AP Test Prep with DBQuest

Tackle Test Prep with DBQuest

AP Test Prep - Tackle Test Prep with DBQuest

Testing season is here, and iCivics is ready to help your students prepare for AP tests and state assessments. 

DBQuest simplifies test prep, empowers students, and maximizes readiness! Through focused practice with document-based questions and primary-source analysis, students will build and hone essential critical-thinking skills.

Two students working on AP test prep.

Key Benefits of DBQuest for Test Preparation

Maximize study time for AP and state assessments. DBQuest is a ready-to-use tool that builds student confidence and proficiency through structured practice, requiring zero educator planning time while targeting skills needed for success.

Find DBQuests for your students’ AP test prep:

Hear directly from a teacher!​

“Speaking from experience, though, creating quality practice questions is time consuming, more so if you are not an expert in the topic. How can you find quality sources if your own understanding is rudimentary at best? This is where iCivics DBQuests come in.”

-Anne Walker, American History and Gov Teacher

U.S. History AP Test Prep

These resources are perfect for test prep for the AP U.S History Exams and U.S. History state assessments.

DBQuest
6-8, 9-12
The Executive Branch

Little Rock: Executive Order 10730

Using the example of Executive Order 10730, students will explore how executive orders can be used to enforce the law and examine how Eisenhower justified his actions.

Multiple sessions
DBQuest
6-8, 9-12
A Growing Nation

Cherokee Resistance

The 1830 Indian Removal Act forced Native Americans to relocate west and open lands to white settlement. This DBQuest explores how the Cherokee resisted.

Multiple sessions
DBQuest
6-8, 9-12
The Constitution

Hamilton and the National Bank

This DBQuest takes students through the competing takes on the Bank and efforts to persuade President Washington to approve or veto the plan.

Multiple sessions

U.S. Government AP Test Prep

Prepare students for their AP United States Government and Politics Exam and state assessments with these materials.

DBQuest
6-8, 9-12
The Constitution

America's Founding Preambles

Students will dig into the preambles and introductory text of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution.

Multiple sessions
DBQuest
6-8, 9-12
The Legislative Branch

Policy, Public Interest, and... Margarine?

Laws are put in place. Sometimes, they are amended or  repealed. Sometimes, we forget all about them! So what changes? We do! 

Multiple sessions
DBQuest
6-8, 9-12
The Legislative Branch

Non-Voting Delegates in Congress

Students will explore the duties and limitations of the six non-voting members of Congress from the perspective of the members themselves.

Multiple sessions

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