European History
Topics
- Redesigned AP European History course
- Classroom strategies
- Topical European history studies
- Sharing of lessons and methods
To bring
- A copy of your textbook (or the one that you plan to use)
- A copy of your course calendar from last year (or the last year you taught Euro, if you have taught it)
- A blank planning calendar of your school year with the holidays included, so that you can begin to work on your course planning
- If you've taught the course, a copy of your most recent Instructional Planning Guide
- A computer and your digital resources that you already use, so that you can incorporate them into your plan for 2015-16
Goals
- Understanding the redesigned national AP European history course, with a special focus on the standards and skills
- Understanding the redesigned national AP European history exam, focusing on the facets and rubrics
- Classroom strategies and topical studies that support the course
Schedule
- Monday, Day 1
- Course and national exam overview
- Facets of exam
- Thematic Learning Objectives
- Concept Outline
- Tuesday, Day 2
- In-depth discussion of Historical Thinking Skills
- Historical Causation
- Patterns of Continuity and Change Over Time
- Periodization
- Comparison
- Contextualization
- Historical Argumentation
- Appropriate Use of Historical Evidence
- Redesigned writing tasks and multiple-choice
- Wednesday, Day 3
- In-depth discussion of Historical Thinking Skills
- Teaching the AP European History Course
- Sequencing and the AP European History Course
- Strategies for Teaching the Course
- Thursday, Day 4
- Create and share multiple-choice questions
- Unit development
- History of European Art (Renaissance through the 20th Century)
- Work on syllabus
- Wrap-Up
