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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. 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.
Source: AP Central (College Board)
Source: AP Central (College Board)
Our AP World History class is divided into five (5) units:
There are also pages to help explain the writing formats used in class, and study resources. |
Contact
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Books
The textbook for our course will be Strayer's "Ways of the World".
AMSCO is a supplemental book with condensed information. Students are not required to purchase the text.
Please note, our coursework, quizzes, and exams will be based on assigned readings and videos.
The textbooks are intended as support throughout the year but will not be our primary source of information.
Note: digital copies of both books are available in Schoology.
The textbook for our course will be Strayer's "Ways of the World".
AMSCO is a supplemental book with condensed information. Students are not required to purchase the text.
Please note, our coursework, quizzes, and exams will be based on assigned readings and videos.
The textbooks are intended as support throughout the year but will not be our primary source of information.
Note: digital copies of both books are available in Schoology.
AP Exam
At the end of the AP World History: Modern course, students are expected to take a comprehensive exam on 14 May 2020. The exam consists of multiple-choice questions and three writing portions - short answers, a long essay, and a document-based essay.
The test will last approximately 3-1/2 hours. Scoring is on a 5-point scale; a score of three (3) or higher is considered passing and could earn three (3) college hours of history credit.
At the end of the AP World History: Modern course, students are expected to take a comprehensive exam on 14 May 2020. The exam consists of multiple-choice questions and three writing portions - short answers, a long essay, and a document-based essay.
The test will last approximately 3-1/2 hours. Scoring is on a 5-point scale; a score of three (3) or higher is considered passing and could earn three (3) college hours of history credit.