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You Do Best What You Do Most -- Keep this in mind as you develop your essay writing skills!
You Do Best What You Do Most -- Keep this in mind as you develop your essay writing skills!
In order to pass the AP World History exam, students must master three different free response types: the short answer questions, the document-based question essay, and the long answer essay. Here are some resources to help you master these questions, apart from all of the practice that we will be doing in class.
Section 2A: The Document Based Question (DBQ)
Section 2A: The Document Based Question (DBQ)
The document-based question measures students' ability to analyze and synthesize historical data and to assess verbal, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence. Responses to the document-based question will be judged on students' ability to formulate a thesis and support it with relevant evidence.
The documents in the document-based question are not confined to a single format, may vary in length, and are chosen to illustrate interactions and complexities within the material. Where suitable, the documents could include maps, charts, graphs, or pictures as well as written materials. In addition to calling upon a broad spectrum of historical skills, the diversity of materials will allow students to assess the value of different sorts of documents.
1 Question | 1 Hour (includes 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score
Students are presented with 7 documents offering various perspectives on a historical development or process.
Students assess these written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The document-based question focuses on topics from 1450–2001.
DBQ Links
Section 2B: Long Essay Question (LEQ)
Section 2B: Long Essay Question (LEQ)
1 Question | 40 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score
Students explain and analyze significant issues in world history.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The question choices focus on the same skills and the same reasoning process (e.g., comparison, causation, or continuity and change), but students choose from 3 options, each focusing primarily on historical developments and processes in different time periods—either 1200–1750 (option 1), 1450–1900 (option 2), or 1750–2001 (option 3).
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