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AP History Resources

History Teacher

An impressive, award-winning site from a New York high school teacher. Features many research links and curriculum resources for Global Studies, U.S. AP History, US European History, and American History and Government. Also has quizzes, news links, documents, a few PowerPoints, and more.

http://www.historyteacher.net/

AP History Online

Full of ads, but does feature major reviews of US history, a summary of important court cases, a chronology of party systems,40 sample multiple choice questions and answers, sample free-response questions, and more.

http://ap_history_online.tripod.com/unitedstates.htm

U.S. History Resources

Features on-line quizzes, outlines and charts, three DBQs, terms to know, and other information helpful for AP prep.

http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/
USHistory.html

U.S. History for AP Students

Has notecards, outlines, historical documents, test tips, and AP Student Forum

http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/index.php

The Western Heritage: Lesson Plans

Focus Lessons for The Western Heritage highlight important ideas and concepts in each chapter as well as the relevant sections in the program's ancillaries. The Focus Lessons, written by an experienced AP teacher, suggest strategies for assessing how well your students understand the important points in each chapter and also provide test-taking tips that will help your students prepare for and take the AP European history test successfully

http://www.phschool.com/advanced/lesson_plans/
hist_kagan_2001/

also. . .

Prentice Hall has practice tests online as well as DBQs
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/
brief_review/us_history/index.html

Houghton Mifflin has chapter tests based on your American People. textbook
http://college.hmco.com/history/us/norton/
people_nation/6e/students/ace/index.html

American Pageant has chapter tests available online
http://college.hmco.com/history/us/bailey/
american_pageant/ 11e/students/ace/index.html

 

 


 

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