DIRECTIONS – Take notes! Do not rush through the 5 steps below!
1. Know what is your AP focus (objective). Go to your Unit Guide For APWH – p. 165. Review Using the Unit Guide.
2. TIME MAP
World snapshot in the year 2005 CE
The USA as the world’s leading power. This is a brief period of global economic growth and the spread of democracy. Grave new anxieties are emerging, however.
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- National Geographic – Interactive Mapping
- COUNTRY SIZE COMPARISON
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ASSIGNED TEXTBOOK READING – THE LAST CHAPTER of the YEAR!
- Read Ch 20 – Focus on p. 590- 596
- Use the following resource: Textbook Reading Guidelines
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| Video | Content | Historical Thinking Skills |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Video | examine how arts and culture became more globalized in the 20th century | 4B – contextualization |
| 2nd Video | practice identifying and explaining the context of globalized culture | 4B – contextualization |
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In tIn this video Heimler takes you through Unit 9 Topic 6 of the AP U.S. History curriculum which is set in period 6 (1900-present).
As globalization took hold in the 20th century, cultural diffusion occurred at speeds unheard of prior to this phenomenon. Hollywood produced movies freighted with American cultural values and sent them all over the world (Americanization). India has done the same thing with its Bollywood films. Also music has found its way throughout the world in forms like reggae and K-Pop.
New technologies like social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc) have created the occasion for individual expression and cultural diffusion on a worldwide scale..
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