How to Read the APWH book

Understand how the book is organized

• Periodization pages• Bentley’s periods differ from those the College Board uses• Explain the major features of that time period

• Units of about 6 chapters that cover major regions for that time period• Each chapter covers one region or two, sometimes it is a “sum it all up for

the time period” chapter• -Each chapter starts with a vignette and picture to hook you or get your curious• Blue headings and Read Subheadings• Marginal Notes• Maps, Primary Source documents, Art, Architecture• Summary at the End (not great, do not copy instead make a summary using

parts PERSIAN)• Concludes with Chronology (helpful when making a timeline)

Hanumanasana

• Can’t do Hanumanasa right away! Need to warm-up…my point?• DON’T IGNORE THE PRE-READING!

Approach to Reading

• Pre-reading• WARMUP!!! Only 5-15 minutes• Skim pictures, headings, marginal notes, etc. turn into questions

• Who, what, when, where, how; compare/contract

• During Reading• FIRST READING NO NOTES! JUST get a sense for what’s important• SECOND READING: Annotate (names, dates, PERSIAN, diffusion, Common

Phenomenon, syncretism, similarities/differences between regions)• OUTLINE STYLE• About 2 pages of notes (front and back); 4 pages total

• Post Reading• Write a summary using parts PERSIAN• Create “Doing World Questions”• Write thesis statements (I will teach you that later….)• Take online quiz!!!

Outline Style

I. BLUE HEADINGS in ROMAN NUMERALSA.RED HEADINGS get a #

• Everything else just gets a bullet• Do not write in full sentences• Continue to be indented (don’t go back to

the red line)

Summary

• Indent!• Use PARTS PERSIAN and write some sentences

about these parts• ONLY WRITE the most important info• About 10 sentences

Doing World History Questions• Cornell Style ( ? On left and answer on right)• In page 8 of your toolkit!• Big Picture• Compare/Contrast• Diffusion• Syncretism• Common Phenomenon

Big Picture

• Timeline! • Five events, one must be a band• Answers a question

Compare/Contrast

• Must show BOTH a similarity AND Difference

Diffusion

• What is spreading• Can draw arrows• Really good to do with economic, disease,

technology, language

Syncretism

• What is mixing/blending?• Can be drawn

Common Phenomenon

• What is happening in two different places at the same time INDEPENDENTLY of the other place

• Agriculture being invented in various river valley civilizations• Iron metallurgy being discovered at around the

same time in Southwest Asia and Africa

STUDY!

• After all your notes are done, study for the test!• Reread your lecture notes• Ask more questions of the marginal notes• Take the online quiz

Next steps

• Friday night: pre-reading• Saturday morning: 1st read• Sunday: Re-read and take notes• When reading Chapter 5:• X pronounced “Sh”

• Xia “Shia”• Zh pronounced “Joh”

• Zhou “Joh”• Q pronounced “Ch”

• Qin “Chin”