1 / 6

AP Humanities Best Practices--strategies to engage and support students who want a 5

AP Humanities Best Practices--strategies to engage and support students who want a 5. Preparing for the AP test. Practice makes permanent. Format of test/ Time constraints Styles of Questions The Unknown Free Response Questions. Format of Test. World History Human Geography US Government

liz
Download Presentation

AP Humanities Best Practices--strategies to engage and support students who want a 5

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. AP Humanities Best Practices--strategies to engage and support students who want a 5 Preparing for the AP test

  2. Practice makes permanent • Format of test/Time constraints • Styles of Questions • The Unknown • Free Response Questions

  3. Format of Test • World History • Human Geography • US Government • Students need to be comfortable with the time they have to answer questions • Practice makes Permanent

  4. Styles of Multiple Choice Questions • Normal Question (5 answers) • Except or Not Questions • Multiple Answer Questions • Map Questions • Graphs • Short Paragraphs

  5. The Unknown • It is impossible to cover all content on the test in the finite period of time we are given • Give students questions that there is little to no chance of answering correctly • They will freak out… Seriously • They need to learn how to be educated guessers

  6. FRQ’s • Spend time with your students on this • Scores across the country are abysmal… This is where they can get a step ahead • Make them better • Give them questions that they will not be able to answer all the parts (the must learn to get all the points they can) • Spend a day grading other peoples work • Make your test essays released exam essays and grade them with a rubric • Find the positive about your FRQ and focus on that when you talk about it.

More Related