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    Working for the Finish Line (AP Histories Webinar)

    This interactive webinar focuses on scaffolded approaches to the finishing touches necessary for higher-level success on the LEQ and DBQ portions of the AP History exams. Participants will explore strategies for making connections, writing complex...

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    Tips for Student-Lead Classes

    We’ve heard of Project-Based Learning (PBLs), which allows students to mostly have independent leadership through a task or project and creative...

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    Teaching Strategies to Help Students Master Grade-Level Standards

    Spring is in the air, and school children all across the nation are entering the last leg of the academic year. But before the final bell rings, many...

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    AP English Multiple Choice—Preparing for the Test without Teaching to the Test

    Most AP English teachers recognize that the multiple-choice questions assess skills and essential knowledge in composition and reading, but students...

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    Strategies for Tackling the AP English Multiple Choice Questions

    The AP English exam can feel like a high-stakes challenge for students, and for teachers, preparing students to tackle the multiple-choice section...

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    Surviving Spring Fever: Classroom Management Tips

    As spring break approaches, maintaining classroom control can feel like a herculean task. Survive the 'spring fever' with these expert classroom...

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    Teaching Reading When You're Not a Reading Specialist

    This webinar with Dr. Brandon Abdon, author of our AP Language and Composition and AP Literature and Composition AMSCO coursebooks, and guest ELA...

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    Book Dating Profile

    In this activity, each student will create a "dating profile" for a book. By highlighting key characteristics of the book, students will craft...

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    Finding the Demand Curve - AP Economics Activity

    We want students to discover and wonder about the world around us. That is at the core of social science education. How do we explain the world...

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    Nailing the 5 and Shooting for the 6 on an AP History DBQ

    Join AP experts Brandon Abdon, Colin Baker, and Bob Topping to discover scaffolded approaches to teaching the APUSH, AP Euro, and AP World History...

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