About the Course
The content of the AP Project Based Learning (PBL) in Modern World History syllabus, curriculum framework, project building, AP classroom, and implementation of student-centered instructional approaches will be analyzed. The course aims to guide high school teachers in transforming their students from passive memorizers into active historical thinkers. By engaging with authentic, complex questions, students will build essential 21st-century skills -like critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and connect past events to present day issues. The course deepens content knowledge and fosters student ownership of learning by applying historical perspectives to solve real-world problems.
- Enhance research and analysis techniques and argumentation.
- Foster historical thinking with emphasis on cause - and - effect.
- Analyze sample projects and score student work using College Board rubrics.
- Develop effective instructional strategies, lessons, and projects.
- Examine specific topics within the World History: Modern curriculum.