--- title: "AP US History Tuition — DBQ, LEQ & Periods 1–9" slug: ap-us-history-tuition subject: "AP US History" category: "History" url: https://www.apcourses.net/ap-us-history-tuition --- # AP US History Tuition Online AP US History (APUSH) tuition across the nine periods from 1491, with practice on the DBQ, LEQ and SAQ formats and historical-thinking skills. > AP US History (APUSH) covers nine periods from 1491 to the present. The exam is MCQ plus SAQ (Short Answer), DBQ (Document-Based Question), and LEQ (Long Essay Question). We teach APUSH thesis-first: every FRQ rewards a defensible thesis, contextualisation, evidence, and a complexity move. ## At a glance - Category: History - Typical year group: Grades 10–11 - Exam length: 3 hours 15 minutes - Units in the College Board CED: 9 - Group course (2026–2027 academic year): Saturday, 26 September 2026 – Saturday, 24 April 2027 - Weekly pattern: Saturdays & Sundays, 10:30–12:00 (Istanbul time) - Sessions: 50 total (40 lessons + 10 review/mock sessions) - Group course enrolment closes: 19 September 2026 - College Board exam date: 7 May 2027 ## Pricing Shown and charged in Euro. - Single lesson (90 min): €56 — full refund if you are not satisfied after the first lesson - 10-lesson package: €540 (€54 per lesson) - 20-lesson package: €1,029 (€51 per lesson) - Group course (8 months, 75 hours + 10 mock papers): €1,506 Lessons in the 10- and 20-lesson packages can be split freely across any AP subjects. ## Units 1. Period 1: 1491–1607 — exam weighting 4–6% 2. Period 2: 1607–1754 — exam weighting 6–8% 3. Period 3: 1754–1800 — exam weighting 10–17% 4. Period 4: 1800–1848 — exam weighting 10–17% 5. Period 5: 1844–1877 — exam weighting 10–17% 6. Period 6: 1865–1898 — exam weighting 10–17% 7. Period 7: 1890–1945 — exam weighting 10–17% 8. Period 8: 1945–1980 — exam weighting 10–17% 9. Period 9: 1980–Present — exam weighting 4–6% Exam weightings as published by College Board in the Course and Exam Description. ## Exam at a glance - **Format**: MCQ + SAQ + DBQ + LEQ - **Periods**: Nine periods, 1491–present - **DBQ**: Seven documents to read, analyse, and use as evidence - **Skill**: Thesis, contextualisation, evidence, sourcing, complexity ## What it tests APUSH tests whether students can write a defensible thesis, contextualise it in the relevant period, use specific evidence (named events, named legislation, named people), and earn the complexity point by qualifying or extending the argument. The DBQ requires the additional skill of sourcing — explaining how a document's author, purpose, audience, or historical context affects its argument. ## Where students lose marks - Thesis statements that re-state the prompt without making a defensible claim. - DBQ answers that quote documents but never source them. - LEQs without contextualisation — the situating paragraph before the argument. - Evidence that is generic ('many laws were passed') rather than specific ('the Indian Removal Act of 1830'). - Complexity points missed because the argument has no qualification or counter-claim. ## How tutoring helps - Diagnostic on thesis-writing before content. - Period-by-period drill with three named events, three named pieces of legislation, three named people per period. - DBQ sourcing template practised on past papers. - LEQ complexity-move drill — qualification, counter-argument, comparison across periods. - Final-month timed full DBQ and LEQ writing. ## Compared with A Level and IB APUSH is closer in style to IB History HL (US route) than to A Level History. The DBQ structure is uniquely AP and rewards a specific rubric-driven approach. UK applicants to US programmes in history, political science, international relations, or law commonly present APUSH. ## Who this suits - **Good fit**: Students applying to US history, political science, international relations, or pre-law programmes. - **Exam sprint**: Students with strong content but weak rubric-based thesis writing. - **Approach with caution**: Students with no US context — the nine-period scope is significant. ## Weekly study plan - **Weeks 1–3 — Period 1–2 (1491–1754)**: Native American societies, colonisation, the Atlantic World, the origins of slavery. - **Weeks 4–6 — Period 3–4 (1754–1848)**: The American Revolution, the Constitution, Jacksonian democracy, the market revolution. - **Weeks 7–9 — Period 5–6 (1844–1898)**: The Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, industrialisation, immigration. - **Weeks 10–12 — Period 7 (1890–1945)**: The Progressive Era, WWI, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, the New Deal, WWII. - **Weeks 13–15 — Period 8–9 (1945–Present)**: The Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam, Reagan, the post-9/11 era. - **Weeks 16–19 — DBQ Mastery**: Document analysis (HIPP), thesis writing, integrating outside evidence. - **Weeks 20–22 — LEQ & SAQ Practice**: Continuity/change, comparison and causation prompts; a bank of specific evidence. - **Weeks 23–28 — Exam Prep Intensive**: Personal Progress Check sets, full-length mocks, essay revision. ## Frequently asked questions ### How long is the AP US History exam? Roughly three hours and fifteen minutes, split between the MCQ section, the SAQs, the DBQ, and the LEQ. Time management on the DBQ is a leading cause of lost marks. ### What is the difference between the DBQ and the LEQ? The DBQ provides seven primary-source documents that must be used as evidence and sourced. The LEQ is a free essay where students bring their own evidence. Both reward the same five rubric points: thesis, contextualisation, evidence, analysis/reasoning, complexity. ### Can a UK student do well in APUSH without US background? Yes. We start with a chronology spine of the nine periods, then layer specific named events and people. 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