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INTRODUCTION
In AP World History: Modern (aka AP World), students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1200 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 connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course provides six themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: humans and the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, and technology and innovation.
COURSE PATHWAY
There are no pre-requisites for taking this course. This class counts as a substitute for the World History credit, meaning you do not have to take normal World History if you pass this course. Typically, most students in this class are Freshmen, but any grade level is allowed to take this class.
COURSE BREAKDOWN
AP World History Units.pdf
The AP History courses that College Board offers are among the most complex in terms of how they were constructed.
AP World History consists of 9 different units that are ordered in chronological order from the year 1200 to the present day. It is important to note that AP World specifically focuses on MODERN history, not ancient history. However, some teachers may assign work from before the start of Modern History in order to strengthen the knowledge of students.
To the left, you can access a more in-depth overview of the AP World History units and topics.
Each unit in AP World is weighted differently on the AP Exam, as shown on the left. Additionally, units are grouped together by time period, of which there are 4.
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-present
Students will be required to understand the differences between the time periods and identify which time periods certain topics fall under.
Additionally, AP World History contains 6 Themes of History that are important to distinguish. The Themes of History are 6 major ideas that are taught in AP World and run through all the units. The themes are shown on the right.
Each topic you learn in AP World specifically falls under one or more of these themes. Pay close attention to how these themes change or develop throughout your journey in AP World History.
If you are taking notes or reading textbook pages, it is highly recommended that you organize your notes based on the 6 Themes of History.
Finally, AP World History requires you to master three reasoning skills on your exam: Comparison, Causation, and Continuity & Change.
EVERY single essay prompt in AP World History will require you to apply one of the three historical reasoning skills.
EXAM OVERVIEW
SECTION I - MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS [40% of Exam]
There are 55 multiple choice questions in the first section of the exam.
The questions will test your skills in analyzing primary sources, secondary sources, and general historical knowledge, specifically relating to the 6 Themes of History.
You will have 55 minutes to complete this section of the exam. That is ONE MINUTE PER QUESTION!
SECTION II - SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS [20% of Exam]
In this section, you will be given four short answer prompts in which you will have to write a short response to answer. Each SAQ has three parts you have to answer, meaning there are 9 questions in total.
SAQ 1: Primary Source
SAQ 2: Secondary Source
SAQ 3/4: Pure Knowledge
It is important to know that you get to CHOOSE between SAQ 3 and SAQ 4. You only choose one of the two to answer!
SECTION III - DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION [25% of Exam]
In this section, you will be given 7 Historical Documents and one essay prompt. Your job is to use information from the 7 documents to create an essay that answers the essay prompt. This is often regarded as the most difficult part of the exam, so it is important that students have plenty of practice writing DBQs beforehand.
SECTION IV - LONG ESSAY QUESTION [15% of Exam]
In this section, you will be given 3 essay prompts and you will choose ONE of the prompts to create an essay about. You will given no information or stimuli to help you on this section, meaning all the evidence you use has to come directly from your brain. To compensate, the LEQ prompts are typically not very difficult.
SUMMER ASSIGNMENT
Below is a link to the AP World History Summer Assignment. This is REQUIRED and must be completed by August 30th and you will be given a test on September 1st. Please reach out to Alecia Bryant if you have any questions.
AP World History Summer Assignment 2023-2024 (1).pdfREVIEW MATERIALS
Below, you can access review videos from the legendary Mr. Heimler for AP World History!
Unit 1 REVIEW
Unit 1 REVIEW
The Global Tapestry
UNIT 2 REVIEW
UNIT 2 REVIEW
Networks of Exchange
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