LEQ
WARNING!!!! COLLEGE BOARD MADE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE LEQ RUBRIC. NOT ALL MATERIALS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. REFER TO THE RUBRIC TO BE CERTAIN.
The LONG ESSAY QUESTION (LEQ) is one of the two FULL essays you will need to write on your APUSH Exam. On Exam Day, you will be presented with THREE prompts, and you will write ONE of the essays. You will have 40 minutes to write this essay and it accounts for 15% of your overall score.
The LEQ will either be a COMPARISON, CAUSATION or CONTINUITY AND CHANGE OVER TIME (CCOT). Each of the three option will assess the SAME historical thinking skill.
The three prompts will be numbered 2, 3, and 4. (The DBQ is #1). The prompts are divided as follows:
#2: Periods 1 - 3
#3: Periods 4 - 6
#4: Periods 7 -9
LEQ BreakdownHere is the 1 Pager Guide to writing the LEQ. Focus on these strategies to help you write your essay.
APUSH LEQ 2023.pdfUPDATED FOR 2023 --
This is the NEW & UPDATED LEQ Rubric. The only change is to the COMPLEXITY POINT.
You can still earn the complexity point with a "Y because AB. However, X." thesis (and matching body paragraphs).
LEQ Score Conversions:
When we write LEQs in class, this is the conversion chart to change your score from the 6 Point Rubric to a grade for Infinite Campus.
6 --> 100
5--> 95
4 --> 90
3 --> 80
2 --> 70
1 -->60
0--> 50 (assuming something was turned in)
***CAUTION***
College Board made some changes to the COMPLEXITY POINT on the LEQ Rubric in September 2023. If the video is OLDER THAN THAT, it may not correctly address the COMPLEXITY POINT.
