AP Curriculum
During the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades, various accelerated, in-depth academic courses designated Advanced Placement (AP) are available to qualified students. The difficulty of AP courses is recognized by college admissions and placement personnel, and AP courses are noted on students’ high school transcripts. At the conclusion of an AP course, students are required to take the AP exam covering the subject or subjects studied. The exams are written and graded by the AP Program of the College Board. The scores received are used by colleges and universities for admission and placement purposes. High scores aid students' chances of admission to colleges and to their special programs and grant them college credit (possibly exempting them from freshman courses).
Why Participate?
- Earn College Credit and Advanced Placement
- Stand Out in the College Admissions Process
- Gain Skills that Will Help You Succeed in College
- Broaden Your Intellectual Horizons
AP Classes Offered at Tenoroc
Advanced Placement English Language and Composition
Advanced Placement Literature and Composition
Advanced Placement 2-D Design Portfolio
Advanced Placement Spanish Language
Advanced Placement Calculus AB
Advanced Placement World History
Advanced Placement American History
Advanced Placement Human Geography
Advanced Placement American Government (Fall Semester)
Advanced Placement Macroeconomics (Spring Semester)
Summer Reading Lists
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Advanced Placement American Government
Sandra Day O'Connor, The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice, Random House 2003.
Stephen Breyer, Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution, Vintage 2006.
Leonard Levy, Origins of the Bill of Rights, Yale University Press 2001.
Joseph Ellis, Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic, Random House 2007.
Joseph Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, Random House 2000.
Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy, In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action, Harper Collins 1992.
Jack Rakove, Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution, Knopf 1997.
Richard Hofstadter, The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It, Knopf, 1973.
Akhil Reed Amar, The Constitution: A Biography, Random House, 2006.
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Advanced Placement Human Geography
An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography by Paul Rusesabagina ISBN-10: 0670037524
My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman’s Story by Latifa. ISBN-10: 1401359256, ISBN-13: 978-1401359256
Alicia, My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman. ISBN-10: 0553282182
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Advanced Placement English Language and Composition
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton
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Advanced Placement Spanish Language
Please read in English and Spanish if possible:
La Casa en Mango Street (The House on Mango Street) – Sandra Cisneros
El León, la Bruja, y el Ropero – (The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe) – C.S. Lewis
Optional; Ida B – Katherine Harrigan
Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition
Read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte in June and complete the reading responses.
Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen in July and complete the reading responses and Multiple Choice Selections.
Reading Response Instructions and Terms for Novels and Short Stories
Email your responses, MC results and questions as you finish or have them.
Advanced Placement Calculus AB
Graphing Calculator Reading and Online Tutorials - click here for assignment details.
Advanced Placement Statistics
Graphing Calculator Reading and Online Tutorials - click here for assignment details.