Essential Course Resources
- AP United States History Course Description (.pdf/891KB)
- AP United States History Teacher's Guide (.pdf/795KB)
- AP U.S. History Development Committee
- AP U.S. History Course Perspective
AP Exam Information and Resources
- Multiple Choice Section Scoring Change
- Free 1996 AP U.S. History Released Exam
- AP U.S. History Exam Information
- Free AP United States History Practice Exam
- AP U.S. History: The DBQ
- Seeking AP Exam Readers
AP Course Audit Information
Classroom Resources
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From the College Board
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Curriculum Modules
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Special Focus Materials
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From Your AP Colleagues
- 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)
- The Spanish Flu And Its Legacy (.pdf/5.7MB)
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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
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Teaching Abstracts: Recent Research
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Course Content - Related Articles
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- 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
- 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
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Web Guides
Reviews of Teaching Resources
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