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| Introductions
Overview of Agenda and Materials Equity and Access |
Workshop Agenda
Workshop Handbook Course and Exam Description Textbooks Supplemental Materials on Google Drive |
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| Brief Overview of the AP Exam
Welcome to AP US Government and Politics! Lesson 1: Welcome to AP US Government and Politics! |
Course and Exam Description
Workshop Handbook |
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| Understanding the Course
Lesson 2: Understanding the Course Framework · Big Ideas · Learning Objectives · Essential Knowledge Statements |
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Workshop Handbook |
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| Planning Your Course
Lesson 3: Integrating Content and Skills |
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Workshop Handbook |
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| Lesson 4: Understanding Unit Guides | Course and Exam Description
Workshop Handbook Unit Guides
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| Lesson 5: Spiraling and Scaffolding
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Course and Exam Description
Workshop Handbook
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| Agenda Item – Day 2 | Materials | |||||||||
| Lesson 6: Planning Your Course
Course Resources · Sample Syllabi · Course Audit Resources · Course Planning · Instructional Videos |
Sample Syllabi
Course Planning Guides |
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| Lesson 7: Tour of Instructional Approaches | Workshop Handbook | |||||||||
| Lesson 8: The National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution | Workshop Handbook
Online Resources |
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| Teaching the Course
Lesson 9: Reading and Analyzing Required Documents · Teaching Foundational Documents
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Workshop Handbook
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| Lesson 10: Analyzing and Interpreting Visuals
· Classroom strategies · Online resources
Teaching Disciplinary Practices and Skills · Writing an Argumentative Essay Understanding Foundational Documents · Comparing SCOTUS Cases · Scoring Rubrics
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Workshop Handbook
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| Agenda Item – Day 3 | Materials | |||||||||
| Teaching the Course
Lesson 11: Analyzing and Comparing Supreme Court Cases · Techniques for teaching SCOTUS cases · Supreme Court comparison Free Response Questions
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Course and Exam Description
Workshop Handbook
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| Lesson 12: Analyzing Quantitative Data
· Techniques for teaching quantitative data · Quantitative Data in Free Response Questions · Quantitative Data in Multiple Choice Questions
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Course and Exam Description
Workshop Handbook
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| Lesson 13: Connect and Apply Concepts
· Techniques for teaching concept application using scenarios · Concept Application in Multiple Choice Questions · Concept Application in Free Response Questions |
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Workshop Handbook
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| Lesson 14: Writing an Argument Essay Like a Political Scientist
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Workshop Handbook |
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| Lesson 15: Formative and Summative Activities and Assessments | Course and Exam Description
Workshop Handbook |
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| Lesson 16: Applied Learning – The Political Science Research or Applied Civics Project
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Workshop Handbook
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| Lesson 18: The Course Audit and Curricular Requirements
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Workshop Handbook
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| Assessing Student Progress and Understanding
Lesson 17: The AP Exam · Overview of Exam · Multiple Choice Questions · Free Response Questions
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Course and Exam Description
Sample Student Responses |
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