GT AP United States History*

(Enrollment Based)

Course No. SS3GPA

Semesters: 2; Credits: 1

Prerequisite: Junior Classification

* Must meet qualification for GT placement

GT AP U.S. History is designed to apply gifted education practices in order to appropriately challenge and develop the potential of gifted learners. GT AP U.S. History is an Advanced Placement course that can substitute for U.S. History Since 1877 or Pre-AP U.S. History Since 1877 and is equivalent to an introductory college-level course. In GT AP U.S. History students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students will develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians when they study the past. GT AP U.S.History also provides seven themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places. This course will prepare students to take the AP U.S. History exam, which may allow them to qualify for college credit.