04067 AP World History: Modern

History & Social StudiesHigh School (9–12)Advanced Placement

This course is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester introductory college or university world history course in which students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in six historical periods, from approximately 8,000 B.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.

This course aligns with the College Board’s learning goals for AP World History: Modern.

Prerequisites

World History & Geography to 1500 A.D. (strongly recommended)

Course Texts and Materials

Required

  • World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Edition, 7th Edition
    Publisher: Pearson Education
    ISBN: 9780133447705

Optional

  • An AP exam study guide (e.g., 5 Steps to a 5, Barron’s, Kaplan’s)

 

Important Considerations for the Content of This Course’s Instructional Materials

Terms Offered

  • Full Year

Credits

  • 1 Credit