AP History
Test Prep
- AP US History
- AP World
- AP European History
- AP Human Geography
- AP Art History
- AP US Government
For students who enjoy studying History and English subjects, it’s a great idea to explore your academic interests by self-studying AP Human Geography and AP Art History in G8-10 and taking the College Board exam in May.
Weekly homework will be: Reading, Supplementary sources (as necessary), Timeline note-taking (shared among students), Essay writing assignment Research projects and Timeline Assessment allow for mastery of materials necessary to ensure a 5.
1 - Overview
Overview of US timeline and historical themes (American Paradoxes), syllabus and content overview, start in-class timeline, gauge student knowledge, introducewriting essay assignment
2 - Period 1: 1491-1607
The Discovery of the New World; Indigenous Empires; Spanish America
Essay: Essay Overview, SAQ
3 - Period 2: 1607-1754
Who Settled in America and Why; Protestantism, The English Civil War, and Salutary Neglect;
The First Great Awakening
Essay: SAQ Workshop
4 - Period 3: 1754-1800
Causes of the Revolution; Founding Fathers; The “First” Democracy
Essay: SAQ Mastery, LEQ strategy
5 - Period 4: 1800-1845
Causes of the Revolution; Founding Fathers; The “First” Democracy
Essay: SAQ Mastery, LEQ strategy
6 - Period 1-4 Review; Summary Project
Reinforcement of main themes;
Projects: Timeline organization and finalization; Summaries assigned based on PERSIA-GT topics;
Essay: LEQ Mastery; SAQ and LEQ assignment based on topics from Periods 1-4
7 - Timeline and Summary Project Assessment
Summaries and Essays workshop, Multiple Choice Strategy; Practice Test assigned
8 - Practice Test Assessment, Slavery and Civil War Overview
Essay: DBQ overview
9 - Period 5: 1844-1877
North vs South; The Civil War; Reconstruction
Essay: DBQ Workshop
10 - Period 6: 1865-1898
The “Wild” West; The Gilded Age; The Progressive Era
Essay: DBQ Mastery
11 - Period 7: 1890-1945
American Empire; WWI; Roaring 20s;
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Early 20th Century Topics)
12 - Period 7, Part 2, 2nd Research Project
Great Depression; WWII; Periods 5-7 Review, Timeline Assessment
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (World Wars Topics)
13 - Period 8: 1945-1980
Cold War; The Great Golden Bonus Round; Civil Rights and Social Unrest
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Cold War Topics)
14 - Period 9: 1980-Present, Content Review, Practice Test
Reagan and The Southern Strategy; Neoliberalism and the Unipolar World; 9/11
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Late 20th Century Topics)
15 & 16 - Test Review, Final Overview, Project Discussion and Wrap Up
Weekly homework will be: Reading, Supplementary sources (as necessary), Timeline note-taking (shared among students), Essay writing assignment
Research projects and Timeline Assessment allow for mastery of materials necessary to ensure a 5.
1 - Overview
Overview of AP Modern Timeline and historical themes (PERSIA-GT), syllabus and content overview, start in-class timeline, gauge student knowledge, and introduce writing essay assignment
2 - Unit 1: "Global Tapestry" 1200-1450
Medieval Status Quo; Islam; China as World Center; Pre-contact Americas
Essay: Essay Overview, SAQ
3 - Unit 2: "Networks of Exchange" 1200-1450
The Silk Road; The Columbian Exchange; The Mongols and the Black Death
Essay: SAQ Workshop
4 - Unit 3: "Land Based Empires" 1450-1750
The Ottoman Empire; The Ming Empire; Gunpowder and Asian “Stasis”
Essay: SAQ Mastery, LEQ strategy
5 - Unit 4: "Transoceanic Connections" 1450-1750
The Atlantic World; Maritime Empires and Mercantilism; The Protestant Reformation and the Invention of Money
Essay: LEQ Workshop
6 - Period 1-4 Review; Summary Project
Thorough reinforcement of main themes;
Projects: Timeline organization and finalization; Summaries assigned based on PERSIA-GT topics;
Essay: LEQ Mastery; SAQ and LEQ assignment based on topics from Periods 1-4
7 - Timeline and Summary Project Assessment
Summaries and Essays workshop, Multiple Choice Strategy; Practice Test assigned
8 - Practice Test Assessment, Scientific Revolution, Democratic Philosophy, and the Age of Enlightenment Overview
Essay: DBQ overview
9 - Unit 5: "Revolutions" 1750-1900
The Significance of the Industrial Revolution; Monarchy vs Democracy; The People Join History
Essay: DBQ Workshop
10 - Unit 6: "Consequences of Industrialization" 1750-1900
Imperialism; Nationalism; Militarism; Alliances; Meiji Restoration
Essay: DBQ Mastery
11 - Unit 7: "Global Conflict" 1900-present
WWI; Communism; The Roaring 20s and Weimar Germany
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Early 20th Century Topics)
12 - Unit 7, Part 2, 2nd Research Project
Great Depression; WWII; Periods 5-7 Review, Timeline Assessment
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (World Wars Topics)
13 - Unit 8: "Cold War and Decolonization" 1900-present
Cold War; The “Welfare State”; The Great Golden Bonus Round; Civil Rights and Social Unrest
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Cold War Topics)
14 - Unit 9: "Globalization" 1900-Present, Content Review, Practice Test
“The 4th Industrial Revolution”; Neoliberalism and the Unipolar World; “Economic Externalities” and Climate Change
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Late 20th Century Topics)
15 & 16 - Test Review, Final Overview, Project Discussion and Wrap Up
1 - Overview
Overview of AP Euro Timeline and historical themes (PERSIA-GT), syllabus and content overview, start in-class timeline, gauge student knowledge, and introduce writing essay assignment
2 - Unit 1: "Renaissance and Exploration" 1450-1648
Northern and Italian Renaissance; Post-Medieval Monarchy; The Commercial Revolution; Technology and Exploration; Political Balance of Power; Columbian Exchange
Essay: Essay Overview, SAQ
3 - Unit 2: "Age of Reformation" 1450-1648
Protestant Reformation; 30 Years War
Essay: SAQ Workshop
4 - Unit 3: "Absolutism and Constitutionalism" 1648-1815
English Civil War and Glorious Revolution; Absolutism; Mercantilism; Dutch Empire; Political Balance of Power
Essay: SAQ Mastery, LEQ strategy
5 - Unit 4: "Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments" 1648-1815
Scientific Revolution; The Enlightenment; Social and Political Overview
Essay: LEQ Workshop
6 - Period 1-4 Review; Summary Project
Thorough reinforcement of main themes;
Projects: Timeline organization and finalization; Summaries assigned based on PERSIA-GT topics;
Essay: LEQ Mastery; SAQ and LEQ assignment based on topics from Periods 1-4
7 - Timeline and Summary Project Assessment
Summaries and Essays workshop, Multiple Choice Strategy; Practice Test assigned
8 - Practice Test Assessment, Scientific Revolution, Democratic Philosophy, and the Age of Enlightenment Overview
Essay: DBQ overview
9 - Unit 5: "Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century" 1648-1815
Early Modern Globalism; The British Empire; French Revolution & Napoleon; Congress of Vienna; Romanticism
Essay: DBQ Workshop
10 - Unit 6: "Industrialization and Its Effects" 1815-1914
Industrial Revolution; European Conservatism and Revolutions of 1848
Essay: DBQ Mastery
11 - Unit 7: "19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments" 1815-1914
Nationalism; Social Darwinism; Late Imperialism; Birth of Popular Culture
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Early 20th Century Topics)
12 - Unit 7, Part 2, 2nd Research Project
Great Depression; WWII; Periods 5-7 Review, Timeline Assessment
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (World Wars Topics)
13 - Unit 8: "20th-Century Global Conflicts" 1914-present
WWI; Russian Revolution; Great Depression in Europe; Fascism and WWII
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Cold War Topics)
14 - Unit 9: "Cold War and Contemporary Europe" 1914-Present, Content Review, Practice Test
Post-war and Cold War Europe; Ethnic Conflicts; Demographic Upheaval and Feminism; Globalization and the EU
All Essay: Mastery and Workshops (Late 20th Century Topics)
15 & 16 - Test Review, Final overview, Project Discussion and Wrap Up
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