Course Description
AP U.S. History is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester introductory college or university U.S. history course for high school students. 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, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; making historical comparisons; utilizing reasoning about contextualization, causation, and continuity and change over time; and developing historical arguments. The course also provides seven themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; migration and settlement; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world; geography and the environment; and culture and society.
(https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-united-states-history/course?course=ap-united-states-history)
Course Includes
- 15+ hours of engaging instructional video
- 7 Units
- 18 lesson groups
- 68 video lessons
- 68 primary document activities
- 68 sub-lesson quizzes
- 18 lesson tests
- 6 unit tests
- Final Exam
- Link to AP Central
- Links to history web pages
- Connection to music
Course Goals
Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to take the AP US History Exam that is offered each year during the first weeks of May.
Target Audience
This video course is primarily intended for students who have advanced high school skills in reading and writing..
Expectations
It is expected that students will complete additional readings of history materials in addition to any assigned readings. These additional readings can be from textbooks or from online sources.
Course Topics
UNIT 1 (1491-1754)
- Native Americans, Spanish, and French: 1491 - 1700
Native Americans
Spanish
French
English Background
New England
Middle Atlantic
Chesapeake
Low Colonies
UNIT 2 (1754-1800)
- Road to Revolution: 1754 - 1775
Colonial Wars
French and Indian War
1763
Taxation
The American Mind
Boston
New York
Carolina
Treason
- New Governments 1781 - 1800
Confederation
Constitution
Washington
Political Parties
UNIT 3 (1800-1845)
Jefferson
War of 1812
Era of Good Feelings
Age of Jackson
Industrial Evolution
Lowell System
Second Great Awakening
Reformers: Utopians
Reformers: Abolitionists
UNIT 4 (1844-1877)
Mexican War
1850s Part 1
1850s Part 2
Secession Crisis
1861-1862
1863
1864-1865
Radicals in Congress
Southern Reaction
UNIT 5 (1860-1920)
Railroads
The West
Big Business
Politics
Immigratio
The Progressives
Civil Rights
Imperialism
WWI
UNIT 6 (1919-1939)
Political Reaction to WWI
Entertainment
Civil Rights
The Great Depression
New Deal
Unions
UNIT 7 (1940-Present)
Rise of Dictators
War in Europe
War in the Pacific
Home Front
Prosperity
Civil Rights
Cold War
Cold War
Civil Rights
Counter-Culture
1970s
Political Realignment
Cold War
Globalization