AP Test Prep: - Three essays - DBQ - Comparative - Continuity & Change Over Time (CCOT)

1. AP Test Prep: - Three essays - DBQ - Comparative - Continuity & Change Over Time (CCOT) - 70 Multiple Choice - Based on thematic knowledge - 6 major divisions in history

2. DBQ - Requirements: - Must have a definitive thesis that addresses all parts of the prompt - Underline all important parts of the prompt - Address or use ALL of the documents - AP allows for one misinterpretation - Restating/quoting verbatim does NOT count as addressing the document - Understanding can be achieved w/appropriate grouping

3. DBQ - Requirements: - Support thesis w/document evidence - 2 Points - Specific /accurate evidence explicitly drawn from all documents - 1 Point - Specific/accurate evidence explicitly drawn from majority of documents - Simply listing a document will not count

4. DBQ - Requirements: - Point of View (POV) - Correctly analyze the POV in at least one doc - Explain why they have this POV - Explain the tone, characteristics of author, intended audience, how outcome influenced the author - Challenge the veracity of the author’s opinion through plausible analysis - Mere attribution is not sufficient

5. DBQ - Requirements: - Grouping - Explicitly and correctly group the documents in three ways - Minimum of 2 documents constitutes a group - Groupings must address the prompt/thesis - There is no invalid group if it is justified with document evidence and addresses the thesis

6. DBQ - Requirements: - Additional Documentation - Indentify an appropriate additional doc - This is a group or people traditionally under-represented in history - Must explain how this document or source will contribute to a greater understanding or analysis of the issue presented in the prompt

7. DBQ - Requirements: - Expanded Core - Provide additional causes & consequences - Consistent comparative analysis throughout - Thesis well beyond the minimum - Careful and insightful analysis of documents - Uses documents persuasively as evidence - Analyzes POV in most or all doc - More than three groups - Accurate/relevant “outside” historical info

8. DBQ Scoring: Your Turn!

9. CCOT - Requirements: - Thesis - Must address a continuity and change - If thesis is restated/repeated in conclusion it may count for other credit - An acceptable thesis that qualifies change and continuity may also contain inaccuracies - Merely restating the prompt won’t count - May not split thesis into multiple paragraphs - May not count for credit in any other area

10. CCOT - Requirements: - Address ALL parts of the question - For 2 points - Address both a change & continuity relative to the prompt and thesis - For 1 point - Accurately address either a change or continuity relevant to the prompt or thesis - May not be taken from the thesis unless the thesis is repeated at the end of the essay

11. CCOT - Requirements: - Substantiates thesis with historical evidence - For 2 points - Provides a minimum of five pieces of accurate evidence - For 1 point - Provides a minimum of three pieces of accurate evidence

12. CCOT - Requirements: - Relevant world historic context to effectively explain continuity and change over time - Essay relates change or continuity of prompt within a larger global process of effect - Essay accurately relates changes or continuities between two specified regions to developments beyond these regions

13. CCOT - Requirements: - Analyzes the process of continuity and/or change over time - Analyzes the causes of either change or continuity related to the prompt within the appropriate time period - Analysis must be more than a discrete statement of evidence

14. CCOT - Expanded Core: - Clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis - Analyzes all issues of the prompt/question - Balance in discussion of change & continuity - Ample historical evidence - Understands and provides clear evidence of global impacts as presented in the prompt - Provides a clear chronology of change

15. CCOT Scoring: Your Turn!

16. Comparative - Requirements: - Thesis - Must include both a valid similarity and a valid difference as related to the prompt - Thesis may NOT be counted for credit in any other category

17. Comparative - Requirements: - Addresses ALL parts of the question - For 2 Points: - Identifies one valid similarity and one valid difference - Discusses both regions though not evenly - For 1 point - Identifies at least one valid similarity or at least one valid difference - Discusses both regions though not evenly

18. Comparative - Requirements: - Substantiates thesis w/appropriate evidence - For 2 points - Must provide at least four pieces of relevant and accurate evidence - At least 2 pieces from each empire - For 1 point - Must provide at least four pieces of relevant and accurate evidence - At least 1 piece from each empire

19. Comparative - Requirements: - At least one direct, relevant comparison between the two regions - Must be made somewhere other than thesis - Must be a different comparison from the ones used to address a similarity / difference

20. Comparative - Requirements: - Analysis - Must analyze at least one reason for a similarity or difference identified in your direct comparison - This refers to understanding any reasons or causations for this comparison

21. Comparative - Expanded Core: - Clear, analytical, comprehensive thesis - Addresses all parts of the prompt thoroughly and evenly - Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate the thesis - Relates comparisons to lager global context - More than one direct/relevant comparison - Consistent analysis of comparisons - Understanding of world historical nuances

22. Comparative Scoring: Your Turn!