Every unit and lesson in the library.

Units and lessons

1. Start Here: Welcome to the Membership!

   1. Tips for Using Curriculum Content
   2. Pacing Guide Options and Pacing Support

2. Exam and CED Changes for the 2026-27 School Year

   1. Updates to the SAQ
   2. Updates to the LEQ
   3. Updates to the DBQ

3. First Week of School + Optional Unit 0

   1. First Day of School Slides and Activities
   2. CED Scavenger Hunts
   3. Intro to the AP World History Exam
   4. What is Unit 0 and do you need it?
   5. Introduction to the Course Themes: SPICE-T
   6. Unit 0 (Foundations) Lesson 1: Time Periods
   7. Unit 0 (Foundations) Lesson 2: Themes
   8. Intro to Geography for AP World
   9. Introduction to the LEQ
   10. Parent Night/ Open House/ Summer Bridge Activity

4. SAQ Bell Ringers by Period

   1. Period 1 1200-1450 SAQs
   2. Period 2 1450-1750 SAQs
   3. Period 3 1750-1900 SAQs

5. Unit 1: The Global Tapestry c.1200-1450

   1. Unit 1 SAQ Bell Ringers

   1. Intro to Unit 1 The Global Tapestry

      1. Tips for New Teachers: Unit 1 Pacing and Depth

   2. Graphic Organizers and Independent Activities

      1. Unit 1 Graphic Organizers by Topic
      2. Independent Activities and Sub Plans for Unit 1
      3. Unit 1 SPICET Charts by Topic + Keys

   3. Unit 1 Vocabulary

      1. Comprehensive Vocab Unit 1
      2. Focused Vocab Unit 1

   4. Topic 1.1 Developments in East Asia

      1. Topic 1.1 Lecture Slides and Guided Notes
      2. Asian Regions Map
      3. 1.1 Activities

   5. Topic 1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam

      1. START HERE Google Links and Teacher Notes 1.2
      2. 1.2 Lecture and Notes
      3. 1.2 Timeline Project
      4. 1.2 Video Questions and Key
      5. AMSCO Reading Questions 1.2
      6. Topic 1.2 SAQ Prompt and Response Sheet

   6. Topic 1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia

      1. Start Here- Links and Notes 1.3
      2. Breaking Down the MCQ
      3. South and Southeast Asia Map Quiz
      4. Topic 1.3 Lecture Slides and Guided Notes
      5. AMSCO Reading Questions 1.3
      6. Video Questions and Key

   7. Topic 1.4 State Building in the Americas

      1. START HERE Google and Video Links 1.4
      2. Topic 1.4 Lecture and Guided Notes
      3. Innovations Graphic Organizer and Answer Key

   8. Topic 1.5 State Building in Africa

      1. START HERE Google Links 1.5
      2. Mansa Musa Video Questions
      3. 1.5 Lecture and Notes
      4. AMSCO Reading Questions 1.5

   9. Topic 1.6 Developments in Europe

      1. START HERE Google Links 1.6
      2. AMSCO Reading Questions

   10. Topic 1.7 Comparisons in the Period 1200-1450

       1. Start Here- Links and Instructions 1.7
       2. Identifying Arguments Lesson
       3. Topic 1.7 Comparison in the Period 1200-1450

   11. Using T-E-A for the SAQ Writing Guide

       1. START HERE Writing Guide SAQs
       2. TEA Poster Sets
       3. Using T-E-A for the SAQ Writing Guide

   12. Unit 1 Review and Assessments

       1. Unit 1 Advertising an Empire Project
       2. Unit 1 Exam + Key (Updated for 2027 exam changes)
       3. Unit 1 Mystery Reveal Review
       4. Unit Assessment and Review Materials

6. Unit 2: Networks of Exchange c.1200-1450

   1. Unit 2 Graphic Organizers
   2. Primary Source SAQ Lesson
   3. DBQ_LEQ Writing Stations

   1. Unit 2 Vocab Packet, Quiz, Review

      1. Start Here- Google Links and Teaching Notes
      2. Key Concepts Packet and Key
      3. Short Vocab Option
      4. Vocab Lists
      5. Vocab Quiz and Key
      6. Vocab Review Materials

   2. Topic 2.1 The Silk Roads

      1. Start Here- Google Links and Teaching Notes 2.1
      2. 2.1 Lecture and Notes
      3. 2.1 Reading Passage and Questions
      4. Video Questions and Key

   3. Topic 2.2 The Mongol Empire

      1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes
      2. 2.2 Lecture and Notes
      3. Mongols and the Environment Jigsaw
      4. Practice SAQ Topic 2.2
      5. Video Questions 2.2

   4. Topic 2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean

      1. Start Here- Links and Notes 2.3
      2. Indian Ocean SAQ
      3. Video Questions

   5. Topic 2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

      1. Start Here- Links and Notes 2.4
      2. 2.4 Lecture and Notes
      3. Trans Saharan Escape Room

   6. Topic 2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity

      1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 2.5
      2. 2.5 Lecture and Notes

   7. Topic 2.6 Environmental Consequences of Connectivity

      1. Start Here- Google Links and Teaching Notes 2.6
      2. 2.6 + 2.7 Lecture and Notes
      3. 2.7 Comparisons Assignments
      4. Topic 2.6+2.7 Environmental Consequences of Connectivity

   8. Topic 2.7 Comparisons of Economic Exchange

   9. Assessments and Review Materials

      1. Unit 2 Exam
      2. Unit 2 MCQ Mystery Reveal
      3. Assessments and Review Materials

7. Unit 3: Land-Based Empires c.1450-1750

   1. Unit 3 SAQ Bell Ringers
   2. Unit 3 Graphic Organizers
   3. Intro to the DBQ Lesson
   4. Unit 3 Review Spinner Game

   1. Intro to Empires Period 2 1450-1750

      1. Start Here- Links and TOU Overview of Empires
      2. Option 1 Comparisons Questions
      3. Option 2 Sorting Race
      4. Intro to Empires Period 2 1450-1750

   2. Vocab Packet, Quiz, Review

      1. START HERE Google Links and Game Instructions Unit 3
      2. Unit 3 Vocab Lists
      3. Unit 3 Vocab Quiz and Key
      4. Vocab and Key Concepts Packet Unit 3

   3. Topic 3.1 Empires Expand

      1. Start Here- Links and Notes 3.1
      2. AMSCO Reading Guide 3.1
      3. Lecture and Guided Notes Topic 3.1 Empires Expand
      4. 3.1 Crossword Puzzle Review

   4. Topic 3.2 Empires: Administration

      1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 3.2
      2. AMSCO Reading Guide 3.2
      3. 3.2 MCQ Scavenger Hunt Activity
      4. Mughal Map Analysis + SAQ
      5. 3.2 Lecture and Notes

   5. Topic 3.3 Empires: Belief Systems

      1. Start Here- Google Links and Teaching Notes 3.3
      2. 3.3 Activities
      3. 3.3 Lecture and Notes

   6. Topic 3.4 Comparisons in Land-Based Empires

      1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes
      2. Topic 3.4 Comparisons in Land-Based Empires Stations Activity
      3. Topic 3.4 Comparison in Land-Based Empires

   7. Unit 3 Assessment and Review

      1. Unit 3 Exam
      2. Unit 3 Key Concepts Overview
      3. Unit 3 Mystery Reveal HIPPO Sourcing
      4. Assessment and Skills Materials

8. Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections c.1450-1750

   1. Unit 4 Graphic Organizers
   2. Unit 4 Review + Escape Room
   3. Assessment and Skills Materials
   4. Unit 4 Stimulus-Based SAQ Bell Ringers

   1. Vocab Packet, Quiz, Review

      1. Start Here- Links and Instructions Unit 4 Vocab
      2. Vocab and Key Concepts Packet and Key
      3. Vocab Quiz and Key

   2. Topic 4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750

   3. Topic 4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750

      1. Start Here- Links and Notes 4.2
      2. 4.2 Supplemental Activities
      3. Exploration_ Causes and Events Reading Notes 4.2 AMSCO

   4. Topic 4.3 Columbian Exchange

      1. START HERE Google Links and Teacher Notes 4.3
      2. Columbian Exchange Game
      3. Columbian Exchange Reading Notes 4.3 AMSCO

   5. Topic 4.4 Maritime Empires Established

      1. START HERE Google Links 4.4
      2. Primary Source Activity 4.4
      3. Video Questions and Key 4.4
      4. Maritime Empires Link Regions Reading Notes 4.4 AMSCO

   6. Topic 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed

      1. Topic 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed

   7. Topic 4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750

   8. Topic 4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750

      1. Start Here- Links and Notes 4.7
      2. 4.7 French Monarchy Reading and Answer Key
      3. Changing Social Hierarchies Reading Notes 4.7 AMSCO

   9. Topic 4.8 Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750

      1. Topic 4.8 Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750

9. Unit 5: Revolutions c.1750-1900

   1. Unit 5 Graphic Organizers

   1. Unit 5 Vocab and Key Concepts

      1. Start Here- Links and Game Instructions
      2. Vocab List and Key Concepts Packet
      3. Vocab Quiz and Key
      4. Vocab Review Activities + Games

   2. Topic 5.1 The Enlightenment

      1. START HERE Google Links and Notes 5.1
      2. 5.1 Lecture and Notes
      3. The Enlightenment Reading Notes 5.1 AMSCO

   3. Topic 5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions

      1. START HERE Google Links and Notes 5.2
      2. 5.2 Lecture and Notes
      3. 5.2 Supplemental Activities
      4. Nationalism and Revolutions Reading Notes 5.2 AMSCO

   4. Topic 5.3 Industrial Revolution Begins

      1. START HERE Links and Notes 5.3
      2. 5.3 Activities
      3. 5.3 Lecture and Notes
      4. Industrial Revolution Begins Reading Notes 5.3 AMSCO

   5. Topic 5.4 Industrial Revolution Spreads

      1. START HERE Google Links and Teacher Notes 5.4
      2. Japanese Industrialization Reading
      3. Topic 5.4 Lecture and Notes

   6. Topic 5.5 Technology of the Industrial Age

      1. 5.5 Lecture and Notes
      2. 5.5 MCQ Practice
      3. 5.5 Technology Escape Room Activity
      4. Industrial Rev Sorting Activity

   7. Topic 5.6 Industrialization Government's Role

      1. Start Here- Links and Notes 5.6
      2. 5.6 Activities
      3. 5.6 Lecture and Notes

   8. Topic 5.7 Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age

      1. Start Here- Links and Notes 5.7
      2. Topic 5.7 Lecture and Notes

   9. Topic 5.8 Reactions to the Industrial Economy

      1. 5.8 Lecture and Notes
      2. 5.8 Mystery Reveal Document Sourcing Activity

   10. Topic 5.9 Society and the Industrial Age

       1. Topic 5.9 Society and the Industrial Age

   11. Topic 5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age

       1. Topic 5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age

   12. Assessment and Skills Materials Unit 5

       1. Unit 5 Exam
       2. Unit 5 Key Concept Review
       3. Unit 5 Review 1-pager

10. Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization c.1750-1900

    1. Unit 6 Graphic Organizers

    1. Unit 6 Vocab and Key Concepts

       1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes
       2. Vocab List and Key Concepts Packet

    2. Topic 6.1 Rationales for Imperialism

       1. START HERE Google Links 6.1
       2. 6.1 Lecture and Notes
       3. Video Questions

    3. Topic 6.2 State Expansion

       1. Start Here- Notes and Links 6.2
       2. 6.2 Lecture and Notes

    4. Topic 6.3 Indigenous Responses to State Expansion

       1. Start Here- Links and Notes 6.3
       2. 6.3 Lecture and Notes

    5. Topic 6.4 Global Economic Development

       1. 6.4 Lesson
       2. Mystery Reveal + MCQ Activity

    6. Topic 6.5 Economic Imperialism

       1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 6.5
       2. 6.5 Lecture and Notes
       3. 6.5 Mystery Reveal Doc Sourcing

    7. Topic 6.7 Effects of Migration

       1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 6.7
       2. 6.7 Lecture and Notes
       3. 6.7 Video Questions
       4. 6.7 Primary Source Assignment

    8. Unit 6 Skills and Assessment

       1. Unit 6 Exam
       2. Unit 6 Skills and Assessment

11. Unit 7: Global Conflict c.1900-Present

    1. Unit 7 Assessment Materials

    1. Topic 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900

       1. Topic 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900

    2. Topic 7.3 Conducting WWI

       1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 7.3
       2. 7.3 Video Questions
       3. WW I Event Sort

    3. Topic 7.4 Economy in the Interwar Period

       1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 7.4
       2. 7.4 Lecture and Notes
       3. Video Questions
       4. 7.4 Scavenger Hunt

    4. Topic 7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I

       1. Topic 7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I

    5. Topic 7.8 Mass Atrocities After 1900

       1. START HERE Google Links 7.8
       2. Video Questions

12. Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization c.1900-Present

    1. Assessment and Review

    1. Vocab Packet, Quiz, Review Unit 8

       1. Unit 8 Vocab Digital Mini-Escape
       2. Vocab List and Key Concepts Packet
       3. Vocab Quiz
       4. Vocab Packet, Quiz, Review Unit 8

    2. Topic 8.1 Setting the Stage for the Cold War

       1. Start Here- Google Links 8.1 and 8.2 APWH
       2. 8.1 Lecture and Notes

    3. Topic 8.2 The Cold War

       1. Topic 8.2 The Cold War

    4. Topic 8.3 Effects of the Cold War

       1. Topic 8.3 Effects of the Cold War

    5. Topic 8.4 The Spread of Communism

       1. Topic 8.4 The Spread of Communism

    6. Topic 8.5 Decolonization After 1900

       1. START HERE Google Links 8.5
       2. 8.5 Lecture and Notes

    7. Topic 8.6 Newly Independent States

       1. 8.6 Mystery Reveal MCQ Activity

    8. Topic 8.7 Global Resistance to Established Power Structures

       1. Start Here- Google Links 8.7
       2. 8.7 Lecture and Notes
       3. Idi Amin Reading and Answer Key
       4. MLK Extension Activity for Slide 6

    9. Topic 8.8 The End of the Cold War

       1. Start Here- Google Links 8.8
       2. 8.8 Lecture and Notes
       3. Unit 8 Crossword Review

    10. Cold War Reverse DBQ

        1. Start Here- Links
        2. Primary Sources
        3. Cold War Reverse DBQ

13. Unit 9: Globalization c.1900-Present

    1. Unit 9 _Pressed for Time_ Lessons
    2. Assessment and Review

    1. Topic 9.2 Technological Advances and Limitations After 1900_ Disease

       1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 9.2
       2. 9.2 Lecture and Notes

    2. Topic 9.4 Economics in the Global Age

       1. Start Here- Links and Notes 9.4
       2. 9.4 Lecture and Notes
       3. Optional Video Questions

    3. Topic 9.6 Globalized Culture After 1900

       1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 9.6
       2. 9.6 Lecture and Notes
       3. Forbidden City Starbucks Questions

    4. Topic 9.7 Resistance to Globalization After 1900

       1. Start Here- Links and Teaching Notes 9.7
       2. McDonald's In Japan Questions

    5. Topic 9.8 Institutions Developing in a Globalized World

       1. Topic 9.8 Institutions Developing in a Globalized World

14. Exam Review

    1. Exam Review Packet
    2. Obscure History Project
    3. Review _Extras_
    4. Summer Packet
    5. APWH Mid-term

    1. Exam Review Key Concepts Notes by Unit

       1. Unit 2 KC Review MORE COMING SOON

    2. Exam Review Trivia Games

       1. Start Here- Google Link and Teacher Notes
       2. Skills Review Game

15. Post-Exam Lessons and Activities

    1. Personal Finance Lesson

16. Writing Lessons- SAQ, DBQ, LEQ

    1. Argument and Thesis Writing

    1. DBQ Lessons and Practice

       1. Intro to the DBQ Lesson
       2. Unit 5 Reverse DBQ Activity

    2. LEQ Lessons and Practice

       1. Intro to the LEQ Lesson
       2. LEQ Movie Character Project

17. Extras (Posters + For Fun)

    1. TEA Posters
    2. Expectations Poster