Who can take this course: Juniors
Length of course: Two Semesters
Course Description:
The AP U.S. History course is designed to provide students
with the analytic skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically
with the problems and historical questions in American History. Students will learn to assess historical
materials—their relevance to a given interpretive problem, reliability, and
importance—and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in
historical scholarship. This course will
help develop the skills necessary to arrive at conclusions based on informed
judgment and to present reasons and evidence clearly and persuasively in
discussions, presentations and essay.
This is a survey course with broad chronological coverage and readings
on a wide range of topics in such special fields as economic history, cultural
and intellectual history, and social history.
Course Themes:
- American Diversity
- American Identity
- Culture
- Demographic Changes
- Economic Transformations
- Environment
- Globalization
- Politics and Citizenship
- Reform
- Religion
- Slavery and Its Legacies
in North America
- War and Diplomacy
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