In a few weeks, hundreds of thousands of students across the country will demonstrate their learning and attempt to earn college credit. Here are two ways to use our free resources during AP Exam prep season.
1. Learn and Review with Retro Report AP Collections
Help students learn and review key concepts for a variety of AP exams with videos, lessons and student activities in our education collections covering African American Studies, Psychology, U.S. Government and Politics, Human Geography, Environmental Science and U.S. History.
2. Practice for FRQs with Retro Report
Are your students fretting about AP Gov FRQs? Retro Report offers nearly 20 sample FRQs that will give students some practice. Our Free Response Questions for U.S. Government and Politics will help students improve their SCOTUS comparison, quantitative analysis and concept application skills. These resources, created and vetted by teachers, are easy to incorporate into lessons via Google Docs and come with grading rubrics. Learn more about these free resources here:
As SCOTUS Examines School Prayer, Families Behind a Landmark Ruling Speak Out
This FRQ asks students to apply knowledge of civil liberties and the power of the Supreme Court to Engel v. Vitale (1962) and Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022).
Why the Supreme Court Endorsed, Then Limited Affirmative Action
With this FRQ, students will compare and contrast Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023).
Why are Schools Still Segregated? The Broken Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
This prompt asks students to compare long-term effects of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and Mendez v. Westminster (1946).
Presidents v. Press: How the Pentagon Papers Leak Set Up First Amendment Showdowns
Which should prevail, freedom of the press or national security concerns? Students will examine First Amendment protections by comparing Abrams v. United States (1919) and New York Times v. United States (1971) in this new SCOTUS FRQ.
Note: Presidents v. Press: How the Pentagon Papers Leak Set Up First Amendment Showdowns also has a new lesson and several student activities.
Midterm Elections: 1966 Midterms Signal a Realignment, Shaping Today’s Parties
Students will examine voting patterns and election results to explain how parties have realigned.
How Watergate and Citizens United Shaped Campaign Finance Law
This Citizens United SCOTUS FRQ asks students to explain how the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission led to similar holdings, and analyze other important takeaways.
Gerrymandering Tilts Political power. Here’s How Redistricting Affects Democracy
Students will compare and contrast Shaw v. Reno (1993) and Thornburg v. Gingles (1986), and explain some of the repercussions of redistricting.
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