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INTRODUCTIONS 2019 - 2020
DISCLAIMER. Any tasking assigned and/or posted is expected to be read and/or viewed by the student by the posted date. Information gained from the reading and/or viewing may be evaluated on a test, quiz, essay or graded assignment. It is now your responsibility to keep up with the readings or viewings by being motivated for taking the course, self-organized and self-disciplined. Optional assignments that DO NOT have a due date is just as it appears; an optional source which you may or may not want to further your knowledge.
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2020 APUSH EXAM
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Overview
It is an expectation that students enrolled in AP U.S. History will take the AP U.S. History Exam in May. Written by a committee of college and university faculty and experienced AP teachers, the AP Exam is the culmination of the AP course and provides students with the opportunity to earn credit and/or placement in college based on the score they achieve on the exam. Colleges and universities set their own criteria for how many credits students may earn based on their exam score.
It is an expectation that students enrolled in AP U.S. History will take the AP U.S. History Exam in May. Written by a committee of college and university faculty and experienced AP teachers, the AP Exam is the culmination of the AP course and provides students with the opportunity to earn credit and/or placement in college based on the score they achieve on the exam. Colleges and universities set their own criteria for how many credits students may earn based on their exam score.
Exam Description
The AP U.S. History Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and includes both a 105-minute multiple-choice/short answer section and a 90-minute free-response section. Each section is divided into two parts, as shown in the table below. Student performance on these four parts will be compiled and weighted to determine an AP Exam score.
The AP U.S. History Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and includes both a 105-minute multiple-choice/short answer section and a 90-minute free-response section. Each section is divided into two parts, as shown in the table below. Student performance on these four parts will be compiled and weighted to determine an AP Exam score.
How Student Learning Is Assessed on the AP Exam
The AP U.S. History Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and has a multiple choice/short answer section and a free response section. Each section is divided into two parts.
Section I — Part A: Multiple Choice | 55 Questions | 55 minutes | 40% of Exam Score
Section I — Part B: Short Answer | 3 Questions | 40 minutes | 20% of Exam Score
Section II — Part A: Document Based | 1 Question | 60 minutes (includes a 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score
Section II — Part B: Long Essay | 1 Question | 40 minutes | 15% of Exam Score
The following are general parameters about the relationship between the components of the course framework and the questions that will be asked on the AP Exam:
The AP U.S. History Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and has a multiple choice/short answer section and a free response section. Each section is divided into two parts.
Section I — Part A: Multiple Choice | 55 Questions | 55 minutes | 40% of Exam Score
- Questions appear in sets of 2 to 5.
- You’ll be asked to analyze historical texts, interpretations, and evidence.
- Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs, and maps are included.
Section I — Part B: Short Answer | 3 Questions | 40 minutes | 20% of Exam Score
- Analyze historians’ interpretations, historical sources, and propositions about history.
- Questions provide opportunities for you to demonstrate what you know best.
- Some questions include texts, images, graphs, or maps.
- You’ll have a choice between two options for the final required short- answer question, each one focusing on a different time period.
- Question 1 (required): periods 3-8
- Question 2 (required): periods 3-8
- Choose between Question 3, periods 1-5, and Question 4, periods 6-9
Section II — Part A: Document Based | 1 Question | 60 minutes (includes a 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score
- Assess written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.
- Develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
- The document-based question will focus on topics from periods 3-8.
Section II — Part B: Long Essay | 1 Question | 40 minutes | 15% of Exam Score
- Explain and analyze significant issues in U.S. history.
- Develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
- You’ll select from one of three essay choices, each focusing on the same theme and skill but different time periods:
- Option 1: period 1-3
- Option 2: periods 4-6
- Option 3: periods 7-9
The following are general parameters about the relationship between the components of the course framework and the questions that will be asked on the AP Exam:
- Each AP Exam question measures your ability to apply historical practices and reasoning to one or more of the thematic learning objectives.
- Multiple-choice questions expect that you’re familiar enough with the concept statements in each period of U.S. history to be able to answer questions about related primary and secondary source material.
- All free-response questions reward you for accurately explaining the historical content your local curriculum focused on for each concept statement.
- The coverage of the periods in the exam as a whole will reflect the approximate period weightings (see the table on page 19 of the Course and Exam Description).
- Document-based and long essay questions may span more than one period, requiring you to address events or documents from multiple periods of the course.
- Your understanding of all themes and periods of U.S. history will be assessed on the exam. The periods and skills that can be addressed in different sections of the exam are specified in the AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description (PDF/2.7MB).
The new curriculum framework organizes US history into nine periods and presents each period with a conceptual focus. (From AP Central)
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Historical Thinking Skills in APUSH: The curriculum framework begins by describing the historical thinking skills that are central to the study and practice of history.
These are organized into four types of skills: chronological reasoning, comparison and contextualization, crafting historical arguments from historical evidence, and historical interpretation and synthesis. Teachers should develop these historical thinking skills with students on a regular basis over the span of the course. The historical thinking skills provide opportunities for students to learn to think like historians, most notably to analyze evidence about the past and to create persuasive historical arguments. Focusing on these practices enables teachers to create learning opportunities for students that emphasize the conceptual and interpretive nature of history rather than simply memorization of events in the past. |
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THEMES in APUSH (BAGPIPE): Thematic Learning Objectives: The framework presents a set of learning objectives, organized by seven major themes that describe what students should know and be able to do by the end of the AP U.S. History course.
These represent the major historical understandings that colleges and universities want AP students to have developed in order to merit placement out of the introductory college U.S. history survey course. Students should use a range of historical thinking skills to investigate the thematic learning objectives. |
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READ (pp. 1-28): CHAPTER 1: The World Before 1492TEXTBOOK REVIEW. Please have read by the DUE DATE. You are accountable for the textbook reading and subject for evaluation to demonstrate your proficiency of the content. Please NOTE the DEADLINE which will appear on your APUSH GOOGLE CALENDAR
If YOUR TEXTBOOK is not RECEIVED yet (and that happens from time-to-time), HYPERLINK on the BUTTON [below] and READ pp. 1-15. THIS SECTION COMES FROM YOUR TEXTBOOK.
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Welcome Back Letter - 50 PTS
Please read (and your parents) the Welcome Back Letter, and return it signed by the deadline for some simple, but easy 50 points.
Please NOTE the DEADLINE which will appear on your APUSH GOOGLE CALENDAR Don't forget you FIND the BUTTONS [to the left & below the Back to School child] on the MAIN HOMEPAGE of our WEBSITE. The FORM to turn in for EARNED CREDIT looks like what is displayed [below]. This is also LOCATED on the MAIN HOMEPAGE. 
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True Colors Personality Test
DONE AS ACTIVITY IN CLASS [35 PTS] It helps me help my students by looking at a simple (and very basic) personality test. This allows me to be cognizant of my students by knowing them individually, in order to help them with suggestions, such as studying, participating or working in teams.
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Parent Film & TV Permission Form
WEIGHT: 50 PTS Please skim over the (and your parents) the movie list which I would like to use (clips, scenes or in entirety) throughout the year. It is easier to get parental approval at the beginning than trying to get 100% of parents in just a couple of days if we were to show something. With that in mind, if you have any suggestions - I'd welcome input as well. We rarely watch entire movies until after the national exam, but this helps me just in case. Please return it signed by the deadline for some simple, but easy points.
Please NOTE the DEADLINE which will appear on your APUSH GOOGLE CALENDAR |
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What is Your Learning Style [35 PTS]?
INCLASS ASSIGNMENT
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