All About
AP World History Modern
The course description from the College Board:
“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.”
(College Board, AP World History: Modern Course and Exam Description, Fall 2019.)
Additional Course Information
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AP World History is a 9th grade core course or a 12th grade elective
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It is taught as a college-level introductory course to world history, which means that the curriculum, reading difficulty and class behavior norms are what is expected of college freshmen.
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This class is for self-motivated, curious, hard-working students who already have self-discipline.
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Instead of reviewing textbook power points, we spend class time applying what students read in the textbook to class activities. As a result, getting by with what is done in class will not be enough preparation for the course unit tests and College Board AP World History: Modern exam in May.
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Independent study is also required.
Study Tips
1. Don't try to memorize everything:
If you start your AP World History class with the expectation of memorizing the entirety of human history, think again.
Although AP World History tests a wide span of time, you aren't expected to learn every tiny detail along the way; rather, this course focuses on teaching major patterns, key cultural and political developments, and significant technological developments throughout history.
2. Keep up with your reading
When it comes to AP World History, you can't sleep through the class all year, skim a prep book in April, and then expect to get a perfect 5 on the test. You're learning a huge chunk of human history, after all! Trying to cram for this test late in the game is both stressful and inefficient because of the sheer volume of material you have to cover.
3. Time Management
4. Practice speed-writing and HAND WRITING for FRQ
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