AP World History AP Exam Guide

Scoring Guidelines:1-9
Thesis=1
Extra Doc.=1
P.O.V=1
3 Groups=1
Analysis=2
Question=1
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Expanded Core=2
AP requires you to expand it to 2; however, you write 3 to get the points from expanded core section.
Process:
1. Box Question
2. Read Documents
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1. Group
2. Extra Document
3. P.O.V
“Not Surprisingly”
4. Pre-write
Outline:
I. Intro
a. Thesis
b. Extra Doc.
II. Body
a. G1
b. G2
c. G3
III. Conclusion

AP Exam
Multiple Choice=50%
Essay=50%
DBQ=50%
FRQ*1=25%
FRQ*2=25%

***4 specific examples on the essay

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DBQ
I. Intro
a. Thesis
b. Extra document (Last sentence)
II. Body
a. Group 1
b. Group 2
c. Group 3
III. Conclusion

FRQ-Change over time
I. Intro
a. Thesis
b. Global Context (Last sentence)
II. Body
a. Beginning
b. End
c. Reasons for the changes
Have to offer some things that continues to remain the same
III. Conclusion

FRQ-compare and contrast
I. Intro
a. Thesis
b. Global Context (Last sentence)
II. Body
a. Thing one (explanation of one thing)
b. Thing two (explanation of other thing)
c. Comparisons (similarities AND differences)
III. Conclusion