About the course
"The AP U.S. History course focuses on developing students' understanding of American history from approximately 1491 to the present. The course has students investigate the content of U.S. history for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods, and develop and use the same thinking skills and methods (analyzing jprimary and secondary sources, making historical comparisons, chronological reasoning, and argumentation) employed by historians when they study the past. The course also provides seven themes (American and national identify: migration and settlement; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world; geography and the environment; and culture and society) that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places." ~The College Board
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College course equivalent
"AP U.S. History is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester introductory college or university U.S. History course." ~The College Board
Other Important information
A U.S. History credit is a requirement to graduate at PHS-CC. However, AP U.S. History is an elective course at PHS-CC. There are no prerequisite courses and for many students, this is the first AP course students have taken. It is common for students to struggle in this college level course and this website is designed to offer extra resources to help students grow academically.
AP U.S. History is a weighted course which means that if a student earns an A, it counts as a 6.1 on their GPA. If a student earns a B, it counts as an A (5.0), a C counts as a B (4.0). However, if a student earns a D or a failing grade in AP U.S. History, this grade is not weighted and it will count as a D or an F toward that student's GPA.
As the instructor, my primary goal is to prepare students for the AP Exam that the College Board offers in May. This is an optional exam that costs $96 for students to take. Depending on what a student earns on the May exam, a student could potentially earn credit toward college courses. Check the AP Credit Search to see what score is needed at each University / how many credit hours would be awarded.
AP U.S. History is a weighted course which means that if a student earns an A, it counts as a 6.1 on their GPA. If a student earns a B, it counts as an A (5.0), a C counts as a B (4.0). However, if a student earns a D or a failing grade in AP U.S. History, this grade is not weighted and it will count as a D or an F toward that student's GPA.
As the instructor, my primary goal is to prepare students for the AP Exam that the College Board offers in May. This is an optional exam that costs $96 for students to take. Depending on what a student earns on the May exam, a student could potentially earn credit toward college courses. Check the AP Credit Search to see what score is needed at each University / how many credit hours would be awarded.