Openstax

Advanced Placement®

Social Studies

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.
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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.
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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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