Presents the first course of a two-year AP U.S. History program for tenth-grade students. In year one, students study the major themes of American history from the colonial period to the present, including Amistad standards. Students are given a foundation in the chronology of American history and in major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selected themes. This course follows College Board Pre-AP standards. Summer Assignment Required. All students enrolled in U.S. History 1 Honors will take the AP Exam at the end of the second year of the course. All AP students are required to take the Advanced Placement Examination. (see Policy 2429 & Program of Studies page 6).

Age of Exploration and  European Colonization- 1 week in September

English Colonial Period- 3 weeks in September

Pre-Revolutionary Period- 2 weeks in October

American Revolution-2 weeks in October, 2 weeks in November

Constitution-2 weeks in November, 2 weeks in December

Federal Era- 2 weeks in December, 2 weeks in January

Jeffersonian Democracy- 1 week in January, 1 week in February

Age of Jackson- 3 weeks in February

Manifest Destiny- 3 weeks in March

Pre-Civil War- 1 week in March, 2 weeks in April

Civil War- 2 weeks in April, 1 week in May

Reconstruction- 2 weeks in May

Taming of the West and Industrialization- 1 week in May, 1 week in June