AP® US History B

In AP U.S. History, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary  and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections;  and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change. The course also provides eight themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures. 

Upon completing this course you will be able to: 

• analyze primary and secondary sources  
• develop historical arguments  
• make historical connections  
• utilize reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time  

• Interactive Notebook – At least a 3 subject spiral notebook  
• Pencil or Pen (multi-color pen preferred for note organization) – In order to do well in the course, you must take notes in your interactive notebook.  
• Internet Access 
• Textbook---Wright, Ben, and Joseph L. Locke. The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook, Vol. 1: To 1877. Stanford University Press, 2019.  https://www.americanyawp.com

Each semester contains five units and one final exam. 

Each Unit contains: 

• 4-7 lessons. Each lesson includes some or all of the following components: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. 
• Self-assessments to help you check your own understanding of the material covered in each lesson. You must complete these assessments in order to advance in the course. 
• 2 to 3 graded assignments 

The final examination is comprehensive; it covers the material from all five units. To pass the course, you must receive a grade of 70 percent or better. You can take the Final Exam after 100 percent of your graded assignments have been submitted, and at least 70 percent have been graded and returned to you. 

Format: Multiple-choice and essay, online 
Time Allowed: 3 hours 
Materials Allowed: None 

Topic 6: 1865-1898 
Topic 7: 1890-1945 
Topic 8: 1945-1980
Topic 9: 1980- Present 
Topic 10: AP Exam Review