AP United States History is a challenging course that is equivalent to an introductory college history course. The aim of the course is to thoroughly analyze American History, foreign policy and globalization from the age of exploration and discovery to the present. The parameters of the course will encompass historical material from the seventeenth century to the 1980’s. The course, which begins with Pre-Columbian Societies through the United States in the Post-Cold War World, is structured around eight conceptual themes (American Diversity, American Identity, Culture, Demographic Change, Economic Transformations, Environment, Globalization, Politics and Citizenship and Reform) and twenty-eight topics. It is intended to provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with issues and events in United States History and to prepare students for the required AP Examination given in May.