| Advanced
Placement Summer Institute 2009
United States History
Location
and time
June
22-25, 2009 (4 days)
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Mon.-Thurs, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
This
institute takes place at the University of Delaware Downtown
Center, 8th and King Streets, Wilmington. (Click
here for driving directions.)
Instructor
Robert
Handy, Ph.D.
Bel Air High School, Harford County, Maryland
Dr. Robert
Handy is a social studies educator and AP teacher at Bel Air
High School in Harford County, Maryland. His 32 year teaching
career has included a private Catholic school in Baltimore
City, Southampton Middle School, Fallston Middle/High School,
and Bel Air High School. He has also taught as an adjunct
instructor at UMBC, African-American history at Harford Community
College as well as graduate school, Education Department,
Morgan State University, in Community and School Relations
for Administrators. He has been named AP Consultant/Reader
for the Educational Testing Service, U.S. History since 1995,
completing his work toward United States History AP certification,
College Board, 2004. Dr. Handy received a Bachelor of Arts
degree in American Studies from the University of Maryland,
a master’s degree from the University of Maryland College
Park. In 2000, he earned his doctorate degree from Morgan
State University.
Course
description
This course,
through lecture, discussion, and group activities, introduces
the structure and content necessary for an effective Advanced
Placement U.S. History course. It will analyze the component
parts of the AP exam and suggest appropriate test-taking as
well as testing strategies and ways to teach the course. Participants
will learn how to review the analytical writing skills needed
to address the document-based question and the free-response
essays. We will grade and rank essays from previous AP exams
using the criteria developed for U.S. History AP grading.
In addition, we will review resources that enable a teacher
to bring the best techniques and approaches to the AP classroom.
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