AP WORLD HISTORY EXAM Section II Part B

AP WORLD HISTORY EXAM Section II Part B: Long Essay Question (LEQ)

AP WORLD HISTORY EXAM OVERVIEW (Effective Fall 2017) Section I. (95 min. ) II. (100 min. ) Question Type Number of Questions Timing (3 hours 15 min. ) Percentage of Total Exam Score Part A: Multiple – choice questions 55 minutes 40% Part B: Short – answer questions 3 questions -Required: Ques. 1: periods 3 -6 -Required: Ques. 2: periods 3 -6 -Choose between: Ques. 3: periods 1 -3 OR Ques. 4: periods 4 -6 40 minutes 20% Part A: Document based -question 1 question: periods 3 -6 60 minutes (includes 15 minute reading period) 25% 1 question chosen from three options on the same theme: - periods 1 -2 - periods 3 -4 - periods 5 -6 40 minutes 15% Part B: long essay question

The Long Essay Question • Section II, Part B of the AP Exam consists of a choice among three long essay questions from different time periods of the course. – Students choose from three long essay questions, which deal with periods 1 -2, periods, 3 -4, or periods 5 -6 of course. – The three question options all address the same theme and assess the same historical reasoning skill. The historical reasoning skills include: Comparison, Causation, or Continuity and Change Over Time. – In order to receive the highest scores, students must develop an argument and support it with an analysis of specific, relevant historical evidence of their choosing. – Long essay questions ask about large-scale topics.

Example Long Essay Question • Chose one of three essay questions to answer. In the following questions, you will analyze an issue using the historical reasoning skill of continuity and change over time. The three questions focus on the same historical reasoning skill but apply them to different time periods. – Question #1: Evaluate the extent to which new transportation technologies changed economic activity in the period before 600 B. C. E. – Question #2: Evaluate the extent to which the decline and reconstitution of empires led to changes in urban development in Afro-Eurasia in the period circa 400 -1450 C. E. – Question #3: Evaluate the extent to which globalization transformed the world’s economy in the period 1950 -2001.

AP History Simplified LEQ Rubric COMPARISON Compare/Contrast CAUSATION Cause/Effect CCOT Continuity/Change Over Time 1 PT. T H E S I S M A K E S 1 PT. C O N T E X T U A L I Z A T I O N DESCRIBES A BROADER AND A RELEVANT HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO THE ESSAY PROMPT A H I S T O R I C A L L Y D E F E N S I B L E C L A I M 1 PT. PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF SIMILARITES AND DIFFERENCES PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF HISTORICAL CONTINUINTY AND CHANGE OVER TIME 1 PT. USES EVIDENCE OF SIMILARITES AND DIFFERENCES TO SUPPORT ARGUMENT USES EVIDENCE OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS TO SUPPORT ARGUMENT USES EVIDENCE OF HISTORICAL CONTINUINTY AND CHANGE OVER TIME TO SUPPORT ARGUMENT 1 PT. USES HISTORICAL REASONING (COMPARISON, CAUSATION, OR CCOT) TO STRUCTURE AN ARGUMENT THAT ADDRESSES THE ESSAY PROMPT 1 PT. DEMONSTRATES A COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING USING EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT, QUALIFY, OR MODIFY AN ARGUMENT THAT ADDRESSES THE ESSAY QUESTION