APUSH

Dialogue with the Past

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Go to Course Details: U.S. History Modules from Gilder Lehrman Center

APUSH Historical Thinking Skills

• Chronological Reasoning: causation, patterns of continuity and change over time, periodization

• Comparison and Contextualization

• Crafting historical argumentation from relevant historical evidence

• Historical Interpretation and Synthesis

APUSH Themes

• Identity• Work, Exchange and Technology• Peopling• Politics and Power• America in The World• Environment and Geography• Ideas, Beliefs and Culture

APUSH Periods of Study1. 1491-16072. 1607-17543. 1754-18004. 1800-18485. 1844-18776. 1865-18987. 1890-19458. 1945-19809. 1980-Present

APUSH Instruction Time

Semester 1—16 weeks• 1491-1607—5%--1 week (Intro. and Exploration)• 1607-1754—10 %--2 weeks (Colonization)• 1754-1800—12%--3 weeks (Revolution and Federalism)• 1800-1848—10%--2 weeks (Federalism and Nationalism)• 1844-1877—13%--4 weeks (Civil War, Reconstruction, West)• 1865-1898—13%--4 weeks (Gilded Age, Progressive Era, Populism)

Semester 2—16 weeks• 1890-1945—17%--6 weeks (Imperialism, World War I, Twenties, Great Depression, World War II• 1945-1980—15%--5 Weeks (Cold War, Civil Rights, Fifties and Sixties, Seventies and Eighties)• 1980-Present—5%--1 week (80s, 90s, Millennium)• Testing—4 weeks (STAAR EOC , May 4

AP exam, May 8, Semester Exams June 1-3)

1491-1607

On a North American continent controlled by American Indians, contact among the people of Europe, the Americas and West Africa created a new world.

1607-1754

Europeans and American Indians maneuvered and fought for dominance, control, and security in North America, and distinctive colonial and native societies emerged.

1754-1800

British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies and the colonial reaction to these attempts produced a new American republic, along with struggles over the new nation’s social, political, and economic identity.

1800-1848

The new republic struggled to define and extend democratic ideals in the face of rapid economic, territorial, and demographic changes.

1844-1877

As the nation expanded and its population grew, regional tensions, especially over slavery, led to a civil war—the course and aftermath of which transformed American society.

1865-1898

The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes.

1890-1945

An increasingly pluralistic United States faced profound domestic and global challenges, debated the proper degree of government activism, and south to define its international role.

1945-1980

After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities while struggling to live up to its ideals.

1980 to Present

As the United States transitioned to a new century filled with challenges and possibilities, it experienced renewed ideological and cultural debates, sought to redefine its foreign policy, and adapted to economic globalization and revolutionary changes in science and technology.

The Test

Section I• Part A: Multiple choice —

55 questions, 55 minutes, counts 40%

• Part B: Short answer— 4 questions, 45 minutes, counts 20%

Section II• Part A: Document-based

question—1 question, 60 minutes, counts

25%

• Part B: Long essay—choose one to answer out of two,

35 minutes, counts 15%