Course number: 6639, 6640
Grades: 10
UC/CSU a-g requirement: a
Weighted credit: Yes
Recommended: A or B in 9th grade English class
The purpose of the AP World History course is to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts in different types of human societies. This understanding is advanced through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills. The course highlights the nature of change in global frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. It emphasizes relevant factual knowledge, leading interpretive issues, and skills in analyzing types of historical evidence. Periodization, explicitly discussed, forms an organizing principle to address change and continuity throughout the course. Specific themes provide further organization to the course, along with consistent attention to contacts among societies that form the core of world history as a field of study.
It is recommended that you speak with Ms. Crampton or Mr. Pruden before enrolling in the course. It is also recommended that you visit Mr. Pruden’s web page to read the course syl- labus as well as visit the course homework page to get a better idea of the work involved and pacing of the course. The course involves a summer assignment and covers a chapter per week in the textbook.