Episode #11 Show Notes and Links 

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00:00 Intro

02:28 Introduction Justin 

• ESPN 30 for 30 on Ric Flair - Nature Boy

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

• SAQ Blank Box to write by hand

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

• Jonathan Episode - “A Well Structured Essay Covers up for a Number of Sins”
  • Episode #5 - AP Summer Institute leader and AP exam reader Jonathan is interviewed by Tony and reflects on his approaches to teaching AP World History and Freshmen World History.

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?”

• SAQ Matrix
• The cohesiveness of a DBQ or LEQ vs. a SAQ
• Creating a SAQ form a good document
• 2019 DBQ  - Portuguese Indian Ocean - Duarte Barbosa Document

01:09:12 Visuals within SAQs

• Mexican Revolution DBQ Poster - 2021 APWH DBQ

• 2019 DBQ  - Portuguese Indian Ocean - Box
• Color picture of box from https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/454003
  • Zoomed in picture in color (below)

• Jonathan Episode on students analyzing visuals from previous episode = About  38 minute mark 
  • Episode #5 - AP Summer Institute leader and AP exam reader Jonathan is interviewed by Tony and reflects on his approaches to teaching AP World History and Freshmen World History.

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

• www.eftours.com/
• www.grandclassroom.com/

01:24:52 Outro