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Lesson: FRQ’s & Examples. The Student Will Be able to…. Explain concepts using examples. Free Response Questions. We’ve been talking about, and will continue to talk about FRQ’s. Keep in mind these are 35% of your grade and 50% of the AP test in May.
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The Student Will Be able to… • Explain concepts using examples.
Free Response Questions • We’ve been talking about, and will continue to talk about FRQ’s. • Keep in mind these are 35% of your grade and 50% of the AP test in May. • We’re breaking up the questions and how to respond to it. • Want more? Google “College Board AP Human FRQ’s” and go to the College Board website for examples of past questions!
Examples are Our Friends • Even if a question doesn’t ask for an example; you should always include it as a safety net OR sometimes the rubric includes a point for an example, even if it’s not stated. • Always make your first example your strongest; it doesn’t have to be long, but it needs to be SPECIFIC. • What does specific mean? • Nouns. (Names a person, place, or thing). Even better if it has a capital letter. Example: A country. Better example: Peru • More often than not, I won’t count an example unless it’s specific. • It also needs to be non-fictional (so real, change everything in Things Fall Apart to Nigeria.
Examples of examples • “An area on earth that is defined by one or more distinctive characteristics is a region” (That’s just me giving you a definition right now) • Example: Carnegie Vanguard is a region (TS) because it is a formal group of houses and businesses set together on a Houston city map with a shared name (CD). • My example has a TS this is the part that answers the question of what is an example of a region. It is specific, meaning it is a proper name (best example). • My examples has a CD this is the part that ties it to the definition in how it meets the definition.
Let’s try again…This time kind of like a question…. • Discuss a formal region. • Abridged Answer: A formal region is an area within which everyone shares in a common or more distinctive characteristic. (Make sure you’re doing your operator verb) • Example: The Montrose neighborhood is an example of a formal region (TS) because of land surveying by the city of Houston that gives clear boundaries (CD).
+1 of Examples • Always use your best example first, then do your best to also give a second example in FRQ’s. • Make sure your second example is DIFFERENT and can stand alone from your first example. • Example: The Montrose neighborhood is an example of a formal region that has uniformity (TS), because it is seen as wealthy, even though it has some lower income families (CD). • Note: Remember the prompt discuss? it actually has you present two sides of an issue).
Again! Let’s just Do ONE more… • Example: An example of a functional region (TS) is a Wi-Fi hotspot because the signal is organized outward from the center receiver (CD). • Note: Essentially, your example is showing that you know what the definition of the term is because you’re identify how it is used. • Remember: • Specific as possible! Technology vs. Computers • Must be REAL, can’t use Disney. • This is what you’re doing on Friday’s; you’re reading articles so you have ideas of examples that you can apply. The submission on Friday’s is just ONE example from the article’s you’ve read. Make sure you have a TS and a CD; with the CD tying directly back to the portion of the definition it applies to!!
