Study the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped the world from c. 1200 CE to the present. You’ll analyze texts, visual sources, and other historical evidence and write essays expressing historical arguments.

Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time.  We will also develop essential soft skills such as critical thinking, digital literacy, collaboration, self-direction, and problem solving. 

Each Tuesday a new module will be released. In these weekly modules, students will watch interactive pre-recorded instructional videos and complete required weekly readings and activities. Students will be provided with an assignment checklist which must be completed by the following Tuesday at 9:00am EST. The assignments will consist of real-world-contextualized critical thinking activities using a variety of Ed Tech tools such as Padlet, Edpuzzle, and Google Workspace. Each week learners will be asked to participate in an asynchronous class discussion. Asynchronous discussion refers to an online discussion that students can access and participate at different times and at their convenience. Each week will culminate with a quiz, and there will be a final exam at the end of the 16-week semester. Students will be given a final letter grade at the end of the course. 

On successful completion of the course, students should have developed skills that enable them to:

-Use and think about maps and spatial data.
-Understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places.
-Characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places. 

Additional academic development goals include:

-Improved analytical reading and writing skills.
-Improved foundation for success in future secondary and collegiate course work.

Scope & Sequence of 20-week curriculum: 

Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (8%–10% of exam score)
You'll explore how states formed, expanded, and declined in areas of the world during the period c. 1200–c. 1450 and the related political, social, and cultural developments of that time.
Topics: 
Africa
Afro-Eurasia
East Asia
Europe
South and Southeast Asia
The Americas
Global and regional religions and belief systems

Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (8%–10% of exam score) 
As you continue your study of the period c. 1200–c. 1450, you’ll learn how areas of the world were linked through trade and how these connections affected people, cultures, and environments.
Topics: 
The Silk Roads
The Mongol Empire
The Indian Ocean trading network
The trans-Saharan trade routes
The effects of cross-cultural interactions

Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (12%–15% of exam score)
You'll begin your study of the period c. 1450–c. 1750 with an exploration of the empires that held power over large contiguous areas of land.
Topics: 
The development of the Manchu, Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid empires
How rulers of empires maintained their power
Religious developments in empires

Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections (12%–15% of exam score)
Continuing your study of the period c. 1450–c. 1750, you’ll learn about advances in ocean exploration, the development of new maritime empires, and the effects of new cross-cultural encounters. 
Topics: 
The influence of scientific learning and technological innovation
The Columbian Exchange
Development and expansion of maritime empires
Internal and external challenges to state power
Changes to social hierarchies linked to the spread of empires

Unit 5: Revolutions (12%–15% of exam score)
You’ll start your study of the period c. 1750–c. 1900 by exploring the new political ideas and developments in technology that led to large-scale changes in governments, society, and economies. 
Topics:
The Enlightenment
Revolutions against existing governments and the birth of new nation-states
The Industrial Revolution
Trade policies
The development of industrial economies

Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization (12%–15% of exam score)
You'll continue to investigate the period c. 1750–c. 1900 and learn how the different states acquired and expanded control over colonies and territories.
Topics:
State expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries
Resistance to imperialism
The growth of the global economy
Economic imperialism
Causes and effects of new migration patterns

Unit 7: Global Conflict (8%–10% of exam score)
You'll begin your study of the period c. 1900–present by learning about the global conflicts that dominated this era.
Topics:
Changes in the global political order after 1900
World War I: its causes and how it was fought
The interwar period
World War II: its causes and how it was fought
Mass atrocities after 1900

Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization (8%–10% of exam score)
As you continue exploring the period c. 1900–present, you’ll learn about colonies’ pursuits of independence and the global power struggle between capitalism and communism.
Topics:
The causes and effects of the Cold War
The spread of communism
How colonies in Asia and Africa achieved independence
The creation of new states after decolonization
The end of the Cold War

Unit 9: Globalization (8%–10% of exam score)
You'll continue your study of the period c. 1900–present by investigating the causes and effects of the unprecedented connectivity of the modern world. 
Topics:
Advances in technology and their effects
Disease
Environment
Economic change
Movements for reform
How globalization changed culture
New international institutions

Cumulative Review
-Week 20: Review and Final Practice Exam

*Please not that you will need to sign up for the official AP Exam separately from this course. You can do this through your local high school or on the College Board website*