AP World History: Modern
AP World History: Modern
Course Description
This course looks at the history of the world from the year 1200 to current day. In this course, we look at history of the peoples of the world from the Middle Ages to today. In AP World History you will develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts including interactions over time. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. The course is designed to prepare students for the College Board’s AP World History Exam given in May 2021. Students who pass the exam (score 3,4, or 5) may earn college credits. Most colleges will award three college credits for successfully scoring on those levels on the test (equivalent to World History II- Modern World History).
"In AP World History: Modern, 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."(College Board)
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Course Framework
This course framework provides a description of what students should know and be able to do to qualify for college credit or placement.
The Curse Framework includes two essential components:
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1 Historical Thinking Skills and Reasoning Processes.
The historical thinking skills and reasoning processes are central to the study and practice of world history. Students should practice and develop these skills and processes on a regular basis over the span of the course.
2 Course Content
The course content is organized into commonly taught units of study that provide a suggested sequence for the curse. These units comprise the content and conceptual understanding that colleges and universities typically expect students to master to qualify for college credit and/or placement.This content is grounded in themes which are cross-cutting concepts that build conceptual understanding and spiral throughout the course. (College Board)
Course Themes
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The themes serve as the connective tissue of the course and enable students to create meaningful connections across units. They are often broader ideas that become threads that run throughout the course. Revisiting them and applying them in a variety of contexts helps students to develop deeper conceptual understanding. Below are the themes of the course and a brief description of each. he historical thinking skills and reasoning processes are central to the study and practice of world history. Students should practice and develop these skills and processes on a regular basis over the span of the course. (College Board)
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Test Description
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The AP World History Exam assesses student understanding of the historical thinking skills and learning objectives outlined in the course framework. The exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and students are required to answer 55 multiple-choice questions, 3 short-answer questions, 1 document-based question, and 1 long essay question. The details of the exam, including exam weighting and timing, can be found in the link. (College Board)
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