College Board Info on Course Structure, Key Concepts, & Essay Rubrics
AP World History Course Exam Description
Syllabus
You're going to see a LOT of acronyms in the gradebook, here's some insight into what those mean :)
College Board Essays
DBQ: Document-Based Question
LEQ: Long Essay Question
SAQ: Short Answer Question
Other Acronyms
RA: Reading Assessments (10-15 MCQ quizzes over weekly reading material assigned)
NC: Note Check (Completion grade for notes taken on weekly grading)
PPC: Personal Progress Check (A Unit review/SBMCQ practice students complete before each unit exam to help prepare - completion grade)
HIPP: An acronym for elements that influence a document author's perspective & purpose \
Historical Situation, Intended Audience, Purpose, POV
SBMCQ: Stimulus-based Multiple Choice Question
From the CED
THE ESSAYS
Essay has too many pieces for a simple visual, but you can see the writing guide for basic structure and task templates: https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=1ordseX68EfFXE7TrW-P80Y1xKRlFxw99&authuser=0&acrobatPromotionSource=gdrive_chrome-list
SAQ Writing Format