Subject: AP Econ & APUSH Final Assignments for Spring 2020 - Please read carefully
Hello Students & Parents:
Fortunately, at the time of school closure, the majority of my AP students were doing well in these AP courses! I thought long and hard about what to do. I am enclosing an abridged syllabus of final assignments for our AP Economics and AP US History (APUSH) students to close out the semester. These remaining assignments combine 2 or 3 learning objectives/impact standards at a time so that there will not be any question with regard to completion of AP credit earned. I have taken in to account many things to help our students. For example, I've listed things as a checklist; all resources may be accessed online; I have included everything needed in one document; and students may access individual documents and resources via Synergy email or the AP classes I created in Google Classroom. When completed and they send assignment to me they are done! :)
NOTE: There are/were several in each class that did not complete assignments. (You know who you are.) These students have the option of making up missing 5th 6 weeks assignments; upon completion, they take a photo/screenshot of it and email to me ASAP; OR they may complete the Alternate Make-up Assignment (completion of a research paper), see attached rubric, instead. Completion of make-up assignment(s) will assure that these students receive credit for this class for graduation.
Again, I have created corresponding AP courses in Google Classroom which students can access, see respective code below, should they need assignment documents which are listed in the syllabus. Please see email for the Google Classroom Code for access to each of these AP classes (readings, documents-rubrics):
AP Exam: Students signed up to take the AP Exam in AP Government (from my Fall 2019 AP Govt class) or APUSH may access practice questions through their AP Collegeboard - AP Classroom account. The latest update from AP Collegeboard states that the AP Exam for all subjects will consist of a 45 minute open-note essay that students may take online at home but I am not sure this is the final word. The next update from AP Collegeboard will be 04-03-20. This is a fluid situation so I'll keep you posted.
My best to everyone, Ms. Cox Have questions? karen.cox@aps.edu
P.S. To the handful of students that were considering the AP Macroeconomics exam -- It is my understanding that, through no fault of our own, due to school closures the registration deadline was not met.
