No textbook for AP^® World History shows students the big picture like Worlds Together, Worlds Apart with Sources. Compelling stories in every chapter, tied to AP^® themes, make it easy to see historical developments in context and draw comparisons across time and place. 

The Third AP^® Edition, designed specifically for the course, comes with new, comprehensive resources crafted by an expert AP^® teacher. This thematic, narrative history of the world is not just engaging, but meaningful—and uniquely well-aligned to AP^® World History.

Western Civilizations combines historical scholarship with pitch-perfect readability for AP^® students. Expert scholars and teachers Joshua Cole and Carol Symes help students think critically about the emergence of Western ideals, such as democracy and equality, and thus see the relevance of the course to their own time. Dynamic digital resources guide students from basic content understanding to analysis and interpretation and are complemented by AP^® material in the text, as well as AP^® teaching supplements.