AP® World History A

AP World History A is an introductory college-level modern world history course. Students will cultivate their understanding of world history from c. 1200 CE to 1900 CE through analyzing historical sources and learning to make connections and craft historical arguments as they explore concepts like humans and the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, and technology and innovation.

Upon completing this course you will be able to:

• analyze primary and secondary sources
• develop historical arguments
• make historical connections
• utilize reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time

Textbook

• 1200 Update-Ways of the World with Sources: For the AP Modern Course (4th Ed., 2020)
  
  BFW High School Publishers
  
  ISBN-13: 9781319236571
  
  ISBN-10: 131923657X
  
   

Other Materials

• Interactive Notebook – In the form of a small composition notebook, a spiral notebook, or loose-leaf paper kept in a binder.
• Pencil or Pen – In order to do well in the course, you must take notes and complete the graphic organizers that are presented to you
• Internet Access

Each semester contains 5 units and one final exam.

Each Unit contains:

• 4-7 lessons. Each lesson includes some or all of the following components: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate.
• Practice quizzes to help you check your own understanding of the material covered in each lesson. You must complete these assessments in order to advance in the course.
• 3 -4 graded assignments

The final examination is comprehensive; it covers the material from all 5 units. To pass the course, you must receive a grade of 70 percent or better. You can apply to take the Final Exam after 100 percent of your graded assignments have been submitted, and at least 70 percent have been graded and returned to you.

Format: Multiple-choice and essay, online

Time Allowed: 3 hours

Materials Allowed: Pen/Pencil

Unit 1: The Global Tapestry

Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

Unit 3: Land-Based Empires

Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections

Unit 5: Revolutions