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AP World History | SOC 710  Department

Prerequisite(s): Teacher recommendation 
Fee(s): AP exam 

Students investigate global societies from 1200 CE to the present, analyzing how trade, empires, colonization, revolutions, and globalization shaped the modern world. They evaluate primary and secondary sources, construct evidence-based arguments, and apply historical understanding to contemporary global issues. 

  • Analyze the trajectory of early networks of exchange into our modern, globalized world 
  • Study revolutions, imperialism, twentieth-century conflict, and decolonization as historical foundations of present-day political and social challenges 
  • Develop historical thinking skills through primary and secondary source analysis, corroboration across multiple sources, and the construction of evidence-based arguments with clear lines of reasoning 
  • Complete sustained historical research, including a formal research paper, that connects historical developments to contemporary world issues 
  • Expect a minimum of 3 hours of homework per week