AP Seminar

Possible Themes

These themes are possible starting points. Within these themes, issues can be identified for exploration and investigation.

▶ Aesthetics ▶ Belief ▶ Communication ▶ Courage ▶ Culture ▶ Democracy ▶ Discovery ▶ Discrimination ▶ Diversity ▶ Education ▶ Environment ▶ Evolution ▶ Food ▶ Freedom ▶ Government ▶ Health ▶ Home ▶ Identity ▶ Immigration ▶ Innovation ▶ Intelligence ▶ Justice ▶ Language ▶ Leisure ▶ Liberty ▶ Media ▶ Modeling ▶ Myth ▶ Networks ▶ Opportunity ▶ Patterns ▶ Peace ▶ Perception ▶ Place ▶ Power ▶ Protest ▶ Representation ▶ Revolution ▶ Rights and responsibilities ▶ Social media ▶ Space ▶ Sustainability ▶ Technology ▶ Theory ▶ Traditions ▶ Transformation ▶ Utopia ▶ War ▶ Wealth and poverty ▶ Work

Multiple Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Connections

Exploring different points of view and making connections across disciplines are fundamental components of the AP Seminar experience. Students consider each topic through a variety of lenses and from multiple perspectives, many of which are divergent or competing. Analyzing topics through multiple lenses aids in interdisciplinary understanding and helps students gain a rich appreciation for the complexity of important issues. Teachers should encourage students to explore a topic through several of the following lenses:

▶ Cultural and social

▶ Artistic and philosophical

▶ Political and historical

▶ Environmental

▶ Economic

▶ Scientific

▶ Futuristic

▶ Ethical