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AP U.S. History Course Information
  AP United States History Course Description (.pdf/2.6MB) New!
  AP United States History Teacher's Guide (.pdf/795KB) New!
  AP U.S. History Development Committee
  AP U.S. History Course Perspective
  Sample Syllabi 

Exam Information
  AP U.S. History Exam Page
  Free AP United States History Practice Exam New!
  AP U.S. History: The DBQ

Teaching Resource Materials
  Teaching Unit: Colonial America, 1492-1763
  The Age of Reform Web Guide: 1890-1945
  U.S. Diplomatic History: A Web Guide
  Curriculum Unit: The Age of Jackson
  Web Guide: Post-1945 U.S. History
  10 Lesson Plans for AP U.S. History
  Teaching Tips
  Textbooks and Teaching: Recent Discussions in the Journal of American History
  Artifact & Analysis Web Site
  Order Form for Teaching Guide to the Artifact & Analysis Project (.pdf/140KB)

Curriculum Modules New!
  White–Native American Contact in Early American History (.pdf/354KB)

For the Classroom
  Teaching with Primary Sources (.pdf/531KB)  New!
  Immigration in the US History (.pdf/836KB) New!

College Board Products
  CB Store: Products for AP U.S. History
  AP Innovations Video
  APCD: U.S. History

Teachers' Resource Reviews
There are currently more than 450 reviews of AP U.S. 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
State of the Field: U.S. History
  American Diversity as a Theme in the AP U.S. History Course New!
  Using Literature in the AP U.S. History Classroom New!
  Teaching the New Western History New!
  Cultural History in the AP U.S. History Program New!
  Teaching About the Atlantic World in the AP U.S. History Classroom New!
  Lawn and Landscape in World Context, 1945-2000 New!
  Driven to the City: Urbanization and Industrialization in the Nineteenth Century
  The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage
  What Students Learn About Cultural History in AP United States History
  Competing Perspectives on the Past in U.S. History Textbooks
  Cultural History in AP U.S. History Classes: Evidence from 25 Years at the AP Exam Reading
  Race and Citizenship
  C. Vann Woodward's The Strange Career of Jim Crow
  The Origins of American Slavery
  Why Tea? The Global Story of the American Revolution
  Crossing National Borders: Locating the United States in Migration History
  America, the Atlantic, and Global Consumer Demand, 1500-1800
  Teaching the Introductory Survey: Insights from the College Board's AP Survey
  What Is Gender History?
  Cold War and Global Hegemony, 1945-1991
  Rethinking American History in a Global Context
  From Rosie the Riveter to the Global Assembly Line
  The Declaration of Independence in World Context
  OAH-AP Collaboration: America on the World Stage
  State of the Field in U.S. History: The Progressive Era
  State of the Field in U.S. History: Teaching the 1917-1945 Period

Teaching Abstracts: Recent Research
  Richard White: Imagine There Is No Country
  David Brion Davis: Looking at Slavery from Broader Perspectives

Teaching the AP U.S. History Course
  Incorporating Diplomatic History into the American History Survey
  Teaching Uncle Tom's Cabin in the AP U.S. History Course
  Guide to Korean War Resources
  Public History in the AP U.S. History Classroom
  Guide to Vietnam War Resources
  Greening the AP U.S. History Course
  Filling the Holes: Rethinking the U.S. History Survey
  Teaching American History with the Booker T. Washington Papers
  Critical Interpretation of Images and the AP History Classroom
  Integrating Labor History into the U.S. History Curriculum
  The Student Oral Historian in the AP United States History Classroom
  Monumental AP U.S. History Teaching
  Teaching History with Movies
  Incorporating African American History into the U.S. History Survey Course
  Women's History: A Quick Cyberguide
  Using Technology in the Classroom

Other Feature Articles
  A College Professor Reflects on the AP U.S. History Reading
  Madam C. J. Walker and the Rise of the African American Entrepreneur
  A Forum for Student Historians: Interview with Will Fitzhugh
  Women Scientists of the Manhattan Project
  North Korea and the Legacies of the Cold War
  The Iraq War and the Lessons of History

Electronic Discussion Groups
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  AP U.S. History Electronic Discussion Group
  Registration for Electronic Discussion Groups

Subscribe to the AP Central AP U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. History newsletter, click on the link below.
  AP U.S. History Newsletter
  Personal Profile

Contributions
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