AP World History Course Description
The AP® World History course is the product of several years of research into current best practices in history education. The program of study contains clear learning objectives for the AP World History course and exam, emphasizing the development of thinking skills used by historians and aligning with contemporary scholarly perspectives on major issues in world history. The course is designed to encourage students to become apprentice historians who are able to use historical facts and evidence to help create deeper conceptual understandings of critical developments in world history.
Download the 2017 College Board course description here:
Helpful Tools
- AP Scores: How to View Your Scores
- Bridging World History
- Crash Course: World History
- Millennium: A Perspective Series
- MET: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- Cornell: Historical Monographs Collection
- MIT: Visualizing Cultures
- Histography: Interactive Timeline
- Interactive Maps - World History
- Guns, Germs, and Steel
- World History Timeline
- College Credit Policies
- AP World History Pass Calculator
Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations, to c. 600 B.C.E.
Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E.
Period 3: Regional and Interregional Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450
Period 4: Global Interactions, c. 1450 to c. 1750
Period 5: Industrialization and Global Integration, c. 1750 to c. 1900
Period 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, c. 1900 to the Present
Worksheets, Rubrics, and Graphic Organizers
Section Review Notes form
Crash Course extra credit form
Film extra credit form
DBQ Documents: Industrialization in Japan & Russia
SOAPS worksheet
Cornell Notes and SPICE explanation
Historical Examples CHART Period 1
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 1 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 2 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 3 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 4 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 5 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 6 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 7 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 8 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 9 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 10 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 11 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 12 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 13 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 14 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 21 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 22 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 23 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 24 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 25 packet
GUIDED READING Sections Chapter 26 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 27 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 28 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 29 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 30 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 31 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 32 packet
GUIDED READING Focus Questions Chapter 33 packet
Grading Policy
GRADING POLICY: All assignments and assessments are granted a numerical value. The score students receive is based on their accuracy, validity, and clarity of their responses. The cumulative value of all assignments and assessments in any given marking period may vary and the students' grades are determined by the points they've earned over the course of the marking period.
EXTRA CREDIT: Students have the opportunity to complete extra credit assignments. They must view the provided Crash Courses and complete the accompanying form and submit it by or before the due date. Also, they may volunteer to prepare curricular-approved foods (Cooking Up World History) during allotted and approved class time.