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The AP Test

The AP Test. AP World History Exam 70 multiple c hoice questions in 55 minutes 47 seconds per question Last year, 19 involved reading passages 3 essays in 2 hours and 10 minutes Document Based Question ( DBQ ) Change and Continuity over Time (CCOT) Comparative Essay. Pace yourself.

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The AP Test

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  1. The AP Test • AP World History Exam • 70 multiple choice questions in 55 minutes • 47 seconds per question • Last year, 19 involved reading passages • 3 essays in 2 hours and 10 minutes • Document Based Question (DBQ) • Change and Continuity over Time (CCOT) • Comparative Essay

  2. Pace yourself

  3. Take out the Rubric

  4. Take out your thesis.

  5. How do they grade it? • They start at 0 and add points up to 9 • Asset model • They know it’s a rough draft • Average score is a 1.3

  6. Has an acceptable thesis(Addresses the global issues and thetime period(s) specified.) • 1 point • You can’t be a good writer without this. • Can be 1-3 sentences. • What is a way you could begin your paper?

  7. You can try something simple: During my life from the age of five, I experienced many changes and continuities. Continuities included ______________ while changes included __________________.

  8. Addresses all parts of the question,though not necessarily evenly orthoroughly • 2 points • How do you think you could get one point instead of two?

  9. Addresses all parts of the question,though not necessarily evenly orthoroughly 1st paragraph: Intro and thesis 2nd Paragraph: Continuities List them 3rd Paragraph: Changes List them

  10. Substantiates thesis with appropriatehistorical evidence. • 2 points • How do you think you would get one point instead of two?

  11. Substantiates thesis with appropriatehistorical evidence. 1st paragraph: Intro and thesis 2nd Paragraph: Continuities List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can 3rd Paragraph: Changes List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can

  12. Uses relevant world historical contexteffectively to explain change(s) overtime and/or continuities. • 1 point • Bring it from the outside.

  13. Analyze the changes and continuities in your life from age 5 to present. What context could you bring in from “outside”?

  14. Your paper Outline 1st paragraph: Intro and thesis 2nd Paragraph: Continuities List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can 3rd Paragraph: Changes List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can 4th Paragraph: Outside Information

  15. Analyzes the process of change overtime and/or continuity. • 1 point • Analysis = ?

  16. Analyze? • What qualifies as analysis? • Cause and effect • This happened because…____________

  17. From memory, what are three things you must include in your CCOT essay? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

  18. Your paper Outline 1st paragraph: Intro and thesis 2nd Paragraph: Continuities List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can 3rd Paragraph: Changes List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can 4th Paragraph: Outside Information 5th Paragraph: Analyze 1-2 changes OR continuities 6th Paragraph Conclusion

  19. Expanded Core • Expands beyond basic core of 1-7 points. • The basic core score of 7 must be achieved before a student can earn expanded core points. Examples: • Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis. • Analyzes all issues of the question (as relevant): global issues, chronology, causation, change, continuity, content. • Addresses all parts of the question evenly. • Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate thesis. • Provides links with relevant ideas, events, trends in an innovative way.

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