Attending this AP summer institute will be a great chance to find out more about the latest updates to the AP US History course and exam and to examine new materials for the course. This institute will provide many practical resources and ideas for organizing the recently updated AP US History course and will help both experienced and new teachers prepare to confidently teach the curricular, thematic, and skill components. Time will be spent making sure that all teachers are ready to prepare their students for success in the course and on the exam, with the latest released College Board materials and test samples being explored.
The following are some of the goals for the week:
- To understand some of the basic elements involved with teaching the AP United States History course:
- AP United States History Curriculum, Themes, and Skills (CED)
- Understanding the Course Requirements
- Mapping out the Year—Pacing the AP United States History Course and Outlining the instructional
- plan by Unit and Topic in your academic calendar
- AP Classroom Instructional Resources
- Using Instructional Planning Reports
- Instructional Strategies and Tools to teach the Content and Skills in the CED
- College Board Processes
- The AP Audit
- Test Taking Strategies
- Long Essay Writing
- Stimulus Based Multiple Choice Questions
- Short Answer Questions
- Student Enrollment
- Textbook
- Resources
- Test Development
- Equity and Access
- To understand the content and structure of the AP* United States History exam, and to develop appropriate strategies for maximizing student scores and to examine ways to provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the content, skills, and materials in AP United States History.
- To achieve an understanding of necessary course content for the course curriculum and exam by looking at sample questions provided by the College Board, examining the latest AP reading samples released by the College Board, and analyzing the rubrics for all parts of the exam.
- To examine a variety of ways to structure the course so that students will be prepared to score well on the AP exam.
