Welcome to the AP World History page!
The purpose of the AP World History course is to prepare students to take the national examination in May, while also covering the California World History standards. The course will cover prehistory until the present, specifically focusing on five major themes. In addition, the course will be broken down into five chronological units as follows:
Unit 1: Pre-history - 600 CE
Unit 2: 600 CE - 1450 CE
Unit 3: 1450 CE - 1750 CE
Unit 4: 1750 CE - 1914 CE
Unit 5: 1914 CE - present
The themes include:
I. Interaction between humans and the environment
A. Demography and disease
B. Migration
C. Patterns of Settlement
D. Technology
II. Development and interaction of cultures
A. Religions
B. Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies
C. Science and technology
D. The arts and architecture
III. State-building, expansion and conflict
A. Political structures and forms of governance
B. Empires
C. Nations and nationalism
D. Revolts and revolutions
E. Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations
IV. Creation, expansion and interaction of economic systems
A. Agricultural and pastoral production
B. Trade and commerce
C. Labor systems
D. Industrialization
E. Capitalism and socialism
V. Development and transformation of social structures
A. Gender roles and relations
B. Family and kinship
C. Racial and ethnic constructions
D. Social and economic classes
The purpose of the AP World History course is to prepare students to take the national examination in May, while also covering the California World History standards. The course will cover prehistory until the present, specifically focusing on five major themes. In addition, the course will be broken down into five chronological units as follows:
Unit 1: Pre-history - 600 CE
Unit 2: 600 CE - 1450 CE
Unit 3: 1450 CE - 1750 CE
Unit 4: 1750 CE - 1914 CE
Unit 5: 1914 CE - present
The themes include:
I. Interaction between humans and the environment
A. Demography and disease
B. Migration
C. Patterns of Settlement
D. Technology
II. Development and interaction of cultures
A. Religions
B. Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies
C. Science and technology
D. The arts and architecture
III. State-building, expansion and conflict
A. Political structures and forms of governance
B. Empires
C. Nations and nationalism
D. Revolts and revolutions
E. Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations
IV. Creation, expansion and interaction of economic systems
A. Agricultural and pastoral production
B. Trade and commerce
C. Labor systems
D. Industrialization
E. Capitalism and socialism
V. Development and transformation of social structures
A. Gender roles and relations
B. Family and kinship
C. Racial and ethnic constructions
D. Social and economic classes