Online Resources Recommended by AP Teachers
We surveyed AP World History: Modern teachers about what online resources they recommend, and the list below comes directly from their responses. The list also includes teacher descriptions of the resources. This is not a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of any of these resources by the College Board.
- Instructional videos for students
- Provides a brief review of a World History topic and discusses tips on how to write successful responses “and what works and doesn’t when writing.”
- Self-directed student practice; instructional videos for teachers
- Webinars, both live and recorded, on the AP World History curriculum, including mock sample prompts. “Just about everything you need to be successful on any AP Exam.”
- Online instructions tutorials/resources pages for teachers
- A curriculum of World History produced by the people who created the Big History Project. Focuses on content as well as skills.
- Instructional videos for students; online instruction tutorials/resource pages for teachers
- Website that provides an “entertaining” overview of World History; also includes a podcast.
- Self-directed student practice; instructional videos for students
- Videos on World History content that are easy for students to understand.
- Instructional videos for students; instructional videos for teachers
- Videos and resources for students and teachers that focus on World History content.
- Self-directed student practice
- Provides stimulus based multiple-choice questions, free-response questions, and practice tests.
- Self-directed student practice; instructional videos for students
- Unit overviews based on the AP World History CED and historical developments that provide timelines, maps, and links to other resources.
World History for Us All: The Experience of Colonialism
- Online instructions tutorials/resources pages for teachers
- Provides primary source analysis and other activities related to colonialism and imperialism.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
- Online text
- This “go-to resource” run by Fordham University is “the best collection of manageable primary-source material on world history I've found in twelve years of teaching AP World History.” Includes links to many primary sources.
Asia for Educators: Mongols in World History
- Instructional videos for students; online instructions tutorials/resources pages for teachers
- Provides “visual links and classroom materials” that focus on the Mongols.
Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)
- Online instruction tutorials/resource pages for teachers; self-directed student practice
- Provides texts for students to read and analyze that connect to the AP World History curriculum. “Helps break down DBQ skills and target document analysis skills.”
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