AP U.S. History
"America is great because she is good. When American ceases to be good, she will cease to be great."
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
Classroom Documents
Course Syllabus
Absences (from EBA Handbook)
Student Information Sheet
Covid Plan
College Board Audit APUSH Syllabus (approved)
Parent Night PPT (adapted from the College Board)
Parent Night Handout
AP Contract
MLA Works Cited Format (without annotations)
Course Syllabus
Absences (from EBA Handbook)
Student Information Sheet
Covid Plan
College Board Audit APUSH Syllabus (approved)
Parent Night PPT (adapted from the College Board)
Parent Night Handout
AP Contract
MLA Works Cited Format (without annotations)
Summer Assignment
Snap the Whip by Winslow Homer (1872)
APUSH Summer Assignment
Summer Meeting Dates
AP Exam Review (Period 1, Definitions & Questions) (original designed by Ashley Jenkins)
Taba Chart: Native American Tribal Cultures
The Colombian Exchange
Venn Diagram: Native Americans and Europeans
Bartolome de Las Casas
Christopher Columbus' Letter to Luis de Sant’ Angel
Cabeza de Vaca Amonth the Indians
SAQ VIDEO (Khan Academy)
Summer SAQ #1
Summer SAQ #2
Summer SAQ #3
Getting Ready for APUSH (Tom Richey/Marco Learning)
HAPPY (PSR analysis)
Historical Thinking Skills/Processes
Cause & Effect (graphic organizer based on John P. Irish's book: Historical Thinking Skills)
Cause & Effect (graphic organizer based on John P. Irish's book: Historical Thinking Skills)
Historical Eras
Pre-Columbian America
Colonial Settlement
African Slave Trade
Colonial Conflict
Revolutionary War
Federal Era
Era of Good Feelings
Jacksonian Democracy
Antebellum Period
Civil War
Reconstruction
The West
Industrial Revolution
The New South
Gilded Age
The Progressive Era
Imperialism
World War I
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
World War II
Cold War
Modern America
Tom
APUSH Review by Period
Period 1
Period 1 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (Native Americans)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (Spanish Colonization)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (French Colonization)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (Dutch Colonization)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (English Colonization)
Heimler's History: Period 1 (All you want to know)
AP Dailey: Periods 1 & 2 (College Board)
Period 2
Period 2 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Tom Richey Review of Colonial America
Period 3
Period 3 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Richey's Video on the American Revolution
Richey's Video on Early National America
Heimler's Review
Richey's Video on the Articles of Confederation, Jefferson, Hamilton
JoczProductions Video Review of Period 3
Period 4
Period 4 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Heimler's Review
JoczProductions Video Review of Period 4
Heimler's Video on the Revolution of 1800
Richey's Video on the Election of 1800
Richey's Video on the Jeffersonian Republic
Heimler's Video on the War of 1812
Adam Norris' Video on Causes/Effects of War of 1812
Heimler's Video on the Era of Good Feelings, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine
Richey Video on Jacksonian Democracy
Period 5
Period 5 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Heimler's Review
JoczProduction Video Review of Period 5
Heimler's Video on the Sectional Crisis
Heimler's Video on the Causes of the Civil War
Heimler's Video on the Civil War (Part 1)
Heimler's Video on the Civil War (Part 2)
Heimler's Video on Reconstruction
Tom Richey Video on Reconstruction with sample DBQ
Period 6
Period 6 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
The Gilded Age (Video review, Tom Richey)
The Gilded Age (American Experience/PBS)
JoczProductions Video on Gilded Age Politics
JoczProductions Video Review of Period 6
Heimler's Video on the Spanish-American War
Heimler's Video on the Progressive Era: Politics, Women, Reform
Period 7
Period 7 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
The Roaring Twenties (Gilder Lehrman essay)
JoczProductions Video Review of Period 7
Heimler's Video on World War I
Heimler's Video on the Roaring Twenties
Heimler's Video on FDR's New Deal
Heimler's Video on World War II
Tom Richey Video (Bill of Rights Institute) on Great Depression/WWII
Periods 8 & 9
Period 8 (Gilder Lehrman video: overview) Take very good notes on this!
Cold War PPT (Reeves' ppt)
Origins of the Cold War (video of John Lewis Gaddis, author of The Cold War: A New History)
Timeline of Postwar Administrations (Eisenhower-Obama)
Civil Rights Movement Timeline
Cold War/Postwar Events Study guide (This is going to take some time...don't wait until the due date to start!)
AP Classroom Videos on Periods 8 & 9
Period 9 (Gilder Lehrman video: overview)
APUSH Review by Period
Period 1
Period 1 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (Native Americans)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (Spanish Colonization)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (French Colonization)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (Dutch Colonization)
Tom Richey Review of Period 1 (English Colonization)
Heimler's History: Period 1 (All you want to know)
AP Dailey: Periods 1 & 2 (College Board)
Period 2
Period 2 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Tom Richey Review of Colonial America
Period 3
Period 3 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Richey's Video on the American Revolution
Richey's Video on Early National America
Heimler's Review
Richey's Video on the Articles of Confederation, Jefferson, Hamilton
JoczProductions Video Review of Period 3
Period 4
Period 4 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Heimler's Review
JoczProductions Video Review of Period 4
Heimler's Video on the Revolution of 1800
Richey's Video on the Election of 1800
Richey's Video on the Jeffersonian Republic
Heimler's Video on the War of 1812
Adam Norris' Video on Causes/Effects of War of 1812
Heimler's Video on the Era of Good Feelings, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine
Richey Video on Jacksonian Democracy
Period 5
Period 5 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
Heimler's Review
JoczProduction Video Review of Period 5
Heimler's Video on the Sectional Crisis
Heimler's Video on the Causes of the Civil War
Heimler's Video on the Civil War (Part 1)
Heimler's Video on the Civil War (Part 2)
Heimler's Video on Reconstruction
Tom Richey Video on Reconstruction with sample DBQ
Period 6
Period 6 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
The Gilded Age (Video review, Tom Richey)
The Gilded Age (American Experience/PBS)
JoczProductions Video on Gilded Age Politics
JoczProductions Video Review of Period 6
Heimler's Video on the Spanish-American War
Heimler's Video on the Progressive Era: Politics, Women, Reform
Period 7
Period 7 Overview (Gilder-Lehrman video)
The Roaring Twenties (Gilder Lehrman essay)
JoczProductions Video Review of Period 7
Heimler's Video on World War I
Heimler's Video on the Roaring Twenties
Heimler's Video on FDR's New Deal
Heimler's Video on World War II
Tom Richey Video (Bill of Rights Institute) on Great Depression/WWII
Periods 8 & 9
Period 8 (Gilder Lehrman video: overview) Take very good notes on this!
Cold War PPT (Reeves' ppt)
Origins of the Cold War (video of John Lewis Gaddis, author of The Cold War: A New History)
Timeline of Postwar Administrations (Eisenhower-Obama)
Civil Rights Movement Timeline
Cold War/Postwar Events Study guide (This is going to take some time...don't wait until the due date to start!)
AP Classroom Videos on Periods 8 & 9
Period 9 (Gilder Lehrman video: overview)
AP Exam Review: Essays
Marco Learning (offering free webinars for teachers/students... Sign up on this page to view. I highly recommend this!)
DBQ
How to write a DBQ (Heimler's History)
How to argue with the Docs in a DBQ (Heimler's History)
How to Earn the Points on a DBQ (Heimler's History, walks through DBQ's...watch this!) Sample DBQ's that accompany this video
Heimler's History DBQ Module (videos on each aspect of DBQ)
Evidence Beyond the Document (Heimler's History)
Document Analysis (Heimler's History)
LEQ
LEQ: Reform Movements (College Board website)
AP Exam Review: Essays
Marco Learning (offering free webinars for teachers/students... Sign up on this page to view. I highly recommend this!)
DBQ
How to write a DBQ (Heimler's History)
How to argue with the Docs in a DBQ (Heimler's History)
How to Earn the Points on a DBQ (Heimler's History, walks through DBQ's...watch this!) Sample DBQ's that accompany this video
Heimler's History DBQ Module (videos on each aspect of DBQ)
Evidence Beyond the Document (Heimler's History)
Document Analysis (Heimler's History)
LEQ
LEQ: Reform Movements (College Board website)
AP Exam Review
General Review
Score Predictor (Marco Learning)
Marco Learning Productivity Planner (get organized!)
Marco Learning Study Guide Pack (best quick overview of each Period...look at this!)
Khan Academy Review Quizzes by Period
Fiveable APUSH Study Guide (free account, links to topics in each Period)
Supreme Court Cases (chart by Mitch White of the Weber School is fantastic....)
Timeline of Women's History
Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement
Learnerator Checklist for the APUSH Exam
Practice Questions (Learnerator)
Gilder-Lehrman APUSH Study Guide (videos by Periods, DBQ sample)
AP Exam Prep (from Rice University....good overview with questions)
Sue Pojer's Review Quizzes (from historyteacher.net)
Apushreivew.com (concepts you need to know for each period with links to info about some)
APUSHReview.com (Adam Norris' quick video reviews of each of the revised APUSH periods)
APUSH Essay Topics (another of Andam Norris' videos covering info for APUSH essays)
APUSH Final Exam Review (yet another of Adam Norris' wonderful sets of videos)
Brief Review of U.S. History & Gov't (from Pearson, multiple-choice questions, DBQ)
A Biography of America (resources, maps, videos from Annenberg Learner)
John Green's Crash Course Videos (wonderful review tool)
JOCZ Productions History Videos
Hip Hughes History Video Lessons (key topics, events)
Albert Review Quizzes (very thorough)
BubbaBrain (quick quizzes to get you started)
AP Pass (calculate your score)
APUSH Essays
Marco Learning (offering free webinars for teachers/students... Sign up on this page to view. I highly recommend this!)
SAQ"s
LEQ's
Marco Learning (offering free webinars for teachers/students... Sign up on this page to view. I highly recommend this!)
SAQ"s
- College Board Sample (good examples of scored essays)
LEQ's
DBQ's
- DBQ Rubric
- Great site that breaks down AP essay components
- Tom Richey video (context, thesis) Excellent!
- Tom Richey video (documents)
- Tom Richey video (evidence, understanding)
- How to Write POV's, CAPS
- How to write a DBQ (Heimler's History)
- How to argue with the Docs in a DBQ (Heimler's History)
- How to Earn the Points on a DBQ (Heimler's History, walks through DBQ's...watch this!) Sample DBQ's that accompany this video
- Heimler's History DBQ Module (videos on each aspect of DBQ)
- Evidence Beyond the Document (Heimler's History
- Document Analysis (Heimler's History)
Primary Sources
Unit 1 (Chapter 1)
Unit 2
Unit 3 (Chapters 5,6)
Unit 3 (Chapters 7,8)
Unit 7 (Chapters 17,18)
Unit 1 (Chapter 1)
Unit 2
Unit 3 (Chapters 5,6)
Unit 3 (Chapters 7,8)
Unit 7 (Chapters 17,18)
Reading List
The Reader by Mary Cassatt (1877)
Historical Book Review
Reading List (for Historical Book Review)
Supplemental Reading Assignment (Parent Letter)
Permission Slip (Supplemental Reading)
Maps
Sebastian Münster (1489-1552)
Interactive map of the United States
Blank outline map of the United States
Infoplease interactive map of the United States
World/U.S. map quizzes
Interactive U.S. Map from AnimatedAtlas.com
Battle Map: World War I
Online Assignments
Attention Sophomores: ALL Sophomores are encouraged to take the 12/5 administration of the SAT (given here at EBA)! You will need a test score to qualify for Duel Enrollment besides the practice necessary to maximize your score for college admissions. The deadline for regular registration is 11/5; you will need a credit card and appropriate picture before you begin. The initial process involves answering demographic questions and will take about 45 minutes. Here is the link for registration: SAT registration Contact me should you need help or have any questions! Be sure to save your email/password (on paper and in your phone) for your College Board account as you can NOT make a new one.
Assignment 9/27
BOOKS! Do not forget that book choices are due this Friday. Email me your choice (or questions) and whether you want to purchase or check out.
The Constitution (Reeves PPT)
The Washington Administration (Reeves PPT)
The Adams Administration (Reeves PPT)
Jefferson Administration (Reeves PPT)
Attention Sophomores: ALL Sophomores are encouraged to take the 12/5 administration of the SAT (given here at EBA)! You will need a test score to qualify for Duel Enrollment besides the practice necessary to maximize your score for college admissions. The deadline for regular registration is 11/5; you will need a credit card and appropriate picture before you begin. The initial process involves answering demographic questions and will take about 45 minutes. Here is the link for registration: SAT registration Contact me should you need help or have any questions! Be sure to save your email/password (on paper and in your phone) for your College Board account as you can NOT make a new one.
Assignment 9/27
BOOKS! Do not forget that book choices are due this Friday. Email me your choice (or questions) and whether you want to purchase or check out.
The Constitution (Reeves PPT)
The Washington Administration (Reeves PPT)
The Adams Administration (Reeves PPT)
Jefferson Administration (Reeves PPT)
NOTE: See U.S. History page for videos on Washington and Adams.
Holocaust Video (Part 1)
Holocaust Video (Part 2)
2020 APUSH EXAM INFORMATION
4/28 Important Information from the College Board! You need to open and read! I will post some of the links below, but there is additional info in this letter including how to access your ticket for the test...Also, an AP Exam Demo will be available Monday, 5/4.
2020 AP Testing Guide
2020 AP Exam Day Checklist
2020 AP Exam: Walkthrough (College Board video...Watch!)
2020 AP Exam: How to Prep (College Board video)
2020 AP Exam: The Rules (College Board video)
Confirm Your Email (College Board)
2020 AP Exam: Demo (MUST view this week!)
Required and Recommended Resource List
5/4 Latest Update from the College Board! Please read as this has further instructions for exam day!
Marco Learning Exam Day Suggestions (This is good...read it!)
2020 DBQ Rubric (by Tom Richey)
2020 DBQ Annotation Sheet (by Tom Richey...planning your DBQ)
Explanation of the 2020 DBQ Rubric (by Tom Richey)
Another explanation of the 2020 DBQ Rubric (Heimler's History)
4/28 Important Information from the College Board! You need to open and read! I will post some of the links below, but there is additional info in this letter including how to access your ticket for the test...Also, an AP Exam Demo will be available Monday, 5/4.
2020 AP Testing Guide
2020 AP Exam Day Checklist
2020 AP Exam: Walkthrough (College Board video...Watch!)
2020 AP Exam: How to Prep (College Board video)
2020 AP Exam: The Rules (College Board video)
Confirm Your Email (College Board)
2020 AP Exam: Demo (MUST view this week!)
Required and Recommended Resource List
5/4 Latest Update from the College Board! Please read as this has further instructions for exam day!
Marco Learning Exam Day Suggestions (This is good...read it!)
2020 DBQ Rubric (by Tom Richey)
2020 DBQ Annotation Sheet (by Tom Richey...planning your DBQ)
Explanation of the 2020 DBQ Rubric (by Tom Richey)
Another explanation of the 2020 DBQ Rubric (Heimler's History)
2020 DBQ (by periods)
Instructions for DBQ's (Read before you start!)
Period 3 (due 5/1 by 8 pm)
Period 4 (due 5/1 by 8 pm)
Period 4...another one (due 5/9 by 8 pm)
Period 5 (due 5/9 by 8 pm)
Period 5...another one (due 5/11 by 8 pm)
Periods 2-5...may get one spanning different periods (due 5/13 by 8 pm)
Period 6 (due 5/13 by 8 pm)
Extra DBQ's for practice:
Periods 6-7 (Imperialism)
Period 7 (Interwar Foreign Policy)
Period 7 (FDR programs)
Instructions for DBQ's (Read before you start!)
Period 3 (due 5/1 by 8 pm)
Period 4 (due 5/1 by 8 pm)
Period 4...another one (due 5/9 by 8 pm)
Period 5 (due 5/9 by 8 pm)
Period 5...another one (due 5/11 by 8 pm)
Periods 2-5...may get one spanning different periods (due 5/13 by 8 pm)
Period 6 (due 5/13 by 8 pm)
Extra DBQ's for practice:
Periods 6-7 (Imperialism)
Period 7 (Interwar Foreign Policy)
Period 7 (FDR programs)