High AP World History: Modern

SEGMENT ONE

• Understanding the classical and post-classical eras
• Analyzing and comparing the cultures and governments of Song China, Dar al-Islam, Hindu-Based South and Southeast Asia, the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, and Euroope
• Describing and explaining the development of the Abrahamic religions, Daoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, and Buddhism
• Recognizing the significance of the Mongol conquests to Afroeurasian history
• Comparing the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean Exchange, and Trans-Saharan Trade
• Recognizing the depth of the impact of the Black Death on Afroeurasian history
• Comparing the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid Empires
• Describing and analyzing the impact of the Protestant Reformations on Europe
• Describing and analyzing the impact of the Columbian Exchange and transoceanic empire-building on world history
• Comparing the impacts of technological maritime innovations, the printing press, and gunpowder weaponry on world history
• Describing and comparing the Enlightenment in its various forms from the 16th through 18th centuries
• Analyzing and comparing the American, French, Haitian, Latin American, and Springtime of Nations Revolutions
• Recognizing the significance of the Industrial Revolution as what is generally considered the most far-reaching change to human life since the development of farming some 10,000 years before
• Comparison and analysis of capitalism, socialism, and communism
• Describing and analyzing the gradual replacement of the aristocratic classes by the middle class

SEGMENT TWO

• Identifying and explaining the concept of nationalism and its dramatic increase in the 19th century
• Identifying and explaining the ways in which nationalism and industrialization effected a significant wave of new imperialism
• Describing and analyzing the impact of steam-powered international migration and the rise of global capital flows
• Analyzing and comparing the various reform movements, including abolitionism, women’s suffrage, and indigenous people’s rights, throughout the 19th century
• Describing and analyzing the alliances in the decades leading up to World War I
• Describing and analyzing the causes and course of World War I
• Identifying the consequences of World War I in the Russian Revolution, the economic struggles in the 20 years of the interwar period, and the dissolution of the Ottoman, Austrian, and German Empires
• Identifying and analyzing the roots of Japanese imperialism and the Sino-Japanese Wars
• Comparing the rise of totalitarian states in Italy, Germany, and Soviet Union
• Describing and analyzing the causes and course of World War II
• Identifying and comparing the mass atrocities against civilians from the Armenian genocide through the Chinese ethnic cleansing of the Uighurs in the 21st century
• Analyzing the causes and course of the Cold War
• Describing and analyzing the period of decolonization following World War II
• Describing and comparing the Cold War proxy conflicts, including the Berlin Airlift, Suez Conflict, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Malayan Emergency
• Identifying and analyzing the major technological advances of the 20th century, including the airplane, radio, telephone, atomic energy and weapons, Polio vaccine, digital computer, internet, and smartphone
• Identifying and analyzing the rise of globalizing institutions like the United Nations, World Trade Organization, and International Monetary Fund
• Identifying and analyzing ongoing sources of conflict, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, India-Pakistan tensions, China-Taiwan conflict, environmental concerns, and debates over economic systems

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When a proctored exam is administered to assess a student’s integrity, the student must pass the exam with at least a 59.5% to earn credit for the course.

Advanced Placement Policy:

Students entering high school grades 9-12 have access to Advanced Placement courses that may result in earning college credit for high school coursework. These courses are used to calculate overall Grade Point Average (GPA) and typically count extra in the calculation. These courses are also available at no charge to Florida public school students, whereas they may have a tuition cost if taken in college. (S. 1003.02, F.S.)

A passing grade in the course will be accepted for high school credit.  Postsecondary institutions determine college credit awarded, based on the AP Exam score earned.  FLVS strongly encourages students who take AP courses to sit for the course AP Exam in May.  Florida students shall be exempt from payment of any fees associated with AP Exam participation, with the exception of late test registration fees incurred by the student. 

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.