Advance Placement United States History

 

 

About this Course: The AP U.S. History course focuses on the development of historical thinking skills (chronological reasoning, comparing and contextualizing, crafting historical arguments using historical evidence, and interpreting and synthesizing historical narrative) and an understanding of content learning objectives organized around seven themes, such as identity, peopling, and America in the world. In line with college and university U.S. history survey courses’ increased focus on early and recent American history and decreased emphasis on other areas, the AP U.S. History course expands on the history of the Americas from 1491 to 1607 and from 1980 to the present. It also allows teachers flexibility across nine different periods of U.S. history to teach topics of their choice in depth.

College Course Equivalent: AP U.S. History is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester introductory college or university U.S. history course.

Prerequisites:  Students must be in either 11th or 12th grade and must have achieved a score of 80% or higher in the previous year's English and Social Studies courses.

 *(AP U.S. History is an elective course)

 

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