King High School – AP World History
Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester
Prerequisites: AP Human Geography Teacher, Leadership teacher, and Counselor recommendations Highlights six overarching themes that should receive approximately equal attention throughout the course beginning with the Foundation section: (1) Impact of interaction among major societies trade, systems of international exchange, war, and diplomacy. (2) The relationship of change and continuity across the world history periods covered in this course. (3) Impact of technology and demography on people and the environment. (4) Systems of social structure and gender structure. (5) Cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies. (6) Changes in functions and structures of states and in attitudes toward states and political identities, including the emergence of the nation-state. The course helps students put what is particular about each period of society into a larger framework, and also provides ways to make comparisons over time. Meets World History requirement.
Grades: 10
Unit 7: 1900-Present Global Conflict
World Wars, decolonization, and the Cold War.
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