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the AP World History curricular components, including: § Sequence of units, along with approximate weighting and suggested pacing. Please note, pacing is based on 45-minute class periods, meeting five days each week for a full academic year. § Progression of topics within each unit. § Spiraling of the themes and historical thinking skills
learning objectives, key concepts, and exam design for the AP World History course, with the expectation that each individual district and teacher will create a complete AP World History curriculum for their students.
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The AP World History: Modern framework included in the course and exam description outlines distinct skills that students should practice throughout the year—skills that will help them learn to think and act like historians.
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- How the AP Program Is Developed
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- UNIT GUIDES
- PERSONAL PROGRESS CHECKS
- PROGRESS DASHBOARD
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- Instructional Model
- Plan
- Teach
- Assess
- College Course Equivalent
- Prerequisites
- Overview
- 1 HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS AND REASONING PROCESSES
- 2 COURSE CONTENT
- Historical Thinking Skills and Reasoning Processes
- Historical Thinking Skills
- Developments and Processes 1
- Sourcing and Situation 2
- Reasoning Processes
- Course Content
- Themes
- THEME 1: HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (ENV)
- THEME 2: CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS AND INTERACTIONS (CDI)
- THEME 3: GOVERNANCE (GOV)
- THEME 4: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS (ECN)
- THEME 5: SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND ORGANIZATION (SIO)
- THEME 6: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (TEC)
- Spiraling the Themes
- Big Ideas Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4
- 2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World
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College Board strongly encourages educators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been tr...
College Board would like to acknowledge the following committee members, for their assistance with the development of this course. All individuals and their afiliations were current at the time of contribution. Greg Ahlquist, Webster Thomas High School, Webster, NY Rachel Jean-Baptiste, University of California, Davis, CA Tim Keirn, California Stat...
Cheryl Harmon, Senior Director, AP Instructional Design and PD Resource Development Chad Hoge, Director, AP History Content Development Daniel McDonough, Senior Director, AP Content Integration Allison Milverton, Director, AP Curricular Publications Kelly Stromberg, Senior Director, AP History Content Development Allison Thurber, Executive Directo...
In an ongoing efort to maintain alignment with best practices in college-level learning, AP courses and exams emphasize challenging, research-based curricula aligned with higher education expectations. Individual teachers are responsible for designing their own curriculum for AP courses, selecting appropriate college-level readings, assignments, an...
College Board strongly encourages educators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been tr...
The AP Program unequivocally supports the principle that each school implements its own curriculum that will enable students to develop the content understandings and skills described in the course framework. While the unit sequence represented in this publication is optional, the AP Program does have a short list of curricular and resource require...
The scope of content for an AP course and exam is derived from an analysis of hundreds of syllabi and course o erings of colleges and universities. Using this research and data, a committee of college faculty and expert AP teachers work within the scope of the corresponding college course to articulate what students should know and be able to do up...
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AP Classroom is a dedicated online platform designed to support teachers and students throughout their AP experience. The platform provides a variety of powerful resources and tools to provide yearlong support to teachers and enable students to receive meaningful feedback on their progress.
Appearing in this publication and on AP Classroom, these planning guides outline all required course content and skills, organized into commonly taught units. Each unit guide suggests a sequence and pacing of content, scafolds skill instruction across units, and organizes content into topics.
Formative AP questions for every unit provide feedback to students on the areas where they need to focus. Available online, Personal Progress Checks measure knowledge and skills through multiple-choice questions with rationales to explain correct and incorrect answers, and free-response questions with scoring information. Because the Personal Progr...
This dashboard allows teachers to review class and individual student progress throughout the year. Teachers can view class trends and see where students struggle with content and skills that will be assessed on the AP Exam. Students can view their own progress over time to improve their performance before the AP Exam.
In order to teach an AP class and make sure students are registered to take the AP Exam, teachers must first complete the digital activation process. Digital activation gives students and teachers access to resources and gathers students’ exam registration information online, eliminating most of the answer sheet bubbling that has added to testing t...
Integrating AP resources throughout the course can help students develop skills and conceptual understandings. The instructional model outlined below shows possible ways to incorporate AP resources into the classroom.
Teachers may consider the following approaches as they plan their instruction before teaching each unit. Use the Unit at a Glance table to identify related topics that build toward a common understanding, and then plan appropriate pacing for students. Identify useful strategies in the Instructional Approaches section to help teach the concepts and ...
When teaching, supporting resources can be used to build students’ conceptual understanding and their mastery of skills. Use the topic pages in the unit guides to identify the required content. Integrate the content with a skill, considering any appropriate scafolding. Employ any of the instructional strategies previously identified. Use the availa...
Teachers can measure student understanding of the content and skills covered in the unit and provide actionable feedback to students. At the end of each unit, use AP Classroom to assign students the online Personal Progress Checks, as homework or as an in-class task. Provide question-level feedback to students through answer rationales; provide uni...
AP World History: Modern is designed to be the equivalent of an introductory college or university survey of modern world history.
There are no prerequisites for AP World History: Modern. Students should be able to read a college-level textbook and write grammatically correct, complete sentences. THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. AP WORLD HISTORY
This course framework provides a description of what students should know and be able to do to qualify for college credit or placement.
The historical thinking skills and reasoning processes are central to the study and practice of world history. Students should practice and develop these skills and processes on a regular basis over the span of the course.
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
spiral across units. Developments and Processes Sourcing and Situation Claims and Evidence in Sources Contextualization Making Connections Argumentation
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AP ® AP ® World History Course and Exam Description. Effective Fall 2017. AP COURSE AND EXAM DESCRIPTIONS ARE UPDATED PERIODICALLY. Please visit AP Central (apcentral.collegeboard.com) to determine whether a more recent course and exam description PDF is available.
CFR Education offers a range of free resources that can supplement your AP World History curriculum. Browse articles, timelines, videos, and simulations covering developments that have...
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