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1st Semester Exam Cram!

What's on the exam?
Everything.  Oh... you wanted something more specific?  Ok. 
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1-12
  • Emphasis on 5-12
Notes, assignments, and quizzes from class
  • Take a stroll through your folder... who knows what you'll find there!
  • Presidents up to James K. Polk - ish
Giant APUSH Review Packet
  • Beginning through page 31 (Stop at "Expansion & Slavery")
Historical Thinking Skills
   1. Analyzing Historical Sources and Evidence
  • Primary sources: Content and sourcing
  • Secondary sources: Interpretation

   2. Making Historical Connections
  • Comparison
  • Contextualization
  • Synthesis
   3. Chronological Reasoning
  • Causation
  • Patterns of continuity and change over time
  • Periodization
Links
KAHOOT! 
Other study resources to consider
APUSH Explained:  My AP US History Teacher Idol
AP US History Study Guide:  The real MVP of APUSH Study Resources
Hip Hughes History (the crazy, but helpful YouTube guy!
Khan Academy US History - not the most exciting thing in the world... but dang, it covers a LOT of information!

And of course... John Green. 

Some other suggestions: 
You are but one in a LONG line of noble and brave young historians who have taken it upon themselves to pursue the challenges of AP US History.  Your predecessors have left a legacy of resources, study guides, tips, and tricks to help you climb the mountain.  Use them!  Look for them in app stores, book stores, and on Google.