Part One : Chapter Five

Change-Over-Time (and Continuity) Essay

Directions

~Write a thesis that points out the change over time.

Support your thesis with historical evidence.

~ Answer all parts of the question.

~Show The change over time using relevant history.

  Contrast with starting point and what remained the same.

~ Analyze the process of change and/or continuity over time.

Explain how and why it happens.

What to do

~Write a thesis that addresses the global issues in the question and covers the correct time period(s).

~ Address all parts of the question.

~Support the thesis with appropriate historical evidence.

~Show the change over time using relevant history. Include the characteristics of historical periods to explain the context of change.

~ Analyze the process of change and continuity. Describe what changed and how it changed, not just what the results of change were.

Steps

Process the Question

~Process the question, circle key phrases.

Build a Frame Work

~ Choose number of countries.

~ Create chart involving the baseline, impact, change, continuity.

Build Essay

~ Fill in your frame work, not only the information but the evidence to support each answer.

Write it

~ Answer the question including key phrases from the question.

~ Support your assertions with some introductory information.

~ Transition readers for thesis to the body of the piece with a phrase like " To better understand changes that occurred.

TIME

~ Suggested time for both comparative essay and change-over-time essay 40 minutes: 5 for planning, 35 for writing.

Comparative Essay

Directions 

~ Write a thesis that makes your major points of comparison.

Support your thesis with historical evidence.

~ Answer all parts of the question.

~Make at least two direct. relevant comparisons of the given societies.

Include both similarities and differences.

~ Analyze relevant reasons for similarities and/or differences.

What to do

~ Write a thesis that clearly states your claim. why do you believe this claim is true?

~ Address all parts of the question.

~Support your thesis with appropriate historical evidence.

~Make at least two direct,relevant comparisons.

~Include a similarities or difference in your comparison(s).

Steps

Process the Question

~ Process the question and circle the key phrases.

Build a Frame Work

~ Use a chart including the topic the similarities and differences.

Build The Essay

~Fill in your frame work using information and evidence form each substance.

Write It

~ Give Em What they what

~ Show 'em where you got it

~ Help 'em get there.

 

Part One: Chapter Four

The DBQ

~Based on a set of documents (4-10) that cover a topic usually in or around a period of time.

The Directions

~ Create a relevant thesis and support that thesis with the documents.

~ Analyze the documents.

- Context in which the document was written, what was going on around the author at the time this was written.

- How does the authors frame of reference effect what they wrote and why?

- How does the content and the tone of the document relate to that of the other documents? One document says that the other doesn't.

- Time document was written, Intended audience, what was author trying to express.

~Group the documents into two or three different ways.

~ Identify and explain one or two or more  additional documents or points of view that are not represented in the documents and how they would add to your argument.

The Documents

~ Use your ten minutes plus any additional time you need ( up to ten minutes of your essay time), a well planed essay is easier and quicker to write.

~ Use all of the documents, just in case.

Steps

Process the Question

~Read the question carefully.

~Underline important stuff.

~Circle what you need to analyze and the actions you need to take.

~ Note what the additional is supposed to do.

Build a frame work

~ Use question to create framework for processing documents.

Work the Documents

~ summarize and analyze each document in light of your framework.

Frame Them and Group Them

~After you work the documents (or as you go along) fill in your frame work.

Analyze and Add

~ Analyze two documents for bias or point of view.

Organize the Documents

~ Organize documents so you know which ones you are going to use for support, which ones your analyzing and exactly how your going to group them.

Time

~ 50 min: 10 for pre-reading, 40 for actual writing time.

~ Don't spend too much time on the DBQ because all of the essays have an equal effect on your total score.

Part One: Chapter Three

The Essays

~ Ten minute reading period and then two hours to write three exams.

~ The three essays are the Document based question (DBQ), the change-over-time essay, and the comparative essay.

~ The DBQ provides you with documents to base you essay on.

~ The change-over-time essay asks you to analyze the changes and continuities that occurred within a certain period of time.

~ The comparative essay asks you to compare and contrast two episodes, cultures,religions or other historical phenomenon for a given time period.

~ A good thesis is an important factor of your grade.

For a Good Thesis

~ State your claim clearly

~ Define terms, context, and chronology of the events under discussion.

~ Describe why your claim is true.

What's "Acceptable"

~To have a solid acceptable thesis you need to , GIve Em' What They Want, Show Em' Where You Got It, and Help Em' Get There.

~ To analyze explain how and why something happens and what the impacts were.

~ To compare and contrast explain what causes the similarities and differences

Give Em'  What They Want

~ Don't reword the question by using a hack introductory.

~ Use your first sentence could indicate what is to come in the rest of the thesis and in the body of the essay and why the main topic is important.

~ Include key phrases in the thesis.

~ Make sure all aspects of question are covered.

Show Em' Where You Got It

~ Based on historical fact supposed to opinion.

~ Once you know the key phrases introduce evidence for each one.

Help Em' Get There

~ Last sentence in thesis is important as first.

DBQ Thesis

~Open with something like " After reviewing these documents it is clear that..."

~Rephrase question as an answer; include all key phrases.

~Address each part of the question with a statement and a document reference or an example.

~Make the transition to the Body of the essay by citing the additional document:" To better understand how these documents relate to each other, an document about x  would be useful..."

Change-Over-Time Essay Thesis

~ Rephrase the question a an answer; include all key phrases.

~ Address each part of the question with a statement and evidence.

~ Make the transition to the body of the essay  with a sentence like, " To better under stand these changes..."

Comparative Essay

~ Rephrase the Question as an answer; include all key phrases.

~ Address each part of the questions with a statement and evidence.

~ Include both similarities  and differences.

~ Make the transition to the body of the essay with a sentence like, "To better understand these similarities and differences between two societies..."

Hints

~Minimum of 4 to 6 paragraphs

~Use Transitional words and trigger words to highlight important points.

~ Write neatly

~ If you don't know how to spell a word choose another

~ Watch your time.

~Think before you write.

Part One: Chapter Two

Multiple Choice Strategies

~ Don't randomly guess!!

~ If you eliminate one answer from each question you have a better chance of getting that question correct.

~ If you guess randomly you lose nothing but gain nothing.

~ If you begin to eliminate just one wrong answer on the test you begin to gain points.

Guess and Go 

~ Guessing helps to lower your score because it helps you to save time.

~Do all the work you can eliminate the wrong answers, take a smart guess.

Or Don't

~Rushing through the test is not the goal, don't focus on finishing the test.

~ Work accurately and efficiently.

~ Do the questions you can correctly so that you can get a raw score.

Finishing is Not the Goal

~ don't zip through questions so quickly that you make a bunch of careless mistakes or choose the wrong answers on haphazard guessing.

Process of Elimination

~ Four out of five answers are wrong. 

~If you can't eliminate any answers skip the question.

~ Mark the questions you skip so you can come back to them if you have time.

 

How to Crack the Multiple Choice Questions

~ Read the question and put it into your own words

~ Answer it in your own words.

~ Use what you know to eliminate the wrong answers, or the process of elimination.

~Guess and Go, make an educated guess between your remaining answers.

 

 

Part One: Chapter One

The Test

~ Divided into two sections: multiple choice questions and free-response questions.

~ 70 multiple choice questions in 55 minutes.

~ Three free essays in two hours.

~ Covers five major time periods; Foundations, 600-1450, 1450-1750, 1750-1914, 1914- Present.

~ Each time period contributes to one-fifth of the test questions.

~ Questions do not appear in any particular order on the test.

Free-response questions

~ Are three essays in response to a question.

~ They include the document based question or DBQ, the continuity and change over time essay, and the comparative essay.

~ The DBQ is based on a collection of four to ten documents that you must use in order to answer the question.

~ The continuity  and change over time essay is answering a question about how something changed over a certain period of time and how it remained the same, these questions tend to deal with large global issues.

~ The comparative essay asks you to compare how two societies responded to a major theme or event.

Scoring

~ 1 point per correct answer on multiple choice questions for a total of 70 possible points.

~ Each essay receives a rating of 0-9 for a total of 27 possible point.

~ Each section of the exam is weighted to be exactly 50% of your score.

~ They turn your 70 possible multiple choices points into 60 points and your 27 possible essay points into another 60 points giving you a 120 possible points.

~ Those 120 possible points into the standard AP 1 to 5 score.

~ A 4-5 will get you collage credit, A 3 might or might not.

~ Raw Score is 50 or more Multiple choice points, 7 or above on DBQ, 6 or above on the Change-Over-Time essay, and 6 or above on the Comparative essay.