New here-AP world history?

collegemom3717
Thu, 03 May 2018 01:42:30 +0000

The AP prep books are really helpful, but they are organized very differently. Go to the library or bookstore & look at the how they organize the info for review & pick the one that makes the most sense to you. They all have test taking tips, which can be very helpful.

There are also some good online resources (Paul Sargent has a YouTube on DBQs that is technically part of a study guide for Euro, but that segment is about all DBQs)… The actual grading scheme for the DBQ is on the Collegeboard website: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/rubrics-ap-histories.pdf. It is useful: the people who grade the exams read a lot of exams- hundreds a day- and they basically use the rubric to skim through your answer, ticking the elements as they find them in your paper. You basically just need to write the outline, with some connecting pieces, to get the points.

One thing that Sargent doesn’t mention is to be sure to think about whose voice(s) might be missing: is there a perspective that’s missing (usually people who don’t have power in the situation).

Also, can you talk to your teacher about what was lacking from the ones that you have done in class?

I liked DBQs when I was doing APs (yes, they had them in the Stone Age), b/c it was like a puzzle: what do these things have in common? which one of these doesn’t look like the others? etc.