APUSH Help Page
Study Skills: What should I do if I generally don’t understand what’s going on?
Reading Notes: Do you take notes when you read? You should. Here are some strategies:
How to take notes from a textbook
What to read and how to take notes
Video: How to take notes from a textbook
Vocabulary: Do you study the vocabulary? Here are some tips/resources for that:
Video: General Study Tips: how to focus, how to avoid test anxiety, how to improve memory
Video: Khan Academy Tips on how to prepare for the exam
Video and Resources on APUSH exam questions and periods
Document Analysis: Do you struggle with understanding what documents are about?
HAPP Analysis of documents
SBMC: Are you having trouble with the Stimulus Based Multiple Choice Questions?
AMSCO: You should practice answering the questions in the Amsco book. Here are the answers.
Short Answer: Are you not doing well on the Short Answer questions?
ACE: Answer the question Citing your reasons with Evidence Video
Long Essay Questions: Are you struggling with the Long Essays?
Rubric for the LEQ
Official AP Essay Rubrics
Video: Tutorial on Writing Long Essay
Document Based Questions: Are you struggling with the Document Based Question Essays?
Rubric for the DBQ
Official AP Essay Rubrics
Video: Tutorial on Writing DBQ Essay
Content: Here are some resources to help you learn the APUSH content.
General Content
Crash Course Videos for US History
APUSH Period Review Videos Use the menu to choose which period you need to study
Complete AP Content Outline: Everything you must know for the course from AP
Period 1: 1491-1607
Period 1 AP Content Outline: This is what the AP Powers That Be say you must know
Period 1 Vocabulary: This is the vocab that the AP Powers That Be say you must know
Period 2: 1607-1754
Period 3: 1754-1800
Period 4: 1800-1848
Period 5: 1848-1877
Period 6: 1865-1898
Period 7: 1890-1945
Period 8: 1945-1980
Period 9: 1980-Present