Emmaus High School Course Description:
Course Number 265: World History, Advanced Placement is a college-level non-western history (from 1200 C.E. to the present) course that relies on college-level texts, primary and secondary sources. This course is broken up into nine time periods with a focus on examining each time period through six themes interwoven throughout human history. Historical, political, social, economic, and religious developments will be covered through historical writing, essays, document based questions and objective evaluations and projects. Attention will be given to prepare students for the World History AP exam.