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An AP U.S. History path organized by the nine AP periods with explicit practice in sourcing, contextualization, causation, comparison, continuity, DBQ, LEQ, and SAQ writing.

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AP U.S. History / college survey

AP U.S. History curriculum

An AP U.S. History path organized by the nine AP periods with explicit practice in sourcing, contextualization, causation, comparison, continuity, DBQ, LEQ, and SAQ writing.

Pacing
9 units, 28-36 weeks self-paced
Units
9 unit sequence
Practice
720 checked answers
Support
Self-paced or tutor-guided
Outcomes
  • Explain U.S. history using evidence, historical reasoning, and periodization.
  • Analyze primary and secondary sources for context, audience, purpose, and point of view.
  • Prepare for AP-style multiple choice, short answer, DBQ, and long essay work without copying official exam items.

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  1. 01

    Period 1: 1491-1607

    • Explain Indigenous societies before European contact.
    • Analyze European exploration, the Columbian Exchange, labor systems, and cultural contact.

    Practice: Write a contextualization paragraph comparing Indigenous regions before sustained European colonization.

  2. 02

    Period 2: 1607-1754

    • Compare Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonial development.
    • Explain slavery, trade, regional economies, and imperial conflict.

    Practice: Build a comparison chart for two colonial regions and turn it into a thesis.

  3. 03

    Period 3: 1754-1800

    • Explain imperial crisis, revolution, founding documents, constitutional debate, and early republic politics.
    • Use causation and sourcing with revolutionary-era documents.

    Practice: Write a short-answer response using one stimulus source and one outside evidence point.

  4. 04

    Period 4: 1800-1848

    • Analyze political parties, federal power, market revolution, reform, expansion, and slavery.
    • Connect social change to regional conflict.

    Practice: Create a causation map for one antebellum reform movement and its limits.

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