• Course Description

    AP World History: Modern is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester introductory college or university world history course. In AP World History: Modern students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in historical periods from approximately 1200 C.E. to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical comparisons; and utilizing reasoning about contextualization, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course provides five themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: interaction between humans and the environment; development and interaction of cultures; state building, expansion, and conflict; creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems; and development and transformation of social structures.

    Grade Level(s): 11th-12th grades

    Curricula for Advanced Placement (AP) courses are created by the American College Board, which offers high level coursework and exams to high school students.  Colleges and universities may grant placement and course credit to students who obtain high scores on examinations.  Curriculum for each subject area is created by a panel of experts and college-level educators in that field of study.  An overview of the AP World History course can be found HERE.  The Course & Exam Description (CED) can be found HERE.  

    Course-Level Scope & Sequence (Units &/or Skills)

    • Unit 1: The Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
    • Unit 5: Revolutions
    • Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization
    • Unit 7: Global Conflict
    • Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization
    • Unit 9: Globalization

    Date Last Revised/Approved: 2020