This camp will focus on the Advanced Placement History courses (World History, U.S. History) offered at Oak Hall School. Students will be provided with strategies on how to approach Document-Based Questions (DBQs), Long-Essay Questions (LEQ), Short-Answer Questions (SAQs), and Stimulus-Based Multiple-Choice questions found within the Advanced Placement History Exams. More specifically, students will understand necessary concepts when completing their written responses per the College Board rubric, including context, thesis, evidence, and historical connections. Moreover, strategies on how to analyze historical documents and methods of approaching stimulus-based questions will be provided. This program is intended for students who want to enrich their preparation for Advanced Placement History courses and are incoming into either 10th-grade Advanced Placement World History or 11th-grade Advanced Placement U.S. History.
This program will be led by Dr. David Acevedo. Dr. Acevedo is the Advanced Placement U.S. History teacher at Oak Hall School, and he also has experience teaching both Advanced Placement U.S. History and Advanced Placement World History in Miami-Dade County, earning scores above the state average for multiple years. He is also a current Education Testing Services (ETS) employee and a potential reader and scorer for the Advanced Placement U.S. History this coming summer. Dr. Acevedo recently earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Florida while also holding a Master’s in Education and a double major in Secondary Education and History.
Program fee is $300 if registered by April 15th; Program fee is $325 if registered April 16th – May 15th; Program fee is $335 if registered after May 15th.
