| Workshop | Dates | Consultant |
| Human Geography | June 27 - July 5 | Susan Holier |
| World History | June 27 - July 5 | Paul Philp |
| Art History | July 4 - 12 | Marsha Russell |
| Spanish Language | July 4 - 12 | Ann Mar |
| Spanish Literature | July 4 - 12 | Billie Hulke |
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
CONSULTANT: Susan Hollier
24 years in education; 10 years as an AP teacher; 10 years as an AP consultant
Susan Hollier teaches Advanced Placement Human Geography and World Geography at The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, Texas. She consults for The College Board in Advanced Placement Human Geography and Pre-Advanced Placement World Geography and is a National Training Leader for SoapsTone, as well as serving as a Reader for the Advanced Placement Human Geography Qualifying Test.
She served on the TEA Lighthouse AP/TEKS Document Writing Team for Social Studies. Susan is a 2002 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award from the National Council of Geographic Education and is listed in Who's Who in American Teachers.
Her classes have received national recognition for winning the National NewsBowl Current Events Competition and placing in the National Geography Olympiad. She is the Houston World Affairs Council’s 2004 International Educator of the Year, a recipient of The Coca-Cola Scholars’ Joseph B. Whitehead 2006 Educator of Distinction Award and the 2007 Nobel National Society of High School Scholars’ Educator of Distinction Award. Ms. Hollier holds a BS degree from Louisiana State University.
THE FOCUS will be on all aspects of Human Geography with a decidedly Mexican flavor.
TOPICS include Completely updated materials for 2009
SPECIAL EMPHASIS RELATED TO MEXICO: The institute will offer nine days of cultural immersion sure to enhance your knowledge and appreciation of the rich cultural geography and history of Mexico. There will be joint AP Human Geography / AP World History sessions during the week, along with expert local guides leading the field trips to world-renowned historical sites. Explore Taxco and Mexico City to see the world through a geographer's eyes.
TARGETED TOWARD both experienced (more than two years) teachers and inexperienced (two years or less) teachers.
YOU SHOULD BRING the textbook you use and a world atlas.
WORLD HISTORY
CONSULTANT: Paul Philp
John Paul II High School and Eastfield Community College, Plano and Eastfield, TX
20 years in education; 17 as an AP teacher; 6 as an AP consultant
Membership in American Historical Association, World Historical Association, American Numismatic Association; Certificate in German and International Studies; Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of World History, Berkshire Publisher; wrote student study guide to Stearn’s World Civilization: A Global Experience, 3rd and 4th AP Editions; contributor to The Industrial Revolution: A Global Event by the National Center for History in the Schools AP World History; Pre-AP World Geography and Culture; AP European History; I also teach community college.
THE FOCUS will be on AP World History as a course and discipline
Presentation time is devoted to 50% pedagogy and 50% content. This is necessary because many teachers desire both the pedagogy of setting up and managing an AP course as well as want content specific to the new historiography of world history. Each year I pick a geographic region and concentrate all studies in that region.
TOPICS are organized as follows: Getting Started and Geography; Structuring the Course; Writing and Essays; and Taking the Multiple Choice Test; Mornings are devoted to pedagogy and afternoons to content.
SPECIAL EMPHASIS RELATED TO MEXICO: All topics and skills will be related to Mexican history and society from BCE to CE. All exercises, essays, and lectures will look at the world through the perspective of Quetzalcoatl, perhaps the most important of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican gods and his changing image over the years as reflected in Mexican history. The idea for this presentation comes from Diego Rivera and the Mexican Muralist Movement of the early 20th century. I will supplement this with essays, primary source materials and art all related to teaching Mexico as part of the AP World History curriculum. There will be joint AP Human Geography / AP World History sessions during the week.
PRESENTATION FORMAT: Traditionally, I would order participants many books. Due to international travel, I intend to present all of my materials electronically. I will create a Web site for this course and will provide participants with materials burned to two CDs including all of my worksheets, essays, presentations, and tests.
TARGETED TOWARD both experienced (more than two years) teachers and inexperienced (two years or less) teachers
YOU SHOULD BRING two good pairs of walking shoes and a thumbnail drive of at least 8 GB and/or a small laptop if you have one.
ART HISTORY
CONSULTANT: Marsha Russell
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Austin, TX
25 years in education; 14 as an AP teacher; 6 as an AP consultant
Received grants from the Texas Council on the Humanities and the Austin Area Junior League to integrate art history into the world history curriculum; authored Using the Eye to Reach the Mind: Art as a Tool in Teaching World History; Tracor Teacher-Scholar; AP exam reader since 2002; first “Master Teacher” featured on the Prentice-Hall Social Studies eTeach Web site
THE FOCUS will be on how to develop and achieve measurable success in an AP Art History program.
TOPICS include what absolutely must be taught in a rapidly expanding curriculum and how much time to spend on what, to how to build a collection of art images and which texts are most effective for high school students; how to use the Internet and technology in the AP Art History classroom, how to help our students become excited about art history, how to help them approach discussing and writing about art with intelligence and sophistication, and how to help them succeed on the AP exam; trends within the field that are reflected in the AP exam, such as the integration of non-western art into an already crowded curriculum and the shift away from formal analysis toward demonstrating an understanding of how pieces of art reflect their historical and cultural contexts; how to help our students approach the Document-Based Short Answer question, how to construct and evaluate unit exams that function as AP practice, and how to make the best possible use of field trips; a special emphasis on how to help students master architecture, since it tends to be their biggest challenge in the course.
SPECIAL EMPHASIS RELATED TO MEXICO on ways to incorporate Mesoamerican cultures and art into the AP Art History curriculum, with visits to pre-Columbian sites and museums in Tepoztlán, Cuernavaca, and Teotihuacán. In Mexico City, we will visit the Templo Mayor -- the site of the Aztec city of Tenochititlán -- and the National Museum of Anthropology, one of the world's great museums. We will also explore the intersections between the Old and New Worlds as they are particularly evident in structures such as the Baroque era Santa Prisca Church in Taxco and the Gothic-style Metropolitan Cathedral in downtown Mexico City. We will also explore the works of the 20th century Mexican artists such as Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, and Kahlo as they represent the dialogue between indigenous artistic traditions and modern European influences.
TARGETED TOWARD both experienced (more than two years) teachers and inexperienced (two years or less) teachers
SPANISH LANGUAGE
CONSULTANT: Ann H. Mar
Alamo Heights High School, San Antonio, TX
30 years in education; 10 as an AP teacher; 6 as an AP consultant
Reader and table leader for the AP Spanish Language exam; College Board Endorsed AP consultant; regularly presents AP workshops, school district in-services, and sessions at national and area conferences on topics such as teaching reading comprehension strategies, creating role playing activities for fluency-building, developing writing skills across levels, and Vertical Teaming in world languages; received her M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. Areas of interest include second language acquisition, immersion education, materials development and teacher education; member of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, serving on the local chapter board as co-coordinator for the National Spanish Exam.
THE FOCUS will be on building AP Language skills through thematic units and content-based instruction.
TOPICS include strategies and activities to build needed skills for the free response integrated skills tasks ( presentational writing and speaking), portfolio assessment, sharing and discussing participants’ successful activities and strategies.
SPECIAL EMPHASIS RELATED TO MEXICO: Teaching students about Mexico’s past and present; collecting experiences, photographs, sound and objects to enrich the teachers’ and their students’ understanding of the culture. Print and web sources for use with students.
TARGETED TOWARD both experienced (more than two years) teachers and inexperienced (two years or less) teachers.
YOU SHOULD BRING comfortable clothing and shoes for walking on cobblestones. I recommended a camera and, if possible, a way to record sound. (Olympus has several models of digital voice recorder that will allow you to transfer sound files to a computer. Some iPods can record voice memos using a third party microphone or special headphones with microphone.) This way you can record conversations with Taxco hosts, interactions, street sounds and more to share with colleagues and students. Bring an activity to share. Since suitcase space will be limited, you may wish to bring a digital version that we can upload to my Web site for later download.
SPANISH LITERATURE
CONSULTANT: Billie Hulke
Lecturer of Spanish – Baylor University, Waco, Texas
40 years in education; 17 years as an AP Spanish Language and Literature Teacher; 3 years as a lecturer of Spanish, language and literature, at Baylor University; 15 years as an AP Spanish Language and Literature Consultant
BA Spanish and English – Baylor University; Spanish – Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores (ITESM) Monterrey, México
Texas Foreign Language Association Spanish Teacher of the Year; Embassy of Spain Full Scholarship for Summer Study in Salamanca, Spain; The College Board Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Teaching and Participation in the AP Program; Baylor University Memorable Teacher Award; Midway ISD Teacher of the Year Award; Midway ISD Distinguished Educator Award; Golden Apple Award –KWTX – TV Waco; Texas Foreign Language Association Award “Best of Texas” for workshop “High Fives for AP Spanish”; Who’s Who Among America’s Teacher; Nomination to a Who’s Who Marquis Teacher; Texas Foreign Language Association President-Elect (2007), President (2008); Immediate Past President (2009); Local Arrangements Chair for the TFLA 2009 Spring Conference in Waco, TX; Articles for TFLA Journal: “El español viviente, ”Integrating Art in the Pre-AP and AP Classes as an Authentic Resource,” “Integrating Music in the Pre-AP and AP Classes as an Authentic Resource,” and “Reading Strategies through Literary Circles.” A current member of TFLA, Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT), American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Modern Language Association (MLA), and American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP); A presenter for AP workshops and sessions: Puebla, México, Oklahoma, Nevada, Colorado, California, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, San José, Costa Rica, and Florida
THE FOCUS will be on an activity-based approach which will provide participants with practical strategies and activities for developing and maintaining a successful program.
TOPICS include review of the 2009 AP Spanish Literature Exam; Literature Reading list and overview of course of study (thematic, chronological, literary genres; resources and materials; strategies and activities for increasing student proficiency in the four language skills with a special emphasis on reading, writing and literary analysis; integration of technology, art, music, culture, videos; vertical alignment; session for participants to share best practices for the AP Spanish literature classroom
SPECIAL EMPHASIS RELATED TO MEXICO: The course will integrate and emphasize the AP Spanish Literature Mexican authors and the influence of culture, history, and geography as reflected in their literary works. The location of the Institute in Taxco, México offers a myriad of opportunities to visit librerías for reviewing and purchasing authentic materials for our AP Literature classes. The extended excursions offer another perspective of the role of history and culture in Mexican literature.
TARGETED TOWARD both experienced (more than two years) teachers and inexperienced (two years or less) teachers.
YOU SHOULD BRING copies of project, CD’s, music, videos or favorite classroom activities for AP Spanish Literature; materials and online resources that support and expand reading selections, content, and literary terms; sharing of best classroom practices and activities.
