AP World History: Modern

AP World History: Modern is modeled after a college-level world history course consisting of topics commonly taught at the college level and that will be found on the AP World History: Modern test. AP World History: Modern comprises two separate courses, semester 1, which covers the time period between 1200 and 1750, and semester 2 which covers the time period between 1750 and present. In each course, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes. Students develop and use skills, practices, and methods such as: 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 explores six themes that are woven throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: humans and the environment (ENV), cultural developments and interactions (CDI), governance (GOV), economic systems (ECN), social interactions and organization (SIO), and technology and innovation (TEC).

RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITE: None

Basic and On Demand are always open for registration.

Plus courses are created upon request.

SEMESTER 1

Unit 1: Global Tapestry c.1200 - c.1450

Developments in East Asia
The Rise of Islam
Developments in South and Southeast Asia
State Building in the Americas
Post-classical East, Southeast Asia, and Africa
Developments in Europe

Unit 2: Networks of Exchange c. 1200 - c. 1450

Technology, Trade & Communication
Cultural Transfer through Empire Building and Trade
Networks of Exchange in Africa-Eurasia

Unit 3: Land-Based Empires c. 1450 - c. 1750

Empire Expansion in Asia and Middle East
Europe 1450-1750

Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections c. 1450 - c. 1750

Innovations and Exchange
Maritime Empires
Colonial Settlements

SEMESTER 2

Unit 5: Revolutions c. 1750 to c. 1900

Enlightenment and Political Revolutions
Industrialization and Nation Building
An Interconnected World Market
Changing Political Landscapes

Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization c. 1750 to c. 1900

Ideological Imperialism
Economic Imperialism

Unit 7: Global Conflict c. 1900 to the present

Origins of the First World War
The Course of World War I
A Post-War World
Between Wars
The Course of World War II

Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization c. 1900 to the present

Cold War Origins
Decolonization and Independence Movements
Communism Collapse & End of the Cold War

Unit 9: Globalization c. 1900 to the present

Modern Advances in Technology
Modern Trade and Terrorism
Globalized Culture
Institutions in a Developing World