Mckinney High School – AP W Or Ld Hist Or Y

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

AP WORLD HISTORY College Board is in the process of developing the new AP World History: Modern course. The new course will cover the years 1200 CE to present, with time included for students to focus on developing the AP history disciplinary practices and reasoning skills. The essential content will include: trade networks; state building in the Americas; state building in Africa; the ways Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism shaped societies in Africa, Asia, and Europe; the emergence of new Hindu and Buddhist states in South and Southeast Asia; the fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate and emergence of new Islamic entities; intellectual, scientific, and techn