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CP and Pre-AP World Cultures and Geography
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CP World History
CP World History

AP World History
AP World History

CP United States History
CP United States History

AP United States History
AP United States History

CP United States Government
CP United States Government

AP United States Government
AP United States Government

CP Economics
CP Economics

AP Macro-Economics
AP Macro-Economics

Social Studies Electives
Social Studies Electives


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AP United States History AP United States History

AP United States history is a college level survey course, using college texts and supplemental readings that cover historical events and ideas from the discovery, colonization, the American Revolution, the founding of the new nation, the Civil War and Reconstruction to modern United States as an industrial nation and world power. The course emphasizes analysis, primary source documents, independent reading, historical research, and the enhancement of higher order thinking skills to present evidence in a persuasive essay format. The AP US History exam (fee charged) is administered to students for college credit.





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