Post AP Exam Assignments 2025

Daily Schedule - In the link below, you can find what the class will be doing each class session until the end of the year.  All due dates for the research paper assignment are included in this document.

• Post AP Exam Calendar - Block D

Research Paper Documents - All parts of the assignment that must be turned in will be turned in on Google Classroom. See the Post AP Exam Calendar for all due dates.

• Research Paper Assignment Sheet 

• Research Paper Proposal 

• Annotated Bibliography 

  • • Sample Entry

    • Checklist

• Research Paper Presentation 

  • • Presentation Order (Block D) 

• Research Paper Rubric

Research Paper Exemplars - See the following examples for how a research paper should be formatted and written.

• Student Sample #1 - John Marshall's impact on the Supreme Court.  (Historical Thinking Skill: Causation; Research Question: "Why Then and There?")

  • • Research paper for an AP US History class with the length requirement being 10-12 pages.  This is a good example of how to format and layout an argument centered around an individual person and the impact they had on history.

• Mr. Reinhardt Sample - Graduate level research paper on the Paris Peace Conference (Historical Thinking Skill: Causation; Research Question: "Why Then and There?")

  • • Research paper written for a graduate level class with the length requirement being 20-25 pages. While you will not have to write nearly this much, this serves as a good example of how to layout and format an argument centered around an event and why the events transpired as they did.

• Student Sample #2  - Impact that the Vietnam War had on American foreign policy (Historical Thinking Skill: Causation; Research Question: "What were they thinking? Why Then and There?)

  • • Research apper written for an AP US History class with the same length requirement as your assignment.  This paper is a good example of how to layout and format an argument about an event and the impact it had on later history.

• Student Sample #3 - Impact that September 11th attacks had on American policy (Historical Thinking Skill: Causation; Research Question: "What were they thinking? Why Then and There?)

  • • Research apper written for an AP US History class with the same length requirement as your assignment.  This paper is a good example of how to layout and format an argument about an event and the impact it had on later history.