Program Information
All juniors in the Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet are required to take AP Seminar. If you are not a junior-level student enrolled in the school, you will not be a student in the course.
Google Classroom Link
Google Classroom is a learning platform for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way.
I will regularly post readings and assignments in my AP Seminar Google Classroom. The AP Seminar classroom for the 2019-2020 academic year can be accessed using the following code: i0m31f5
I will regularly post readings and assignments in my AP Seminar Google Classroom. The AP Seminar classroom for the 2019-2020 academic year can be accessed using the following code: i0m31f5
Program Overview |
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Course and Exam Description
AP Seminar is a year-long course that has students investigate real-world issues from multiple perspectives. Students learn to synthesize information from different sources, develop their own lines of reasoning in research-based written essays, and design and deliver oral and visual presentations, both individually and as part of a team.
Assessment Overview: In AP Seminar, students are assessed with two through-course performance tasks and an end-of-course exam. All three assessments are summative and will be used to calculate a final AP score (using the 1 to 5 scale) for AP Seminar.
Assessment Format:
Team Project and Presentation: 20% of AP Seminar Score
This assignment consists of the following:
Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation: 35% of AP Seminar Score
This assignment consists of the following:
End-of-Course Exam (2 Hours) | 45% of AP Seminar Score
This assignment consists of the following:
Assessment Overview: In AP Seminar, students are assessed with two through-course performance tasks and an end-of-course exam. All three assessments are summative and will be used to calculate a final AP score (using the 1 to 5 scale) for AP Seminar.
Assessment Format:
Team Project and Presentation: 20% of AP Seminar Score
This assignment consists of the following:
- Individual research report (1,200 words / 50% of 20%)
- Team multimedia presentation and defense (8 to 10 minutes, plus defense questions / 50% of 20%)
Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation: 35% of AP Seminar Score
This assignment consists of the following:
- Individual written argument (2,000 words / 70% of 35%)
- Individual multimedia presentation (6 to 8 minutes / 20% of 35%)
- Oral defense (two questions from the teacher / 10% of 35%)
End-of-Course Exam (2 Hours) | 45% of AP Seminar Score
This assignment consists of the following:
- Understanding and analyzing an argument (3 short-answer questions / 30% of 45%)
- Evidence-based argument essay (1 long essay / 70% of 45%)