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00:00 Introduction and Setting the Stage

02:30 Jonathan’s introduction with music

04:00 Getting to Know Jonathan

04:45 Fast forward option for those that have listened to episode #6, as the contextualization conversation is the same in episode #5 and #6.  New content starts at about the 11:00 mark. 

05:30 Reflection on the AP Summer Institute for experienced teachers led by Jonathan

06:30 “A well structured essay will cover up for a number of sins” - from AP Exam reader Jonathan 

• Essay outlining and framing for Freshmen and APWH - 
  • APWH DBQ Outline and TS, Thesis and Paragraph Framing
  • Freshmen DBQ Outline and TS, Thesis and Paragraph Framing
  • APWH - LEQ - CCOT Outline and TS, Thesis and Paragraph Framing
  • Freshmen LEQ - CCOT Outline and TS, Thesis and Paragraph Framing
  • APWH - LEQ - C/C Outline and TS, Thesis and Paragraph Framing
  • Freshmen LEQ - C/C Outline and TS, Thesis and Paragraph Framing

07:41 Jonathan’s experience, sentence stems, and “Because, But, So” as an analysis tool for when writing an essay

11:00 Teaching History to Students with Varying Proficiency Levels? 

12:50 Breaking up APWH documents into smaller chunks using scaffolding questions and word banks

• Differentiated Instruction for APWH via chunking documents using scaffolding questions & word banks Link

14:14 The 10 minute read

• Watching students grow and seeing it “click” overtime

22:19 The importance of consistency

23:57 Reading the textbook weekly and how the textbook is another tool among many

• Robert Strayer Ways of the World
• Peter Stearns World Civilizations: The Global Experience - The one mentioned in the interview was a previous edition.  We can not comment on the lexile level of the edition posted here.

25:04 Teaching at a school with 10% proficiency reading levels and weekly reading

29:23 The benefit of teachers reading multiple textbooks for content

• AMSCO as cliff notes

33:14 Using Cornell Notes and Outlining for Comprehension

• Outlining/Cornell Notes rubric
• When to collect and grade notes/outlining/cornell notes

38:46  Analyzing Visual Sources with Multiple Choice Questions43:33 What advice Jonathan would give himself if he was entering the profession?

• Taking time for yourself

45:15 Typical assessment practices and Jonathan’s experiment with not giving Multiple Choice Questions for a semester

48:44 What are two to three tips for someone that is new to teaching APWH?

50:50 What are two to three tips for someone that has been teaching for 5 years and is new to teaching APWH?

• Trusting Relationships with students

53:15 End with a positive story

54:27 Outro