Originally Posted by puffin
Originally Posted by Val
The course is based on memorization... They're changing the test this year, so maybe it will be different.
I hope so.
Some may enjoy seeing what the college board shares about its planned changes. A quick web search shows much information freely available from CB. Information at this link indicates implementation in 2014-2015, and provides many resources and other links - http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/english-history-and-social-science/us-history

While many of us learn about a topic, I would encouraged parents to realize they are empowered to research and learn directly from the source. For example, in reading the source documents here, I learned that some high schools are teaching AP US History as a two-year course.