Course Expectations & Description
AP World History is the next level AP course. As a student you will need to spend at least 1 hour everyday reading the textbook. Students will look at important events, individuals, and developments in the 6 historical periods provided by the College Board. When ever you read a chapter, you will need to compare each civilization to the 5 Themes as well as the Key Concepts.
Themes
Theme 1: Interactions Between Humans and the Environment
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures
Theme 3: State Building, Expansion and Conflict
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
Theme 5: Development and Transitions of Social Structures
Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures
Theme 3: State Building, Expansion and Conflict
Theme 4: Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
Theme 5: Development and Transitions of Social Structures
Periodization
Period 1: Foundations (8000 BCE to 600 BCE): Technological and Environmental Transformations
Period 2: Classical (600 BCE-600 CE): Development of Civilizations into Modern Societies
Period 3: Post Classical (600 CE-1450 CE): Transregional and Regional Interactions
Period 4: Early Modern (1450 CE-1750 CE): Global Interactions
Period 5: Modern (1750 CE-1900 CE): Industrialization and Global Integration
Period 6: Contemporary (1900 CE-Present): Global Changes
Exam Content
Multiple Choice: Students are given 55 minutes to answer 55 questions that can contain historical texts, images, graphs, and maps. (40% of total score)
SAQ: Students are given 40 minutes to answer 3 short answer questions by analyzing historical sources and graphs or maps. Students are required to answer two questions on periods 3-6, but can choose between periods 1-3 or 4-6 for the last question. (20% of total score)
Document Based Question: Students are given 60 minutes to read a document that focuses on periods 3-6 and develop an argument that supports their analysis of the evidence provided. (25% of total score)
Long Essay: Students are given 40 minutes to explain significant issues in world history from different periodizations and develop and argument to support their analysis. Students may choose to focus on either periods 1-2, periods 3-4, or periods 5-6. (15% of total score)
Historical Thinking Skills
Causation: Students must identify and analyze the relationships between different historical causes and effects throughout the time periods.
Comparison: Students must identify and compare different aspects and societies between the same regions in different time periods or different regions within the same time period. Possible comparisons may include geography, politics, interactions, religion, art and science, technology, economics, and social structures.
Continuity and Change over Time: Students must identify and analyze the important events during different time periods and how they affected history in relation to the themes of world history.
Comparison: Students must identify and compare different aspects and societies between the same regions in different time periods or different regions within the same time period. Possible comparisons may include geography, politics, interactions, religion, art and science, technology, economics, and social structures.
Continuity and Change over Time: Students must identify and analyze the important events during different time periods and how they affected history in relation to the themes of world history.