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Advanced Placement US History

Course Number: #2603

This course offers an intense and timely approach to the social, economic, and political aspects of American History. We will examine the complex historical forces shaping peoples lives at various moments in our past through lectures, discussions, outside readings, research, and presentation projects. Topics include but are not limited to the beginnings of democracy, depression, war, westward settlement, civil and political rights, technological changes, and other issues that affect or have affected the plurality of our population. Students will be given the opportunity to understand and appreciate several important eras in American History including the struggle over the Constitution, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and the many presidencies which shaped our great nation. Students completing the course will be prepared for the optional Advanced Placement exam at the end of the school year.

Prerequisites: World History or Advanced Placement World History

Credit(s): 1

Open to Grade(s): 11 and 12

Texts and Materials: The American Pageant, Advanced Placement Edition