European A.P

European A.P

European A.P is an intensive full year course covering

the time frame of approximately 1350 until the present.

The goal of the course is to allow the student to familiarize

themselves with concepts and make connections; primarilly

along the lines of economic, social and political means.

Emphasis within the course is placed upon: reading, evaluation

of primary source material and the components of good writing.

Throughout the year students will have access to visual aids,

such as films, computers and primary source documents. Along

with standardized text readings, there will also be supplemental

material in the form of maps, handouts and additional texts. The

students will be responsible for reading an additional book, one

in each semester, which they will critique and present to the class.

These books will focus on an issue or issues from a particular time

period which the student has chosen for themselves.

The culmination of this effort is the AP test. The test is held in May of

each school year and affords the student the opportunity of receiving

college credit if their score is sufficient. The AP test is graded on a 1-5

scale, 5 being a perfect score. Usually a score of 3 or above is necessary

for a college to accept it as credit. The test consists of 3 parts: the first is a

standard multiple choice section, the second is an essay in which the

student receives two sets of essays with 3 essay questions in each, they

are to choose one essay from each section and write on it, the third and

final section is a DBQ, a document based question, in which the student

is presented with approximately 12-15 primary source documents

focussing on one particular issue, the student then answers the question

presented using these documents to support their particular viewpoint.