Course Description

AP United States History is a college level course designed to give students the opportunity to study the history and development of the United States in a more in-depth manner than regular United States History. The program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses. The content for this course emphasizes the Colonial-Revolutionary War Period, Constitutional Period, the Age of Jackson, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Progressive Era, the New Deal, and the emergence of America as a world power after World War II. Students will learn to assess historical materials -- their relevance to a given interpretive problem, reliability and their importance -- and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. Great emphasis is placed on the intellectual, cultural and socioeconomic history of the United States. Students will also study and analyze the politics and diplomacy of this country. This course covers the 11th grade standards (TEKS) in a different time frame and sequence than on-level U.S. History. Students that move from this course to on-level U.S. History during or at the semester will have gaps in coverage of 11th grade standards (TEKS) potentially impacting preparedness for STAAR End of Course Test. This course is designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement Exam which may earn the student college credit.

Grade: 11
Credits: 1.0
Prerequisite: None

Decatur High School

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