AP History

I have recently taken over teaching AP History for the next couple weeks and it is almost overwhelming with the amount of work involved prepping for it. Now I am teaching three classes; economics, general US History, and APO History. The workload for AP is about three times as much as the workloads for the other two classes combined. The experience is amazing but I do not think I will be ready to teach an AP class full time as a new teacher. I think no matter what a teachers level of area content is, at least five years should be dedicated to teaching general education classes before diving into teaching AP. This class is more intensive than the HS126/127 US History classes at NMU were!