Course Description:
Welcome to AP US History. This course will provide an intensive survey of American history. Through this course, students will be provided with content, practical knowledge of US history, practice in critical thinking activities, and experience in effective writing techniques that will better prepare them for not only the AP Exam but also their future educational areas. Skill development will include, but is not limited to, the interpretation of maps, graphs, charts, political cartoons, primary documents, and other social studies tools. This course will involve both a chronological and thematic approach to historical study. Through lecture, assigned readings, and in class discussion each class will examine the basic ideas, people and events that shaped American history. This course will acquaint you with the major ideas and the chronology of American history from exploration and colonization to American in the 21st Century.

AP US Syllabus