11th edition: Boston: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin. Course assessments in this class are closely aligned with the assessments on the AP Exam. The course will emphasize and focus on the development of analytical and writing skills necessary for success at the collegiate level. A: Advanced Placement courses are designed by the College Board (the SAT people) to challenge students in high school by offering them courses that will help to prepare them for the rigorous challenges of college. New York: Harper Perennial. -- Key Concept 1.1: Native Population settlement patterns prior to European arrival, -- Key Concept 1.3: First Contact between Indians, Africans & Europeans, -- Key Concept 2.1: Patterns of European Colonization, -- Key Concept 2.2: Patterns of conflict between Europeans and Natives, -- Key Concept 2.3: Impact of Atlantic World exchanges on colonial societies, -- Key Concept 3.1: Road to Revolution and American Revolution, -- Key Concept 3.2: Establishment of Democratic Republic in the US, -- Key Concept 3.3: US multiethnic and multiracial identity is formed, -- Key Concept 4.1: Development and expansion of American political and social culture, -- Key Concept 4.2: Advances in technology, agriculture and commerce and its effects on settlement, regional identity, gender and family and politics, -- Key Concept 4.3: Manifest Destiny and US Foreign policy, -- Key Concept 5.1: Manifest Destiny and its impacts, -- Key Concept 6.1: The Industrial Revolution and its impacts, -- Key Concept 6.2: Western migration and Immigration, -- Key Concept 6.3: Gilded Age political and social developments, -- Key Concept 7.1: Socio-economic transformation of US society and efforts at reform, -- Key Concept 7.2: Revolutions in communication and transportation lead to mass culture and increased conflicts, -- Key Concept 7.3: World Wars I & II and rise of US as a major world power, -- Key Concept 8.1: Cold War and its domestic & international consequences, -- Key Concept 8.2: Rise of Liberalism and the socio-cultural response, -- Key Concept 8.3: Postwar Economic, Demographic and Technological changes, -- Key Concept 9.1: Rise of Neo-Conservative movement, -- Key Concept 9.2: End of Cold War and new US foreign policy, -- Key Concept 9.3: Social, Economic and demographic changes & challenges. conflict, diffusion, synthesis), -- Cultural movements throughout US History (i.e. Q: Are AP courses at Shippensburg Senior High weighted? when she first got there her teachers were puting them in rooms.fliss got room 10 and besid her room there was a cupbored and it was room 13.her friend lisa went to the shop … ** Disclaimer: Many of the graphics on this website are from FREEMANPEDIA, the absolute authoritative website on the internet for AP World History **, Unit I: Neolithic Revolution & Early Civilization (to 600 BCE), Unit II: The Classical Era (600 BCE to 600 CE), Unit III: The Postclassical Era (600 CE to 1450 CE), Unit IV: The Global Convergence (1450-1750 CE), Unit V: Age of Revolution (1750 CE to 1900 CE), APUSH Unit I: Native Civilizations and First Contacts (1491 to 1607), APUSH Unit II: Colonial America (1607 to 1754), APUSH Unit III: American Revolution and Early Republic (1754 to 1800), APUSH Unit IV: Democratization, Manifest Destiny and the Market Revolution (1800-1848), AP USH Unit V: Civil War and Reconstruction (1848 to 1876), AP USH Unit VI: US Industrial Revolution and Western Migration (1865-1898), APUSH Unit VII: Early 20th Century (1900 to 1945), APUSH Unit VIII: The Cold War (1945-1989), APUSH Unit IX: Conservatism, Terrorism and the Modern Era (1980 to Present).