The Advanced Placement courses sponsored by the College Board are famous for the rigor and their effectiveness in preparing high school students for college-level expectations, especially in subjects such as American History. Thus, the redesign of the Advanced Placement US History (APUSH) course which goes into effect in Fall 2014, has created a host of new concerns for AP educators who are already under great pressure to help guide their students toward high-achieving test scores. We hope to support those educators with resources and models at Lincoln’s Writings that can help better prepare APUSH students for Lincoln and Civil War-related short answer and document-based questions (DBQs).
Discussion Forum
Jessica Cunning, Assessing Lincoln Through Primary Sources, Storify, August 2014
Bob King, The Importance of Primary Documents in the Secondary Classroom, Storify, August 2014
Greg O’Reilly, Abraham Lincoln and the Equality of All Historical Narratives, Storify, August 2014
Roxanne Thompson, War and Politics: Lincoln, Virginia and the Election of 1864, Storify, August 2014
Recommended DBQs
Ben Bolger, Lincoln as Commander in Chief DBQ, Fall 2013
Jessica Cunning, Abraham Lincoln DBQ, Summer 2014
Kirstyn Hoffman, Abraham Lincoln, African Americans and the Civil War, Summer 2014