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= Day 1 Assignments =

===__**Assignment 3 - Exploring Your Course’s Official Website - National Programs**__ ===

The National __[|College Board]__  develops and proctors all Advanced Placements exams. In this next activity, you will explore the AP course home page for the AP course you are taking in the fall. Throughout the year, return to these websites for important sources of information, testing dates, strategies and tips.

For those of you moving to honors: the goal is that you will be ready to take a Social Studies AP class by the fall of 2012. For this activity, look at the AP course you will take in the fall of 2012. AP World is for juniors, AP Psychology and AP US Government and Politics are for seniors.

__[|AP United States History]__ 1. Open the Course Description PDF file. 2. Skim through the overall description of the course: look through the format, the curriculum outline, sample questions, etc. 3. What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions? 4. What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least? 5. List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics. 6. Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process. 7. Scroll down to the “Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies” section. Open the article titled //“The Origins of American Slavery.”// 8. Read through this article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?”

__[|AP World History]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Open the Course Description PDF file. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Skim through the overall description of the course: look through the format, the curriculum outline, sample questions, etc. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Scroll down to the “Lesson Plans and Strategies” Section. Open the article titled <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//“An Emerging consensus about world history?”// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Read through this article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? Who can foresee the consequences of rapid changes in modern society?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|AP United States Government and Politics]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Open the Course Description PDF file. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Skim through the overall description of the course: look through the format, the curriculum outline, sample questions, etc. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Scroll down to the “Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies” section. Open the article titled <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//“Executive Power: Teaching through Current Events.”// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Read through the article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are the limits of legislative and executive power? When must executive imperialism be checked?