Starting in the FALL of 2019, the College Board decided to split it’s AP WORLD HISTORY course into two separate courses. This page is devoted to the second half: AP WORLD HISTORY: MODERN. Basically, this is part two of World History starting circa (around) 1200 CE. The College Board describes it like this:
“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.”
CLICK HERE FOR MY YOUTUBE PLAYLIST ON THE 5 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE TAKING AP WORLD MODERN.
HOW DOES THE COLLEGE BOARD BREAK DOWN THE NEW AP WORLD COURSE? A: LIKE THIS:
Below are the two maps provided by the College Board to use with the AP World History: Modern course.
The one below shows you the terminology they will use in Multiple Choice, SAQ, LEQ, and DBQs as to where you should focus your attention.
