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63150/63151 *AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY
Open to: 11-12 (recommended grade 11)
Length: 2 Semesters
Prerequisite: Students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and write grammatically complete sentences.
Credits: 1 credit
NOTE: Students enrolling in an AP® class will automatically be registered for that course's exam. An exam Opt-Out option is available.
Content: This course is open to all juniors who are willing to accept the rigorous academic curriculum approved by the College Board Advanced Placement Program®. The class is designed to provide students with the analytic skills and actual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in U.S. History. Both semesters will focus on the political, social, and economic aspects of U.S. History. The first semester will cover exploration through the 1920s and the second semester will begin with the Great Depression and go through the late 20th century, as well as recent developments in foreign and domestic policies. Students will learn to assess historical materials, their relevance to given interpretative problems, reliability, and importance, and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. The program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses. There are substantial reading and writing requirements, including one/two chapters in the textbook per week, supplementary reading of paperback books, and at least 10 document-based essays. The course will prepare students to take the AP® United States History exam in May. This course is equivalent in scope to an introductory college course in U.S. History.
Activities: Research projects, supplemental readings of fiction and non-fiction relevant to the course, written assignments, projects, debates, lectures, simulations and role-playing, small group discussions, visual materials and discussions of current events.
Cost: An exam fee if AP® exam is taken.
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