APUSH Outline
UNITED STATES HISTORY OUTLINES
These outlines will make up the bulk of your work outside of the classroom. They are organized to cover the major issues of an era or a president’s terms. They take a significant amount of time to finish, but are usually the only assignment for a particular week. PROCRASTINATION WILL LEAD TO ALL-NIGHTERS THAT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE COURSE REQUIRES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. Word to the wise, do a little each night.
PURPOSE
1.The seemingly trivial identifications will help prepare you for the multiple-choice part of the AP exam, which constitutes 50 percent of the test.
2. The outlines will also strengthen your ability to analyze events, and hopefully see how they fit into larger issues throughout U.S. history.
3. In addition each outline will usually have an accompanying essay that will help improve your ability to synthesize information into logical and intelligent responses. These essays make up the other 50 percent of the exam.
4. While the outlines take a great deal of time they have proved very useful in preparing students for the AP exam in May.
Overall your job is to demonstrate understanding of the material, which differs from having the right facts. Telling the “story” only completes part of your job. You need to communicate an event’s significance, not just its details. The following tips’ section attempts to give you some ideas on how to present insightful entries.
WRITING
READ THE TEXT: Since our textbook is designed for an AP course it remains the best source for finding the critical information that relates to these events. Reading the text provides you with a concise source for the questions, events and developments in the outlines, essays and in-class work. Ask top-flight students from years past and they will confirm this advice.
USE YOUR WORDS: To show you understand the material it is crucial that you summarize your sources, NOT MERELY COPY THEM. I have read the text numerous times, and I
These outlines will make up the bulk of your work outside of the classroom. They are organized to cover the major issues of an era or a president’s terms. They take a significant amount of time to finish, but are usually the only assignment for a particular week. PROCRASTINATION WILL LEAD TO ALL-NIGHTERS THAT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE COURSE REQUIRES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. Word to the wise, do a little each night.
PURPOSE
1.The seemingly trivial identifications will help prepare you for the multiple-choice part of the AP exam, which constitutes 50 percent of the test.
2. The outlines will also strengthen your ability to analyze events, and hopefully see how they fit into larger issues throughout U.S. history.
3. In addition each outline will usually have an accompanying essay that will help improve your ability to synthesize information into logical and intelligent responses. These essays make up the other 50 percent of the exam.
4. While the outlines take a great deal of time they have proved very useful in preparing students for the AP exam in May.
Overall your job is to demonstrate understanding of the material, which differs from having the right facts. Telling the “story” only completes part of your job. You need to communicate an event’s significance, not just its details. The following tips’ section attempts to give you some ideas on how to present insightful entries.
WRITING
READ THE TEXT: Since our textbook is designed for an AP course it remains the best source for finding the critical information that relates to these events. Reading the text provides you with a concise source for the questions, events and developments in the outlines, essays and in-class work. Ask top-flight students from years past and they will confirm this advice.
USE YOUR WORDS: To show you understand the material it is crucial that you summarize your sources, NOT MERELY COPY THEM. I have read the text numerous times, and I