AP US History
AP US History is a two semester course with 101 total lessons and 76 graded assignments.
The course motif is that of a news magazine, US History, AP, where students “work” as a
historical researcher while being trained to move into a permanent position as a staff writer.
Students are exposed to real life skills, while also preparing to take the AP Exam. Step-bystep they are instructed on the intricate details of writing the AP US History essays. The
Cornell Note taking method is taught and used throughout the course. Instructional
interactives are heavily used in this course.
Because this is an AP course, teachers are expected to be AP trained and aware of the exam
requirements prior to instruction. Answer keys will give some recommendations for grading,
but much of what is expected relies on teacher knowledge of AP appropriate responses.
Successful teachers often create supplemental activities and are involved with the instruction
and test preparation for all students.
Design features are outlined below with their corresponding lesson location.
Feature
Assessments with Higher
level thinking skills
Assessments with Choices
Project-based assessments
Collaboration
21st Century Skills and real
world applications
Lesson Numbers impacted
Almost all assessments are higher level
thinking, by the mere fact that it is a
college leveled course delivered to
students from 10-12th grades. The focus
of the course is on synthesis of
information across time and place with
an emphasis on analysis of information
using documents.
7.05. 01.05, 06.03, 07.02, 08.02, 08.03,
08.06
08.03, 7.05, 10.05
Student-Student 2.06*
Oral and written
communication- oral- 1.07B, 3.04,
5.06, 7.04, 9.05, 11.02,; written- shorter1.03, 3.03, 3.11, 4.04, 5.04, 6.01, 6.03
6.04, 6.05, 6.07, 7.02, 8.02, 8.05, 9.02,
9.07, 10.02, 10.05, 12.05; longer-1.05,
2.01, 2.08, 3.02, 3.07, 4.02, 4.06, 5.02,
7.07, 8.07, 9.04, 10.04, 11.03
Creativity and Innovation- 7.02,
7.05, 8.02, 8.03 10.05
Teamwork/Collaboration- 2.06
Clear and Compelling product
standards- all assessments other than
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auto-grades have rubrics for the
students. All products have requirement
lists for the students to follow.
Protection from adverse
consequences- all assignments offer 2
submissions
Affirmation of the significance of
performance- Stu-Stud- 2.06
Affiliation- Stu-Stud- 2.06
Novelty and Variety- Interactive
self-checks- 1.02, 1.06, 2.02, 2.04, 2.07,
3.01, 3.09, 4.03, 4.05, 5.01, 5.03, 6.02,
6.06, 6.08, 7.01, 8.01, 8.04, 9.01, 9.06,
10.01, 10.07, 11.01, 11.06, 12.01, 12.06
Interactive lessons- 1.05, 1.06, 2.02,
3.09, 4.04, 5.03, 5.04, 7.02, 8.03, 8.04,
9.02, 9.04, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 11.05,
Products with creative options-
Discussions
Discussion Based
Assessments
Lesson Interactivity
8.03, 09.02
Choice- 7.0501.05, 06.03, 07.02, 08.02,
08.03, 08.06
Authenticity- 08.03, 09.02
Stu-Stud- 2.06
1.07B, 3.04, 5.06, 7.04, 9.05, 11.02, 12.06
Audio-visual- 1.02, 1.03, 2.03, 2.07,
3.01, 4.01, 4.02, 5.02, 5.04, 6.01, 6.05,
7.04, 7.07, 8.02, 9.07, 10.07, 11.01,
11.06, 12.01, 12.05,
Interactive self-checks- 1.02, 1.06,
2.02, 2.04, 2.07, 3.01, 3.09, 4.03, 4.05,
5.01, 5.03, 6.02, 6.06, 6.08, 7.01, 8.01,
8.04, 9.01, 9.06, 10.01, 10.07, 11.01,
11.06, 12.01, 12.06
Interactive lessons- 1.05, 1.06, 2.02,
3.09, 4.04, 5.03, 5.04, 7.02, 8.03, 8.04,
9.02, 9.04, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 11.05,
Roll-overs, clicking features- 1.03,
2.04, 2.06, 2.08, 3.05, 3.10, 4.05, 5.06,
6.03, 6.06, 7.06, 8.06, 9.05, 11.02, 11.04,
11.07, 12.03,
Literacy Strategies
External Resources
Cornell notes instructions and
templates available in all lessons.
SAS- 1.03, 2,03, 4.06, 5.04, 6.05, 7.03,
8.02, 9.07, 10.04, 10.05
Ebook- Houghton Mifflin, The Enduring
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Honors lesson/assessments
Vision, 6th edition.
AP Reviews- Part of exams and
cumulative review in 6.11, 11.05, 12.08
There are no honors assessments in AP
courses. All AP lessons and assessments
are written to comply with College Board
standards.
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Test Banks
All quizzes and exams have test
banks.
All assessments have answer
keys. However, grading of writing
assignments depends on teacher
knowledge of AP Standards.
Short Writing assignments 1.03,
3.03, 3.11, 4.04, 5.04, 6.04, 6.07,
7.02, 8.02, 8.05, 9.02, 9.07, 10.02,
10.05, 12.05
Long Writing assignments 1.05,
2.01, 2.08, 3.02, 3.07, 4.02, 4.06,
5.02, 6.05, 7.06, 7.07, 8.03, 8.06,
8.07, 9.04, 10.04, 11.03, 11.05
Answer Keys
Writing
1.05
2.01
2.08
3.07
3.11
4.06
5.02
6.04
6.05
7.02
7.07
8.05
8.07
9.04
10.04
11.03
11.05
Exam Essays
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AP Reviews Abridged Registration
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The Abridged Registration process is used by out of state students who are currently enrolled in a licensed
FLVS course(s) through Global Services.
FLVS has 10 AP Test Reviews. However, FLVS only has AP courses for 9 of the 10 AP Test Reviews.
The AP Test Reviews are included as part of what the client licenses when they license one of these 9 AP
courses.
There is no visible link from the AP Review application to get to an abridged registration page. The way to
access a specific course abridged registration form is by clicking on one of the links below:
AP Review and Abridged Registration Link
AP U.S History
https://aptestreview.flvs.net/FLVSAPREVIEW/registration/AbridgedSelfRegistration.aspx?Opencrs=2110
AP Art History
https://aptestreview.flvs.net/FLVSAPREVIEW/registration/AbridgedSelfRegistration.aspx?Opencrs=2128
Note: The numbers at the end of the links will not need to be changed with course version changes.
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The above links are manually added to the Course Information folder of each client AP course by our client
support representatives. The client receives an email from our support representatives with this information
and directions when they license the AP course.
For students to access the AP test review content, the students were directed to do the following:
Go to the Course Information section of the course to the URL registration link (each student must do this)
The URL link within the course is specific for the course. The 4 digit number at the end of the URL is a code
for the specific course and registers the student for that AP Test Review. This is a brief and simple
registration.
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STEPS FOR REGISTERING IN THE ABRIDGED REGISTRATION PROCESS
STEP 1: Student is asked to enter his/her First name, Last name, email address and Birth date.
STEP 2: Student is asked to fill in the remaining fields of School Information.
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Student should select his/her State, District and School Name.
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STEP 3: Click Finish to complete the Abridged Registration
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Students do not get prompted for any type of payment for the AP Reviews in the Abridged Registration
process. Remember, the AP Reviews come as part of what a client licenses when they purchase an FLVS AP
course license.
Students receive a registration confirmation screen and an email with a username and password. After the
student is registered in the system, access to the AP Test Review is from the URL link provided within the
online AP course.
If a student has another AP Course Review to take, they will be directed to the registration link
again in the course information area.
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Select Next
Student receives a message, “The First Name, Last Name, Email, and Date of Birth information is already
associated with an AP Review user. The selected course has been added to this user's list of available
courses.
Please log in to your account to access the new course, or you may press the Back and enter new
information to create a new user.”
Student needs to use their same username and password from the first course. If they have forgotten
their password they can use the “Forgot Password” link on the login page.
If the student uses a new email address, they will complete the registration as a first-time user and
create a new account for that course.
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