Teaching in an Online Environment: A Sample Schedule to help simplify and organize your planning.
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3 Project Ideas For After the AP Exam
I woke up this morning and didn’t really know what to do with myself. That’s been the six years of the morning after the AP test feeling. In our district, movies are not the preferred use of class time over 20 minutes. Here are a few ideas for how to spend the time after the…
Teaching AP Government in a Shortened Semester- Week 3 of Remote Teaching, Defendant’s Rights and Privacy
Another week of remote learning down and I’m starting to realize that I need to slow down and not try to do everything at once. There are a lot of great resources out there, but don’t drown in the pool of information. Here is our week as posted in our Google Classroom : Here is…
Teaching AP Government in a Shortened Semester: Unit Three Resources for eLearning
Raise your hand if you save Unit Three for the end and now are wondering what to do since the test will only cover Units 1-3? (This was Spring 2020 and does not indicate any other years) Not going to lie. I went for a LONG walk and stewed. During the walk, though, I realized…
Extended School Absences/Closures
We are in unprecedented times. It’s uncertain. And many are wondering what we are going to do for the AP test. As someone who has a chronic illness, I think about MY extended absences a lot, and have safeguards built-in for days I need to be gone. We have one more week of our scheduled…
Teaching AP Government in a Shortened Semester: Week 7 The Judiciary
Week 7, Days 29-32 What was covered this week: Literally, I just kept Federalist 78, the Judiciary, and an argumentative essay without the argumentative essay because my students killed the seminar and brought in ALL the Fed Papers, and all the evidence. I’m not going to lie, this is hard. I’m juggling too much. Outside the…
