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"Absolute best! I received so many classroom-ready lesson ideas. This is the best APSI I've ever attended!"
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CHERIE PINCHEM
Cheralyn Pinchem currently teaches Advanced Placement World History and World History I at the #1 ranked school in Massachusetts and the oldest school in America, Boston Latin School. A recent transplant from Atlanta, GA, she has taught Social Studies for the past 18 years. She recently served as a member of the AP World History Test Development Committee and played a critical role in the preparation of the curriculum framework and exam. The Development Committee represents a unique collaboration between 4 high school and 4 college educators with diverse knowledge and points of views of global history.
Ms Pinchem also works as a Consultant with the College Board, training both new and experienced AP World History educators. She also has participated in the AP Reading since 2005, scoring hundreds of thousands of student essays alongside other teachers from around the globe. Outside of the classroom, she is the co-sponsor for both B.L.A.C.K. (Black Leaders Achieving Change and Knowledge) and Student Council. She has also sponsored several student trips abroad to China, Greece, Italy, England and France. She truly enjoys bringing history alive in her classroom through hands on, collaborative, and fun activities
She can be reached at cheriepinchem@gmail.com
Cheralyn Pinchem currently teaches Advanced Placement World History and World History I at the #1 ranked school in Massachusetts and the oldest school in America, Boston Latin School. A recent transplant from Atlanta, GA, she has taught Social Studies for the past 18 years. She recently served as a member of the AP World History Test Development Committee and played a critical role in the preparation of the curriculum framework and exam. The Development Committee represents a unique collaboration between 4 high school and 4 college educators with diverse knowledge and points of views of global history.
Ms Pinchem also works as a Consultant with the College Board, training both new and experienced AP World History educators. She also has participated in the AP Reading since 2005, scoring hundreds of thousands of student essays alongside other teachers from around the globe. Outside of the classroom, she is the co-sponsor for both B.L.A.C.K. (Black Leaders Achieving Change and Knowledge) and Student Council. She has also sponsored several student trips abroad to China, Greece, Italy, England and France. She truly enjoys bringing history alive in her classroom through hands on, collaborative, and fun activities
She can be reached at cheriepinchem@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