Orientation

**__Orientation and Day 1__**

**__Introduction__**

The Malden Public Schools Social Studies Summer Technology Program is an academically and technologically rich opportunity for potential and current AP/Honors students to enhance your learning and technology skills. You will be participating in a rigorous 4 week program in a blended learning environment facilitated by the MHS Social Studies Department. Read the guidelines below:
 * Report to Room D444 on the first day, Tuesday, July 5 at 9:30 - 12:30
 * Be available for 3 hours per day for the month of July (Tuesday, July 5 thru Thursday, July 28)
 * Instructors will be available between the hours of 9:30-12:30, (Monday thru Thursday, except for week 1)
 * Work independently at your own pace in an inquiry-based learning environment
 * Students who demonstrate proficiency in content and technology will be offered the opportunity to work remotely "at your own pace and place."

Completion of all work assigned as specified in each daily session:

 * Specific written assignments, uses of technological resources, and discussion tab posts
 * Personal voice will be developed through daily reflections
 * Creation of a thorough virtual notebook that incorporates all assignments
 * Completion of daily assignments
 * Daily revisions based upon instructor feedback
 * Completion of Final Project/Summer AP Project to demonstrate understanding of concepts and skills

__ Norms (rules) for discussion __
Discussion Posts will be assigned throughout this program.


 * __ Show your thoughts __ : be clear in your responses to other members, make sure others know that you have read what they have offered, stating specifically who and what you may agree or disagree with and/or what you are commenting on.
 * __ Respect one another’s views: __ be a part of the conversation, assume positive intent, your perspective is valuable, make sure that your online community (the group) knows what you are thinking. Respect one another while “pushing” the thinking of the group and/or individual.
 * __ Brevity and clarity are key __: take the time to edit your contributions before posting them, everyone has a lot to read and limited time, make sure your comments are succinct and clearly stated.

//**This program will provide opportunities for you to. . .**//


 * g ain entry into AP or Honors courses,
 * l earn History in a fun & motivating, virtual environment without the stress of grades,
 * challenge yourself and dig deeper into the history content,
 * e xplore topics of interest, current trends, and Global issues,
 * l earn new technology skills while applying higher level critical thinking skills,
 * p repare for the academic rigor of College,
 * w ork in a 21st Century Environment at your own pace and place.

1.1 Reflections on Introduction, Expectations and Norms

Respond to the following prompt in Wall Wisher after you have carefully read the **Introduction, Expectations**  and **Norms.**

1. Post any questions or comments you may have on the expectations or norms. 2. What are your expectations for this course?

@http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/W46jVyoURc


 * We will revisit these questions and expectations at the end of the course. If there is something you really need to know post a question in the question parking lot.

1.2 : Orientation Survey

Before you work on the remainder of the orientation assignments you must complete and submit the following survey Take Survey

1.3: Question Parking Lot

As part of this course we have included a Question Parking Lot. You can use this page with an embedded discussion to ask us any questions you may have or to raise any issues that you may encounter.

You can get to the page directly from the navigation menu.

If you have any questions on the expectations, orientation, or the course overall, add them now!

1.4: Creating a Wikispace 

For this course you will be creating a wikispace page which will serve as a virtual notebook. Many of you have used wikispaces in your social studies classes before, so the process of setting up a virtual notebook should be familiar to you. Those of you who have never before set up a wikispaces page make sure you follow the directions carefully as the web page you create will be where you will keep all of the work you do for this course.

__Directions__ : __Creating your Wikispace__ 1. Watch the following video [|__http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Go to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">__www.wikispaces.com__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. If you already have an account please sign in. If you do not already have an account please create one by entering a username, password and email address into the spaces provided and elect get started. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Create a new wiki. For this course your wikispace (which will be your virtual notebook) should be named as your first name then last initial followed by "summer notebook". (Example: for John Smith it would be JohnSsummernotebook) This will give your wikispace the address <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.johnssummernotebook.wikispaces.com__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Next select your wiki permissions as Protected (free) and your wikitype as K-12 Education. (see example below.)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Customizing a Wiki__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. View the following video <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour/myspace__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Now go Manage Wiki, then Look and Feel then Themes and Colors choose a the color scheme you would like. We suggest that you use the notebook theme.(see below)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Creating a Homepage__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The first page on your wiki is your home page. Please create a home page similar to the example shown here: www.johnsvirtualnotebook.wikispaces.com

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Start by selecting EDIT, this will bring up your editor tool bar as seen below. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using the dropdown tab (where "normal" is written) select Heading 1 and write the title "About Me" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Next Select file. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">__To insert an image from your computer__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> select upload files, browse for the file you want to include. Once you have selected the file it will appear on the left side of the file menu. Select this file and it will appear on your page. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">__To insert an image from the web__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> select the external file tab, then enter the web address of the image you want to include and select load. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally, using normal text enter details about yourself. You should include details of your teaching experience and your motivations for participating in this project. Feel free to experiment. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Make sure to select SAVE when you are finished


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Edit Icon || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Details ||
 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/eLNI_PbV67ImAMYoblPYHHZ96A2ErMRbr23a-yixNfm4VLyRoFcJWbjvevgtbhiQLOa-E4if8s4Wj6H5uRGkTpiBaQ3wTAc4gFDcQNCon7ZBtXfF]]* || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bold,Italicizeor <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Underline__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">your text ||
 * [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/oEPx9-Oiuyyh0PUWENmCigSJAwCMhbNrST2agt2kXTWoT3yJQEScjCdRLuwHHZwWm71-Kh68Q8GDxzL2JHIA1pO-OYrNihcQLRpg0cDn3GtXo_xL]]*​ || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Change the Font, Color, Allignment and Size of your text ||
 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/x9lBy9fxwjZBctUFncOypZdpYD-OYfY8HvRABd7ifp7KwjGRkdTDCb48_hWQhAqvnYzhHV_KT4uU1G4RO-aQS3FtA03pB9zyGfsi0Ibd1TKSl09X]]* || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This dropdown menu allows you to choose between normal text and headings of varying sizes ||
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EI5mECvZA0iv82PMSmCXkIYtl5cI9Cwemh0uFGyi3skAVofk1H3KHLJYIdBnZfvwUjiZtX6aJIrP2iQf-_pCdc10MeJTD_X5FXgWdk4nF3vWK-Th]]* || # <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Numbering
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bulleting ||
 * [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ZNa-uu2by9_xDkINplFuLL13GIVKC0IWDp6jTD8AEouECDaG2SoJaW-zc0GsQt1PrQtstmyWoTWPQjatQi98EyXxGgKJNAWbVZUWN8LSWyyZ_GsE]]* || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Allows you to draw a line across your page ||
 * [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Po-HFmSFfBbiNyoRf9-FN5ZjXzHPwQVzrBdv9zbjswg9R8mEqCwGLdpo0LWvSBANoQAbJJsJbwb9uhO7BkoJ66PQWBJCGHzyqI2ZOWJ65pCL_u_m]]* || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Allows you to creat a link in your wikispace. You can create and name a link to another page on your wikispace (Internal Link) or you can create and name a link to an external website. By checking the Open in a new Window box your link will open in a new window ||
 * [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/fBbfe9wf1ZXWkHMWnZng-6ir0D_X5LcH6Yy2S2cdSUBTgCgu3dTp-cl236SQDddlHz60D8PbmADPkhD0Ggc5Lp_HrkMDOytjnQ34mxHDNns8wwSN]]* || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Allows you to attach a file to your wikispace. This could be a word document, image, PDF, or even a movie file. ||

Your wikispace can include an almost infinite number of pages. Wikipedia for instance is a wikispace with over 3 million pages and has been edited over a billion times. Creating new pages allows you to separate your lessons, units, classes and more. For this course you will create a different page for each session.
 * __Creating new wiki pages__:**
 * On the home page of your virtual notebook there is a link that says **New Page** with an icon next to it (where it is will depend on the theme you have chosen for your wikispace). Click on **New Page**, then title your Page Name ** with the Week and the Day **.

Note about Add Tags: This step is optional. Tags are a label you can attach to a page to make it easier to track or search for later.


 * Hit "Create." This will open your new page and will show the Edit Toolbar. Create a heading on your new page then hit "save." Keep this page open.
 * To add links: From the **Edit** toolbar, select **Link**. Next Select the External Link tab, then name the link text (example: John Smith's notebook) and paste the address of the website then check the new window box. Finally select add link. (See below). Your link will appear as: John Smith's Notebook

1.5: Creating a Gmail Account

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During this course you will be using many different Web 2.0 tools. One essential set of tools is hosted through Google. To ensure that you will be able to complete tasks using various Google tools we would like you all to set up a Google account, which will become a Gmail (Google Email) account as well.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If you already have a Google / Gmail account, then you can simply skip this step and go on to #3 below.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If you do not have a Google/Gmail account already then you should complete the tasks laid out in the instructions that follow.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Begin by going to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.gmail.com__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Locate the box that says “New to Gmail? It’s free and easy.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the box beneath that which says “Create an account”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Then complete the account setup process, which should look like the screen below. Try to make your email address something that you can easily remember, but also keep in mind that this is an academic course, so your email address should include something that would easily identify you to your teacher.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Helpful hint: Make sure your FIRST &/OR LAST NAMES are included within the account username.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Once you have completed all of the steps in the registration process, click:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Make sure you remember your username and password as these will be very important to allowing you to effectively utilize all of the tools and strategies that Google offers.

1.6: Connecting to Teacher Wiki

On the Discussion Tab of this Orientation page, **post the link to your wikispace page and of your gmail account.** Title the post with your name.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1.7: Exploring AP Websites

<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;">The National <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|College Board]__ <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;"> 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.

In your summer notebook create a new page titled "Exploring AP Websites." (If you do not know how to create a new page refer back to the wikispace directions.) Answer the questions for your selected course on the page you just created.

<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;">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.

<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 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 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;">//“The Origins of American Slavery.”// <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? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|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?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__AP Psychology__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; 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: 14px; 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: 14px; 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: 14px; 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: 14px; 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: 14px; 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: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Scroll down to the “Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies” section. Open the article titled “Women and Mathematics: Stereotypes, Identity and Achievement.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Read through this article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize you thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What gender stereotypes have you noticed in your own experience? How can we get rid of stereotypes?