As soon as parents post a photo with their child’s birth announcement, a digital footprint begins. As kids grow up and expand their digital footprints, they have to learn that not everything they post or others post about them online is positive....
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In the Course and Exam Descriptions (CED), College Board AP History courses are designed for students to “develop and use the same skills, practices,...
Every August, I tell my students to download the AP History Course and Exam Description (CED). Almost every one of them does. Then, like many AP...
One of the most important skills students can develop is making a claim and supporting it with evidence. Too often, students believe research is...
Organization and clear communication are essential features of any classroom—really, any functional relationship. Staying on track, pacing a course,...
“Hey… hi… hello, can you hear me? Can you [take your earbuds out], [put your head up], [talk with a partner], please?”
When students think about history, they often picture dates, battles, and political leaders. But history is also lived experience—the way people saw...
Students often rely on summaries as a shortcut to understand literature. While summaries help review the plot, they flatten storytelling into a list...
In this short video, veteran AP® World History teacher Dave Drzonek walks through a first-week lesson that turns note-taking into a structured...
There is no shortage of professional development on teaching educators how to write questions. We add them to our lesson plans, we spin manual or...
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