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AP U.S. HISTORY – 1590
(Grades 10-12 only)
1 Yr = 1 Credit
Grade Level: 10-12
AP
Optional College Est Fee: $210
Optional AP Exam Est Fee: $99
The AP U.S. History course focuses on developing students' understanding of American
History from approximately 1491 to the present. The course has students investigate the
content of U.S. History for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in
nine historical periods, and develop and use the same thinking and methods (analyzing
primary and secondary sources, making historical comparisons, chronological reasoning,
and argumentation) employed by historians when they study the past. The course also
provides seven themes (American and national identity; migration and settlement; politics
and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world, geography and the
environment; and culture and society) that students explore throughout the course in
order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places.
Qualifying students may take this class as HST 121 first semester and HST 122 second
semester through Missouri State University dual credit program. Advanced Placement
courses require a higher level of commitment than a regular class. AP coursework is
college level work. Students will have the option to take the AP exam at the end of the
course to gain college credit. This class will be taught as a hybrid class. Students will
formally meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays and Thursdays will be
gap days where students work independently in the classroom or in the library. Students
will be required to check in with the instructor prior to the tardy bell on the gap days. The
instructor reserves the right to require a student to stay in the classroom on a gap day if
he or she is falling behind or needs to make up class work. Students will meet with the
teacher every day for the first week of school to cover all class requirements and
expectations. NCAA Approved Course
AP/DC U.S. HISTORY Virtual – 1590V
(Grade 12 only)
1 Yr = 1 Credit
VC
DC AP
Grade Level: 12
Optional College Est Fee: $210
Optional AP Exam Est Fee: $99
This is an online course. The AP U.S. History course focuses on developing students'
understanding of American History from approximately 1491 to the present. The course
has students investigate the content of U.S. History for significant events, individuals,
developments, and processes in nine historical periods, and develop and use the same
thinking and methods (analyzing primary and secondary sources, making historical
comparisons, chronological reasoning, and argumentation) employed by historians when
they study the past. The course also provides seven themes (American and national
identity; migration and settlement; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology;
America in the world, geography and the environment; and culture and society) that
students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical
developments in different times and places. Qualifying students may take this class as
HST 121 first semester and HST 122 second semester through Missouri State University
dual credit program. Advanced Placement courses require a higher level of commitment
than a regular class. AP coursework is college level work. Students will have the option to
take the AP exam at the end of the course to gain college credit. This class will be taught
as a hybrid class. Students will formally meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Tuesdays and Thursdays will be gap days where students work independently in the
classroom or in the library. Students will be required to check in with the instructor prior
to the tardy bell on the gap days. The instructor reserves the right to require a student to
stay in the classroom on a gap day if he or she is falling behind or needs to make up class
work. Students will meet with the teacher every day for the first week of school to cover
all class requirements and expectations. NCAA Approved Course
PR
DC
AP
VC
A
Prerequisite
Dual Credit
Advanced Placement
Virtual Course
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