AP Test Prep: - Three essays

- DBQ- Comparative - Continuity & Change Over Time (CCOT)

- 70 Multiple Choice- Based on thematic knowledge- 6 major divisions in history

DBQ - Requirements:

- Must have a definitive thesis that addresses all parts of the prompt

- Underline all important parts of the prompt- Address or use ALL of the documents - AP allows for one misinterpretation - Restating/quoting verbatim does NOT count as addressing the document - Understanding can be achieved w/appropriate grouping

DBQ - Requirements:

- Support thesis w/document evidence- 2 Points - Specific /accurate evidence explicitly drawn from all documents- 1 Point - Specific/accurate evidence explicitly drawn from majority of documents- Simply listing a document will not count

DBQ - Requirements:

- Point of View (POV) - Correctly analyze the POV in at least one doc - Explain why they have this POV - Explain the tone, characteristics of author, intended audience, how outcome influenced the author - Challenge the veracity of the author’s opinion through plausible analysis - Mere attribution is not sufficient

DBQ - Requirements:

- Grouping - Explicitly and correctly group the documents in three ways - Minimum of 2 documents constitutes a group - Groupings must address the prompt/thesis - There is no invalid group if it is justified with document evidence and addresses the thesis

DBQ - Requirements:

- Additional Documentation - Indentify an appropriate additional doc - This is a group or people traditionally under-represented in history - Must explain how this document or source will contribute to a greater understanding or analysis of the issue presented in the prompt

DBQ - Requirements:

- Expanded Core - Provide additional causes & consequences - Consistent comparative analysis throughout - Thesis well beyond the minimum - Careful and insightful analysis of documents - Uses documents persuasively as evidence - Analyzes POV in most or all doc - More than three groups - Accurate/relevant “outside” historical info

DBQ Scoring:

Your Turn!

CCOT - Requirements:

- Thesis - Must address a continuity and change - If thesis is restated/repeated in conclusion it may count for other credit - An acceptable thesis that qualifies change and continuity may also contain inaccuracies - Merely restating the prompt won’t count - May not split thesis into multiple paragraphs - May not count for credit in any other area

CCOT - Requirements:

- Address ALL parts of the question- For 2 points - Address both a change & continuity relative to the prompt and thesis- For 1 point - Accurately address either a change or continuity relevant to the prompt or thesis- May not be taken from the thesis unless the thesis is repeated at the end of the essay

CCOT - Requirements:

- Substantiates thesis with historical evidence- For 2 points - Provides a minimum of five pieces of accurate evidence- For 1 point - Provides a minimum of three pieces of accurate evidence

CCOT - Requirements:

- Relevant world historic context to effectivelyexplain continuity and change over time - Essay relates change or continuity of prompt within a larger global process of effect - Essay accurately relates changes or continuities between two specified regions to developments beyond these regions

CCOT - Requirements:

- Analyzes the process of continuity and/or change over time - Analyzes the causes of either change or continuity related to the prompt within the appropriate time period - Analysis must be more than a discrete statement of evidence

CCOT - Expanded Core:

- Clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis- Analyzes all issues of the prompt/question- Balance in discussion of change & continuity- Ample historical evidence- Understands and provides clear evidence of global impacts as presented in the prompt - Provides a clear chronology of change

CCOT Scoring:

Your Turn!

Comparative - Requirements:

- Thesis - Must include both a valid similarity and a valid difference as related to the prompt - Thesis may NOT be counted for credit in any other category

Comparative - Requirements:

- Addresses ALL parts of the question- For 2 Points: - Identifies one valid similarity and one valid difference - Discusses both regions though not evenly- For 1 point - Identifies at least one valid similarity or at least one valid difference - Discusses both regions though not evenly

Comparative - Requirements:

- Substantiates thesis w/appropriate evidence- For 2 points - Must provide at least four pieces of relevant and accurate evidence - At least 2 pieces from each empire- For 1 point - Must provide at least four pieces of relevant and accurate evidence - At least 1 piece from each empire

Comparative - Requirements:

- At least one direct, relevant comparison between the two regions - Must be made somewhere other than thesis - Must be a different comparison from the ones used to address a similarity / difference

Comparative - Requirements:

- Analysis - Must analyze at least one reason for a similarity or difference identified in your direct comparison - This refers to understanding any reasons or causations for this comparison

Comparative - Expanded Core:

- Clear, analytical, comprehensive thesis- Addresses all parts of the prompt thoroughly and evenly- Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate the thesis- Relates comparisons to lager global context- More than one direct/relevant comparison- Consistent analysis of comparisons- Understanding of world historical nuances

Comparative Scoring:

Your Turn!