- Course: U.S. History
- Dates: July 19-22
- Instructor: Louisa Moffitt, Marist School, Atlanta, GA, email - moffittl@marist.com - Participant Letter
Louisa has been teaching AP US History at Marist School
for the past twenty-three years. She has been a Reader and Table Leader for
the AP US History Exam and serves as the Assistant Chief Reader for that
test. She has also worked as a College Board consultant and has taught AP US
summer institutes for the past thirteen years. Her work for College Board and
ETS include item writing for the SAT II, the NAEP Exam, the PRAXIS Exam, and she
has served as a member of the Test Development Committee for the AP US History Exam.
- Included:
- Materials & Textbooks
- Lunch & Snacks
- Emphasis:
- Setting up a course, both for regular and block schedule:
choosing main and supplemental textbooks, pacing, dealing
with parents and administrators
- Creating of a sample syllabus and sample units for the coming
year
- Tackling multiple choice questions, both in terms of writing
better ones and successfully answering the sorts of questions that
appear on AP exams
- Writing and successfully answering AP level essay questions
- Analyzing past exams, including samples from the 2008 exam
- Planning for what to do after the exam is over
- Examining available support materials: textbooks, website
options, supplementary texts, review books
- Practical, classroom expectations and the preparation of
materials and strategies that can be used on the first day of the
new school year in August.
- Addressing the changes that are being considered by the College Board for the course design and exam format.