Advanced Placement Program* Summer Institute
AP Economics, June 15-19, 2009
The week of economics will focus on the basic topics needed to teach AP macro and AP micro. There will be an emphasis on the key graphs, key topics, and critical lessons. There will also be a focus on free response strategies, overall do's and don'ts, and syllabus construction. Since most regional schools teach macro, the bulk of the activities will focus on macro, but important micro issues will be addressed. Participants will be given significant lesson resources for the topics and will complete most of the activities that will be available for their students. The theme will be to help those will all levels of AP experience complete a usable semester plan for each course.
Lead Consultant
Ulrich Kleinschmidt teaches both AP Government and AP Economics at Kempner High
School in Sugar Land, Texas. He has been involved with Advanced Placement
programs since the mid-90's and has experiences as an institute consultant,
session presenter, national trainer, and exam table leader. He has presented
summer sessions across the region for about 10 years and this will be his third
session at SMU-in-Legacy. He is also the co-author of the Kaplan US Government
review text and was named a national consultant for Economics in 2004. In
addition, Mr. Kleinschmidt is the Social Studies Department Chairperson at
Kempner and had the pleasure of teaching economics in Russia in 1994.
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