AP U.S. History

 Current Instructor: Jim Bokern

AP "New" Chapters: From the discovery of America and the reactions of the Native Americans to the Clinton administration; the AP Chapters page will provide you with summaries of actual history books in order to provide you with raw content.

AP "Old" Chapters: These are the old outlines that were on the site from when it began until approx. 5/06/05. Please read the red paragraph above for more information.

Model Essay: The analytical devices found on this page will aid you greatly in synthesizing an essay on the AP test. Knowing the content will aid you greatly in providing evidence, but using these prompts will add a higher level of sophistication to your writing which will greatly impress the AP readers and elevate your score.

Evaluating Documents: This page provides invaluable advice for the DBQ; instructing you on how to read, analyze, evaluate and apply the documents to your essay writing. Applying what you will learn here will help advance your writing skills to a higher level.

Brown Book: Discover America, the "Brown Book," was a great resource for the AP test. It's basically a summary of U.S. History created by other AP scholars which documents major facts and events. Everyone in our class highly recommends it. (See Bibliography page)

Historyteacher.net: This webpage is another valuable tool for the discerning AP student. On this site you can take quizzes on U.S. History or write essays which will be critiqued. It also provides information on European History. Our page contains a direct link to the site (be prepared to wait if it's close to AP test time!).

Analytical Devices: These devices will aid you in developing your essay writing. The analytical devices, some of which you may already use without knowing it, can elevate your writing skills to a higher level.

Blooms Taxonomy: You have probably already seen this chart at least once. It illustrates the hierarchy of higher level thinking skills. By using this chart in comparison to your writing you can raise your level of sophistication.

Language Prompts: Use of these words in your essays will help you increase the depth of your writing style. This page provides a source of analytical terms to jump start your essay writing.

Women's Suffrage Movement: A group of students compiled a page to outline major themes in the suffrage movement during three major timeperiods: 1920-1940, 1940-1960, and 1960-present

A Student's View Analysis: The student view of analysis may aid your essay writing by giving you some practical advice. It may help you "think analytically."

Social Darwinism: The major psuedo-science of social Darwinism can be a tricky subject for students to master. This page will help you.

Music Throughout the Ages: This student-created outline of music will give you some extra evidence to include in essays.

Organizing Essays: This page outlines the vital component in the AP US History test: the essay writing.

New Deal: Students studying the FDR administration will find a web of reforms. This page organizes it and makes it learnable.

Holocaust: This page is created to let students view some of the horrors of the holocaust.

Analytical Themes: While going through the AP chapters, knowing analytical themes and their significance greatly organizes the learning process and makes the information seem to flow into categories.

Student Advice: Former AP students give their opinions of the classes and give some advice for future generations.

WWII Video: A group of students looked at some of the frames from the WWII video and presented some analytical themes.