United States History Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, Second Edition
United States History—Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, Second Edition, 2010 Revision
John J. Newman and John M. SchmalbachBook Price: 18.30
Usage Level:
Often this course in Advanced Placement U.S. History is presented in grade 11, but sometimes in grade 9, 10, or 12.
Purpose:
This text is designed for a one-semester or one-year United States history course for students preparing to take the AP U.S. History Exam. Teachers can assign the book as the course textbook or as a supplement to a college-level textbook. U.S. History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination presents the history of the United States from pre-Columbian times to the Obama administration. It follows the curriculum put out by the College Board for this course of study.
How This Version Is Different From the Previous Revision:
- A more detailed Table of Contents to highlight the text’s many features.
- New coverage of Bush’s second term.
- Coverage of the 2008 presidential elections.
- Coverage of the first 100 days of the Obama administration.
- Two additional editorial cartoons.
- Two additional multiple-choice questions in the last chapter.
- A new, expanded Index. The index for the previous revision had been incomplete because of space restrictions. The new index is longer and more detailed.
Organization:
Front Matter: Preface, Table of Contents, and 23-page Introduction that explains what the Advanced Placement Exam in U.S. History is all about.
Text Proper: Thirty chapters, each covering a different time period. Each chapter begins with an historical quote. Then each chapter narration is divided into sections and subsections by three levels of heads. Each chapter then has an “Historical Perspectives” (historiography) essay on some topic related to the chapter. This is followed by a list of key names, events, and terms from the chapter. Each chapter ends with a set of multiple-choice questions, a set of essay questions, and a set of questions related to a group of documents. In some chapters, this last set of questions is called a Document-Based Question (DBQ). Five of the text’s chapters have a special feature on how to write DBQs. The instruction is sequential, from one feature to the next. Students can gain additional experience by completing the Practice Exam at the back of the book.
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