Inaugural Poetry Discoveries
Like lots of others, I didn’t discover Amanda Gorman until she graced the country with, well, her grace, her presence, and her poetry at the inauguration ceremony of President Biden.
Top 5 Tips to Prepare for the AP® Government Exam
It’s about that time. The Advanced Placement® Government & Politics Exam is around the corner. I’m sharing my top five tips to help you prepare students for the big day. These include some of the basics like knowing the obscure vocabulary and some of the AP® Buzzwords, using the CED as a review...
AP® Government Exam: Quantitative Analysis Review
In 2021, the College Board® added a new section to the AP® U.S Government and Politics Exam: quantitative analysis. This counts for four raw points on the exam. Along with the data project, students are asked to evaluate data and use their critical thinking skills to connect data to political...
You've Got This! A Message for our AP® Human Geo Teachers
The AP® Human Geo test is fast approaching. But don't stress! Author David Palmer offers words of encouragement and advice for seeing your students through this last stretch of review time.
Rock Star Poets
The “Greatest Hits” album. All the greats do it—Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty, Elton John, Madonna, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mariah Carey—so it only makes sense that poets would do the same thing.
AP® Gov Exam: Review for the FRQ
Each year after the AP® exam I ask students to evaluate my class. Last year, they overwhelmingly identified that they wanted to work on FRQs more throughout the year. So, this year I assigned a daily FRQ that aligned with that day’s content. Each unit had a different FRQ focus. For example, Unit 1...
AP® Psych: Test Prep Review Tools and Games
As the AP® exam draws near, students often become increasingly anxious. Review games and activities can target areas students need to review while also adding a bit of levity and fun to review days.
Tips for the AP® Gov FRQ
The Free-Response Question (FRQ) portion of the Advanced Placement® exam provides test takers with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge on a vast array of topics in a concise manner. In many instances, each bullet can be answered in one to three sentences if students are able to...
AP® Macro: Tying it All Together
Over the years I’ve come to realize that, like any other subject, Macroeconomics is best retained when connections are made. It is for this reason that I find myself consistently connecting the new graphs that we introduce to the ones taught prior—production possibilities curve, business cycle, and...
Aggressively Poetic
Leaves caked my front yard, suffocating the burgeoning grass below as I sat on the couch and told myself only one more episode of Law & Order and then I’ll get up and tackle the task waiting for me outside my front door.
