What are some popular APWH reading assignments?
The Big Daddy of “New World History” books is the classic The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 by Dr. Alfred Crosby. Other popular titles include: Guns, Germs and Steel King Leopold’s Ghost Nectar in a Sieve Salt Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World The World in Six Glasses Things Fall Apart and The World That Trade Created You can look these up at Amazon.com & BN.com. I’m also a fan of Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th Century. PS: If you look up The Columbian Exchange at Amazon.com, you’ll see a sidebar with a helpful list put together by APWH teacher and exam Table Leader Tom Martin of California. 10. How many students took the APWH exam in 2009? Almost 145,000. In 2002, the number was 22,000. World History is the fastest-growing AP exam in the College Board’s history. 11. Should I become an APWH essay reader? YES. 12. Why? You will have the greatest experience of your professional career. (That’s not jus
The Big Daddy of “New World History” books is the classic The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 by Dr. Alfred Crosby. Other popular titles include: Guns, Germs and Steel King Leopold’s Ghost Nectar in a Sieve Salt Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World A History of the World in Six Glasses Tastes of Paradise Things Fall Apart and The World That Trade Created You can look these up at Amazon.com & BN.com. PS: If you look up The Columbian Exchange at Amazon.com, you’ll see a sidebar with a helpful list put together by Tom Martin. 10. How many students took the APWH exam in 2010? 168,000. In 2002, the first year of the exam, the number was 22,000. In 2009, the number was 145,000. World History is the fastest-growing AP exam in the College Board’s history. 11. Should I become an APWH essay reader? YES. 12. Why? You will have the greatest experience of your professional career. (That’s not just me talking; former Chief Reader Ken Curtis of the Univ
