World History class - where are the books??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid in AP world history came home with an enormous textbook.

I feel sort of dumb asking this, but what is AP World History? We had the choice of Honors or regular, and nothing with AP in front of it. Is that in FCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have textbooks in our World 2 class, but we don't use them exclusively. Gone are the days of reading 5 pages in class and then answering questions. We use a combination of the textbook, various websites, Edpuzzle, videos, etc. in our classes.

OP here. I'm a teacher too, so I understand the enormous pressure to believe the nonsense "pedagogy" that FCPS pushes down its teachers' throats. But if we allow ourselves to use critical thinking skills, we can see that reading 5 pages on the internet and answering questions is not any better than reading 5 written pages and then answering questions. At the very least, those written pages were coming from reliable, peer-reviewed sources and not some anonymous content creator on the internet. Also, it's a myth that back when we had textbooks all teachers did was read aloud from the book and do fill-in-the-blank. Only the bad teachers did that, and bad teachers are not any better without books than they were with them. Most of us used the book as a resource and did a variety of other activities in class. The use of random internet resources is just a substitution of a lot of cheap, low-quality materials in place of reliable, informative text.

Do you teach with FCPS? If you are, then you know how things are, and you created this post to troll and stir the pot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid in AP world history came home with an enormous textbook.

I feel sort of dumb asking this, but what is AP World History? We had the choice of Honors or regular, and nothing with AP in front of it. Is that in FCPS?

Most FCPS high schools offer AP World sophomore year. Freshman year students only have HN and Reg options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have textbooks in our World 2 class, but we don't use them exclusively. Gone are the days of reading 5 pages in class and then answering questions. We use a combination of the textbook, various websites, Edpuzzle, videos, etc. in our classes.

OP here. I'm a teacher too, so I understand the enormous pressure to believe the nonsense "pedagogy" that FCPS pushes down its teachers' throats. But if we allow ourselves to use critical thinking skills, we can see that reading 5 pages on the internet and answering questions is not any better than reading 5 written pages and then answering questions. At the very least, those written pages were coming from reliable, peer-reviewed sources and not some anonymous content creator on the internet. Also, it's a myth that back when we had textbooks all teachers did was read aloud from the book and do fill-in-the-blank. Only the bad teachers did that, and bad teachers are not any better without books than they were with them. Most of us used the book as a resource and did a variety of other activities in class. The use of random internet resources is just a substitution of a lot of cheap, low-quality materials in place of reliable, informative text.

Do you teach with FCPS? If you are, then you know how things are, and you created this post to troll and stir the pot.

I am not currently an FCPS teacher, and have never taught in high school. I don't see how it's a troll post to ask if World History with no textbooks is common for all FCPS high schools. And it's not stirring the pot to point out how poor the county's approach to teaching methology can be. Your accusation of "stirring the pot" just looks like an attempt to discredit legitimate criticisms and observations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid in AP world history came home with an enormous textbook.

I feel sort of dumb asking this, but what is AP World History? We had the choice of Honors or regular, and nothing with AP in front of it. Is that in FCPS?

Most FCPS high schools offer AP World sophomore year. Freshman year students only have HN and Reg options.

Oh, OK, DC is a 9th grader. Sounds like maybe next year we might get a real book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have textbooks in our World 2 class, but we don't use them exclusively. Gone are the days of reading 5 pages in class and then answering questions. We use a combination of the textbook, various websites, Edpuzzle, videos, etc. in our classes.

OP here. I'm a teacher too, so I understand the enormous pressure to believe the nonsense "pedagogy" that FCPS pushes down its teachers' throats. But if we allow ourselves to use critical thinking skills, we can see that reading 5 pages on the internet and answering questions is not any better than reading 5 written pages and then answering questions. At the very least, those written pages were coming from reliable, peer-reviewed sources and not some anonymous content creator on the internet. Also, it's a myth that back when we had textbooks all teachers did was read aloud from the book and do fill-in-the-blank. Only the bad teachers did that, and bad teachers are not any better without books than they were with them. Most of us used the book as a resource and did a variety of other activities in class. The use of random internet resources is just a substitution of a lot of cheap, low-quality materials in place of reliable, informative text.

Do you teach with FCPS? If you are, then you know how things are, and you created this post to troll and stir the pot.

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Zero chance that she is really a teacher anywhere today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid in AP world history came home with an enormous textbook.

+1

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you have a lazy dud of a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have textbooks in our World 2 class, but we don't use them exclusively. Gone are the days of reading 5 pages in class and then answering questions. We use a combination of the textbook, various websites, Edpuzzle, videos, etc. in our classes.

OP here. I'm a teacher too, so I understand the enormous pressure to believe the nonsense "pedagogy" that FCPS pushes down its teachers' throats. But if we allow ourselves to use critical thinking skills, we can see that reading 5 pages on the internet and answering questions is not any better than reading 5 written pages and then answering questions. At the very least, those written pages were coming from reliable, peer-reviewed sources and not some anonymous content creator on the internet. Also, it's a myth that back when we had textbooks all teachers did was read aloud from the book and do fill-in-the-blank. Only the bad teachers did that, and bad teachers are not any better without books than they were with them. Most of us used the book as a resource and did a variety of other activities in class. The use of random internet resources is just a substitution of a lot of cheap, low-quality materials in place of reliable, informative text.

Do you teach with FCPS? If you are, then you know how things are, and you created this post to troll and stir the pot.

I am not currently an FCPS teacher, and have never taught in high school. I don't see how it's a troll post to ask if World History with no textbooks is common for all FCPS high schools. And it's not stirring the pot to point out how poor the county's approach to teaching methology can be. Your accusation of "stirring the pot" just looks like an attempt to discredit legitimate criticisms and observations.

Because anybody who’s been with FCPS for more than a year, knows the answers to your questions, and knows that ideas like yours have been hashed out many times on this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have textbooks in our World 2 class, but we don't use them exclusively. Gone are the days of reading 5 pages in class and then answering questions. We use a combination of the textbook, various websites, Edpuzzle, videos, etc. in our classes.

OP here. I'm a teacher too, so I understand the enormous pressure to believe the nonsense "pedagogy" that FCPS pushes down its teachers' throats. But if we allow ourselves to use critical thinking skills, we can see that reading 5 pages on the internet and answering questions is not any better than reading 5 written pages and then answering questions. At the very least, those written pages were coming from reliable, peer-reviewed sources and not some anonymous content creator on the internet. Also, it's a myth that back when we had textbooks all teachers did was read aloud from the book and do fill-in-the-blank. Only the bad teachers did that, and bad teachers are not any better without books than they were with them. Most of us used the book as a resource and did a variety of other activities in class. The use of random internet resources is just a substitution of a lot of cheap, low-quality materials in place of reliable, informative text.

Do you teach with FCPS? If you are, then you know how things are, and you created this post to troll and stir the pot.

I am not currently an FCPS teacher, and have never taught in high school. I don't see how it's a troll post to ask if World History with no textbooks is common for all FCPS high schools. And it's not stirring the pot to point out how poor the county's approach to teaching methology can be. Your accusation of "stirring the pot" just looks like an attempt to discredit legitimate criticisms and observations.

Because anybody who’s been with FCPS for more than a year, knows the answers to your questions, and knows that ideas like yours have been hashed out many times on this forum.

I just said that I am not a teacher in FCPS. If I were a teacher there, I wouldn't be asking this question. I'm a parent - a first time high school parent, feeling a little dismayed over the situation, and looking for some shared experiences. If you have no useful answer, then just move on. Your accusations aren't useful to anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have textbooks in our World 2 class, but we don't use them exclusively. Gone are the days of reading 5 pages in class and then answering questions. We use a combination of the textbook, various websites, Edpuzzle, videos, etc. in our classes.

OP here. I'm a teacher too, so I understand the enormous pressure to believe the nonsense "pedagogy" that FCPS pushes down its teachers' throats. But if we allow ourselves to use critical thinking skills, we can see that reading 5 pages on the internet and answering questions is not any better than reading 5 written pages and then answering questions. At the very least, those written pages were coming from reliable, peer-reviewed sources and not some anonymous content creator on the internet. Also, it's a myth that back when we had textbooks all teachers did was read aloud from the book and do fill-in-the-blank. Only the bad teachers did that, and bad teachers are not any better without books than they were with them. Most of us used the book as a resource and did a variety of other activities in class. The use of random internet resources is just a substitution of a lot of cheap, low-quality materials in place of reliable, informative text.

Do you teach with FCPS? If you are, then you know how things are, and you created this post to troll and stir the pot.

I am not currently an FCPS teacher, and have never taught in high school. I don't see how it's a troll post to ask if World History with no textbooks is common for all FCPS high schools. And it's not stirring the pot to point out how poor the county's approach to teaching methology can be. Your accusation of "stirring the pot" just looks like an attempt to discredit legitimate criticisms and observations.

Because anybody who’s been with FCPS for more than a year, knows the answers to your questions, and knows that ideas like yours have been hashed out many times on this forum.

I just said that I am not a teacher in FCPS. If I were a teacher there, I wouldn't be asking this question. I'm a parent - a first time high school parent, feeling a little dismayed over the situation, and looking for some shared experiences. If you have no useful answer, then just move on. Your accusations aren't useful to anyone.

A parent would also know that there aren’t really any textbooks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have textbooks in our World 2 class, but we don't use them exclusively. Gone are the days of reading 5 pages in class and then answering questions. We use a combination of the textbook, various websites, Edpuzzle, videos, etc. in our classes.

OP here. I'm a teacher too, so I understand the enormous pressure to believe the nonsense "pedagogy" that FCPS pushes down its teachers' throats. But if we allow ourselves to use critical thinking skills, we can see that reading 5 pages on the internet and answering questions is not any better than reading 5 written pages and then answering questions. At the very least, those written pages were coming from reliable, peer-reviewed sources and not some anonymous content creator on the internet. Also, it's a myth that back when we had textbooks all teachers did was read aloud from the book and do fill-in-the-blank. Only the bad teachers did that, and bad teachers are not any better without books than they were with them. Most of us used the book as a resource and did a variety of other activities in class. The use of random internet resources is just a substitution of a lot of cheap, low-quality materials in place of reliable, informative text.

Do you teach with FCPS? If you are, then you know how things are, and you created this post to troll and stir the pot.

I am not currently an FCPS teacher, and have never taught in high school. I don't see how it's a troll post to ask if World History with no textbooks is common for all FCPS high schools. And it's not stirring the pot to point out how poor the county's approach to teaching methology can be. Your accusation of "stirring the pot" just looks like an attempt to discredit legitimate criticisms and observations.

Because anybody who’s been with FCPS for more than a year, knows the answers to your questions, and knows that ideas like yours have been hashed out many times on this forum.

I just said that I am not a teacher in FCPS. If I were a teacher there, I wouldn't be asking this question. I'm a parent - a first time high school parent, feeling a little dismayed over the situation, and looking for some shared experiences. If you have no useful answer, then just move on. Your accusations aren't useful to anyone.

A parent would also know that there aren’t really any textbooks.

DP. Why do some people get so much satisfaction from being snarky?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have textbooks in our World 2 class, but we don't use them exclusively. Gone are the days of reading 5 pages in class and then answering questions. We use a combination of the textbook, various websites, Edpuzzle, videos, etc. in our classes.

OP here. I'm a teacher too, so I understand the enormous pressure to believe the nonsense "pedagogy" that FCPS pushes down its teachers' throats. But if we allow ourselves to use critical thinking skills, we can see that reading 5 pages on the internet and answering questions is not any better than reading 5 written pages and then answering questions. At the very least, those written pages were coming from reliable, peer-reviewed sources and not some anonymous content creator on the internet. Also, it's a myth that back when we had textbooks all teachers did was read aloud from the book and do fill-in-the-blank. Only the bad teachers did that, and bad teachers are not any better without books than they were with them. Most of us used the book as a resource and did a variety of other activities in class. The use of random internet resources is just a substitution of a lot of cheap, low-quality materials in place of reliable, informative text.

Do you teach with FCPS? If you are, then you know how things are, and you created this post to troll and stir the pot.

I am not currently an FCPS teacher, and have never taught in high school. I don't see how it's a troll post to ask if World History with no textbooks is common for all FCPS high schools. And it's not stirring the pot to point out how poor the county's approach to teaching methology can be. Your accusation of "stirring the pot" just looks like an attempt to discredit legitimate criticisms and observations.

Because anybody who’s been with FCPS for more than a year, knows the answers to your questions, and knows that ideas like yours have been hashed out many times on this forum.

I just said that I am not a teacher in FCPS. If I were a teacher there, I wouldn't be asking this question. I'm a parent - a first time high school parent, feeling a little dismayed over the situation, and looking for some shared experiences. If you have no useful answer, then just move on. Your accusations aren't useful to anyone.

A parent would also know that there aren’t really any textbooks.

DP. Why do some people get so much satisfaction from being snarky?

Right? Put down the wine, snarky lady. It's a forum. People are allowed to ask questions.

[Anonymous]

NP. I'm sorry if this is a dumb question but if there is no textbook what do they test on? If they are all finding information on various websites then what do they study? Are the tests essays or multiple choice? I would be puzzled on how to help my kid prepare.

[Anonymous]

This is the kind of thing you need to push the school board on. The directives come from Instructional Services, led by people who haven’t been in a classroom for years.

I was tutoring an eighth grader in civics a couple of years ago, and all she had were fill-in-the-blank worksheets, and she combed through PowerPoint slides to find information. I asked the teacher for a textbook, and she sent one home, and it was very helpful and the kid liked it and used it well.

Parents have to demand,