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AP World History: Modern is a college-level course for high school students, covering human history from 1200 CE to the present. It includes a curriculum framework with four chronological periods and nine thematic units, focusing on critical thinking and analytical skills. The AP exam assesses these skills through multiple-choice questions, short answers, a DBQ, and an LEQ, with a majority of students scoring proficiently.
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AP World History: Modern is a college-level course that covers human history from 1200 CE to the present and focuses on critical thinking and analytical skills
Introduction of AP World History: Ancient
To cover historical periods before 1200 CE, the College Board introduced a new course, AP World History: Ancient
The curriculum for AP World History: Modern was revised in 2015 to focus on the modern era
The AP World History: Modern curriculum is organized into four periods and nine units, providing a thematic structure for the course content
The AP World History: Modern curriculum is organized into four periods and nine units, providing a thematic structure for the course content
The course focuses on themes such as global tapestry, networks of exchange, land-based empires, transoceanic interconnections, revolutions, industrialization, global conflicts, the Cold War, decolonization, and contemporary globalization
The AP World History: Modern exam consists of two sections, with multiple-choice questions and short-answer questions in Section I and a document-based question and long essay question in Section II
Section I has 55 multiple-choice questions to be answered in 55 minutes, while Section II has a document-based question and a long essay question to be completed in 100 minutes
The exam is designed to assess students' abilities to analyze historical documents, synthesize information, and articulate well-supported arguments
The AP World History exam has undergone changes, such as the elimination of penalties for incorrect answers and a reduction in the number of answer choices
Scoring a 5 on the AP World History exam is challenging due to the course's collegiate rigor and the demanding analytical writing skills required
The majority of students taking the AP World History exam achieve a level of proficiency or higher, with over 50% earning scores of 3 or higher
Historical data on grade distributions provide insights into student performance trends over time, with a mean score and standard deviation calculated for each cohort
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AP World History: Modern abbreviation
Abbreviated as AP World History or WHAP.
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AP World History: Modern time span
Covers human history from 1200 CE to present.
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AP World History: Ancient introduction
New course for events before 1200 CE, introduced alongside the modern era curriculum revision.
