KATHRYN "GUSSIE" WYNDHAM
Kathryn Wyndham was one of the first 50 teachers to be trained by the College Board in the delivery of AP World History workshops. She has served as a presenter throughout the western United States, internationally (Colombia, Thailand, Canada, South Korea) and has served as a speaker at the AP Annual Conference. Kathryn has been a classroom teacher for 30 years and an AP reader. She holds a BA from the Ohio State University and a Masters degree from Kent State University in Secondary Social Studies and has been the recipient of various awards and recognitions, including a Fulbright Scholarship, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a William Coe Scholarshp, and an East Asian Institute Scholarship.
She can be reached at wyndhamgussie@gmail.com
Kathryn Wyndham was one of the first 50 teachers to be trained by the College Board in the delivery of AP World History workshops. She has served as a presenter throughout the western United States, internationally (Colombia, Thailand, Canada, South Korea) and has served as a speaker at the AP Annual Conference. Kathryn has been a classroom teacher for 30 years and an AP reader. She holds a BA from the Ohio State University and a Masters degree from Kent State University in Secondary Social Studies and has been the recipient of various awards and recognitions, including a Fulbright Scholarship, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a William Coe Scholarshp, and an East Asian Institute Scholarship.
She can be reached at wyndhamgussie@gmail.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Section 1: Welcome / Introduction / Logistics
Section 2: Free Response Section of the Exam
Section 3: Effective Strategies for Improving Critical Thinking / Reading Skills
Section 4
Section 5: Review Techniques for AP Exam and Professional Growth
Section 1: Welcome / Introduction / Logistics
- Unit Activity
- Breakdown of course
- Themes (lesson idea)
- Time periods (suggestion: overview the events/themes)
- 19 Key Concepts (knowledge and skills)
- Regions (geography)
- 6 Units (chronology)
- Equity Policy
- Audit
- Multiple Choice (55 questions)
Section 2: Free Response Section of the Exam
- Short Answer Questions/expectations
- Free-response questions
- Questions Overview/ New Formats
- Sample Student Responses / Score
- Sharing ways to incorporate the sample student response
- LEQ (Long Essay Questions) expectations /ti ps; CCOT Essay (Continuities and Changes Over Time)
- Comparative Essay
- SAQ’s (Short Answer Questions)
- DBQ Essay (Document Based Question) Tips
Section 3: Effective Strategies for Improving Critical Thinking / Reading Skills
- Textbook Reading guidelines / Reading Methods / Notecards
- PERSIA,SOAPS, HIPPO, APREAD
- Partial List of AP Reading Strategies
- Cornell Note Taking
- Inner–Outer Circle Seminar (Civilization Lesson)
Section 4
- Unit One Lessons ~8000 B.C.E- 600 B.C.E.
- Unit Two Lessons 600 B.C.E. – 600 C.E
- Unit Three Lessons 600-1450
- Unit Four Lessons 1450-1750
- Unit Five Lessons 1750-1900
- Unit Six Lessons 1900-PRESENT
Section 5: Review Techniques for AP Exam and Professional Growth
- AP Central
- AP Annual Conference (collegeboard.com/apac)
- Professional Organizations (resource book)
- World History Connected
- Professional Development Workshops
- Texts