Rich's Tips for Teachers - Prepping Your Students for the AP Exam from Home

Rich's Tips for Teachers - Prepping Your Students for the AP Exam from Home

Hey, AP History Teachers – how do you keep your virtual review sessions from becoming monotonous? Here’s 30 seconds of PD from author Rich Mayorga with ideas to augment your course review sessions leading up to the exam.

Rich Mayorga is the author of “5-Minute Drill,” published by Sherpa Learning (available on Amazon and sherpalearning.com). He recently retired from Sunnyside High School in Tucson, AZ, where he taught AP U.S. History for 24 years, as well as a variety of other courses. Rich was named Arizona’s “Teacher of the Year” in 2003. He is currently an adjunct professor at Pima Community College. Check out his full bio here.

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