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AP World History 13260V
AP World History H develops a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contact in different types of human societies. This understanding is advanced through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills. The course highlights the nature of changes in global frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. It emphasizes relevant factual knowledge, leading interpretive issues, and skills in analyzing types of historical evidence. Periodization, explicitly discussed, forms an organizing principle to address change and continuity throughout the course. Students who earn below 70% will not be eligible to take the next level AP or honors course.Students should plan to take the AP test (fee). Most colleges and universities accept successful exam scores for credit, advanced placement, or both.
Prerequisites: Global Humanities recommended
Credits: 1 Academic Credit