Welcome to the
Marshfield Advanced Placement
United States History Resource Page
This page was created by AP
students for AP students to provide you with the tools to
help ease the burden of reviewing for the AP test. We can't
take the test for you, but we certainly can give you a lot
of help with studying for the Objective and Essay portions
of the AP US History Test.
Note:
This part of the Marshfield High School Website is currently
(as of 2/15/06) being updated. As such the outlines may be
unavailable from time to time. However for your
convienience, we will provide the old (circa 2003) outlines
at the link entitled "Old AP Chapters". These are the
outlines previously provided from when the site began until
approximately 5/6/05. Be aware however that there may be
errors and inaccuracies in these outlines. These errors,by
the way, are reason this site is being updated. Any
questions or problems can be referred to either Andrew
Nordin or Jim Bokern by clicking on the links at the bottom
of this page. Thank you for your understanding in this
matter.
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.
Created by:
Jim Bokern
Maintained
by: Andrew Nordin
Renovated in the Spring of 2005
by Andrew Nordin, Alex Salamonski, Jeremy Frey, and Jeremy
Burg
"Dedicated to our teacher Mr.
Jim Bokern... without whom our essays would be a vast void
of meaningless gibberish, bereft of
analysis"
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