Two Veterans on APWH Podcast 

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00:00 Intro

02:28 Introduction Andy

04:38 Expectations of our school

07:04 Our specific situation and the danger of speaking with “certantites”

08:55 Andy’s experience with teaching different AP Social Studies classes

11:46 Breaking down AP Comparative Government and Politics

15:35 How our personalities mix with working together

20:14 Past criticism of AP US History as a “trivial pursuit contest” pre 2017

21:56 Our first meeting in the previous June

• Summer Assignment for APWH based upon History of the World in 6 Glasses
• APWH Modern Course at a Glance Two Pager

24:55 The two, two, two rule27:34 1200-1450 CE Reflection

• Episode #3 1200-1450 - Adam and Tony explore the uniqueness of Unit Zero, and how each school starts their APWH journey in a different place based upon students previous historical knowledge and skills.
• The OER Project aka The World History Project

31:16 The uniqueness of 1200-1450 and trying to build student reading stamina in the beginning of the year

• Episode #3 1200-1450 - Adam and Tony explore the uniqueness of Unit Zero, and how each school starts their APWH journey in a different place based upon students 
• The OER Project aka The World History Project
• Episode #5 AP Summer Institute Leader Jonathan reflects on approaches to teaching APWH & Freshmen World History and students reading chapter
• Cornell Notes Summative - Outlining/Note Taking/Cornell Notes detailed Rubric/Calculator/Guide History

38:42 Andy reflects on changing from Strayer to OER at a previous school

• Students motivation with notes can change and grading notes/outlines

42:06 The importance of “setting the stage” in regards to working together for the first units and establishing a trusting relationship via “the middle path”

• Our summative assessments for unit zero and 1200-1450 CE
• The benefit of collecting student LEQ outlines and writing essays by hand
• Song Dynasty Board Game discussion

48:43 Using primary sources with unit zero

• Intro to Religions Packet with tons of primary sources

• Blue City, Jodhpur, India – Caste traditions & desert adaptation.

55:00 1450-1750 Reflection

• Colored Folder for each timeframe
  • Mind Map/Sketch Notes Review Project

01:00:36 The Mock Trial on the Ottoman Empire

01:16:34 1750-1900 Reflection

• The two for one technique

01:19:37 The Revolutions Documentary- Message us via our website if you are interested in acquiring this lesson

• Different interpretations of Crane Brinton’s Anatomy of a revolution
  • Incubation stage, Symptomatic stage, Crisis stage, & Convalescence stage is the same as Old Order, Moderate stage, Radical Stage, & Tyrant/Thermidor Stage

01:24:50 The Fall off in Homework

01:26:40 Spiraling the themes and “topics that straddle the units” - The foundational work will pay off to connect themes in different units/timeframes

01:27:55 - More challenging scores on rubrics in Semester 2

Our AP grading scale curves

• All Star DBQs for 1900 to present
  Download File1900 to present Good DBQ Outlines.pdfPNG • 179KB

01:37:14 Reviewing for the exam

• Review Sessions
• Mind Map/Sketch Notes Review Project
• Benjamin Freeman and Steve Heimler
  • https://www.freeman-pedia.com/
  • https://heimlershistory.com/

01:40:48 - Mind Map/Sketch Notes Review Project

01:42:13 End with a Positive Story

01:44:11 Outro