Episode #11 The SAQ -Tony interviews Justin about teaching APWH to Freshmen at a rural school in the south, his experiences as an “army brat,”  becoming a teacher, serving as an exam reader/grader, & the SAQ. Scroll Down for Show Notes & Links

Episode #11 The SAQ -Tony interviews Justin about teaching APWH to Freshmen at a rural school in the south, his experiences as an “army brat,”  becoming a teacher, serving as an exam reader/grader, & the SAQ.  Topics of discussion include: Establishing expectations with Freshmen, Grading DBQs, LEQs, & SAQs, to write the SAQ by hand or by computer, using the ACE and TEA acronyms, structuring responses, “No Fluff Zone,” Task Verbs, Spiral the APWH Themes, the SAQ matrix, applying a grading scale to the SAQ, visuals and color on the exam, & the importance of travel in APWH.
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00:00 Intro

02:28 Introduction Justin 

04:46 Justin reflects on being an Army brat and his road to becoming a teacher and entering the APWH community

PATREON ONLY Version of podcast -Department of Defense Schools as kid 

PATREON ONLY Version of podcast -Translating teaching skills into the construction industry and vice versa

11:23Teaching in a rural area

12:11 Teaching APWH to Freshmen

15:59 How much reading his students do a week

18:35 The Power of a Reading Conference 

20:41 Justin on understanding high expectations with Freshman APWH

24:00 Comments on Middle School Social Studies

25:40 Justin Reflects on being a reader/grader for the APWH exam

  • Why you should become a reader and network in the future
  • Grading DBQs, LEQs, and SAQs

32:14 Details on the reading

33:00 How the SAQ works, it’s introduction in 2017, and it’s minor changes overtime

37:42 Doing SAQs by Hand or by computer

PATREON ONLY Version of podcast -Justin would like a comparison with handwritten vs. computer from the collegeboard

43:20 How to teach the SAQ with acronyms

  • ACE
    • Answer the prompt directly by making a clear claim
    • Cite specific, factual, historical information and evidence to support the claim
    • Explain how and why your evidence supports your claim by connecting it to the prompt
  • TEA
    • Topic Sentence - Answer the prompt in a clear, declarative sentence
    • Evidence - Name a piece of specific historical evidence and explain
    • Analysis - Demonstrate how your evidence proves your topic sentence

48:00 The importance of identifying stem A, B, and C in their answers and time management

50:30 The “NO FLUFF ZONE” and the connection to English Language Arts classes 

52:38 Task Verbs in the SAQ also known as “Power Terms”

  • The coffee chain beverage analogy
  • We are grading most of the APWH exam as a first draft

57:50 Spiraling the APWH Themes and using it to choose your SAQs wisely

01:01:00  The 2/3 Target on a SAQ question

01:04:45 Do you have any SAQs that “punch above their weight?”

01:09:12 Visuals within SAQs


01:13:45 End with a Positive Story

  • A Map for Saturday (2007) - Documentary about an American backpacking the World
  • The Traveling the World Activity - Search for "Where in the World" in the APWH group
  • Hopefully versions are still available in APWH Group via a simple search.

01:22:15 - Educational Tour Companies

01:24:52 Outro