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AP World History Course Home Page

AP World History Teacher Community online now!
Find and share classroom ready resources, connect with your peers, and exchange ideas, insights and strategies for the revised course. Join your colleagues and contribute to AP World History Teacher Community.

This page now features the important information and resources you need to implement the revised AP World History course, which goes into effect in fall 2011. AP history course revisions promote the historical thinking skills and key concepts most valued by colleges and universities. Teaching and learning through key concepts enables students not only to master facts but also to create meaning and make connections across historical contexts.

Essential Course Resources

Review key assets to understand and prepare to teach the revised course.

Course Planning and Pacing Guides: Just Released—November 2011

Written by AP teachers, these versatile guides demonstrate a variety of ways to plan and pace the AP World History curriculum across one academic year. Each guide contains a host of ideas for teaching the course—and includes activities, resources, and assessments.

AP Course Audit Information


Teachers of AP World History must submit a syllabus for authorization during the 2011-12 academic year. For step-by-step instructions on how to complete the authorization process, visit AP Course Audit

Course Audit Timeline

  • June 1, 2011—Preferred date for submitting a syllabus and course audit form for AP World History. This was not a deadline.
  • January 31, 2012—Deadline for submitting updated curricular materials for AP World History.

AP Exam Information and Resources

Beginning in May 2012, the revised AP World History Exam will assess the key historical concepts, themes and skills of the course and will continue to feature multiple-choice and free-response questions, as described in the AP World History Course and Exam Description, Effective Fall 2011.

Classroom Resources

Offering a diverse collection of materials to assist teachers in implementing AP World History in the classroom.

Materials from the College Board

Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies from your AP Colleagues

Web Resources

Reviews of Teaching Resources

There are currently more than 250 reviews of World History resources, including textbooks, Web sites, software, and more, in the Teachers' Resources area. Each review describes the resource and suggests ways it might be used in the classroom.

Professional Development

  • June-August 2011AP Summer Institutes are offered for AP World History. These workshops, which occur at different sites from June through August, will provide an in-depth look at the revised courses and exams.
  • September-December 2011—One-day Professional Development Workshops are offered for AP World History.

Electronic Discussion Groups

Share ideas and practices via email with other members of your AP community by joining the electronic discussion group (EDG) for the course(s) you teach.

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