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As a means for helping each other review for the AP Exam, students in AP US History will be creating “A Guide To ” to help each other review about a particular topic. The focus of your topic should be “change over time,” meaning that I want you and your group to highlight how items have changed over the course of US History.

Unless specified otherwise, you should trace your topic from the colonization through the present (or the 1980s at a minimum). Remember, the more detail that you put into your guide, the more beneficial it will be for others. In general, I’m looking for 20-30 pieces of information or actions. However, if you get to 30 actions, do not stop - keep going! Also, think in terms of writing a “thesis” statement for your topic. What general conclusions can we draw about your topic and the changes that take place over the course of time?

Your “guide” should be written in your own words. Please do not just cut and paste information from the internet, your textbook, or other sources. When we write things in our own words, it typically is easier for others to understand what we are trying to communicate.

It should take the average student about 10-15 minutes to go through your guide. Again, you are providing an overview of the events dealing with your topic, NOT a detailed description of every single event that took place, but rather, giving a brief overview of your topic. (Think like you are writing a prep book/pamphlet on your topic.)

Anything that you can do to make your “Guide” more interesting would be great (pictures, graphics, etc.). They certainly are not required, but would make for a more interesting project.

This will be worth 40 points and go in the “Project” portion of your grade. This is due on Monday, May 2nd (the first day of AP Exams). However, please turn this in as soon as you are finished with your project so that others may start using it to review.

I have listed “major” topics that I have seen come out on AP Exams in the past and think are valuable for us to go through. However, you are free to develop your own idea as long as you run it by me first.

You may work by yourself, with a partner, or in a group of three students. The format that you choose to use is completely up to you. Remember that this should be something that someone wants to look at. (Essays are boring! Don’t give me another textbook to read.)

Some potential topics are: __Economics__ - Lynn, Soojin, and Joshua __Business, Industry, and Labor__ - Harin and Jenny __Foreign Relations__ - Nick, David, and Henry __Women’s History__ - Hannah and Brandon __Slavery in the United States__ - SeJune, Andrew Y. and Dennis __African American History__ - Senior Trinity Native American History - Jane, Jihee, and Ashley Immigration History - Dean, DK, and Andrew K Political History - Soho The Cold War - Zea and Lisa Culture - Hoon Ho, Jaeook, and Hyun Woo Court Cases - Angie