AP World History

AP World History is a full-year course designed to give students a comprehensive understanding of historical trends in human civilizations. Students will learn how to support theories with historical evidence, evaluate primary evidence/documents, and make comprehensive evaluations of historical frameworks. AP World History enriches the educational experience for Christian school students and sparks a passion for learning. This course has been built around the practices published in the AP World History Course and Exam Description.

CURRICULUM PROVIDeR

Ignitia

HONORS AVAILABLE?

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Yes

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AVAILABLE TO PART-TIME STUDENTS

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Yes

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Topics Discussed

  • Early Development: Interaction between humans and the environment
  • Demography and disease
  • Migration
  • Patterns of settlement
  • Technology
  • Social: Development and transformation of social structures
  • Gender roles and relations
  • Family and kinship
  • Racial and ethnic constructions
  • Social and economic classes
  • Political: State-building, expansion, and conflict
  • Political structures and forms of governance
  • Empires
  • Nations and nationalism
  • Revolts and revolutions
  • Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations
  • Economic: Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
  • Agricultural and pastoral production
  • Trade and commerce
  • Labor systems
  • Industrialization
  • Capitalism and socialism
  • Cultural: Development and interaction of cultures
  • Religions
  • Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
  • Science and technology
  • The arts and architecture