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AP US History (APUSH)
Course Description
Course Description
In AP U.S. History, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change.
The course also provides eight themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures.
Students will be expected to have completed some contextualization activities during the summer break.
In the first semester we will tackle periods 1 to 5 from the CED.
In the second semester will cover periods 6 - 9 from the CED.
Back to School Night - APUSH Video
Assessment Information
Assessment Information
Units 1 - 9 will use one of, or both of the following rubrics to assess understanding at the end of each unit.
APUSH - DBQ Rubric.pdfAPUSH - LEQ Rubric.pdfPlease note that any rubrics which will focus on classwork or non-end of unit assessments will be uploaded on to Google Classroom.
Week by Week Breakdown by Section
Week by Week Breakdown by Section
Please find below the calendar which is attached to your Google Classroom. You will see due dates here and upcoming assessment dates.
Course Themes
Course Themes
Please find below the themes which the content of this course comes from. These themes spiral across the course and can be found in nearly every unit:
Theme 1: American and National Identity
Theme 2: Work, Exchange, and Technology
Theme 3: Geography and the Environment
Theme 4: Migration and Settlement
Theme 5: Politics and Power Theme
6: America in the World Theme
7: American and Regional Culture Theme
8: Social Structures
Historical Thinking Skills
Historical Thinking Skills
Please find below the skills which each students will be developing throughout the course:
Development & Processes - Identify and explain historical developments and processes.
Sourcing and Situation - Analyze sourcing and situation of primary and secondary sources.
Claims and Evidence in Sources - Analyze arguments in primary and secondary sources.
Contextualization - Analyze the context of historical events, developments, or processes.
Making Connections - Using historical reasoning processes (comparison, causation, continuity and change), analyze patterns and connections between and among historical developments and processes.
Argumentation - Develop an argument.
Grading Breakdown
Grading Breakdown
Please find below the grading categories and percentages for assessments for this course.
Please not: End of unit assessments will fall into one of these categories and it will be indicated on PowerSchool which one for each end of unit assessment e.g. E.o.U1 test = Historical Reasoning Processes.
Historical Reasoning Processes - 50%
Historical Thinking Skills- 50%
Course Expectations
Course Expectations
This course will be graded using traditional grading not Standards Based Grading (SBG).
Deadlines are there to help you keep on track and prepare for the exam.
a) In exceptional circumstances and with discussion with the teacher, a short extension may be granted but these will be dealt with on a one-to-one basis.
Late work will be accepted but it must be completed in a timely manner - preferably no later than one week after the initial due date.
a) If more than three pieces of work are missing at any one time, and discussions with the teacher have been exhausted, then students will be automatically put forward for MTSS regardless of their grade.
Students will be granted three opportunities per semester to re-assess any summative piece of work they wish to except their end of unit summative assessment. Please note there are not three opportunities per piece of work; there are three opportunities overall per semester. This is to ensure authentic re-assessment and not create a situation where students are simply trying to boost grades through repetition.
a) All re-assessments must take place within one week of the original assessment - this is not negotiable unless in exceptional circumstances.
b) Students are not eligible for re-assessment unless all work is up-to-date. Any missing assignments will render the student ineligible for re-assessment until the missing work is completed and submitted.
Students can expect the following from the teacher concerning the following:
GOOGLE CLASSROOM - All assignments will be posted in Google Classroom. If you are having trouble locating it, contact the teacher.
RUBRICS AND POLICIES - Once posted here they will not change. However, if a chance is necessary the teacher will inform students well in advance and will clearly mark the changes.
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