Advanced Placement World History

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Advanced Placement World History
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Purpose of AP Parent Night

• To give students and parents an understanding of
  what is expected of students in a college level
  class

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Expectations

• Read a college level textbook (approx ½ hr a
  night) prepare for weekly chapter quizzes
• Write approx three in-class essays per quarter
• Study for tests (one every three weeks)
• No group projects, presentations, posters or
  drawings

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What is Advanced Placement History?

• It is the history of everything that ever
  happened in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America
  and the Middle East with an emphasis on 600 AD to
  the present

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Why should a student take Advanced Placement?

• To develop skills and study habits necessary to
  succeed in college
• To prepare for the AP exam
• High AP exam scores help students get into
  competitive colleges

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Who should take Advanced Placement classes?

• Students with excellent reading skills
• Students with good study habits
• Students who are willing to work hard, and devote
  extra hours to reading and studying

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What can students expect to do in Advanced
Placement history?

• lecture notes
• essays
• document based questions
• reading quizzes and tests

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Successful students

• Work every day
• Request respond to feedback
• Take responsibility for their success or failure

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The Advanced Placement Exam

• 70 multiple choice questions (55 min)
• Essays 2 hrs, 15 min
• 1 document based question
• 1 change over time
• 1 compare/contrast

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What will the Summer Assignment Look Like?

• Read World Civilizations, The Global Experience
  (4th edition, AP) Read Chapters 1-6, complete
  rubric worksheet reading assignment
• Second day back
• Turn in Reading assignment essay rubric
  worksheet
• Write a four-paragraph compare and contrast essay
  in class take a quiz on Chapters 1-6.

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Common problems

• The student has always done well with little or
  no help from parents...until now.
• The student is having trouble with the quizzes

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Concerns

• Teacher student accountability
• They are only 15!
• A journey, not a destination

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Mrs. Peralescontact information

• Email ahlina_at_luhsd.net
• website http//luhsd.net/ahlina