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AP® World History: Modern
In AP World History: Modern, students explore significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1200 to the present. They use the same skills, practices, and methods as historians, including analyzing primary and secondary sources, developing historical arguments, making connections, and applying reasoning related to comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course introduces six key themes that students examine to draw connections between historical developments across different times and places: humans and the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, and technology and innovation.
What is included
9 units and 64 lessons of AP® World History: Modern, free to start in Stellar at your own pace.
Units
9 units in AP® World History: Modern
- 01The Global Tapestry (c. 1200 to c. 1450)Unit 1 focuses on the development of state structures in Afro-Eurasia (Song China, Dar al-Islam, South & Southeast Asia), the growth of African civilizations (such as Mali, Ethiopia, and Great Zimbabwe), political organization and belief systems, and regional innovations.7 lessonsPreview unit
- 02Networks of Exchange (c. 1200 to c. 1450)Unit 2 focuses on major trade systems (such as the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, and Trans-Saharan Routes), the roles of merchants, diaspora, and commercial practices, the spread of religions, technologies and cultural ideas, and the biological and environmental impacts (diseases).6 lessonsPreview unit
- 03Land-Based Empires (c. 1450 to c. 1750)Unit 3 focuses on the expansion/administration of gunpowder empires (such as the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal), state consolidation tactics through bureaucracy, military and taxation, the use of religion, art, and architecture to legitimize rule, and methods to manage diversity within large empires.4 lessonsPreview unit
- 04Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450 to c. 1750)Unit 4 focuses on Maritime exploration/creation of global sea-based empires, the Columbian exchange (including the demographic and environmental changes), the development of new economic systems (mercantilism, joint-stock companies), and the intensification of global trade and cultural conflict.7 lessonsPreview unit
- 05Revolutions (c. 1750 to c. 1900)Unit 5 covers the enlightenment thought/new political ideologies, the Atlantic revolutions (French, Haitian, American, etc), industrialization and technological innovation, and social & economic transformations, including labor and class change.9 lessonsPreview unit
- 06Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750 to c. 1900)Unit 6 covers the expansion of industrial production and global manufacturing, labor systems (specifically working conditions and reform movements) and environmental, demographic and economic shifts worldwide.7 lessonsPreview unit
- 07Global Conflict (c. 1900 to the present)Unit 7 focuses on the causes and effects of World War 1 and World War 2, technological advancements that occur in warfare, interwar political developments/economic crises, and shifts in global power.8 lessonsPreview unit
- 08Cold War and Decolonization (c. 1900 to the present)Unit 8 focuses on the ideological conflict between the United States and the USSR, the decolonization movements in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the formation of new states, and proxy wars.8 lessonsPreview unit
- 09Globalization (c. 1900 to the present)Unit 9 focuses on the advancements in communication, transportation and technology, the growth of international organizations, cultural exchange/migrations, and environmental challenges.8 lessonsPreview unit
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