AMSCO AP Social Studies Implementation and Training

1. AMSCO AP Social
Studies Resources
Kim Moore
2018 Implementation Training

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3. My Goal:
I want to make sure that you see the
value in using our resource. See how it
can be used as one of many available
tools for making your course come alive
in your classroom.
My Promise:
• Value your time
• Ask your opinion
• Support your decisions
• Treat you with the respect you
deserve

4. My Opinion:
The key to success for our students on the AP exam and life in general:
Students must not simply see themselves as a bystander to events of
the past. They must be active participants in seeing the past as a
gateway to the future.
As an instructor, do you want to be….
the sage on the stage, or
the guide on the side?

5. History’s Mysteries
Let’s engage your brain!
History’s Mysteries
Discuss other mysteries of
history at your table.

6. The Promise and Challenge of Advanced Placement®
“The America that our high schools need to prepare them for is not
yesterday’s, but tomorrow’s. It’s time to ensure that all of our graduates
leave with the skills and knowledge they need for college and career.
Their futures, and America’s, are depending on it.”
— Kati Haycock, CEO of The Education Trust
—College Board

7. • While AP has grown dramatically
(over 4x in 10 years), students,
particularly those from
disadvantaged circumstances, are
not passing.
• Low pass rates diminish students’
ability to get college credit,
reduce debt, and improve
placement in higher education.

8. Discuss the results of your most recently-released AP Exam Scores:
• What did you do last year that worked?
• What will you do differently this year?
What are some new strategies that you will implement this school year?

9. Preparing Students for
Success:
• Scaffolded instruction
• High-quality primary
sources
• Guided Inquiry
• Multiple practice
opportunities
The AP Advantage:
• Right level of subject depth
and text complexity
• Streamlined content
• Allows teachers to focus on what
really matters for student success
WHY
AMSCO AP®

10. Accessibility Portability Affordability

11. The AMSCO® Advanced Placement® Advantage
• Developed by leading experts
• AMSCO® Advanced Placement® textbooks offer the right level of subject depth
and text complexity
• You can be assured that your students get the accessible content they need to
successfully navigate the course and exam
Streamlined content allows you to concentrate on what really matters—ensuring
students have multiple opportunities for
• collaboration,
• critical analysis,
• authentic practice.

12. A Literal Who’s Who?
of Nationally Known
Teacher Leaders!

13. Students get
exactly what
they need to be
successful in
the course
and on the
exam…no
more…no less.

14. Plus alignment to:
Disciplinary
Practices, Concept
Outlines,
Reasoning Skills, &
Depth of Content
Learning Objectives

15. Play-Doh Rose
Shape –You created a variety of shapes ─angular and curved, straight
and round. Yes =1 No=0
Surface – You’ve developed a variety of surfaces on the piece – from
rough to smooth to cracked to modeled Yes =1 No=0
Edges – You’ve created soft and sharp edges on the piece
Yes =1 No=0
Light and Shadow – You controlled the effects of light and shadow in
your piece Yes =1 No=0
Craft - Your work is crafted with care and attention to detail; it
explicitly models a rose…it IS a rose. Yes =1 No=0

16. Play-Doh Rose
Questions to Consider:
1. Was guided instruction helpful to you as you were
trying to develop this new skill?
2. Once you saw the performance standards (scoring
rubrics), how did that change your approach?
3. How did the tools provided help your development?

17. Consistently updated and modeled after the most current AP® course and
exam description, AMSCO® AP® provides:
• scaffolded instruction,
• high-quality primary sources,
• guided inquiry,
• rich content,
• multiple practice opportunities
all necessary for success on the AP® exam.
Students will learn to think critically, evaluate sources, and develop
coherent arguments— skills required in college, career, and civic life.

19. Analyze Evidence
Primary and Secondary Sources
The Author’s
Purpose
Why did the
author create
this document
at this time?
How does the
document’s
purpose reflect
its reliability?

22. Watch this Webinar
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AP PSYCH
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AMSCO AP United States Government and Politics
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AMSCO AP World History
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23. Group Discussions
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Table of Contents
Explore the Book Introduction
Unit Introduction
Chapter Opener
Essential Questions
Rubrics
Key Terms
Chapter Reviews –Free Response/ DBQ
Unit Review
Think Like A…..
Sample Exam

24. Digital Tools to “Engage” My Students
• Engage e-Reader Platform
Engage User Guide
Direct Instruction/ Guided Practice
Independent Practice

25. More Digital Tools to “Engage” My Students
• Open Educational Resources
Websites
Games
AR/VR/ Mixed Reality

26. A Classroom for Shared Inquiry
Teach students to be critical thinkers through a
unique questioning strategy supporting close
reading of complex texts.
 informational text
 close reading strategies
 writing to sources
 critical thinking
 appropriate text complexity
 text dependent questions and tasks

27.  Participants must read the selection carefully before the
discussion.
 The goal of the group is to discuss the ideas in the text and
explore them fully.
 Participants should support interpretations of the text with
evidence from the work.
 Everyone needs to listen carefully to the other participants
and respond to them directly.
 The leader is there to ask questions rather than offer his/her
own interpretations of the text.
Five key guidelines to engaging in a successful Inquiry discussion:

29. Free Response Questions:
1. Read the question carefully.
2. Pay close attention to the prompt you are given.
3. Don’t be afraid to annotate and highlight the text.
4. Circle key vocabulary.

30. The prompt vocabulary will tell you exactly what to do in your essay. Some
common prompts are:
1. Evaluate or judge – discuss the value or wisdom of a belief or idea
2. Analyze – evaluate each part of the whole systematically
3. Identify – name something, typically members of a group
4. Define – explain what something means
5. Discuss – provide details and examples of something
6. Describe – create a picture of something with details and examples
7. Compare and contrast – point out similarities and differences
8. Categorize – sort into groups based on traits or features
9. Explain – tell how and why with reasons and examples
10. Determine cause and effect – decide what leads to an event/circumstance and
what results from this event/circumstance

31. •Read the question carefully, 2-3 times.Circle all the action words that tell you what to do and underline the words that
go with
them.
•Decide how many parts the answer will need.
•Restate the question in your own words.
•Go back and skim the passage to find facts and details related to the question.
Read these areas carefully. Underline the facts and details. Mark them with an “OR”
for open response.
•“Echo” the question in your answer.
•Answer every part of the question.
•Support your answer with lots of details from the story. Use specific names of
characters and places.
Strategies for Open Response Writing
Reread the question and your answer. Make sure you answered the
question that was asked. All of the information in your answer must
come from the reading, not in what you know about the topic.

32. Document Based Questions
Most useful things you can do to ensure a high score on the DBQ:
• Practice answering past exam DBQs
• Learn from others' mistakes. On the AP website, there is a section that
explains what people did right and wrong on a past exam's DBQ.
• Find out what the readers are wanting
• Answer all parts of the question

33. Document Based Questions

34. Document Based Questions

35. Novel Studies
Classroom
Library
Increase
diversity
Consider
readability
level
Take time to
read
Build a
love of
reading
Four Steps to a Relevant Classroom Library
As you shape your classroom library, you should:
1. Increase diversity
2. Match the books to students' ability.
3. Make time to read.
4. Build a love of reading.

36. Kim Moore
kmoore@perfectionlearning.com
678-323-5500
Twitter: www.twitter.com/moore4STEMed
2018 Implementation Training