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 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
A 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
Fee Details
Progam | Advanced Placement |
Fee Component | Course Fee |
Amount (USD) | $ 608 |
Description | To be paid by the student at the time of Enrollment. |
Grade Level
Grade 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration
Annual
Requirements
- Give Me Liberty, 6th Edition