PA homeschoolers APUSH

[ecmom45]

Anyone has experience with  Daniel Burns vs. Mrs. Richman with APUSH at PA homeschoolers? I know that Daniel Burns teaches from Christina perspective which is what I prefer but is Richman's class much better? 

Thanks. 

[AEC]

:bigear:

 

don't much care about the religious prospective, but very interested in difference in how they run their classes, workload, etc.

[Julie of KY]

... no experience with him for APUSH, but my son had Daniel Burns for Microeconomics and we were underwhelmed. Learned the material, scored a 5, but wouldn't repeat with him.

[cuckoomamma]

Thanks for that, Julie, as I see he is also teaching AP Gov next year.

[AEC]

DS has Mr Burns for uEcon.  He loves that the class is very organized and the whole set of assignments is laid out at the start.  Scores from people who have taken the class do seem to be quite high, so clearly there's something good going on.

 

Dr Richman, who taught the MacroEcon class, is possibly his favorite teacher OF ALL TIME, so there's high interest her in finding out if Mrs. Richman is anything like her husband.

[cuckoomamma]

Dd had Mrs. Richman and loved her.

 

Julie, do you feel comfortable saying why you were underwhelmed? A pm is fine if you feel more comfortable with that. DD is looking at taking usvgov and both economics classes next year. We are hesitant about the current AP Gov teacher due to past posts.

[homefree3]

My dd is also looking at taking us-gov with PAH and I would love some feedback.  A pm is fine for me if necessary but why were you underwhelmed?

[Susanna]

My son had Mrs. Richman for APUSH.  Wow, what a fantastic teacher.  I would give her and A+++++!  Several students even nominated her for National History Teacher of the Year.  She loves her job and is SOOOO enthusiastic with a warm personality. She is also super organized and on top of things all the time. My son got a 5 but loves US history and did not mind the huge chunks of time he had to devote to this class. Students put in well and beyond what is required for a normal class.  We are from a part of the country that is religious and conservative.  PA Homeschoolers is secular and may or may not be what you are looking for.  But Mrs. Richman is very careful to be respectful of ALL views in the class.  This was my son's first exposure to A LOT of students who think very differently than he. And also his first experience in the political minority. And I believe that many of the liberal outspoken students (from CA and NY) had never had a friend or even exposure to another person with a conservative point of view.  It was a very good learning experience and allowed for interesting discussion, but I'm not sure he could handle that much hostility each year. If you student takes the College Board US History test, I would recommend taking it in May, not June.  The June date is a few weeks after the AP test and my son was so thankful he did not have to continue to study well into the summer. But beware...the test is from a VERY biased, one-sided perspective, which may or may not help your score, depending on your political mindset. Very controversial topics go with a liberal slant.  My son scored pretty well but also said if you must think as the most liberal person you know for 2 hours.  Had we known just how biased this test is, I'm not sure he would have taken it.  But as far as Mrs. Richman goes, an outstanding teacher whom I highly recommend.