Ways of the World for the AP® World History Modern Course Since 1200 C.E.
A Global History with SourcesSixth Edition ©2027
Ways of the World for the AP® World History: Modern Course, 6th Edition combines engaging global narrative with the focused content, source analysis, and skill-building support students need for the AP® World History: Modern course. Now streamlined from 14 chap...
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Ways of the World for the AP® World History: Modern Course, 6th Edition combines engaging global narrative with the focused content, source analysis, and skill-building support students need for the AP® World History: Modern course. Now streamlined from 14 chapters to 12, the new edition more closely follows the AP® Course and Exam Description while maintaining the thematic approach and compelling narrative Ways of the World is known for.
Primary and secondary sources are integrated throughout the text, giving students frequent opportunities to engage with historical evidence and perspectives. AP® Working with Evidence, AP® Looking Again, and AP® Historians’ Voices help students analyze sources and think critically about the past. AP® Skills Workshops and AP® Exam Practice at the end of each chapter develop essential AP® skills and provide exam preparation, while targeted AP® Skills Questions and AP® Exam Tips in the margins provide consistent AP® practice throughout the course.
Achieve extends the learning experience with LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, Thinking Through Sources additional sources and question sets, Guided Reading Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, and more. Together, the text and digital resources provide instructors with a comprehensive, AP®-focused program that helps students understand the global story, work with historical evidence, and build the skills they need for success in the course and on the AP® exam.
“I have been using Strayer’s WOTW since 2015, when I started teaching the course. Even when we went through a textbook adoption process, I passionately championed Strayer over the other options we reviewed, leading the district to adopt the updated version. I love that it is a college-level textbook that still engages readers because it does not read like dry academic prose. Rather, it makes clear connections within the content by presenting history thematically, and the beginning-of-chapter features connect directly to the modern day. Additionally, the images, maps, graphs, margin questions and the end of chapter workshops support skill-building for the AP exam. When dozens of students over the years tell you-or write in their thank-you notes-that they love Strayer or that it helped them earn a 4 or a 5 on the exam, it is easy to see why WOTW remains the clear choice for my classroom. “
- AP World History Teacher (Frisco, TX)
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Table of Contents
Brief Contents
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Prologue
PERIOD 1 Diversity and Interaction in the World of 1200–1450
THE BIG PICTURE 1200: Jumping into the Stream of World History
1 Before 1200: Patterns in World History
2 States and Civilizations: A Global Tapestry 1200–1450
3 Connections and Interactions: Networks of Exchange 1200–1450
PERIOD 2 The Early Modern World 1450–1750
THE BIG PICTURE Change and Direction in World History
4 Land-based Empires and Encounters 1450–1750
5 Trans-Oceanic Encounters: Empires and Commerce 1450–1750
PERIOD 3 The European Moment in World History 1750–1900
THE BIG PICTURE European Centrality and the Problem of Eurocentrism
6 Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes 1750–1900
7 Revolutions of Industrialization 1750–1900
8 Colonial Encounters: Consequences of Industrialization 1750–1950
PERIOD 4 The Long Twentieth Century 1900–PRESENT
THE BIG PICTURE The Long Twentieth Century: A New Period in World History?
9 Global Conflict: War and Revolution 1900–1950
10 The Cold War and Decolonization: A Changing Global Landscape 1950–PRESENT
11 Globalization 1900–PRESENT
12 Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century 1990–PRESENT
AP® Practice Exam
Glossary/Glosario
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Authors
Robert W. Strayer
Robert W. Strayer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) brings wide experience in world history to the writing of Ways of the World. His teaching career began in Ethiopia where he taught high school world history for two years as part of the Peace Corps. At the university level, he taught African, Soviet, and world history for many years at the State University of New York-College at Brockport, where he received Chancellors Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998 he was visiting professor of world and Soviet history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since moving to California in 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. He is a long-time member of the World History Association and served on its Executive Committee. He has also participated in various AP® World History gatherings, including two years as a reader. His publications include Kenya: Focus on Nationalism, The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, The Making of the Modern World, Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?, and The Communist Experiment.
Eric W. Nelson
Eric W. Nelson (D.Phil., Oxford University) is a professor of history at Missouri State University. He is an experienced teacher who has won a number of awards, including the Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011 and the CASE and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professor of the Year Award for Missouri in 2012. He is currently Faculty Fellow for Engaged Learning, developing new ways to integrate in-class and online teaching environments. His publications include The Legacy of Iconoclasm: Religious War and the Relic Landscape of Tours, Blois and Vendôme, and The Jesuits and the Monarchy: Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France.
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