Welcome to APUSH
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places-- and there are so many-- where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction." -- Howard Zinn
Overview: This course introduces students to United States History. It includes the study of political institutions, social and cultural developments, diplomacy in foreign relations, and economic trends in U.S. History. Students will read, take notes, and prepare daily homework in addition to class time activities to prepare for the AP History exam in May. Assignments, debates, Socratic seminars, group presentations, and class discussions are designed to teach students to analyze evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship and in a wide variety of primary sources as required in the AP® Curricular Requirements. Students will receive frequent writing practice in interpreting historical movements and events for short answer questions (SAQs) and long essay questions (LEs), and in the analysis of both primary and secondary sources for document based questions (DBQs).
AP U.S. History Test: All students enrolled in AP U.S. History are expected to take the Advanced Placement Examination, which will be administered on
Friday, May 5, 2017
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places-- and there are so many-- where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction." -- Howard Zinn
Overview: This course introduces students to United States History. It includes the study of political institutions, social and cultural developments, diplomacy in foreign relations, and economic trends in U.S. History. Students will read, take notes, and prepare daily homework in addition to class time activities to prepare for the AP History exam in May. Assignments, debates, Socratic seminars, group presentations, and class discussions are designed to teach students to analyze evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship and in a wide variety of primary sources as required in the AP® Curricular Requirements. Students will receive frequent writing practice in interpreting historical movements and events for short answer questions (SAQs) and long essay questions (LEs), and in the analysis of both primary and secondary sources for document based questions (DBQs).
AP U.S. History Test: All students enrolled in AP U.S. History are expected to take the Advanced Placement Examination, which will be administered on
Friday, May 5, 2017