AP CapstoneSeminar

AP Seminar

Investigate complex questions across disciplines, evaluate perspectives and evidence, collaborate, and communicate research-based arguments in multiple formats.

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Open a section, then choose the exact idea.

BI1Question and Explore1 topic

Develop inquiry questions, identify relevant information, and explore the complexity and context of an issue.

STS-S1Turn a broad issue into a productive inquiry question

BI2Understand and Analyze1 topic

Analyze claims, reasoning, evidence, assumptions, choices, and contexts in sources and arguments.

STS-S2Trace a source’s claim, evidence, and reasoning

BI3Evaluate Multiple Perspectives1 topic

Assess credibility and compare how different perspectives frame, support, complicate, or challenge an issue.

STS-S3Compare perspectives and evaluate source credibility

BI4Synthesize Ideas1 topic

Combine sources and perspectives into a well-reasoned argument that acknowledges limitations and implications.

STS-S4Synthesize sources into a qualified argument

BI5Team, Transform, and Transmit1 topic

Collaborate responsibly and adapt research-based communication to purpose, audience, medium, and feedback.

STS-S5Collaborate and adapt a research argument for an audience

PT1Team Project and Presentation2 topics

Investigate a shared problem through individual research, combine the team’s findings into a coherent multimedia presentation, and defend the team argument by responding to questions.

PT2Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation3 topics

Use the annual stimulus materials to develop an independent argument and communicate it in written, multimedia, and oral forms.

EOCEnd-of-Course Exam2 topics

Analyze an argument and construct an evidence-based argument that synthesizes information from provided sources.