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AP World History: Modern Tutoring & Prep Course

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The AP World History: Modern group course is live online: 50 lessons, 90 minutes each, 75 hours in all.

Group lessons are taught in classes of at most 6 students.

The current group's lessons began on 26 September 2026. The group course fee is €1,573 in one payment.

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AP World History: Modern tutoring with thematic comparison, DBQ and LEQ writing strategy for a score of 5.

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AP World History: Modern: what it covers and who it suits

AP World History: Modern (APWH) tutoring at TestPrep Europe drills the same four FRQ types as APUSH — DBQ, LEQ, SAQ, and stimulus MCQs — but across global history from c. 1200 to the present. The exam rewards comparison, causation, and continuity-and-change reasoning across regions, supported by specific evidence.

  • Nine units, c. 1200 CE to present, taught region-by-region with cross-regional comparison
  • DBQ, LEQ, SAQ and stimulus MCQs drilled as separate genres
  • HIPP document sourcing built into every DBQ session
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AP World History: Modern surveys global history from 1200 CE to the present. The course foregrounds connections — trade, migration, technology, conflict — between civilisations rather than the history of any one nation, which makes it particularly valuable for students interested in international relations, global studies or comparative history.

AP World History: Modern surveys global history from 1200 to the present through the lens of cross-regional interaction. Rather than the story of any single civilisation, the course emphasises trade, migration, cultural diffusion, technology transfer and conflict between regions. Students compare the Mongol conquests with European exploration, industrialisation in Britain with industrialisation in Japan, decolonisation in India with decolonisation in Algeria. The exam tests historical thinking skills (causation, comparison, continuity and change, contextualisation) over rote memorisation. Our programme pairs chronological summaries with thematic comparison tables and weekly DBQ and LEQ practice.

One-to-one AP World History: Modern tutoring

Our one-to-one AP tutoring is built entirely around the student's current level and target score. Each lesson works on your specific weak topics, drills exam-format questions and teaches free-response and essay technique with the College Board's scoring guidelines in front of us. Our tutors follow every revision of the Course and Exam Description, so the work you put in matches what is rewarded in May.

AP World History: Modern small-group course

Our small-group AP courses (no more than 6 students per class) give you a structured weekly programme alongside students aiming for the same score. The syllabus follows the College Board's Course and Exam Description unit by unit, and every lesson is taught live online.

Exam

AP World History: Modern exam format

The College Board runs the AP World History: Modern exam every May. Sections, timing and weighting:

  • Section I-A: Multiple Choice

    40%

    55 stimulus-based questions in 55 minutes.

  • Section I-B: Short Answer

    20%

    3 required short-answer questions in 40 minutes. From May 2027 there is no choice, and each question is built on a source: secondary text, primary text, and a non-text source such as an image, map or graph. Each question covers a different period.

  • Section II: Free Response

    40%

    1 hour 40 minutes: 1 Document-Based Question (DBQ: seven documents, 60 minutes including a 15-minute reading period, 25%; from May 2027 it can draw on 1200–2001) and 1 required Long Essay Question (LEQ: 40 minutes, 15%). From May 2027 there is no choice of LEQ prompts. The whole exam is digital in Bluebook.

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AP World History: Modern Private Tutoring

Private AP lessons planned around you: the units you find hardest, your school's pace and the score you are aiming for. Every lesson is live and online, with a tutor who teaches this subject.

  • A lesson plan built around your target score
  • Every unit of the College Board course, in the order you need it
  • Multiple-choice and free-response technique, checked against College Board scoring guidelines
  • Lesson times that fit around your school week

How it works

  1. 1

    Tell us your goal

    We start from your school syllabus, your exam date and the result you are aiming for.

  2. 2

    Your own plan

    We map out the lessons you need, unit by unit.

  3. 3

    Live one-to-one lessons

    Meet your tutor online at times that suit your week.

  4. 4

    Regular progress checks

    Homework and a short check after each lesson show how you are getting on.

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AP World History: Modern Group Course Calendar

50 lessons in total (40 topic lessons + 10 past-paper lessons). Topic lessons on Saturday and Sunday, 12:00–13:30; past-paper lessons on Saturday, 12:00–13:30 (Türkiye time). Lessons are taught in English.

2027-28 classes

First lesson

25 September 2027

Last lesson

29 April 2028

Enrolment deadline

22 September 2027

AP exam

4 May 2028 (estimated)

Course fee

€1,573single payment

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  • 50 lessons in total
  • 40 topic lessons
  • 10 past-paper lessons
  • Lesson recordings available for 14 days

Lesson-by-lesson calendar

Topic lessonPast-paper lesson
Lesson-by-lesson calendar
DateTopic
25 Sep 2027Sat12:00–13:30Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (1/4)
26 Sep 2027Sun12:00–13:30Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (2/4)
2 Oct 2027Sat12:00–13:30Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (3/4)
3 Oct 2027Sun12:00–13:30Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (4/4)
9 Oct 2027Sat12:00–13:30Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (1/4)
10 Oct 2027Sun12:00–13:30Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (2/4)
16 Oct 2027Sat12:00–13:30Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (3/4)
17 Oct 2027Sun12:00–13:30Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (4/4)
23 Oct 2027Sat12:00–13:30Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (1/5)
24 Oct 2027Sun12:00–13:30Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (2/5)

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  • College Board has not yet published the May 2028 AP exam schedule, so the exam date is estimated from the 2027 schedule. Once it is confirmed, we will adjust the programme to match.

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Syllabus

AP World History: Modern topics

Unit and topic names are the College Board's own. Percentages are each unit's share of the exam score, as the College Board publishes them.

1

Unit 1: The Global Tapestry

8–10%
  • States in: Africa, Afro-Eurasia, East Asia, Europe, South and Southeast Asia, The Americas
  • Global and regional religions and belief systems
2

Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

8–10%
  • The Silk Roads
  • The Mongol Empire
  • The Indian Ocean trading network
  • The trans-Saharan trade routes
  • The effects of cross-cultural interactions
3

Unit 3: Land-Based Empires

12–15%
  • The development of the Manchu, Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid empires
  • How rulers of empires maintained their power
  • Religious developments in empires
4

Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections

12–15%
  • The influence of scientific learning and technological innovation
  • The Columbian Exchange
  • Development and expansion of maritime empires
  • Internal and external challenges to state power
  • Changes to social hierarchies linked to the spread of empires
5

Unit 5: Revolutions

12–15%
  • The Enlightenment
  • Revolutions against existing governments and the birth of new nation-states
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • Trade policies
  • The development of industrial economies
6

Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization

12–15%
  • State expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Resistance to imperialism
  • The growth of the global economy
  • Economic imperialism
  • Causes and effects of new migration patterns
7

Unit 7: Global Conflict

8–10%
  • Changes in the global political order after 1900
  • World War I: its causes and how it was fought
  • The interwar period
  • World War II: its causes and how it was fought
  • Mass atrocities after 1900
8

Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization

8–10%
  • The causes and effects of the Cold War
  • The spread of communism
  • How colonies in Asia and Africa achieved independence
  • The creation of new states after decolonization
  • The end of the Cold War
9

Unit 9: Globalization

8–10%
  • Advances in technology and their effects
  • Disease
  • Environment
  • Economic change
  • Movements for reform
  • How globalization changed culture
  • New international institutions

Approach

How we teach AP World History: Modern

Study plan

  1. 1

    Phase 1 — Units 1–4 (c. 1200–1750)

    Networks of exchange, land-based empires, transoceanic connections

    • Region-by-region anchor events
    • SAQ comparison drills
  2. 2

    Phase 2 — Units 5–6 (c. 1750–1900)

    Revolutions, industrialisation, consequences of industrialisation

    • DBQ structure with HIPP
    • Continuity-and-change LEQs
  3. 3

    Phase 3 — Unit 7 (c. 1900–1945)

    World Wars, interwar period, mass atrocities

    • Causation LEQs with hierarchy of causes
    • Stimulus MCQ practice on global sources
  4. 4

    Phase 4 — Units 8–9 + mock

    Cold War, decolonisation, globalisation

    • Cross-regional comparison drills
    • Released DBQ + LEQ to rubric
    • Full-length timed practice exam

How lessons work

  • Region-by-region with cross-regional comparison

    Each unit is taught region-by-region, then closed with cross-regional comparison drills. This mirrors what the LEQ and DBQ rubrics actually reward.

  • Time-band discipline

    Every essay drill starts with the prompt's time band underlined. Evidence outside the band silently costs points.

  • Process language built explicitly

    Phrases like 'syncretism', 'state consolidation', 'commercialisation' are taught as named processes with examples, so students stop relying on vague global generalisations.

Advice

AP World History: Modern: common mistakes and study tips

  • MistakeEurocentric narrative on prompts that ask for global comparison.

    FixAlways provide evidence from at least two regions on comparison prompts; one-region answers cap the score on the rubric's evidence row.

  • MistakeVague global claims ('trade increased everywhere').

    FixSpecify region, century and named example — Indian Ocean trade c. 1300, Trans-Saharan c. 1400, etc.

  • MistakeIgnoring the time band of the prompt.

    FixUnderline the period in the prompt before writing; evidence outside the band earns no credit even if accurate.

  • MistakeWeak contextualisation that names a process without explaining it.

    FixContextualisation must explain what was happening before / around the prompt's time, not just label it.

  • MistakeTreating the LEQ as a list of causes.

    FixCausation prompts need a hierarchy of causes (most → least important) with evidence for the ranking, not a list.

  • MistakeRunning out of time on SAQs.

    FixSAQs are short for a reason — three sentences per part, no introduction. We drill SAQ pacing separately from essay pacing.

Study tips

  • Comparative analysis is the spine of the course — learn every topic through at least two regions.
  • On the DBQ, group documents thematically and address each group in its own paragraph.
  • For continuity-and-change-over-time prompts, identify both what changes and what stays the same.
  • Map literacy matters — be able to draw trade routes, empire boundaries and migration paths from memory.

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AP World History: Modern Prep — Frequently Asked Questions

The questions students ask most about AP World History: Modern preparation.

APWH is broader, APUSH is deeper. Students stronger at comparison and global thinking usually find APWH more natural; students stronger at narrow narrative often prefer APUSH.

Not for the exam. The current APWH: Modern starts c. 1200 CE; earlier history is no longer assessed. Students still benefit from a basic background but it's not on the rubric.

Named events, named figures, named treaties, with century-level dating. 'Under the Song dynasty' is enough; an exact year is unnecessary. Specificity, not exact dates, is what the rubric rewards.

Often yes — students from non-US curricula are usually more comfortable with cross-regional comparison than US-curriculum students who have seen US history in much more detail than world history.

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