We’ve updated the AP World History: Modern document-based question (DBQ) and long essay question (LEQ) rubrics for the 2023-24 school year. This change only affects the DBQ and LEQ scoring, with no change to the course or the exam: the exam format, course framework, and skills assessed on the exam all remain unchanged.
AP World History: Modern
• Typically, statements credited as evidence will be more specific than statements credited as contextualization. • If a response has a multipart argument, then it can meet the threshold of two pieces of evidence by giving one example for one part of the argument and
AP World History: Modern
1 point regarding the Mongols and the “integration of the old world.” Examples that earn this point include the following: • The stability and size of the Mongol Empire led to the expansion of the silk road trade . • Many cities in Afro-Eurasia grew larger and wealthier.
AP WORLD HISTORY 2011 SCORING GUIDELINES
One of the central questions of world history is: How similar and how different were historical changes in different parts of the world? For this reason, comparison is an important historical thinking skill emphasized in the AP World History course. Sample: 3A . Score: 8 . The essay contains a valid thesis in the last paragraph (1 point).
AP World History Compare and Contrast Essay Outline
Expanded Core Rubric for Compare/Contrast Essay: EXPANDED CORE: (excellence – Historical Skills and Knowledge Required to Show Excellence) – A student must earn 7 points in the basic core area before earning points in the expanded core area. Point(s) Possible: Examples: • Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis
Ap World History Compare and Contrast Essay Outline
Ap World History Compare and Contrast Essay Outline STEP 1 - Diagnosis • Read the Question and break it down in for what it is asking • In the Margin, determine all of the information that you know about it o Start from broad to specific (time period, location, concepts, events, etc...) STEP 2 - Organization and Planning
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We’ve updated the AP World History: Modern document-based question (DBQ) and long essay question (LEQ) rubrics for the 2023-24 school year. This change only affects the DBQ and LEQ scoring, with no change to the course or the exam: the exam format, course framework, and skills assessed on the exam all remain unchanged.
• Typically, statements credited as evidence will be more specific than statements credited as contextualization. • If a response has a multipart argument, then it can meet the threshold of two pieces of evidence by giving one example for one part of the argument and
1 point regarding the Mongols and the “integration of the old world.” Examples that earn this point include the following: • The stability and size of the Mongol Empire led to the expansion of the silk road trade . • Many cities in Afro-Eurasia grew larger and wealthier.
One of the central questions of world history is: How similar and how different were historical changes in different parts of the world? For this reason, comparison is an important historical thinking skill emphasized in the AP World History course. Sample: 3A . Score: 8 . The essay contains a valid thesis in the last paragraph (1 point).
Expanded Core Rubric for Compare/Contrast Essay: EXPANDED CORE: (excellence – Historical Skills and Knowledge Required to Show Excellence) – A student must earn 7 points in the basic core area before earning points in the expanded core area. Point(s) Possible: Examples: • Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis
Ap World History Compare and Contrast Essay Outline STEP 1 - Diagnosis • Read the Question and break it down in for what it is asking • In the Margin, determine all of the information that you know about it o Start from broad to specific (time period, location, concepts, events, etc...) STEP 2 - Organization and Planning