Part One: Teaching AP History
Chapter 1: Getting Ready
Chapter 2: Designing an AP History Course
Chapter 3: Setting the Environment
Chapter 4: Engaging Students
Chapter 5: Reading Strategies
Chapter 6: Teaching Writing
Part Two: Teaching Historical Thinking Skills
Chapter 7: An Introduction to Historical Thinking Skills
Chapter 8: Crafting Historical Arguments
• Argumentation
• Appropriate use of historical evidence
Chapter 9: Chronological Reasoning
• Historical Causation
• Patterns of continuity and change over time
• Periodization
Chapter 10: Comparison and Contextualization
• Comparison
• Contextualization
Chapter 11: Interpretation and Synthesis
• Interpretation
• Synthesis
Additional Resources
Assignments and Teaching Tips Library
Professional Development Resources