Hi everyone. I am actually a middle school teacher (English and Social Studies), looking for your opinions on something.
We are adding a new class period next year that is mainly targeted at our lower level students for review. However, I have been toying around with the idea of offering an AP class. I'm looking at AP World History. This is how I would select the students:
*They will all be eighth graders.
*They will have earned an A in Honors 7th Grade Social Studies (world history to 1500). I -MAY- accept a B+ with a teacher recommendation.
*They will be GT in English (for all of the writing).
We're really looking at 5-10 students, with a class period that's about an hour and a half long. My questions are, do any of you feel that you could have successfully taken AP World History in 8th grade under these conditions? Do you think you could have been successful on the exam? I'm talking a 3, not a 5.
I came to College Confidential because I know there are some intense high school students on here. I remember reading (but not posting) on the boards in college. I'm thinking these students will be similar to you. I've looked into offering an AP econ class, but I honestly feel that our students would get the social studies better. The remaining AP Social Studies (including Human Geo) are offered at the high school. The class won't be labeled AP on schedules because we can't go through the audit.
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