updated 12/29/17

APWH EXAM ESSAY REVIEW RESOURCES

This page is intended for to help you review the requirements for the APWH SAQ [Short Answer Question], DBQ and LEQ Exam Essays.  

The new, streamlined essay rubrics are available by clicking HERE.

 

AP WORLD HISTORY: HOW TO GET A FIVE! Student from Abilene, Texas offers his recommendations for succeeding on the APWH Exam!

 

QUICK REVIEW: Answering SBMC Questions - Remember, ALL multiple-choice questions on the exam are stimulus-based.

  

 

Why HIPPO??? (Analyzing Documents [Sources]) (Note: the Periodization & Synthesis may be gone as dedicated points in the exam, BUT can still be used for the analysis point on the DBQ/LEQ. More info in class) 

  

 

HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS (HTS): The following videos provide GENERAL information about the skills a historian uses to make a claim & write an essay. These short videos are short & basic, BUT will be very helpful to you in APWH!

    

    

    

 

The SAQ (Short Answer Question) (How To & Scoring Rubric)

  

 

HOW TO WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT! 

  

 

The DBQ (Document-Based Question) (SCORING RUBRIC). The following videos use the AP US History course to explain how to write your DBQ, but remember, ALL AP History courses use the SAME rubrics!

  

  

     

     

     

   All the videos rolled into one.

 

TOM RICHEY ON DBQs: Mr. Richey uses the AP European History course to explain how to write your DBQ, but remember, ALL AP History courses use the SAME rubrics!

 PART 1 (Thesis & Contextualization - the APWH DBQ prompt will be from Period 3 [600-1450] to Period 6 [1900-Present]):

  

 PART 2 (Using the Documents):

  

 PART 3 (Outside Evidence & Complex Understanding):

   

 Another AP Teacher's DBQ Breakdown!

  

 

The LEQ (Long Essay Question) (SCORING RUBRIC) 

      

 

 

 

 

Some fun examples of the HTS Continuity and Change over Time

NFL TIMELINE: What changed? What stayed the same? WHY?                                                                                                Dani California by the Red Hot Chili Peppers: What changed? What stayed the same? WHY?

                                  

HISTORY OF RAP (Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake), Parts 1/2 & 3/4: What changed? What stayed the same? WHY?

                           

100 Years of Fashion in 100 Seconds                                                                                                                                         75 Years of Superman

                            

 

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