National Council for Geographic Education

Teaching Students How to be Successful on FRQs
2025-11-05 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar
Overview
Join us as we discuss the methods and strategies for introducing and teaching students how to be successful on FRQ for the APHG exam.
Audience Focus
APHG, High School, Middle School
Meet the Presenters
Kenneth H Keller is a retired AP Human Geography teacher at George Walton Comprehensive High School in Marietta, GA., and taught AP Human Geography from its inception in 2000. Ken has attended every AP Human Geography Reading since 2002, where he has worked in multiple capacities from reader to Question leader. He has been teaching AP Human Geography weeklong summer institutes and one-day workshops for teachers since 2004 and was the 2004 recipient of a National Council for Geographic Education Distinguished Teaching award. Ken also taught as an adjunct professor of Geography for five years at Western Connecticut State University, Ken is a past member of the AP Human Geography Test Development Committee (2006-2010) and served as President of the National Council for Geographic Education during the year 2019-2020. He is also Past-President of the Connecticut Council of Social Studies. where he worked to promote social studies education at the state level.
Ken is also the co-author of BFW’s Human Geography for the AP Course which is now in its second edition along with its teacher’s edition. Ken is also one of three co-founders of iScore5 LLC, an AP test prep app for smart devices. Ken and his wife, Lisa, moved from Danbury, CT. to Georgia in 2013, and though they prefer the beautiful Georgia weather, they brought their New Yorker roots (and Mets caps) with them.
Tracie Truax began her teaching career in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles 19 years ago. As a National Board Certified teacher, she currently teaches one section of AP Human Geography while serving as an instructional support coach. In her coaching role, Tracie supports educators in implementing effective instructional strategies and fostering student success. Additionally, as a member of the district’s Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Team for social studies, Tracie collaborated with colleagues to design the Geographic Foundations course, ensuring that all freshmen build essential geographic thinking skills from the start of their high school journey. Tracie has also been an AP Human Geography reader since 2017. As a reader, she learned invaluable skills for teaching and preparing her students to be successful FRQ writers. Finally, Tracie is an avid traveler. She believes that geography should happen inside and outside the classroom. In the summer of 2024, she led a student trip to Costa Rica designed to bring human geography concepts to life. Tracie loves sharing both her passion and enthusiasm for geography with others!
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