AP United States History

OVERVIEW

Investigate the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from the end of the Civil War through today while applying what you learn to real-world problems.

MAJOR TOPICS AND CONCEPTS

Getting Started

  • Lesson One

Quest for the Americas

  • Module One Introduction
  • The First Americans
  • A Pivotal Encounter
  • The Valladolid Controversy
  • Imperial Rivalry
  • Enslavement
  • The British Colonies
  • King Philip’s War
  • The Atlantic World
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Module One Exam

Colonies at War

  • Module Two Introduction
  • Transatlantic War
  • Shifting to Independence
  • First Government
  • The Constitution
  • Washington’s Road Map
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Module Two Exam

The New Republic

  • Module Three Introduction
  • Mass Democracy
  • Mass Culture
  • The Market Revolution
  • Defining Borders
  • American Indian Resistance
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Module Three Exam

American Civil War

  • Module Four Introduction
  • Manifest Destiny
  • The Firebell Rings
  • The Civil War
  • Political Reconstruction
  • Social Reconstruction
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Segment One Exam
  • Segment One Collaboration

A Growing Nation

  • Module Five Introduction
  • The Gilded Age
  • The Paradox of Progress
  • New Migration
  • The Social Response
  • Closing the Frontier
  • The Populists
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Module Five Exam

Imperialism & Progressivism

  • Module Six Introduction
  • The Progressives
  • Imperialism
  • The Great War
  • The Jazz Age
  • Migration and Deportation
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Module Six Exam

The World at War

  • Module Seven Introduction
  • The Great Depression
  • The New Deal
  • WWII Abroad
  • WWII at Home
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Module Seven Exam

Cold War

  • Module Eight Introduction
  • The Cold War
  • Postwar America
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Civil Rights for All
  • The Great Society
  • Crisis of Confidence
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Module Eight Exam

A Brave New World

  • Module Nine Introduction
  • Shifting Ideology
  • Foreign Policy
  • Changing Demographics
  • Globalization
  • Practice AP Exam
  • Discussion-Based Assessment
  • Segment Two Exam
  • Segment Two Collaboration

Program

AP United States History Advanced Placement
Fee   $ 608

Grade Level

Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Duration

10 Months

Requirements

  • Give Me Liberty, 6th Edition

Prerequisites

None

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