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Openstax
Advanced Placement®
Support for College Board® Course Audit Approval
Perfection Learning®/AMSCO® has partnered with Rice University, publisher of OpenStax textbooks, to provide the most in-depth resources and support for your classroom instruction and course audit approval. Find this partnership on the College Board Example Textbook Lists identified as OpenStax.
Each College Board-approved OpenStax text has been aligned with an AP® social studies coursebook from Perfection Learning/AMSCO. All paired OpenStax texts are:
- Available at no additional charge.
- Listed on the College Board example textbook lists.
- Pre-approved for AP Course Audit submission.


Our best-selling, classroom-proven AP coursebooks paired with the high-quality, peer-reviewed college textbooks from OpenStax are available for these courses:
- AP U.S. History
- AP U.S. Government & Politics
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Psychology
- AP World History: Modern Coming Soon
If your course is not listed above, we can support you with pairings to other College Board pre-approved, open-source textbooks:
- AP Human Geography, published by the University of North Georgia
- AP World History: Modern, published by the OER Project
For each paired text, your classroom will get:
- Digital access to the OpenStax student text.
- A Pacing Guide with suggestions for using the OpenStax or other OER text with your AMSCO coursebook.


Pacing Guides & Paired Text
- Direct links to content in the OpenStax or other OER text enhance and expand coverage of topics in the AMSCO coursebook.
- Recommended day-by-day pacing builds on College Board CED guidelines and is available by topic and by day in the school year.
- Additional links to other vetted, open educational resources, including videos by leading educators, relevant articles, and primary sources.
AP European History | Paired Text I Pacing Guide |
AP Human Geography | Paired Text I Pacing Guide |
AP Macroeconomics | Paired Text I Pacing Guide |
AP Microeconomics | Paired Text I Pacing Guide |
AP Psychology | Paired Text I Pacing Guide |
AP U.S. Government & Politics | Paired Text I Pacing Guide—Semester Pacing Guide—Year |
AP U.S. History | Paired Text I Pacing Guide |
AP World History: Modern | Paired Text I Pacing Guide |
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