2015 AP ART HISTORY
Description
AP Art History teachers will be engaged in an exploration of various methods used to
meet the goals of the new AP Art History curriculum and prepare students for success on
the reformatted AP Art History Exam. “Nuts and Bolts” topics that will be discussed
include: an examination of the AP Art History course description, developing a syllabus,
and resources, and pacing. Strategies will be shared for student recruitment and building
support with parents and the school community. A close examination of the AP exam
will include how it is structured, grading of the exam, and what students are expected to
know and do on it. Instructional strategies for helping students develop the writing and
higher order thinking skills necessary for success in an AP Art History class will be
shared with participants. Topics such as the teaching of context and form, document
based questions, resources, review strategies, and a comparative approach to cultural
topics will also be explored during the week.
Jaime Rollans has been teaching AP Art History for twenty-eight of her thirty-eight
years of teaching. Since 1994, she has been teaching at W. D. Mills University Studies
High School in Little Rock, Arkansas where she teaches a history of philosophy in
addition to AP Art History. Jaime taught AP Art History, world history, AP European
History and served as the Talented and Gifted Facilitator for North Pulaski High School
in Jacksonville, Arkansas, from 1976 through 1994. Jaime is a consultant to the College
Board in AP Art History and social studies. She has served as a reader of the AP Art
History exam. She also served on the committee that wrote the College Board’s
Advanced Placement Social Studies Vertical Team Guide.
Jaime received her BA from the University of Central Arkansas, and MA from the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she has also pursued further graduate study
in gifted and talented education. Growing up in a military family and living for many
years in England gave Jaime her love of history and art. While teaching leaves little time
for hobbies, she and her husband John spend their free time traveling, working on their
“old” house, which they share with their cats.