World History
Instructor: Charlie Hart
chazhistry@aol.com

Course Introduction
College Board believes World History to be one of the most exciting courses they have ever introduced to the AP curriculum. . . . and judging from the way schools have jumped onto the course, teachers and students would agree. Yet, there are some idiosyncrasies: like teaching 10,000 years of history! Therefore, our time together will focus on course management and skill development. First, we'll go through the course, discussing format, pacing, class requirements, and day-to-day structures. Second, we'll talk about the three major areas of concern in any social science class (reading, writing, and testing) and the development of skills and strategies that will help teachers meet students' needs. Finally, we'll look at past World History AP Exams, analyzing the multiple-choice and essay portions, in order to best organize our class and course around successful teaching and learning. Teachers new to the course will appreciate ideas concerning pace, essay assessment, and methods of improving content background. Teachers experienced in the course will appreciate best practices, point of view investigation, and raising levels of expectation.

Schedule

Introduction

1. Who are you, what is your situation, and what do you need?
2. What is AP?
3. Are you getting college credit for attending this Workshop?

What is AP World History?

1. The Acorn Book
2. The Test
   
   
   
3. Getting started
   1. Administrative role, connection, support
   2. The Audit
   3. Recruitment/Selection
   4. Textbook selection
   5. Pace/depth
   6. Time management
   7. Level of expectation
   8. Teacher-student relationship
   9. Parents
   10. Inservicing (workshops, internet, networking, reading)
4. Essay Writing
1. Persuasive formula
2. Introductory paragraph
3. thesis
5. The C/COT FRQ
1. Rubrics
2. Strategies
3. Evaluation
4. Practice
6. Best Practice #1
7. Decoding Multiple Choice Questions
8. The Comparative FRQ
9. Best Practice #2
10. Notetaking skills
11. POV
12. The Document Based Question
13. Best Practice #3
14. Reviewing for the Exam
15. The Audit
16. Conclusion
1. The teacher’s role as coach and cheerleader
2. Students and expectations
3. Staying the course
4. What to do after the exam