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​AP World History: Modern is an introductory college-level survey of modern world history. It investigates significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1200 to the present.

The course focuses on cultural developments, political and economic systems, social interactions, technological innovation, and people and their environments.

Students develop and use skills used by historians, analyze sources, build arguments, make connections, and think about continuity and change over time.  Students should be able to read a college-level textbook and write grammatically correct, complete sentences. 

Course Goals
See here for the major learning objectives of AP World History.

Rules, Grading, Etc.
See here for details about rules, course expectations, and grading policies.

Core Documents
See here for essential course documents.

Links
See here for a list of helpful and/or amusing links.

Texts
We use Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past, 6th Ed., McDougal Littel World History: Patterns of Interaction 2008 Ed. and primary source readings.

Themes
See here for an understanding of the major historical themes of AP World History.

Historical Thinking Skills
See here for an understanding of skills necessary to good historical reasoning.​

College Board AP Exam Information
See here for details about the College Board AP World History Exam.