoHours/dp/B005TK6QZ4

53. TheRoadto9/11,dvd. Places Al Qaedas attacks in the larger


context from WWI to post-Cold War
http://www.amazon.com/Road-9-11-SabinStreeter/dp/B000GDH8JM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
&qid=1246063783&sr=1-1

54. StoryoftheWeepingCamel,(also Legend of the Weeping


Camel) Documentary of Mongol family
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Weeping-Camel-JanchivAyurzana/dp/B0006FFRB6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=
UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246049444&sr=1-1
56. TriumphoftheWill,dvd. 1935 propaganda documentary of
annual Nazi party meeting. http://www.amazon.com/TriumphWill-Special-Adolf-Hitler/dp/B00004WLXZ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF
8&s=dvd&qid=1246065444&sr=1-258. TheWorldatWar,BBCproduced documentary, 1973. 5 dvds, 26 Hours, Laurence Olivier
http://www.amazon.com/World-At-War-CompleteSet/dp/B00005NOOH/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=
dvd&qid=1246048820&sr=1-4

APWHExamReviewBooks
57. CrackingtheAPWorldHistoryExam,PrincetonReviewsby
Monty Armstrong, et al. http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-WorldHistory-Exam-College/dp/0375428526/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?i
e=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214501662&sr=1-1
58.5 AP* World History Crash Course, REA, by Jay Harmon
http://www.rea.com/crashcourse
59. 5Stepstoa5,APWorldHistory,McGraw-Hill, by Peggy
Martin http://www.amazon.com/History-2008-2009-AdvancedPlacement-Examinations/dp/007149796X/re f=pd_bbs_sr_1?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214501521&sr=8-161.
60. APAchiever,WorldHistory,McGraw Hill, by Bill Strickland,
$22.50 list price, $18 for schools.
Specifically keyed to Bentleys Traditions&Encounters4th Ed.
ISBN13: 978-0-07-724300-5 ISBN10: 0-07-724300-5

Call McGraw-Hill directly at (800) 334-7344 to order. Not in


Amazon.com database.
http://www.glencoe.com/catalog/index.php/component?
isbn=0077243005&c=1657&s=10115&p=5053&t=2&v

Amazon doeshave the AP Achiever keyed to Traditions&


Encounters3rd Ed. by Dixie Grupe and Sigrid Reynolds at
http://www.amazon.com/Achiever-Advanced-PlacementPreparation-History/dp/0073292117/ref=sr _1_1?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246059164&sr=1-1
61. BarronsAPWorldHistory,by John McCannon
http://www.amazon.com/Barrons-History-Advanced-PlacementExamination/dp/0764138227/ref=pd_sim_b_2
62. KaplansAPWorldHistory2010,by Patrick Whelan &
Jennifer Laden
http://store.kaptest.com/catalog/templates/product.jhtml;jsessionid
=OO4A0JWWZBJK3LA3AQJHBOFMDUCBG2HB?PRO
DID=kprod9781419553387&CA
TID=T00070005&disp=AP&rcid=T00070000
Also at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-AP-WorldHistory-2010/dp/1419553380

BooksforWorldHistoryTeachers
64. TeachersManualforTraditions&Encounters.While this is
correlated for Bentley & Zieglers textbook, its applicable for all
teachers using any textbook. Note: be sure to get the 3rd edition
edited by Ane Lintvedt. ISBN: 978-0-07-325674-0Amazon: $22.95
Glencoe (McGraw-Hill) $30.00

65. TeachingWorldHistoryinthe21stCentury:AResource
Book,Heidi Roupp, Editor http://www.amazon.com/TeachingWorld-History-Twenty-First Century/dp/0765617153/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid =1278033735&sr=1-1
66. The Human Web: A Birds Eye View of the World. McNeill
and McNeill. http://www.amazon.com/Human-Web-Birds-EyeWorld History/dp/0393925684/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222040&sr=11&keywords=The+Human+Web
67. Experiencing World History. Adams, Langer Etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Experiencing-World-History-VauthierAdams/dp/0814706916/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222156&sr=11&keywords=experiencing+world+history
68. World History: the basics. Peter Stearns
http://www.amazon.com/World-History-Peter-NStearns/dp/041558275X/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222579&sr=11&keywords=World+History+the+basics
69. AP* World History: An Essential Coursebook. Ethel Wood
Woodyard Publications. 2nd. Ed. http://www.amazon.com/APWorld-History EssentialCoursebook/dp/0983176620/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343222684&sr=11&keywords=ap+world+history+an+essential+coursebook+2nd+e
dition

LessonJamboreeCDand/orDVD
Send $10 and a lesson of your own. Receive a CD w/ 100s of other
APWH Teachers lessons.
70. Heidi Roupp HeidiRoupp@aol.com Lesson JamboreeBox 816
Aspen, CO 81615

Compiled by Bill Strickland and Steve Cox

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