AP US Summer Assignment Due: First day of class

Supplies: To complete this assignment you will need at least forty-five 3x5 index cards.

Overview and rationale: Chronological, context, and content knowledge are significant to historical analysis, understanding, and mastery of the Advanced Placement curriculum. The purpose of this assignment is to build a base of knowledge and provide an overview of the course for each student to utilize throughout the year.

Assignment:

  • The AP US curriculum covers 9 time periods. For each time period you will research, determine, and select the 5 most important events and developments. At the end you will have 5 cards for each time period for a total of 45 index cards.

(See pacing chart below for list of time periods)

  • Begin this assignment as soon as possible and be sure to review your index cards throughout the summer.
  • What to include:

-Significant events/ historical developments

-Place event/ development on the front of the card and a rationale and explanation on the back

-Rationale & explanation should include connection to AP US themes and overview that explains its significance (See themes, essential; questions, & BAGPIPES below)

  • Be sure to keep your index cards in order and review throughout the summer.
  • Be prepared for an assessment the first week of class.

Note: Do not attempt to complete this assignment last minute. Be sure to begin this assignment as early as possible and review your index cards throughout the summer. Use the index cards as flash cards and attempt to commit to memory as much as you can.

Continue to the next page for the list of time periods, pacing chart, APUS themes & essential questions, & and explanation of BAGPIPES.

Time Periods, Organization, & Pacing Chart

Organization Pacing

PERIOD 1: 1491-16075%September

PERIOD 2: 1607–175410%October

PERIOD 3 1754–180012%November

PERIOD 4 1800–184810%December

PERIOD 5: 1844-187713%January

PERIOD 6 1865–189813%February

PERIOD 7 1890–194517%March

PERIOD 8 1945–198015%April

PERIOD 9: 1980-present5%May

AP Course Themes and Essential Questions adapted and used directly from-

Source: AP US History Course Description and sample syllabi available at apcentral.collegeboard.com

Each unit of study will address themes and essential questions related to the time period.

Themes / Essential Questions
Identity / How has the American national identity changed over time?
Work, Exchange,
and Technology / How have changes in markets, transportation, and technology
affected American society?
Peopling / How have changes in migration and population patterns affected
American life?
Politics and
Power / How have various groups sought to change the federal
government’s role in American political, social, and economic life?
America in the
World / How has U.S. involvement in global conflicts set the stage for
domestic social changes?
Environment and
Geography / How did the institutions and values between the environment and
Americans shape various groups in North America?
Ideas, Beliefs,
and Cultures / How have changes in moral, philosophical, and cultural values
affected U.S. history?

APUSH Themes Acronym Bryant

BAGPIPE

Belief Systems: Ideas/ideologies, beliefs, and culture.

•Ideologies

•Religion

•Art/Literature, Artistic expression

•Cultural Values

•Science/Philosophy

•Ideals

•Morality, moral values

•Popular culture

America in the World: Global Context

•Competition for resources, dominance

•Foreign Policy/Diplomacy

•Expansionism/Imperialism

•Increasing global connections/global trade/communications

•Global conflicts: World Wars

•Motivations as world actors

•Military and Economic involvement in the developing world

Geography & Environment—physical and human

•Climate

•Geography

•Environment, natural and man-made

•Interaction with the environment: how man shapes and is shaped by his environment

•Natural resources

•Exchanges: plants, disease, animals, technologies

Peopling: Movement/Migrations

•Movement to, from and within the US

•Nativism

•Immigrant groups’ impact on US Society

•Demography

•Impact of European exploration on Indigenous populations

•Debates over immigration

Identity: Gender, class, racial, ethnic identities.

•Gender, gender roles

•Class

•Racial/Ethnic identities

•National Identity

•Regional identity

•Nationalism/Patriotism

•Group Identities

•Assimilation

Politics and Power

•Constitution/interpretation Role of the state in society

•Political process

•Role of the political party systems

•Government

•Struggles over Federalism

•Federal, state, and local government interaction

•Liberty

•Rights

•Democracy

•Citizenship

•Authority/power

Economy: Work, exchange/trade, and technology

•Agriculture

•Commerce/Trade

•Manufacturing

•Labor systems

•Jobs/ways of working

•Labor & social class

•Economic developments

•Land distribution

•Trade patterns/exchange

•Innovation

•Transportation

•Technology

•Globalization of economic systems

•Economic ideologies: Capitalism, free markets, communism, socialism

•Industrialization

•Regulation