World History
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Recommended Grade Level:10-12
Course Description: This course emphasizes the study of significant people, events, and issues from the earliest times to the present. Traditional historical points of reference in world history are identified as students analyze important events and issues in western civilization as well as in civilizations in other parts of the world. Advanced World History This course is much like the AP World History course. Course content will be similar to the College Board requirements, but will follow the District’s guidelines. This course may be taken in place of the regular World History course. |
AP World History The purpose of this course is to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contact in interaction with different types of human societies. Focused primarily on the past thousand years of the global experience, the course builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological precedents that, along with geography, set the human stage. Specific themes provide further organization to the course. This course may be taken in place of the regular World History course. Students may earn college credit through the College Board AP Examination, which is offered in May of each year. The fee for the AP exam is the responsibility of the student. This course may |