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AP European History Course Information
  AP European History Course Description (.pdf/2.9MB) New!
  AP European History Teacher's Guide
(.pdf/1.7MB)
New!
  AP European History Development Committee
  AP European History Course Perspective
  Sample Syllabi

Exam Information
  The AP European History Exam
  Free AP European History Practice Exam New!
  2007 College Comparability Study for AP European History Exam (.ppt/176KB)
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  Become an AP Exam Reader

Teaching Resource Materials
  Choosing a Textbook for AP European History
  Preparing Students for the AP European History Exam
  The End of History? An AP European History Teaching Unit
  Teaching Tips
  Ten Lesson Plans from the History Teaching Institute
  Three Lesson Plans: France in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries New!
  Critical Interpretation of Images and the AP History Classroom

For the Classroom
  Using Works of Art in the AP Classroom (.pdf/832KB) New!
  Teaching with Primary Sources (.pdf/738KB) New!

College Board Products
  CB Store: Products for AP European History 
  AP CD: European History

Teaching Resource Reviews
There are currently more than 150 reviews of European history resources, including textbooks, Web sites, software, multimedia CD-Roms, and more, in the Teachers' Resources area. Each review describes the resource and suggests ways it might be used in the classroom. New reviews are added regularly, so check back often!
  Teachers' Resources

Feature Articles
  The Home Stretch: Review Strategies That Work New!
  To Illuminate History: Making History Picture-Perfect New!
  Women as Political Leaders in Modern European History: Online Research
  Student Assignment: Summer Reading for AP European History
  Teaching the Introductory Survey: Insights from the College Board's AP Survey
  Women's and Gender History in Imperial Perspective
  Introducing Students to Historiography in the AP European History Classroom
  Using Biography to Teach AP History
  Art in the AP Classroom
  Why the West?
  Causes and Consequences of the Black Death -- A Reappraisal

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  AP European History Electronic Discussion Group
  Registration for Electronic Discussion Groups

Subscribe to the AP Central AP European History Newsletter
About twice a school year, the AP Central staff compiles and sends email updates alerting members to important program updates and new content items for AP European History. You automatically receive this course newsletter unless you choose the "Do not send" option on the Personal Profile page. To see an example of the AP European History newsletter, click on the link below.
  AP European History Newsletter
  Personal Profile

Contributions
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