APUSH EXAM - FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2024 @ 8:00 A.M.
"To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn’t just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it’s an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is." – David McCullough
Welcome!
The AP U.S. History course focuses on developing students’ understanding of American history from approximately 1491 and the Pre-Columbian Era to the current conflicts in the Middle East. The course has students investigate the content of U.S. history for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods, and develop and use the same thinking skills and methods (analyzing primary and secondary sources, making historical comparisons, chronological reasoning, and argumentation) employed by historians when they study the past. The course also provides seven themes (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) that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places. As we move through the AP® course we analyze how the nine themes of history (work/exchange/technology, peopling, identity, politics/power, America in the world, environment and geography, ideas/beliefs/culture) change over our country's movement through time. Throughout the school year we will also focus on preparing for the writing component of the AP® Exam (DBQ, short answer, and long essay question), which collectively constitutes 60% of the score on the exam.
Lecture/discussion will be the medium that most content is delivered, with class discussions, supplementary readings, simulations/activities, and multimedia to solidify concepts and information. Because this class is a College Board approved AP® course, there will be a heavy focus on reading and understanding primary sources. We will read and analyze documents such as the Federalist No. 10, George Washington's Farewell Address, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Charter of the League of Nations, Supreme Court decisions, photographs chronicling major events, and many more. Historiography will also be a major part of the class, allowing students to work together and participate in class discussions.
If you have any questions, please contact me at:
[email protected]
The AP U.S. History course focuses on developing students’ understanding of American history from approximately 1491 and the Pre-Columbian Era to the current conflicts in the Middle East. The course has students investigate the content of U.S. history for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods, and develop and use the same thinking skills and methods (analyzing primary and secondary sources, making historical comparisons, chronological reasoning, and argumentation) employed by historians when they study the past. The course also provides seven themes (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) that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places. As we move through the AP® course we analyze how the nine themes of history (work/exchange/technology, peopling, identity, politics/power, America in the world, environment and geography, ideas/beliefs/culture) change over our country's movement through time. Throughout the school year we will also focus on preparing for the writing component of the AP® Exam (DBQ, short answer, and long essay question), which collectively constitutes 60% of the score on the exam.
Lecture/discussion will be the medium that most content is delivered, with class discussions, supplementary readings, simulations/activities, and multimedia to solidify concepts and information. Because this class is a College Board approved AP® course, there will be a heavy focus on reading and understanding primary sources. We will read and analyze documents such as the Federalist No. 10, George Washington's Farewell Address, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Charter of the League of Nations, Supreme Court decisions, photographs chronicling major events, and many more. Historiography will also be a major part of the class, allowing students to work together and participate in class discussions.
If you have any questions, please contact me at:
[email protected]
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In September 2011 McCullough attended the National Book Festival and was asked this question: “What are five lessons from history that our students need to know before they graduate from high school?”
A summary of his answer is provided below and then followed by the video of McCullough's complete answer to the question.
David McCullough’s Five Lessons from History
A summary of his answer is provided below and then followed by the video of McCullough's complete answer to the question.
David McCullough’s Five Lessons from History
- What matters in history is knowing what happened and why, not memorizing dates and quotes.
- American history did not begin with the Declaration of Independence. Americans had hundreds of years of history before the Declaration. Students should, in particular, examine the history of Native Americans.
- Students should learn history through means other than books and teachers. Music, plays, art, and architecture can teach students much about history.
- Students should learn history through the “lab” technique. History should be a “hands on” experience, in which students reach conclusions on their own. When students figure it out for themselves, they will never forget it.
- Students should have an opportunity to work with original documents and travel to the places where history happened. Students should be given an opportunity to experience a connection with people from the past.
KNOWING HISTORY AND KNOWING WHO WE ARE
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