Exploring+AP+Websites

//What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions? // 
 * The exam consists on two sections. Section 1 contains 80 multiple choice questions, section 2 contains free-response questions.

**AP GRADE QUALIFICATION** 5 Extremely well qualified 4 Well qualified 3 Qualified 2 Possibly qualified 1 No recommendation

//What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least? //
 * 45% of the questions focus on 1790 to 1914

//List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">The Great Depression: During this time period, alot of things were going that was linked to the great depression, for example, the Dust Bowl and WWII. I'm interested in how the people have delt with these types of situations & how they effected the US, and changed it into what it is today.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">The New Era - 1920s: I'm interested in the evolution of music, movie-making, and inventions that led to modern lifestyles.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process. //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How is the exam graded? I heard that it's based on how well you do vs. how well everyone else in the class did, but I'm not sure if that's the case.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If you pass the AP exam, you get college credit? Does this mean that you don't have to take the course in college?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If you receive a 3, do you still pass? What about a 2?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Scroll down to the “Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies” section. Open the article titled “The Origins of American Slavery.” // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Read through this article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?” //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conection: As the roman/greek empires grew, they took their slaves with them to new territories. This similar to US history because some people wanted to uphold slavery in the new territories.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Slavery played an economic role in American history. In ancient times, it was just thought of a social standing ("slaves by nature").
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I do agree with this article because I think that slavery is not a "peculiar institution." Slavery had exsisted alongside almost any other cultures. Middle eastern slave trades promoted blacks as primary slaves and