AP World History Summer Assignments 2019-2020

Hello future AP World History student! I’m so glad that you will be in class with me during the 2019-2020 school year. I hope you are excited too. I’ve prepared a few assignments for you to complete this summer so that you are prepared for the rigor and pace of the AP World History curriculum. All of these assignments will be turned in to me COMPLETE on the first day of school: August 7, 2019. 

Please join the AP World History Remind group. Text @apwh2020 to 81010. You must join this group by May 20th! Be on the lookout for reminders throughout the summer. If you would rather receive emails instead of a text, then visit this website: remind.com/join/apwh2020

Materials you will need to purchase before class begins:

  • A 1.5” or 2” binder (smaller binders will not suffice)
  • 10 dividers

Available in September, this book is REQUIRED for this class:  

  • Available September 1, 2019: The AMSCO World History MODERN 2020
    • Bitly link: https://bit.ly/2l8Q060
    • Important Note: The AP World curriculum is changing for the 2019-2020 school year. You CANNOT use the AMSCO book from previous years. Please ensure that all materials and supplemental study books are updated for 2019-2020 before purchasing.

Here is a summary of the summer assignments:

  1. Autobiographical Long-Essay-Question (LEQ)
  2. Global Religious/Belief Systems Graphic Organizers - You will be quizzed over these belief systems the first week of school. It’s important that you have this complete. 
Use THIS link to help you complete this assignment. 
Also, make use of the following videos for this assignment: 
  1. Read the article
  2. Read over the free-response-question rubrics for class.​
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