During this AP U.S. History APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the exam, and the new AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines. By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways, among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.

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Dr. John P. Irish teaches AP U.S. History, AP Lang and Comp, American Studies AP, and Special Topics in Humanities at Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Texas. He is a nationally certified consultant in AP U.S. History for the College Board and has served as a Question Leader, Table Leader, and Reader for the AP U.S. History Exam. He was a member of the College Board AP U.S. History Test Development Committee for ten years (was the co-Chair for two years and the CBA for two years) which is the group responsible for creating the new exam, overseeing continuing changes to the curriculum, and developing / presenting trainings for teachers across the country at state and national venues. He has published three books in the series on the Historical Thinking Skills for the redesigned AP History courses which are published by W.W. Norton. He has become the primary author of the Alan Brinkley textbook, American History, beginning with the updated 16th edition, to be published in 2022. Dr. Irish holds a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy, a M.A. in Philosophy (thesis topic: John Locke’s Theory of Property), a M.L.S. in Humanities (thesis topic: The Enlightened Puritan: the Intellectual Thought of John Adams), and a D.L.S. in Humanities (dissertation topic: Social Thought in the Life, Times, and Writings of Fitz-James O’Brien) from Southern Methodist University. The focus for his dissertation research was on early 19th century American thought, with special emphasis on the writings of Fitz-James O’Brien – the Irish Poe.