Rod wrote the book, 19th Century American History for Teens, which helps kids see threads that bind together the bits of history.
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"Rod Franchi is a superb instructor!"
"Rod is fantastic! He was very patient with everyone's questions and fostered a really postive discussion about running an APUSH class." "He came prepared with lots of methods, demo lessons, and activities for us to do to make the course more accessible and understandable." -2024 participants |
ROD FRANCHI |
ROD FRANCHI
Rod believes the key to teaching APUSH is for the kids to become historians--for the year at least! Methods to teach APUSH--especially writing and other skills--are his speciality. Recently, Rod wrote the book, 19th Century American History for Teens, which helps kids see threads that bind together the bits of history. Rod Franchi taught AP US History at Novi High School in Novi, MI for over 20 years. He has been an APUSH Reader multiple times and served as Social Studies Department Chair for 15 years--in addition to various leadership positions at the county and state levels. He was named Teacher of the Year at Novi HS, the number-one rated high school in Michigan. Rod was awarded the McConnell History Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Council for History Education. Rod has been very active in the field of history education. He led two webinars in AP US History practices for the College Board, and was a contributor for the APUSH textbook, By the People. Currently he is an instructor at the University of Michigan School of Education. At his workshops, Rod makes history methods his main focus, connecting teachers to lots and lots of lessons and resources. Another central focus is to help teachers build their APUSH courses to fit their styles and the students' need
APUSH APSI COURSE DESCRIPTION
Our time together is strategically planned. We start by learning about the APUSH Framework–the nature of the content students need to know, and the thinking skills they need to make sense of the past. That’s Part 1. Then we do a deep dive on the Exam in Part 2 so everyone understands the target we’re helping our students prepare for. In Part 3 we focus on methods that are especially successful in light of Parts 1 and 2. From this community effort, teachers will walk away with tons of great lessons and practices they can use in their classrooms. Finally, in Part 4, teachers take all of their new knowledge and apply it. They build either a course plan or a unit plan. All week long there are opportunities for help with whatever needs the teachers come with.
APUSH APSI COURSE AGENDA
Part 1: The 3 Gears that Make APUSH Go
>2 Common Pedagogical Problems
>A peek at the framework.
>Solution: It’s fun to think like a historian!
>Introductions.
>What’s in your College Board materials?
>College Board Equity & Access.
>Gears 1 & 2: Historical Thinking.
>Application Lessons, Gears 1 & 2.
>Gear 3: Course Content.
>Gear 4: Themes.
>AP Classroom
>Reflect & Debrief: Questions?
>What’s this mean for my classroom?
Part 2: The APUSH EXAM, Our Common Target
>Tour of the APUSH Exam.
>Multiple Choice section.
>Document Based Question section.
>How to score DBQs
>Score DBQs.
>Long Essay Question section.
>Short Answer Question section.
>Writing instruction.
>Reflect & Debrief: Questions?
>What’s this mean for my classroom?
Part 3: LOAD YOUR APUSH TOOLBOX: METHODS, RESOURCES, LESSONS
>“Teaching for Understanding.”
>Historical Thinking in the Classroom.
>Teaching Primary Sources.
>Teaching Secondary Sources.
>Prepare for APUSH Share Fair
>APUSH Share Fair!: Learn about Methods, Sources, Lessons.
>Reflect & Debrief: Questions?
>What’s this mean for my classroom?
Part 4:
LET’S BUILD!
>Role of the Textbook.
>AP Course Audit.
>AP Community
>Your syllabus: big picture plan.
>Goals of your course.
>What’s your course’s identity?
>Guided work to build course calendar, unit plan, or syllabus.
>Report Out: course calendar, unit plan, or syllabus.
>Reflect & Debrief: Questions?
>What’s all this mean for my classroom?
Rod believes the key to teaching APUSH is for the kids to become historians--for the year at least! Methods to teach APUSH--especially writing and other skills--are his speciality. Recently, Rod wrote the book, 19th Century American History for Teens, which helps kids see threads that bind together the bits of history. Rod Franchi taught AP US History at Novi High School in Novi, MI for over 20 years. He has been an APUSH Reader multiple times and served as Social Studies Department Chair for 15 years--in addition to various leadership positions at the county and state levels. He was named Teacher of the Year at Novi HS, the number-one rated high school in Michigan. Rod was awarded the McConnell History Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Council for History Education. Rod has been very active in the field of history education. He led two webinars in AP US History practices for the College Board, and was a contributor for the APUSH textbook, By the People. Currently he is an instructor at the University of Michigan School of Education. At his workshops, Rod makes history methods his main focus, connecting teachers to lots and lots of lessons and resources. Another central focus is to help teachers build their APUSH courses to fit their styles and the students' need
APUSH APSI COURSE DESCRIPTION
Our time together is strategically planned. We start by learning about the APUSH Framework–the nature of the content students need to know, and the thinking skills they need to make sense of the past. That’s Part 1. Then we do a deep dive on the Exam in Part 2 so everyone understands the target we’re helping our students prepare for. In Part 3 we focus on methods that are especially successful in light of Parts 1 and 2. From this community effort, teachers will walk away with tons of great lessons and practices they can use in their classrooms. Finally, in Part 4, teachers take all of their new knowledge and apply it. They build either a course plan or a unit plan. All week long there are opportunities for help with whatever needs the teachers come with.
APUSH APSI COURSE AGENDA
Part 1: The 3 Gears that Make APUSH Go
>2 Common Pedagogical Problems
>A peek at the framework.
>Solution: It’s fun to think like a historian!
>Introductions.
>What’s in your College Board materials?
>College Board Equity & Access.
>Gears 1 & 2: Historical Thinking.
>Application Lessons, Gears 1 & 2.
>Gear 3: Course Content.
>Gear 4: Themes.
>AP Classroom
>Reflect & Debrief: Questions?
>What’s this mean for my classroom?
Part 2: The APUSH EXAM, Our Common Target
>Tour of the APUSH Exam.
>Multiple Choice section.
>Document Based Question section.
>How to score DBQs
>Score DBQs.
>Long Essay Question section.
>Short Answer Question section.
>Writing instruction.
>Reflect & Debrief: Questions?
>What’s this mean for my classroom?
Part 3: LOAD YOUR APUSH TOOLBOX: METHODS, RESOURCES, LESSONS
>“Teaching for Understanding.”
>Historical Thinking in the Classroom.
>Teaching Primary Sources.
>Teaching Secondary Sources.
>Prepare for APUSH Share Fair
>APUSH Share Fair!: Learn about Methods, Sources, Lessons.
>Reflect & Debrief: Questions?
>What’s this mean for my classroom?
Part 4:
LET’S BUILD!
>Role of the Textbook.
>AP Course Audit.
>AP Community
>Your syllabus: big picture plan.
>Goals of your course.
>What’s your course’s identity?
>Guided work to build course calendar, unit plan, or syllabus.
>Report Out: course calendar, unit plan, or syllabus.
>Reflect & Debrief: Questions?
>What’s all this mean for my classroom?