Session Date
Lesson Topic
First Session
Lesson Outline
Today was our first session of AP World History. We spoke about Anna's needs, strengths and weaknesses in the class. Strengths are memorization. Challenges are: not always reading thoroughly and just skimming the material. This may due in part to the fact that Anna doesn't own her history book and she is not allowed to make marks in it, so she hasn't been highlighting what she reads. This is essential in a history class - especially with an AP text! We photocopied Chap. 14 for Anna to read and to highlight as she reads. Chapter 14, Economic Transformations, covers 3 centuries from 1450-1750.
Assignment
Read pp. 609 - 615 tonight and then read pp. 616 - 631 by Mon., 2/10/20
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Anna explained to me that she dropped out of her AP World History course in December. She said that most of her grades fell into the B range, but she thinks she failed her midterm. She wants to complete the second semester of the course here so at the very least she gets the course credit. She is not sure that she will take the AP World History test. If she has trouble moving through the course's rapid pace this semester, Anna said she is happy to complete it during the summer, too. We will absolutely move at a rapid clip to cover the second half of the course this semester. Anna is going to try to find her course syllabus as she didn't have it today. We are going to try to order hard copies of her text, "Ways of the World A Global History with Sources," Third Edition by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson, latest copyright 2016 - publisher is Bedford/St. Martin's. In addition - We MUST have the printed assessment materials that accommodate this text! AP tests are administered frequently and Anna is already several weeks behind in the course material.
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
Entry Status
Review Status
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