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AP US History
2007 AP Reading, Louisville, KY |
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This year, the AP U.S. History Reading moved from San Antonio, TX to Louisville, KY. We were there along with readers for AP Calculus, AP Biology, and AP Psychology.
On the APUSH Exam, students had to write three essays: first, the DBQ, then a choice of 1 essay from questions 2 - 3, finally, a choice of 1 essay from questions 4 - 5.
Teachers were assigned a question, then placed at a table with 6-8 other teachers reading the same table.
I was assigned to question 5, which asked students to evaluate the effectiveness of presidents who won in landslide elections (Students were prompted to use a combination of Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan). Midway through the reading, we switched to reading the DBQ, which addressed changes in agriculture during the post-Civil War era.
Altogether, I read 1500 essays; 1080 essays on Presidents, and about another 420 on the DBQ. |
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Table 129 (l-r): Matthew Davisson, The Covenant School, Charlottesville, Virginia; Craig Kind, West Valley HS, Fairbanks, AL; Eric Bobo, Hinds Community College, Raymond, MS; George McFarland, Delaware Co. Christian School, Newton Square, PA (our table leader); Sheryl Hill, Ohio University, OH; Russ Raatz; Lincoln Public School, Lincoln, NB. |
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Louisville is situated at the falls of the Ohio River (under the bridge at the far left of the picture), so it began as a port city. William Clark of the Corps of Discovery lived here (there are statues of him and his slave York, who accompanied the Pacific expedition). It is the home of boxer Muhammad Ali and Col. Sanders of KFC. Across the river is the state of Indiana. On the first day, I walked the bridge so that I could say I had walked all the way to Indiana. The Ohio River is about a mile wide at this point. |
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