APUSH WRITING

1. Short Answer Questions  -- Three in 40 minutes after MC section (part 1)

   • Two mandatory using secondary & primary sources

   • Choose ONE of two (periods 1-5 or 6-9)

2. Long Essay Question -- choice of THREE with the same Historical Thinking Skill in 40 minutes (part 2)

   • HTS -- comparison, causation, change & continuity over time

   • Choose ONE from periods 1-3, 4-6, or 7-9

3. Document Based Question -- 7 documents, 1 prompt in 15 planning minutes and 45 minutes to write (part 2)

   • HTS -- comparison, causation, periodization, change & continuity over time

   • Only periods 3-8 covered

Writing Tips and Practice Links

College Board AP History Grading Rubrics for DBQ and LEQ

***IMPT*** Updated information (Fall 2018) on the Writing and Historical Thinking standards for the AP exam

• General Hints for Writing a DBQ

• General Hints for Writing a LRQ and/or DBQ

• Adapting the "Aristotelian" or "Rhetorical" Diagram to AP US History

• Active Voice & Passive

• More on Active vs. Passive Voice (University of Iowa)

• Seven Deadly Sins of Writing (Hamilton College)

  • Practice

2. Active/Passive Voice help (Practice makes perfect!)

• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/passive_quiz.htm

• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm

• http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

3.  ESSAY GRADING NOTATIONS

• Essay Grading Abbr

4.  GOOGLE SCHOLAR 

• Search engine Tips and Tricks

5. Using Documents in the DBQ lecture below:

How to Use Documents in a DBQ from bwellington

Dbq writing packet from bwellington

**6. Past AP Prompts listed by Era 

  7. Step by Step on Writing a DBQ