1. AP SOCIAL STUDIES
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY --MR. FETTIG
AP GOVERNMENT -- MR. CROW
AP PSYCHOLOGY -- MR. FOWLER
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY -- MR. FOWLER
AP WORLD HISTORY -- MRS. COIL
2. STUDENT
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Considerable amount of Reading and Analysis
of Primary Source documents.
• Document Based Questions
• Considerable amount of Essay Writing.
• Student responsibility for Reading of
Textbook Material.
• Class Participation – preparation and oral
participation
• Excellent Test-Taking abilities
4. WHO IS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR AP
SOCIAL STUDIES?
• Students who have Very Good Reading and
Writing Skills
• Students who are Self-Starters
• Students who carefully Prepare themselves
for class requirements
• Students who are Committed to challenging
coursework.
• Students who are good in Testing situations.
5. AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
• 1350 CE to Present
(Renaissance)
• Document Based
Questions/Essays
• Comparative Essays
• Free Response Essays
• Higher Order Multiple
Choice Test Questions
• 19 Chapters covering
Political, Social, Economic,
Intellectual and Religious
History of Modern Europe
6. AP GOVERNMENT
Units of Study
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Foundations of Am. Government
The Constitution and Federalism
The Legislative Branch
The Executive
Branch/Bureaucracy
The Judicial Branch
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Politics and Elections
Interest Groups
Monetary, Social, Environmental,
and Energy Policies
7. AP PSYCHOLOGY
• This is a survey course of the field
of psychology. Content covers
everything from biology and
statistics to abnormal and social
psychology and everything inbetween.
• 14 units and over 600 pages of text
for which students are responsible.
• Frequent quizzes/tests
• Assignments include
• Weekly article reviews
• Group projects
• Experiments
• Successful completion of semester
long regular psychology course is
recommended.
8. AP UNITED STATES
HISTORY
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1400 (Pre-Columbus)– Present
33 Chapters – student responsible to
read (30-35 pgs per chapter)
Significant reading of and writing
about primary and secondary sources.
Tests that cover both in class and
book material.
Higher Order Multiple Choice Test
Questions
Document Based Questions
• Debates
• Essays
Comparative Essays
Continuity and Change Over Time
Essays
Prior success in other honors or AP
history courses recommended.
9. AP WORLD HISTORY
• 8,000 BCE – Present
• 10,000 Years of Human History
• 33 Chapters – student responsible to
read (30-35 pgs per chapter)
• Chapter Quiz approx. every 4 school
days
• Higher Order Multiple Choice Test
Questions
• Document Based Questions
• Debates
• Essays
• Comparative Essays
• Continuity and Change Over Time
Essays
10. WHO SHOULD NOT CONSIDER AN
AP SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS?
• Students with poor work completion
• Students who do not study for exams
• Students who are unwilling to read challenging
reading sources
• Students who are unwilling to read textbook
assignments
• Students who are unwilling to write essays or
short answer questions
• Students who have difficulty with any of the
above requirements.