According to the College Board's Course and Exam Description, "A fitting test of overall student understanding could be to ask students to identify the most significant developments within each theme as it applies to each period of the course" (p. 106). With that in mind, the following activity uses digital timelines to review thematic content across the six time periods of the course. It is intended as a review, not as an exhaustive encyclopedia of content. Each theme is broken down into a few salient topics to better focus the review. To get the most out of this, you should download and complete the Graphic Organizer for each timeline and then test your knowledge with the online quiz. Each timeline has links to enrichment materials. 

Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and the Environment 
Migrations Graphic Organizer Digital Timeline Review Quiz
Tools, Disease, and the Environment Graphic Organizer Digital Timeline Review Quiz

 

 

   
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures 
Belief Systems  Graphic Organizer  Digital Timeline  Review Quiz  
Cultural Exchanges and Syncretism  Graphic Organizer  Digital Timeline  Review Quiz  

 

 

   
Theme 3: State Building, Expansion and Conflict 
Political Forms and State-Building  Graphic Organizer Digital Timeline Review Quiz
Expansion and Political Legitimization  Graphic Organizer Digital Timeline Review Quiz




Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems 
Economic Production and Labor Systems  Graphic Organizer  Digital Timeline  Review Quiz
Networks of Communication and Exchange  Graphic Organizer  Digital Timeline  Review Quiz

 

 

Theme 5: Development and Transformation of Social Structures 
Social Structures and Transformations  Graphic Organizer  Digital Timeline Review Quiz
Gender Structures  Graphic Organizer  Digital Timeline Review Quiz