Lecture Notes:

• Lecture Notes for Students (1400-1800) -- Free!
• Lecture Notes for Students (1800-1985) -- [Log in]   (To Purchase Notes, Click Here!)  Testimonials

• New for 2008-09!  AP U.S. History Thematic Study Guide (Updated)

  • Contains 90 pages of study guides to help master all the themes you need to know for the exam

  • Effectively addresses themes in the new official AP Course Outline!

  • Indispensible for preparation for the crucial months prior to the AP Exam!

  • Great for studying for unit exams in class!

  • Contains proven study guides that have helped significantly improve student performance on the AP Exam for the past 10 Years!

• Features for 2008-09 Lecture Notes:

  • All notes available in PDF and Word formats (in addition to original HTML format)!

  • PDF and Word formats allow for perfect printing!

  • Word format allows you to modify the notes!

  • PDF and Word files are formatted for Cornell-style notes!

  • More memory aids to help students remember vital information for essays!

  • Essay Questions in each unit to help you prepare for your unit exams and the AP Exam!

  • Over 400 pages of concise, easy-to-use, and easy-to-print information specifically designed to help students succeed on the AP exam!   

     Syllabus and Calendars

• Course Syllabus: 2008-09
• Calendar of Assignments: Fall 2008-2009
• Calendar of Assignments: Spring 2006-07

      Study Guides:

• Identifications: People, Events, Concepts
• Writing an Introductory Paragraph & Thesis 
• FRQ Writing Tips 
• FRQ Rubric 
• DBQ Writing Tips 
• DBQ Rubric
• Essay Tutorial (Mr. Wood)
• Cornell-Style Notes
• Note Cards
• Cram Packet 
• Political Parties (Mr. Wood)
• Presidents (Mr. Wood)
• Supreme Court (Mr. Wood)
• U.S. History Timeline (Wood)
• Election Maps (Mr. Perno)
• Federalists v. Antifederalists (Ratification Debate) 

      Unit Essay Guides:

• Unit 1
• Unit 2
• Unit 3
• Unit 4
• Unit 6 & 7
• Unit 8
• Unit 9
   

      Zinn Assignments:

• Ch 1.1:Columbus (pp. 1-11)
• Ch 1.2: Cortes, Jamestown, Puritans (pp. 12-22)
• Ch 2: Middle Passage
• Ch 3: Indentured Servitude 
• Ch 4: Class Conflict
• Ch 5.1: The Revolution (pp. 76-88)
• Ch 5.2: Constitution (pp. 88-101)
• Ch 6: Women's Issues
• Ch 7: Native Americans
• Ch 8: Mexican War
• Ch 9.1: Slavery (pp. 167-179)
• Ch 9.2: Slavery in the Civil War (pp. 180-192)
• Ch 9.3: Reconstruction (pp. 192-205) 
     

     Multiple Choice Practice Tests:

• Over 100 Quizzes (by Ms. Pojer) 
• American Pageant Quizzes (Kennedy, Cohen, Bailey) 
• Making America (Berkin)
• Enduring Vision (Boyer)
• The American Experiment (Gillon)
• A People and a Nation (Norton)
• Practice Tests (Mr. Jordan) 
    

     Great High School AP US Sites

• Horace Greeley HS, New York, Ms. Susan Pojer 
• Bishop Verot HS, Florida, Mr. Jim Hamann 
• Murray HS, Utah, Mr. Keith Wood 
• Churchill HS, Oregon, Mr. Grant Conway 
• Orange HS, Florida, Mr. Terry Jordan 
• APStudent.com   
• Polytechnic School, California, Mr. Greg Feldmeth
• Roosevelt H.S., Mr. Horowitz 
• AP U.S. History
• Benet Academy, Ms. L. Brown 
    

     Links to Other US History Sites

• The American Pageant -- Kennedy, Cohen, Bailey
• American History: A Survey -- Brinkley
• National Archives 
• Political History Online 
• Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (U of Oklahoma) 
• Avalon Project at Yale University 
• Library of Congress: American Memory 
• History Online (The Gilder Lehrman Institute) 
• A Hypertext on American History 
• The Constitution (with explanations) 
• The American President, PBS 
• The American Presidency
• History Matters 
• American History at About.com 
• Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive 
• Census: 1790-1960 
• FedStats (statistics from U.S. gov't) 
• Inflation Counter 
• The New Deal Network 
• Cold War, CNN 
• Movie Mistakes
• Popular Songs in American History 
• Columbia American History Online (CAHO)
   

     Editorial Cartoons

• Political Cartoons and Cartoonists
• Thomas Nast
• FDR Cartoons
• Scartoons: Racial Satire and the U.S. Civil War