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re: US History takes a turn for the left this fall
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:41 am to Jax-Tiger
Posted on 8/13/14 at 11:41 am to Jax-Tiger
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So what you're saying is that this is an additional class? That these students will also get the standard history class, as well?
This is an advanced placement class to prepare kids for college. Kids in AP math don't skip basic algebra classes, but have demonstrated they already understand the material just like these AP history students have done.
College history classes break down certain time periods in order to cover the many different facets of those periods. This class is discussing the dynamics that are generally omitted from standard high school history classes to get these kids prepared for advanced college history courses. Would you have this type of class banned from college campuses?
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Posted on 8/13/14 at 12:20 pm to upgrayedd
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This is an advanced placement class to prepare kids for college. Kids in AP math don't skip basic algebra classes, but have demonstrated they already understand the material just like these AP history students have done.
This would be incorrect. Unlike math, there is no prerequisites in history. You don't have to prove that you know the "standard" material in order to take an AP history class. I have three kids going into high school this year. We were actually shocked at how little history was taught to them in 8th grade. So the next history course they take will be their first real intensive history course. I'm not counting the "Social Studies" classes they have taken in elementary school.
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