AP* and Pre-AP* Summer Institute

AP* World History for  New and Experience AP* Teachers

Designed to integrate the PreAP World History curriculum into the open-enrollment classroom, this course will include discussions and updated techniques covering the successful introduction and implementation of the AP "habits of mind" into the middle school, junior high and senior high classroom. Emphasis will be placed on the five chronological periods covered in the AP World History.

Hands-on activities, simulations, and presentations will cover the following

• Establishing and Maintaining Advanced Academic Standards While Making the Course Enjoyable for Students
• Building Teacher Success and Confidence through Preparation
• Using Creative Lessons and Activities to Open the Door to Student Confidence and Success and to Address the Issues of, “But my students can’t do this.”
• Writing a Practical Course Syllabus for any Block and/or a Traditional School Schedule(“I’ve fallen behind and I can’t catch up!!!”).
• Making Art and Culture a Part of Your Unit Lessons
• Improving Student Organization
• Teaching Effective Essay-Writing and Critical-Thinking Skills Using Law & Order/CSI investigative style
• Examining the 2010 Exam for a Test-Taking Strategies
• Learning How to Grade Essays Using Rubrics and Comparing the Results with the Grades Given by AP Test Readers

 What participants should bring

• 2010-2011 School calendar, if available
• Note-taking materials
• Textbook and document reader used in your class, if possible
• Portable-sized monthly lesson-planning calendar (for the academic year) with squares big enough to write in for planning purposes (if desired)

LEAD INSTRUCTOR:  James Rowland

A National Board Certified secondary social studies teacher, James spends his days teaching AP World History, AP European History and World History to sophomores at The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, Texas.  James is a certified College Board consultant for both PreAP/AP World History and AP European History in the Southwest Region for the last seven years.  James is a newly certified TCI-History Alive trainer/mentor/guinea pig.  In addition, James has been an AP World History exam reader since its inception.  When not corrupting the youth of The Woodlands, James is at home with his daughters, new granddaughter (A true sign of the apocalypse or a vivid expression of the passage of history in his own life.), and their pet menagerie, grading essays, working on his computer, watching the International History Channel, reading books and journals to create historical chaos in his classroom, devising ways to further torture his students, or playing historically-based PS2 games(Upgrading is unnecessary due to low performance).

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