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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
Take out the Rubric
Take out your thesis.
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
Has an acceptable thesis(Addresses the global issues and the
time 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?
You can try something simple:
During my life from the age of five, I experienced many changes and continuities. Continuities included ______________ while changes included __________________.
Addresses all parts of the question,though not necessarily evenly or
thoroughly
• 2 points
• How do you think you could get one point instead of two?
Addresses all parts of the question,though not necessarily evenly or
thoroughly
1st paragraph: Intro and thesis2nd Paragraph: Continuities
List them3rd Paragraph: Changes
List them
Substantiates thesis with appropriatehistorical evidence.
• 2 points
• How do you think you would get one point instead of two?
Substantiates thesis with appropriatehistorical evidence.
1st paragraph: Intro and thesis2nd Paragraph: Continuities
List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can
3rd Paragraph: ChangesList themGive historical evidence for as many as you can
Uses relevant world historical contexteffectively to explain change(s) over
time and/or continuities.
• 1 point
• Bring it from the outside.
Analyze the changes and continuities in your life from age 5 to present.
What context could you bring in from “outside”?
Your paper Outline
1st paragraph: Intro and thesis2nd Paragraph: Continuities
List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can
3rd Paragraph: ChangesList themGive historical evidence for as many as you can
4th Paragraph: Outside Information
Analyzes the process of change overtime and/or continuity.
• 1 point
• Analysis = ?
Analyze?
• What qualifies as analysis?
• Cause and effect• This happened because…____________
From memory, what are three things you must include in your CCOT essay?
1.2.3.4.5.
Your paper Outline
1st paragraph: Intro and thesis2nd Paragraph: Continuities
List them Give historical evidence for as many as you can
3rd Paragraph: ChangesList themGive historical evidence for as many as you can
4th Paragraph: Outside Information5th Paragraph: Analyze 1-2 changes OR continuities6th Paragraph Conclusion
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.