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AP Comparative Government and Politics Fall 2013

AP Comparative Government and Politics Fall 2013. Milton High School – Mrs. Silverman www.silvermansocialstudies.wordpress.com. Approach to the Course. Key Concepts and Overview – 1 st Unit Approximately 4 weeks Country Specific Units – 6 Units Approximately 2 weeks each

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AP Comparative Government and Politics Fall 2013

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  1. AP Comparative Government and Politics Fall 2013 Milton High School – Mrs. Silverman www.silvermansocialstudies.wordpress.com

  2. Approach to the Course • Key Concepts and Overview – 1st Unit • Approximately 4 weeks • Country Specific Units – 6 Units • Approximately 2 weeks each • Review and Test Preparation – 1 Unit • 1-2 weeks • Spring Semester Review • To be scheduled prior to the exam What’s up with the guinea pig?

  3. Highlights from Syllabus • 7 Units Tests • Multiple choice and FRQ’s • Presentations • Current Events Presentation, Group Country Public Policy Presentation & Group Mini-Presentations (certain units) • Regular Reading!! • Keep up with reading and be prepared for quizzes, summaries and discussions • Weekly Vocab & Reading Quizzes • Know your vocab!! • Weekly Current Events Discussion • 2 students present each week • Country Overview Chart for each country • due on Unit Test Day • FRQ’s and FRQ workshops

  4. The AP Exam • Friday, May 16th at 8:00am – 2 hours, 25 minutes • Part I: Multiple Choice – 45 minutes (50% of grade) • 55 questions • Includes classic/best answer, except, list/group, paired, chart/graph, and political cartoon questions • No guessing penalty

  5. The AP Exam • Part II: Free-Response Questions (FRQ’s) – 100 minutes • 50% of grade • 8 questions total • Type I: Short Answer Questions- 5 questions • Ask you to briefly define or describe a major concept in Comparative Politics and may/may not ask you to give an example from one of the countries • Can be answered in 2-3 sentences. • Suggested Time: approx. 25 minutes to complete all 5

  6. The AP Exam • Type II: Conceptual Question – 1 question • Asks you to elaborate on one major concept in Comparative Politics and will NOT request country specific data • May have several subparts that you must elaborate on • Suggested Time: approx. 25 minutes on it • Type III: Country Specific Questions – 2 questions • Ask you to provide country specific information to support a major concept in comparative politics • Suggested Time: approx 50 minutes (25 minutes each)

  7. Last Year’s AP COGO Exam Results: • # of students earning a 5 • 5 • # of students earning a 4 • 9 • # of students earning a 3 • 5 • # of students earning a 2 • 4 • # of students earning a 1 • 2

  8. Advice From Last Year’s Students: • Make sure the first unit, you study those vocab words because it helps a lot…A LOT with the 6 AP countries. • Put effort into the country charts because if you have accurate information in them, it will greatly help when studying for the AP Exam. • Take the study guide seriously and actually answer the questions and write about each topic. • Be willing to spend a few hours before each test to review vocab, powerpoints, and the country charts. • Do the reading!!

  9. Advice From Last Year’s Students: • Make sure you pay attention in class and learn all of the terms/names. Since most of the terms/leaders are unknown to us, if you don’t know them, you will find it hard to be successful. • Take notes in class and don’t doze off like someone in our class… • READ the briefing papers and fill out the questions correctly. • Don’t leave the work for the last minute because it’s A LOT of work. • Study the powerpoints, take good notes, take tests/quizzes seriously. • Come in for help, Mrs. Silverman is great!

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