Session I: European History 

This AP Summer Institute in AP European History is intended for both experienced and beginning AP teachers looking to gain insight into the redesign of the course that started in the 2015–2016 school year. It will address the current rubrics and insight that comes after the 2017 AP Reading in Kansas City for all the essay types. This summer institute will explore the five themes, historical thinking skills, content objectives, and time periods that define the course expectations. This institute will also explain the grading of the exam. During the institute, participants will have the opportunity to examine sample lesson plans, review the regulations for the course audit, and begin developing a pacing guide. Sample lessons related to the nine historical thinking skills will be supplied and teachers will be given opportunities to discuss and construct other lessons related to these skills. Although the course will cover the pacing for the entire year, participants will be given the opportunity to develop their first unit in order to receive feedback on pacing and lesson ideas. An overview of how best to use technology, how to review for the exam, textbook selection and recommended summer reading, and what post-exam activities are available will also be explored.

Instructor: Kathryn Landsea has been teaching AP European History at Coral Gables Senior High for 13 years in Miami, FL. She serves as the AP European History trainer for Miami-Dade County Public Schools' Division of Advanced Academics and mentors new AP teachers throughout the district. She has served at the AP European History Reading as a Reader, Table Leader and Question Leader for both the short-answer questions and the long-essays, a role she will continue at the 2017 reading.