Strive for a 5 for Ways of the World A Global History with Sources

by Strayer, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9781457628016
• ISBN10: 1457628015
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-07-08
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

The first section of this guide describes the structure and scoring of the AP World History Exam, while also offering tips and strategies on how to prepare for and answer AP-style multiple-choice and free response questions. The second section  provides narrative overviews of the six historical periods from the exam and correlates these periods with the six parts of Ways of the World. Chapter review sections are organized by AP World History course themes and key concepts. The guide also features six AP-style practice tests, each of which includes multiple-choice questions, a document-based essay question, a continuity and change-over-time essay, a comparative essay, and a full answer key.

Author Biography

Robert W. Strayer (PhD, University of Wisconsin) taught African, Soviet, and world history for many years at SUNY College at Brockport, where he received Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998 he was visiting professor of world and Soviet history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. His scholarship includes work in African history (Kenya: Focus on Nationalism, 1975; The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, 1978); Soviet history (Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?,1998;  The Communist Experiment, 2007) and World History (The Making of the Modern World, 1988, 1995; Ways of the World, 2009, 2011). He is a long-time member of the World History Association and served on its Executive Committee.