The AP Test
• AP World History Exam
– 70 multiple choice questions in 55 minutes
• 47 seconds per question
• Last year, 19 involved reading passages
– 3 essays in 2 hours and 10 minutes
• Document Based Question (DBQ)
• Change and Continuity over Time (CCOT)
• Comparative Essay
Pace yourself
Take out the Rubric
Take out your thesis.
How do they grade it?
• They start at 0 and add points up to 9
• Asset model
• They know it’s a rough draft
• Average score is a 1.3
Has an acceptable thesis
(Addresses the global issues and the
time period(s) specified.)
• 1 point
• You can’t be a good writer without this.
• Can be 1-3 sentences.
• What is a way you could begin your paper?
You can try something simple:
During my life from the age of five, I
experienced many changes and continuities.
Continuities included ______________ while
changes included __________________.
Addresses all parts of the question,
though not necessarily evenly or
thoroughly
• 2 points
• How do you think you could get one point
instead of two?
Addresses all parts of the question,
though not necessarily evenly or
thoroughly
1st paragraph: Intro and thesis
2nd Paragraph: Continuities
List them
3rd Paragraph: Changes
List them
Substantiates thesis with appropriate
historical evidence.
• 2 points
• How do you think you would get one point
instead of two?
Substantiates thesis with appropriate
historical evidence.
1st paragraph: Intro and thesis
2nd Paragraph: Continuities
List them
Give historical evidence for as many as you can
3rd Paragraph: Changes
List them
Give historical evidence for as many as you can
Uses relevant world historical context
effectively to explain change(s) over
time and/or continuities.
• 1 point
• Bring it from the outside.
Analyze the changes and continuities
in your life from age 5 to present.
What context could you bring in from “outside”?
Your paper Outline
1st paragraph: Intro and thesis
2nd Paragraph: Continuities
List them
Give historical evidence for as many as you can
3rd Paragraph: Changes
List them
Give historical evidence for as many as you can
4th Paragraph: Outside Information
Analyzes the process of change over
time and/or continuity.
• 1 point
• Analysis = ?
Analyze?
• What qualifies as analysis?
• Cause and effect
• This happened because…____________
From memory, what are three things
you must include in your CCOT essay?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Your paper Outline
1st paragraph: Intro and thesis
2nd Paragraph: Continuities
List them
Give historical evidence for as many as you can
3rd Paragraph: Changes
List them
Give historical evidence for as many as you can
4th Paragraph: Outside Information
5th Paragraph: Analyze 1-2 changes OR continuities
6th Paragraph Conclusion
Expanded Core
• Expands beyond basic core of 1-7 points.
• The basic core score of 7 must be achieved before a student can
earn expanded core points.
Examples:
• Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis.
• Analyzes all issues of the question (as relevant): global
issues, chronology, causation, change, continuity, content.
• Addresses all parts of the question evenly.
• Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate thesis.
• Provides links with relevant ideas, events, trends in an innovative
way.