These are fabulous resources to use in your quest for knowledge!
PASS Curriculum: This is an excellent basic U.S./American History curriculum that you may choose to use. If you are using another curriculum, please use the table of contents contained in the student pages to pace your study to correspond to the weekly assignments for the class. We will be using Units 1-5 in Part 1 for this class.
STUDENT pages: American History-Part I American History-Part II
TEACHER pages: Parents should contact Mrs. Stenzel for these pages.
ACE practice tests: This is a free companion website for a textbook that has Practice Tests that allow you to instantly see the correct answers. Excellent resource for practicing what you know and learning even more!
History Teacher.Net: Free online quizzes for AP history. Excellent review site. Repeat quizzes # 1-18
FCF U.S. History practice test
U.S. History 1 movies: Fun and enjoyable way to learn history painlessly. We made these a part of family movie nights so that everyone could learn together.
Free Online Companion Website: Visit this website for lots of extra quizzes, tests and more!
Performance Ed. Teaching Tests: These are the “mother of all tests.” I call them “teaching tests” because even if you don’t know much about the subject matter, you will learn a lot just by working through them in order. Use a 3 x 5 card to cover the answers and work through them section by section. DO NOT write on them because you will want to repeat these tests more than once! Because they are quite long, you might want to print them on scratch paper or print them side by side so you don’t use up too much printer ink and paper. They are important though as they review tons of facts for the CLEP!
Annenberg Learner videos: Excellent PBS series that review U.S. History in 30 minute sessions. A Biography of America presents history not simply as a series of irrefutable facts to be memorized, but as a living narrative.
Visit the following sites to review your knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.
Baseline Test: use this test to determine your Baseline knowledge.
Baseline Testing Procedure: use this procedure to assess how much you know and analyze what topics need further study!
InstantCert: This is a tried and true online flashcard system which is aligned with the content of the official exam. Get a $5 discount off your first month subscription by using the discount code 86766.
Practice Test and InstantCert Tips: Make sure you are getting the most from both of these essential resources.
Practice Test Analysis: Use this checklist to help you analyze your practice test results to determine areas that need further study.
Petersons.com Full online practice exams for CLEP and DSST exams requires a monthly subscription for $39 per month which allows access to all of their practice tests and other resources. These tests are essential for success on the exam. They are one of the best measures of exam readiness. Do not be tempted to skip them.
Other Practice test options: Some libraries subscribe to the online database Gale Center’s Test and Education Resource (TERC), Learning Express Library , or INSPIRE which include access to practice exams. If your local library is not a subscriber, you can always request it, or sometimes a neighboring library system will be a subscriber and you can register your card with them to gain access through their system.
Exam Feedback: See what others have had to say about their experience with the U.S. History 1 CLEP exam.
ID Requirements–Most test sites require exam takers to have two forms of ID. One of them must be a government issued ID which usually means a Driver’s license or permit, a valid Passport or state-issued ID card.