Welcome to AP United States History Parent/Student Night Elizabeth High School

What is Advanced Placement? College Board The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the College Board was created to expand access to higher education.  The test is in May What’s on the exam 55 Multiple-Choice Questions—40% 3 Short-Answer Questions—20% 1 Document Based Question (DBQ)—25% 1 Long Essay Question—15%

Why take an AP course? Challenging course structure that more closely mimics college Skills beyond the obvious (reading, note taking, essay writing, test taking strategies) Looks “good” on one’s transcript

What is AP United States History? Junior level history Time period covered: 1491-Present The study of 7 themes: American and National Identity Politics and Power Work, Exchange, and Technology Culture and Society Migration and Settlement Geography and the Environment America in the World

Structure of the course Lecture based with students taking notes Outside reading Note taking Discussions Analyzing documents Online activities

Success in AP US History= M.A.D.E Motivated to learn Actively learning Dedicated to excellence Expanding skills and knowledge

Other items of Interest Class Website https://www.elizabethschooldistrict.org/Page/1729 Textbooks Used vs. new Checking out a text Pick up in my room and check out through Media Center May 13-17

American Pageant, 16th edition, updated AP edition There are several versions of this text We use the 16th edition Updated AP Edition ISBN: 13-978-1-337-0915-5 Places to buy: eBay, Amazon, Half.com

Summer Assignment A chance to see if this class is really something that you want to tackle Make sure its done on the first day of class! Follow ALL of the directions Everything needs to be hand written Must use good quality definitions and complete answers

Thank you for coming tonight!! Parting thoughts… Please contact either myself or your student’s counselors if you have questions/clarifications in the future Summer assignment will be given out the week before Spring finals (May 13-17, 2019) Thank you for coming tonight!!