The New Exam
Time:
The AP Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes and includes a 100 minute multiple choice/ short answer section and a 95 minute free response section. Each section is divided into two parts. Student performance will be compiled and weighted to determine an AP Exam Score.
|
|
Scoring:
Section 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE AND SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
55 Multiple Choice Questions: 55 minutes/40%
Multiple-choice questions will focus on students’ ability to reason about different types of historical evidence. They are organized into sets of 3 to 5 questions related to a stimulus (i.e., readings and images). All questions will require students to reason about the stimulus and apply content knowledge from European History.
4 Short Answer Questions: 50 minutes/20%
Short-answer questions (timed at 10 to 15 minutes each) are a new addition to the exam. This type of question asks students to respond to historical source material and problems. The questions measure students’ ability to use specific historical thinking skills rather than to develop a thesis.
The questions will directly address one or more of the thematic learning objectives for the course. At least 2 of the 4 questions will have elements of internal choice. All of the q’s will require students to use HTS to respond to a primary source, a historian’s argument, non-textual sources such as data or maps, or general propositions about U.S. history. Each q will ask students to identify and analyze examples of historical evidence relevant to the source or question…these could be from the concept outline or from classroom instruction not specifically mentioned in the outline.
Section 2: Free Response
Students will always write at least one essay – in either the DBQ or LE sections – that examines long-term developments that cross historical time periods.
1 Document Based Question: 55 minutes (includes 15 minute reading period)/25%
The DBQ will have one of the following historical thinking skills as its main focus: Causation, Change and Continuity over time, Comparison, Interpretation, or Periodization. All DBQ’s will also always assess the historical thinking skills of Historical Argumentation, appropriate use of relevant historical evidence, contextualization, and synthesis.
The DBQ Rubric asks the student to offer plausible analysis of both the content of all or all but one of the documents AND use one of the following: intended audience, purpose, historical context, or author’s point of view…for all or all but one of the documents …to earn the full 3pts for ANALYSIS, Outside Info adds 1 for a total of a possible 4…
Maximum Points= 7 Rubric: Thesis (1pt), Analysis of historical evidence and support of argument (3pts) AND Analysis of outside examples to support thesis/argument (1pt) Total of 4pts, Contextualization and Support for Thesis (1pt), and Synthesis (1pt)
1 Long-essay Question: 35 Minutes/15%
Students will be given a choice between two questions. Questions will be limited to topics or examples specifically mentioned in the concept outline. The essay will measure the use of historical thinking skills to explain and analyze significant issues in European History as defined by the thematic learning objectives. Types of questions: Continuity and Change over time, Comparison, Causation, or Periodization
LEQ Rubric includes a maximum of 6 points.
55 Multiple Choice Questions: 55 minutes/40%
Multiple-choice questions will focus on students’ ability to reason about different types of historical evidence. They are organized into sets of 3 to 5 questions related to a stimulus (i.e., readings and images). All questions will require students to reason about the stimulus and apply content knowledge from European History.
4 Short Answer Questions: 50 minutes/20%
Short-answer questions (timed at 10 to 15 minutes each) are a new addition to the exam. This type of question asks students to respond to historical source material and problems. The questions measure students’ ability to use specific historical thinking skills rather than to develop a thesis.
The questions will directly address one or more of the thematic learning objectives for the course. At least 2 of the 4 questions will have elements of internal choice. All of the q’s will require students to use HTS to respond to a primary source, a historian’s argument, non-textual sources such as data or maps, or general propositions about U.S. history. Each q will ask students to identify and analyze examples of historical evidence relevant to the source or question…these could be from the concept outline or from classroom instruction not specifically mentioned in the outline.
Section 2: Free Response
Students will always write at least one essay – in either the DBQ or LE sections – that examines long-term developments that cross historical time periods.
1 Document Based Question: 55 minutes (includes 15 minute reading period)/25%
The DBQ will have one of the following historical thinking skills as its main focus: Causation, Change and Continuity over time, Comparison, Interpretation, or Periodization. All DBQ’s will also always assess the historical thinking skills of Historical Argumentation, appropriate use of relevant historical evidence, contextualization, and synthesis.
The DBQ Rubric asks the student to offer plausible analysis of both the content of all or all but one of the documents AND use one of the following: intended audience, purpose, historical context, or author’s point of view…for all or all but one of the documents …to earn the full 3pts for ANALYSIS, Outside Info adds 1 for a total of a possible 4…
Maximum Points= 7 Rubric: Thesis (1pt), Analysis of historical evidence and support of argument (3pts) AND Analysis of outside examples to support thesis/argument (1pt) Total of 4pts, Contextualization and Support for Thesis (1pt), and Synthesis (1pt)
1 Long-essay Question: 35 Minutes/15%
Students will be given a choice between two questions. Questions will be limited to topics or examples specifically mentioned in the concept outline. The essay will measure the use of historical thinking skills to explain and analyze significant issues in European History as defined by the thematic learning objectives. Types of questions: Continuity and Change over time, Comparison, Causation, or Periodization
LEQ Rubric includes a maximum of 6 points.