Changes to the AP® World History course
Opdateret
Here are the changes made to the AP® World History course, now called OER World History AP®.
Mastery impact:
The following changes have no impact on overall mastery.
Course deletions/additions
The following additions/deletions were made to the OER World History AP® U.S. course in the Summer of 2025:
Deletions
| Type | Title |
| Article | SAQ Practice: Unit 2 |
| Article | Before you Watch: Conflict in Israel and Palestine - Crash Course World History #223 |
| Article | Read: September 11, 2001 |
| Video | Watch: Indigenous Americans and Globalization |
| Article | Activity: Vocab Tracking |
| Article | Activity: Vocab – Word Wall |
| Article | Read: Data Exploration – Future Population Growth |
| Article | Activity: Project X – Final Presentation |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 8 Mapping Part 2 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab Tracking |
| Article | Activity: Vocab – Word Wall |
| Article | Read: Data Exploration – Global Inequality |
| Article | Activity: Project X – Research |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 7 Mapping Part 2 |
| Article | Activity: Communism vs. Fascism |
| Article | Before you Watch: World War II – Crash Course World History #38 |
| Video | Watch: World War II |
| Article | Before you Watch: The Middle East and World War I |
| Video | Watch: The Middle East and World War I |
| Article | Before you Watch: Southeast Asia and World War I |
| Video | Watch: Southeast Asia and World War I |
| Article | Activity: Comparison – Mexican and Russian Revolutions |
| Article | The Power of One: The Russian Revolution |
| Article | Activity: Our Interconnected World – World War I |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 7 Mapping Part 1 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab Tracking 7.0 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab – Word Wall 7.0 |
| Article | Activity: Project X – Topic Selection |
| Article | Read: Data Exploration – Democracy |
| Article | Activity: Imperialism Cartoons |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 6 Mapping Part 2 |
| Article | Before you Watch: Imperialism – Crash Course World History #35 |
| Video | Watch: Imperialism |
| Article | Activity: What Is This Asking? |
| Article | Activity: Project X – Make a Prediction Part 2 |
| Article | Read: Data Exploration – Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| Article | Activity Vocab – Word Wall 6.0 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab Tracking 6.0 |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 6 Mapping Part 1 |
| Article | Activity: Comparison – Women’s Suffrage |
| Article | A World Tour of Women’s Suffrage |
| Article | Quick Sourcing – Revolutions |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 5 Mapping Part 2 |
| Article | Read: Data Exploration – Child Labor |
| Article | Activity: Vocab Tracking 5.0 |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 5 Mapping Part 1 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab – Word Wall 5.0 |
| Article | Read: Americas in 1750 |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 4 Mapping Part 2 |
| Article | Read: The Mughal Empire |
| Article | Read: Qing Dynasty |
| Article | Activity: Vocab Tracking 4.0 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab - Word Wall 4.0 |
| Article | Activity: Geography - Unit 4 Mapping Part 1 |
| Article | Activity: Geography - Unit 3 Mapping Part 2 |
| Article | Activity: Geography - Unit 3 Mapping Part 1 |
| Article | Read: Data Exploration - War and Peace |
| Article | Activity: Vocab Tracking 3.0 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab - Word Wall 3.0 |
| Article | Activity: What Is This Asking? |
| Article | Activity: Project X - Make a Prediction Part 1 |
| Article | Read: Data Exploration - Urbanization |
| Article | State and Religion in Afro-Eurasia, c. 1200–1450 |
| Article | Activity: Geography - Unit 2 Mapping Part 2 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab – Word Wall 2.0 |
| Article | Activity: Project X - Three Close Reads for Data – Introduction |
| Article | Read: Project X – A Guide to Reading Charts |
| Article | Read: Data Exploration - Population |
| Article | Activity: Vocab Tracking 2.0 |
| Article | Activity: Geography – Unit 2 Mapping Part 1 |
| Article | Activity: Vocab - Tracking 1.0 |
| Article | Activity: Draw Your History |
Additions
| Type | Title |
| Article | Introduction to Three-Step Reading |
| Article | Closer: Themes Notebook |
| Article | Opener: Ruling Your Kingdom |
| Article | Closer: Developments in East Asia |
| Exercise | Developments in East Asia |
| Article | Opener: Word Cloud |
| Video | Causes and Consequences of the Crusades |
| Article | Closer: Quiz Master |
| Exercise | Developments in Dar al-Islam and South and Southeast Asia |
| Article | Opener: Six Words, Six Themes |
| Article | Opener: Comparison - Life in 1200 and Today |
| Article | Comparison: States 1200–1450 |
| Article | Quick Sourcing: Introduction |
| Article | Closer: Themes Notebook - Part 2 |
| Article | Writing: AP Rubrics |
| Article | Unit 1 LEQ: Pre-Writing Practice |
| Article | Unit 1 DBQ: Pre-Writing Practice |
| Article | How to Use Writing Coach for LEQ Essays |
| Article | Opener: Vocabulary Match-Up |
| Article | Quick Sourcing: Networks of Exchange |
| Article | Opener: World Travelers |
| Article | Quick Sourcing: Mongol Collection |
| Article | Opener: Claim Testing – Introduction |
| Article | Closer: Claim Testing – Authority |
| Article | Opener: Making Predictions |
| Article | SAQ Practice: Unit 2 |
| Article | Closer: Making Claims – Expanding Networks |
| Article | Opener: Contextualization – Introduction |
| Article | Contextualization: Mansa Musa |
| Video | World of Chaco |
| Article | Closer: Traveler Postcards |
| Article | Opener: Contagion! |
| Article | Causation: Introduction |
| Article | Quick Sourcing: The Black Death |
| Article | Causation: The Black Death |
| Article | Closer: Themes Notebook |
| Article | Writing: Thesis and Contextualization Part 1 |
| Article | Unit 2 LEQ |
| Article | Unit 2 DBQ |
| Article | Opener: Thematic Headlines |
| Article | Opener: Expanding Your Empire |
| Article | Comparison: Empires |
| Article | Claim Testing: Evidence |
| Article | CCOT: Introduction |
| Article | Closer: Themes Notebook |
| Article | Opener: What Is This Asking? |
| Article | Contextualization: Belief Systems |
| Video | Reformation |
| Article | CCOT: Networks of Exchange to Land-Based Empires |
| Article | Quick Sourcing: Transformation of Beliefs |
| Article | Closer: SAQ Practice – Unit 3 |
| Article | Writing: DBQ Evidence, Sourcing, and Complexity – Part 1 |
| Article | Opener: List Quest – Transoceanic Interconnections |
| Article | Opener: KWL Chart – Part 1 |
| Article | Closer: KWL Chart – Part 2 |
| Article | Opener: Word Web – Maritime Exploration |
| Article | Closer: World Zone Café |
| Article | Opener: Review and Predict |
| Article | Opener: Which Theme? |
| Article | Opener: Empire and Hierarchy |
| Article | Unit 4 DBQ |
| Article | Opener: Vocabulary Match-Up |
| Article | Why Was Slavery Abolished? Three Theories |
| Article | Comparison: Women’s Suffrage |
| Article | Opener: Recipe for an Industrial Revolution – Part 1 |
| Article | Images of the Industrial Revolution |
| Article | Closer: Recipe for an Industrial Revolution – Part 2 |
| Article | Opener: Invention Brainstorm |
| Article | Opener: Technology and Innovation? |
| Article | Assembly Line Simulation |
| Video | The Life of Nailers |
| Video | Making Clean Water |
| Video | Victorian Washing Machines |
| Article | Opener: Review and Preview |
| Article | Opener: SAQ Practice – Unit 5 |
| Article | Opener: Urbanization Game |
| Article | Themes Notebook: Part 2 |
| Article | Opener: Matching Cause and Effect |
| Article | Opener: Imperialism Maptivity |
| Article | Closer: Making Predictions – Impacts of "New" Imperialism |
| Article | Opener: Quick Cartoon Analysis |
| Article | Gentlemen of the Jungle |
| Article | Closer: Imperialism Cartoons |
| Article | Opener: Resilience, Resistance, or Revolt? |
| Article | Opener: Image Intro |
| Article | Opener: Picture Preview – Economic Imperialism |
| Article | Opium Wars and Economic Imperialism |
| Article | Closer: Making Headlines – Opium Wars and the Treaty of Nanjing |
| Article | Opener: Migration Push and Pull |
| Article | Opener: What Is This Asking? |
| Article | Closer: Unit 6 Themes Notebook – Part 2 |
| Article | Opener: Our Interconnected World – World War I |
| Video | Internationalism Between the Wars |
| Article | Quick Sourcing: World War II |
| Article | Closer: Unit 7 Themes Notebook – Part 2 |
| Article | Making the Global Local: Comparing Decolonization in India, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Algeria |
| Video | Benazir Bhutto |
| Article | Unit 8 LEQ |