AP US History
Pre-Requisites: None required, but strong reading and writing skills are recommended.
Credits: 1.0
Estimated Completion Time: 32-36 weeks
Description
AP United States History focuses on developing students’ abilities to think conceptually about U.S. history from approximately 1491 to the present and apply historical thinking skills as they learn about the past. Seven themes of equal importance —American and national identity; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology; culture and society; migration and settlement; geography and the environment; America in the World— provide areas of historical inquiry for investigation throughout the course. These require students to reason historically about continuity and change over time and make comparisons among various historical developments in different times and places.
Major Topics and Concepts
Segment One
Module 01 - Quest for the Americas
- The First Americans
- A Pivotal Encounter
- The Valladolid Controversy
- Imperial Rivalry
- Enslavement
- The British Colonies
- King Philip's War
- The Atlantic World
Module 02 - Colonies at War
- Transatlantic War
- Shifting to Independence
- First Government
- The Constitution
- Washington’s Road Map
Module 03 - A New Republic
- Mass Democracy
- Mass Culture
- The Market Revolution
- Defining Borders
- American Indian Resistance
Module 04 - American Civil War
- Manifest Destiny
- The Firebell Rings
- The Civil War
- Political Reconstruction
- Social Reconstruction
Segment Two
Module 05 - A Growing Nation
- The Gilded Age
- The Paradox of Progress
- New Migration
- The Social Response
- Closing the Frontier
- The Populists
Module 06 - Imperialism & Progressivism
- The Progressives
- Imperialism
- The Great War
- The Jazz Age
- Migration and Deportation
Module 07 - The World at War
- The Great Depression
- The New Deal
- WWII Abroad
- WWII at Home
Module 08 - Cold War
- The Cold War
- Postwar America
- Civil Rights Movement
- Civil Rights for All
- The Great Society
- Crisis of Confidence
Module 09 - A Brave New World
- Shifting Ideology
- Foreign Policy
- Changing Demographics
- Globalization
Grading Policy
Students will complete auto-graded and authentic assessments throughout the course. Assessments will be provided for each lesson and each module.
