Advanced Placement United States History Resources

 
Primary Document Collections AP US  History Course General

Library of Congress - American Memory

Millions of digital items that document American history and culture.

The National Archives

The Avalon Project at Yale University

Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

Our Documents

100 milestone documents of American history.  Documents, articles and images.

Documents at From Revolution to Reconstruction

University of Groningen (The Netherlands)

Many Pasts from History Matters.org

Primary documents in text, image, and audio about the experiences of ordinary Americans throughout U.S. history

FBI - Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

Scans of hundreds of released documents

National Security Archive

George Washington University - online access to critical declassified records on issues including U.S. national security, foreign policy, diplomatic and military history, intelligence policy

AP US History College Board

The only official site - note topic outline and exam description

US History for AP Students

General course site - look for "Notecards" (ID lists) and outlines 

 

DBQ Guides Other AP US  History Class Sites

College Board Description of DBQ

Official Description

 

 

 

 

Writing Skills History Skills

Guide to Writing History Papers

 from Todd F. Carney Southern Oregon University

UNC Writing Center Handout | History

 from the University of North Carolina

How to Write a History Paper

 from Brown University

Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students

from Bowdoin

The Writing Lab at Purdue Handouts

  Purdue University

UW Online Writing Center

  University of Wisconsin at Madison

Active vs. Passive (the never-ending verb fight)

The Guide to Grammar and Writing 

  from Capital Community College Foundation

Common Errors in English

effect or affect? who or whom? etc from Washington State University

The Writer's Workshop

Note Grammar Handbook and APA citation guidelines from the University of Illinois 

The Columbia Guide to Online Style

  from Columbia University

Making Sense of Evidence

strategies for analyzing online primary materials