APUSH

Advanced Placement United States History

Welcome to APUSH at Maui Prep for 2022-2023.

This website is intended to help you navigate and gather a better understanding of the expectations of the course through these 9 periods of United States History.

Please contact Ms. Turcik with any questions related to the course: lturcik@mauiprep.org (808) 665-9966 ext. 305. Tabs for important info are in the top right of this webpage.

Happy summer, happy reading!

What will you learn in APUSH? Historical Thinking Skills!


The updated AP U.S. History framework included in the course and exam description outlines distinct skills that students should practice throughout the year—skills that will help them learn to think and act like historians.


1. Developments and Processes=Identify and explain historical developments and processes.

2. Sourcing and Situation=Analyze sourcing and situation of primary and secondary sources.

3. Claims and Evidence in Sources=Analyze arguments in primary and secondary sources.

4. Contextualization=Analyze the contexts of historical events, developments, or processes.

5. Making Connections=Using historical reasoning processes (comparison, causation, continuity and change), analyze patterns and connections between and among historical developments and processes.

6. Argumentation=Develop an argument.