Writing/Submitting an AP Syllabus

[hsmom27]

I have a rising freshman and I've spent the last week or so researching the pros/cons of APs in general and submitting a syllabus to the CB. This morning, I was looking over this page, and it looks like I could just submit one of their 4 sample syllabi as the one I will use. Has anyone done that? Any thoughts or ideas?

 

Thanks!

Edited April 12, 2016 by hsmom27

[Luckymama]

You can do that if you want.

 

I haven't because I have needed/wanted to write my own. The process of researching and planning helps to clarify my thoughts about what content I want dd to learn and how I want to go about that.

[hsmom27]

I did do it. So we'll see what happens. I actually wrote my own syllabus for Human Geography, but then one of the samples was using the same resources in a very open-ended sort of way. I liked it, AND I was nervous about submitting one I wrote as my first one. :blushing:

 

I want to submit one more, and I don't like any of the samples. That one will have to be all mine.

[Sebastian (a lady)]

I did it this year for US History. I was using one of the samples as the basis of my syllabus. I finally decided that I could better use the time to actually do the course rather than making minimal changes to the syllabus.

 

Having said that, it is the course that I find I'm least emotionally invested in. That might be because I like the structure of this AP less than others, but I think not having built my own syllabus contributed to the feeling.

[LisaKinVA]

Well, that may be a big help.  I've got a bunch to write up for the next year or two...when I have a free moment, that is.