AP World History

Course Description: AP World History: Modern is an introductory college-level modern world
history course. Students cultivate their understanding of world history from c. 1200 CE to the
present through analyzing historical sources and learning to make connections and craft
historical arguments as they explore concepts like humans and the environment, cultural
developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and
organization, and technology and innovation.

Course Objectives:
1. Developments and Processes: Identify and explain historical developments and processes.
2. Sourcing and Situation: Analyze sourcing and situation of primary and secondary sources.

3. Claims and Evidence in Sources: Analyze arguments in primary and secondary sources.

4.Contextualization: Analyze the contexts of historical events, developments, or

processes.

5.Making Connections: Using historical reasoning processes (comparison, causation, continuity and change), analyze patterns and connections between and among historical developments and processes.

6.Argumentation: Develop an argument.

Major Assignments:

A variety of activities and assignments will be completed throughout the year. Due dates will be
provided as the activities are assigned. Course content will consist of the following:
Description of Assignment Grading Category
Notes & Presentations: Assignments
Weekly Friday Quizzes: Quizzes
Quarterly Test: Tests
Projects: Assignments
Primary Source Analyzation Assignments
College Board Online Assignments: Informal Assessment
Bell Ringers: Informal Assessment