COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
MODERN WORLD HISTORY Grade 9 1 Credit ( 5407 ) CCP
G
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY Grade 11 , 12 1 Credit ( 5410 ) AP
G
Prerequisite ( s ): None In Modern World History students will explore a variety of peoples , events , and movement in world history with a focus on inquirybased learning . Students will explore cause / effect relationships within the context of history . The course will focus on the Industrial Age through modern times . The study of Modern World History will include themes and content including conflict / resolution , cultural diffusion , change and reactions to it , human rights , individual right and power of government , globalization and international trade . Modern World History is college preparatory and appropriate for most students entering ninth grade . Successful completion of this course fulfills the required 1 credit in Modern World History .
Prerequisite : B or better in an Honors English course , in previous social studies courses , and / or recommendation of a social studies teacher . AP European History focuses on developing students ; abilities to think conceptually about European history from approximately 1450 to the present and apply historical thinking skills as they learn about the past . Five themes of equal importance — interaction of Europe and the world , poverty and prosperity , objective knowledge and subjective visions , states and other institutions power , and individual and society — provide areas of historical inquiry for investigation throughout the course . These require students to reason historically about continuity and change over time and make comparisons among various historical developments in different times and places . The course allows teachers flexibility to teach certain topics of their choice in depth . Students enrolled in this course are required to take the AP exam at the end of the year .
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