Welcome to AP US History! (Click for syllabus)
AP US History is a very demanding course. Students must be prepared to devote approximately one hour every night during the week to preparing for class. If students do not keep up with the assigned reading, vocabulary, and study questions they will quickly fall behind. It is also important to remember that AP US History is a results oriented course. Students need to get out of the habit of completing the assignment simply because it was assigned. The focus should be on mastery, rather than completion. Some students may need to read the selected chapters more than once or spend more time reviewing than others. The goal should be mastery of the material. Students need to get into the habit of doing whatever it takes to achieve it. With that in mind, students will be expected to complete the following assignments over the summer and be prepared to discuss, write, and quiz on the following material....
The Summer Assignment: (See attached files for assignment and unit planner)
Students will need to be prepared to examine, discuss, and analyze the content from chapters 1-4 from the American Pageant textbook on the first day of school. (available from the main office) We will have a reading quiz on this material shortly after returning to school - please keep in mind that the purpose of the assignment is mastery of the content - NOT JUST COMPLETING THE ASSIGNMENT TO TURN IN! You must KNOW IT. To help the students prepare they should complete the assignments contained in the attachments over the summer. Keep in mind, this is approximately two weeks worth of work. Students should not wait until the night before to get started! In addition to reading and mastering the material in ch's 1-4, the summer assignment has two main components that will be collected on the first day of school. They are:
1. Vocabulary - (See Related file for vocabulary AND study questions)
2. Chapter Outlines
You may also wish to complete the Practice Quiz questions attached below. These will be the types of questions that will be on our reading quiz on the first day of school. The answer key is included. This is for practice and WILL NOT BE COLLECTED FOR A GRADE! Click here for the practice Questions
There is an abundance of information available on the Web. Here are SOME of the websites that may be of use....
This is a great site for practice quiz questions and other review materials.
This is the website for our textbook. Many students may find the "ACE" practice quizzes helpful when preparing for the chapter reading quizzes.
Excellent resource for review before unit tests, midterms, or the AP Exam and finals. Contains timed practice tests, diagnostic tests, presidents lists, supreme court cases, social history, and economic history.
This is the official College Board website for AP US History. Here, students can find information regarding the AP US History Exam. Registration, Testing procedures, and other information is covered on this site.
Fast Track to a 5 website with practice quizzes AND answers/explanations!
This website reads the American Pageant like an audio book. This may be helpful for those who learn better by listening to material rather than reading. Careful, it uses a different edition and the chapters are a little different. The history is the same if used by topic.
Short, topic specific videos! Great review resource!
Includes online flash cards to study important Supreme Court Cases.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2089.html
This site contains all of the old AP Exam Free Response questions, as well as scoring guidelines
Review Videos "Crash Course" You tube Great Site to review! Relatively short videos listed by time period!
Adam Norris YOU TUBE video reviews
http://www.washougal.k12.wa.us/teacher/scott.boothby/HistoryeasyApush.html Great overall review site!