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Unit 0: APUSH Thinking Skills


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Local Map

Click the image to the left and browse this geography overview.
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Things to consider:
  • Direction
  • Distance
  • Elevation
  • Longitude & latitude
  • Physical geography vs. human geography
  • Hydrosphere
  • Climate
  • ​Regions & borders
  • ​Other observations?

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History vs.  Historiography

  • Timeline Game: Sequencing, Periodization, Continuity & Change, Contextualization, Comparison
  • ​History vs. historiography
  • ​2017 APUSH Released Exam: Short-Answer Question on Vietnam War (VanDeMark vs. McMaster)

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Historical Thinking Skills

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seven_themes.pptx
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Course Theme: The "Empire of Liberty"
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Primary Sources from the Library of Congress
  • Use the nine historical thinking skills and seven APUSH themes to interact with documents of your choosing

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Sample AP Exam

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Reading Strategies:
​American Pageant

  • ​Part One Introduction - Founding the New Nation, 33,000 B.C.E.-1783 C.E. (p. 2-3)

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