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Redesigned LEQs

Learn how to effectively approach the redesigned Long Essay Question for APUSH, including choosing the right question, argumentation, use of evidence, and targeted historical thinking skills. Improve your thesis, analysis, and synthesis abilities for a higher score.

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Redesigned LEQs

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  1. Redesigned LEQs For APUSH

  2. Long Essay Question • You will have a choice between 2 questions • Obviously you should choose the one you’re most confident with • Focus on a particular Historical Thinking Skill • 35 Minutes = 15% of APUSH score

  3. 4 parts of the essay for 6 points • Argumentation • Use of Evidence • Targeted historical thinking skill • Synthesis • Remember that your opinion is worthless unless you support it with evidence and connect it to a broader historical context

  4. Thesis = 1 point • Directly address all parts of the prompt • Remember not to be extreme, you can be in gray area but make sure you stay focused. • Multiple questions in prompt = all addressed in theses • 3 part prompt = 3 items in thesis

  5. Evidence = 2 points • Clearly and consistently state how the evidence supports your essay and establish clear links • Analyze … don’t describe • Its not what you know, its what you can prove

  6. Historical Thinking Skills = 2 points • Causation • CCOT • Comparison • Periodization

  7. Causation • Describe causes and effects • Analyze specific examples that illustrate • Example: • Evaluate how the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) impacted the relationship between Great Britain and the British colonies from 1754-1776

  8. Continuity and Change Over Time Describe and analyze specific examples that illustrate historic CCOT Interpretation Example: Identify and analyze the changing relationship between England and the British colonies between the years 1607-1763

  9. Comparison Describe similarities and differences Provide specific examples Analyze reasons ….and depending on the prompt Evaluate the relative significance of the historical development Example: C&C the colonies in the Chesapeake with the New England colonies. Be sure to address two of the three areas in your essay: economic, political, and social.

  10. Periodization • Analyze the extend to which the historical development was different and similar to developments that preceded/followed • Specific examples to illustrate analysis • Example: • Evaluate the extent to which the French and Indian War was a turning point in American History

  11. Synthesis = 1 point • Extend or modify thesis • Additional category beyond the prompt • Connect to another period, geographical area, context or circumstance • Connect analysis to different fields • World • European

  12. Summer Assignment SQ3R

  13. Survey • Look over the reading (chapter/section/subsection) • This is NOT reading. • Jot down items such as headings, subheadings, captions, graphs, illustrations, maps etc… • Get a feel for what will be important in the reading • Glance at any questions the text might include, these are good indicators of important points

  14. After you Survey you can answer… • What is the topic of this reading? • What is the purpose of this reading? • What do I already know about this topic? • Making mental connections from new to prior information is the heartof learny stuff

  15. Question • Develop a (3)higher level question about each section of the reading • Why? • How? • Explain • Analyze • Answer your own questions in a simple, well constructed paragraph* • *Done after the Read step

  16. Read • Read the section • Answer the questions you developed (SQ3R) • Take notes on key concepts in your own words: • Definitions • Characteristics • Names / Dates • Examples • Cause / Effect • Similarities / Differences

  17. Recite Look away from the text and your notes Answer your questions out loud* Recite a very brief summary of what you’ve just read If you can’t do this then you probably don’t understand what you’ve just read to the extent that you need to, go back and re-read *Don’t be embarrassed about talking to yourself out loud, you are already the living version of the pictures your future-self will be embarrassed of

  18. Review • Super important • After completing the previous 4 steps you should be able to create a written summary (outline) of the section you’ve just read • You don’t necessarily HAVE to do a written outline but you should be able to speak about the reading without notes and in your own words at this point

  19. Finally, SQ3Rs… …are essentially your Summer Assignment …are a great way to learn from readings more deeply …should not be quick or easy …a favorite assignment of Mr. Lipman

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