Transcript World History - Lake County Schools

Lake County Schools
Investing In Excellence!
College and Career Readiness
Academic Services
April 2013
AP Seminar
For
AP World
History
WELCOME
Academic Services
April 2013
Community Builder:
Just like me…..
1.
2.
3.
4.
One person begins introducing
themselves to the group
When another person in the
audience hears something the
previous person shared that is
“just like them” the chime in say “
that’s just like me”
The person that chimed in saying
“ that’s just like me begins
introducing themselves starting
with the connection from the
previous person.
Repeat step 2 and 3 until all
members in the audience have
introduced themselves.
Bellwork: Community Builder
I DO
•Instructor will review the 21st
Centry skills and AP success stats
with students and make a
conncetion to the AP Seminar
•Instructor will review specific
content for AP course of study
WE DO
•Instructor and students will
utilize test taking strategies to
answer multiple choice and free
response answers
Learning Goal: Learners will
understand and implement effective test
taking strategies for passing AP exams.
Benchmarks:
Strategic Plan Goal # 1
Increased Student Achievement
Objective
April 6 & April 27 2013
AP Seminar
CBC
•Learners will: utilize content
knowledge learned in AP courses coupled
with effective test taking strategies to
increase pass rate by completing practice
AP test questions
•Students will utilize materials
YOU DO from the AP Seminar to study for
AP exam
Essential Question:
How do we revolutionize the way we teach, lead,
and learn for 21st century success?
Common Language:
•Advanced Placement
•Effective Strategies
Exit Activity
Students will share with the class one
strategy or tip they will use on exam day
NEXT STEPS:
1. Utilize new learning and implement on AP exam
2. Continue to study for AP exam
21st Century Skills
Tony Wagner, The Global Achievement Gap
1. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
2. Collaboration and Leadership
3. Agility and Adaptability
4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
5. Effective Oral and Written Communication
6. Accessing and Analyzing Information
7. Curiosity and Imagination
Academic Services
Positive Statistics
Hurray Lake County Schools
Lake County Schools….
– Named to the College Board District
Honor Roll
Content Overview
• Periodization Posters
• The Exam
• The DBQ
– Review Rubric
• POV, Grouping, Additional Document
– 2012 DBQ
• FRQs: Comparative & C/COT
– Review Rubric
– Examples
• Multiple Choice Questions
– Examples
• SPRITE (Social, Political, Religious, Intellectual, Technology,
Economics
Periodization Posters
• You may work either individually, or with a partner
• As you meander about the room, add your relevant
AP World History content knowledge to the
appropriate poster.
• Do not spend more than 30 seconds at a time on a
single poster, if you have more to write, come back
to it.
• You must write at least one important event,
individual, idea, innovation, continuity, or change on
each poster
• We will discuss what is on each poster, and what is
missing
The Exam (page 3)
• May 16th 2013, 8:00 AM…Arrive at 7:30 AM
• Part I
– 70 MC questions in 55 minutes = 45
seconds/question
• Ten Minute Break
• Part II
– 3 essays in 2 hours and10 minutes
• DBQ = 50 minutes (10 for Doc Analysis)
• C/COT = 40 minutes
• Comparative = 40 minutes
The DBQ (Page 4)
• Review the DBQ rubric in your student
handout (Appendix A)
• Thesis, Grouping, POV, and Additional
Documents (see examples)
• USE EVERY DOCUMENT!
• The 2012 DBQ (Appendix B)
Continuity/Change Over
Time Essays ( Page 8)
• Review the C/COT Essay Rubric in your
student handout (Appendix A)
• C/COT is about what changed and what
stayed the same, as long as your essay
addresses the prompt, you should be fine
• Analysis = WHY something changed or
stayed the same
• Examples
Comparative Essays
(Page 10)
• Review the Comparative Essay Rubric in
your student handout (Appendix A)
• You must BOTH Compare and Contrast
• Analysis = WHY a similarity or
difference exists
• Examples
Strategies and Practice:
Free Response (Page 12)
• Generic Theses (if this is where you struggle) are in
the student handout (pages 8 and 10)
• Always think SPRITE (page 5)
• TASC in the Body
– Topic Sentence: Ties to Thesis
– Analysis: Explain Why
– Support with Evidence
– Connect to a Larger Context
• Practice with released Comparative & C/COT
prompts in the student hand out (Appendix B
Thesis Drill
• In groups, construct a thesis for each of
the FRQs in Appendix B of your packet
• C/COT 2009, 2010, 2012
• Comparative 2009, 2010, 2012
• We will evaluate your thesis as a class
Multiple Choice (Page 13)
• AP World History Multiple Choice
Questions focus on Specific Themes,
Historical Thinking Skills, and Will Often
Involve the Use of Various Stimuli
Strategies: Multiple Choice
(Pages 13-14)
• Dealing With Distractors
• 1 Multiple Choice = 5 True/False
• Right info, wrong place/time
• Time Management
• 45 seconds per question
• Skip the long ones and come back
• If there are two minutes left, and you have
more than 10 questions to go, pick a letter
and bubble the rest in. At least 2 or 3 will be
right.
Multiple Choice Practice
(Appendix C)
• As a class, let’s discuss and answer the
practice multiple choice questions #1-3
• Now try #4-6
• Let’s check your answers
• It is not enough to know what the right
answer is. Strive to know WHY it is
right.
Exit Activity
• With a shoulder partner, turn and talk
about one strategy you will utilize on
your AP exam and why.
Lake County Schools
Investing In Excellence!
College and Career Readiness
Academic Services
April 2013