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Advanced Placement
Program
Capital High School
Welcome
Capital High School is committed to every students
success.
We believe access to rigorous course work such as
Advanced Placement (AP) plays an important role
in that success.
Our AP Courses
Sophies$World$(Socrates$thru!The$Baroque)!
Shakespeares$Universal$Appeal$Examined$in$DNA$by!Jonathan!Bate!
Art,!Music,!and!Media!
Incendies!(a!modern!retelling!of!the!Oedipus!story)!
PBS!In$Search$of$Shakespeare$
Othello,!film!by!Oliver!Parker!
Hamlet$by!Kenneth!Brannagh!
Shakespeare$in$Love$by!John!Madden!
O,$film!by!Tim!Blake!Nelson!(modern!adaptation!of!Shakespeares!Othello)!
The$Reduced$Shakespeare$Company:$The$Complete$Works$of$William$Shakespeare$(abridged)$
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Quarter#
3:#
Existentialism#
and#
American#
Modernism#
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EQ:$How!can!we!understand!Existentialism!and!American!Modernism!as!a!reaction!to!shifting!
societal!values?!
Focus&
Standards!
[RI2,!SL2,!W9,!RL3,!SL4,!RL7,!SL3,!W5,!RL6,!SL6,!W4,!SL1,!RL2,!SL5,!SL1]!!
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Suggested&
Readings&
and&
Resources!
Literary!Texts:!!
Major!Works:!The$Stranger$by!Albert!Camus!and!As!I!Lay!Dying!by!William$Faulkner!
Poetry!by:!Wordsworth,!Coleridge,!William!Blake,!Lord!Byron,!Alfred!Tennyson,!Percy!Byshe!
Shelley,!Keats,!Matthew!Arnold,!Gerard!Manley!Hopkins,!Robert!Browning,!Elizabeth!Browning,!
Christina!Rossetti!
Informational!Texts!
Sophies$World$(Descartes!thru!Romanticism)$
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Quarter#
4:#
Changing#
Societies#
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EQ:$How!does!literature!both!shape!and!reflect!society?!
Focus&
Standards!
[RI3,!SL1,!W9,!RI2,!SL1,!RL3,!SL2,!W1,!RL1,!SL4,!W4,!RL2,!W5,!W6]!!
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Suggested&
Readings&
and&
Resources!
Literary!Texts:!!
Play:!The$Importance$of$Being$Earnest$by!Oscar!Wilde!
Major!Works:!The$Hummingbirds$Daughter!by!Luis!Alberto!Urrea!
Poetry!by:!Yeats*,!T.S.!Eliot,!Auden,!Dylan!Thomas,!Pablo!Neruda,!Seamus!Heaney,!Eavan!
Boland,!Billy!Collins,!Taylor!Mali,!Jimmy!Santiago!Baca!
Informational!Texts!
Sophies$World$(Hegel$thru!The$Big$Bang)!
Art,!Music,!and!Media!
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*an!assortment!of!Yeats!poetry!put!to!music!by!Sean!Tyrell,!Joni!Mitchell,!and!Van!Morrison!
AP Syllabus: Psychology
AP#
Psychology#
Syllabus#
Instructor:#
Laura#
Carthy#
Capital#
High#
School#
lcarthy@sfps.info#
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COURSE#
DESCRIPTION#
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OBJECTIVES#
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The purpose of the AP Psychology course is to teach students to critically analyze all
incoming information, to expose them to the history of the subject, the theories and
experiments of those psychologists of the past and present and to understand the different
perspectives and approaches which are being used by psychologists today, including
psychoanalytical, biological, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, socio-cultural,
evolutionary and positive perspectives. The main objective of this class is to instill in
students a desire for knowledge, to think for themselves, to take more psychology
courses, and to prepare students to pass the Advanced Placement Exam.
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
We will follow our psychology book throughout this course. The textbook is aligned to
the national AP exam, so by following it closely with diligence, students should all be
prepared for the AP exam in May. There are 14 units total in this textbook and we will be
following them in chronological order. I have prepared Power Points for each chapter and
we will begin each unit by taking Cornell Notes on these Power Points. It is
IMPERATIVE THAT YOU BE IN CLASS AND ALERT IN ORDER TO KEEP UP
WITH YOUR CORNELL NOTES. If you do not like to take Cornell Notes, this may not
be the right class for you. Change your schedule while you still have time.
Beginning of Unit:
Power Point with CORNELL NOTES, which will be collected twice for
each unit. (40% of quarter grade)
A hands-on PROJECT including guest presentations, hands-on learning,
student presentations, and mock panel discussions. (30% of quarter grade)
End of Chapter exams (30% of quarter grade)
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GRADING POLICY
1. Punctual attendance, appropriate behavior and completion of all required
assignments will be the basis for grade. Every student will be expected to take the
AP test or my equivalent test.
2. Exams: generally one exam at the end of each unit. Missed tests may ONLY
BE MADE UP IF ARRANGED IN ADVANCE WITH TEACHER AND/OR
YOU HAVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE APPROVED BY THE FRONT
OFFICE.
ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE AP EXAM IN MAY.
AP Syllabus: Calculus
AP Calculus AB Syllabus
Introduction
Our study of calculus, the mathematics of motion and change, is divided into two major topics: differential and integral
calculus. Differential calculus enables us to calculate rates of change, to find the slope of a curve, and to calculate velocities and
accelerations of moving bodies. Integral calculus is used to find the area of an irregular region in a plane, to measure lengths of
curves, and to calculate centers of mass of arbitrary solids.
Most AP Calculus students enter this course with knowledge of the basic mechanics of limits, derivatives, and
antiderivatives. The task is to perfect each students mechanics and to develop his or her understanding of the theory and the ability to
use these ideas in applied calculus. Through additional practice of the mechanics and through the development of the applications of
derivatives and antiderivatives in problem solving, each student may accomplish this task.
Problems will be presented and solved in four distinct ways: analytically, numerically, graphically, and verbally. Students
will use a graphing calculator to determine the value of a derivative at a point, to find the value of a definite integral, to graph a
function in any window, and to solve an equation.
The first seven months of the class will be devoted to studying the topics outlined below. The next four weeks will be review
and preparation for the AP exam. Throughout the year, information concerning the administration, scoring, and content of the exam
will be discussed. After taking the exam in May, students will complete projects relating to the topics they have studied in this class
during the year.
Technology
Every student in the class has his or her own TI-89 or TI-84 graphing calculator. Students usually purchase their own
calculators. Calculators are provided for students for whom this is a financial burden. Most homework problems are clearly identified
as being calculator allowed or non-calculator problems. Students are encouraged to develop a clear sense of when it is
appropriate to use a calculator and when a calculator is not appropriate. Tests are divided in to calculator and non-calculator sections.
Clear examples of graphing calculator use are included in the lectures. Students will learn how to use graphing calculators to
solve problems, experiment, verify, interpret results and support conclusions. The teacher provides appropriate calculator software to
the students as needed.
CourseOutline
Pre-Calculus Review (3 weeks)
Unit One: Limits and Their Properties (3 weeks)
! Find limits graphically and numerically.
! Evaluate limits analytically.
! Continuity and one-sided limits
! Intermediate Value Theorem
! Infinite limits and vertical asymptotes
Unit Two: Differentiation (15 weeks)
! The derivative and the tangent line problem
! Differentiability and continuity
! Basic differentiation rules and rates of change (average and instantaneous)
! Product and Quotient Rules and Higher Order derivatives
! The Chain Rule
! Implicit differentiation
! Related Rates
! Extrema on an interval
! Rolles Theorem and the Mean Value Theorem
! Increasing and decreasing functions
! The First Derivative Test
! Concavity and points of inflection
! The Second Derivative Test
! Limits at Infinity (horizontal asymptotes)
! Summary of Curve Sketching (including monotonicity)
! Optimization problems
! Business problems
! Differentials
! Local linear approximations
Unit Three: Introduction to Integral Calculus (10 weeks)
! Antiderivatives and indefinite integration
! Differential equations
AP Lesson: Government
1. Watch the video on youtube about the Iran Deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9eV6K_yHg
3. Key words
enriched uranium
weapons of mass destruction
fissil material
Middle East Israel
Iran
nuclear non proliferation
Ayatollah
History of US Iran Relations
AP Exams
AP Exams
AP Exams are administered by schools worldwide on
set dates in May each year.
Exams are typically 23 hours and include:
Multiple-choice questions
Free-response items such as essays, problem
solving,
document-based questions and oral response
AP Exam Fees
Min. Score
Biology
3
4
5
4 electives
Calculus AB
3
Eng Lang and Comp
5
Eng Lit and Comp 3
5
Span Lang
3
4
201, 202
Span Lit and Cul
4
5
US Gov and Pol
3
US Hist
4
Num. of Credits
4
Math 162
3
Engl 101
Engl 101, 102
Engl 101
Engl 101, 102
Span 101, 102
Span 101, 102,
4
8
3
6
3
6
6
12
3
6
3
6
Span 302
Span 301, 302
Pol Sci 200
Hist 161L, 162L
Course Equiv
Min. Score
3
Num. of Credits
Course Equiv
8
Biol 111G & 111GL.
Biol 211G & 211GL
Calculus AB
3
3
4
6
Engl 111G
Engl 111G & 112
Span Lang
3
Span 312 & 327
Span Lit and Cul
4
US Gov and Pol
US Hist
3
3
6
3
6
Calculus AB
English
Span Lang
US Hist
3-4
Math 162L
Engl 111
8-14
211, 212
3
6
Poli 200
Hist 161 & 162
Reality
After school and scheduled appointments to meet with any student who
needs assistance.
Students will take a nationally released practice exam three times over
the course of the year to familiarize them with the national AP test and
to diagnose areas of weakness.
AP US Government (Ms. Tilp):
AP information: apstudent.collegeboard.org