The framework presents a set of learning objectives, organized by seven major themes that describe what students should know and be able to do by the end of the AP U.S. History course. These represent the major historical understandings that colleges and universities want AP students to have developed in order to merit placement out of the introductory college U.S. history survey course. Students should use a range of historical thinking skills to investigate the thematic learning objectives.

"PASSAGE"- Rearranged to help remember APUSH Themes:

• Politics and Power
• America and National Identity
• Society and Culture
• Settlement and Migration
• America in the World
• Geography and the Environment
• Economy: Work, Exchange, Technology

THEMES - Original APUSH Themes Chart: