AP US Government and Politics – Eugene Chase

Eugene Chase currently teaches both US and Comparative Government and Politics at Edmond North High School in Edmond, Oklahoma where he also serves as Social Studies Department Chair.  He has been consulting for the College Board since 1999 and serves as a table leader at the AP US Government and Politics Reading.  Eugene has presented AP and Pre AP workshops around the country and has presented at the AP National Conference.  In addition to his involvement with the College Board, Eugene is a National Board Certified Teacher (AYA Social Studies - History) and has served as an assessor for the National Board.  Eugene has his BA in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and his MA in Political Science from the University of Central Oklahoma.  He has continued his involvement with the University of Central Oklahoma by working with pre-service teachers in their social studies methods class.

Course Description: This session of the summer institute is designed for beginning government and politics teachers.  We will thoroughly cover all six areas of the course as well as practice scoring AP US Government Exams.  This will be particularly beneficial for AP History teachers’ transition to AP Government as the free response section is scored entirely different.  If possible guest speakers will be utilized.  This will serve as an idea exchange with teachers mentoring each other.  Also covered will be test item design and construction.

Updated 2/11/08