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General Review Tips

General Review Tips. Prioritize - Focus on topics/areas of weakness first Avoid trying to memorize too much - Review “big picture” concepts first, specific terms/name/events later

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General Review Tips

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  1. General Review Tips • Prioritize - Focus on topics/areas of weakness first • Avoid trying to memorize too much - Review “big picture” concepts first, specific terms/name/events later • Look at old materials - Review packets, in-class notes, past essays & tests and old PowerPoint’s: http://rhsweb.org/ajaime/handouts/ap_us_history/Lecture%20Notes/ • Try different approaches - There is no “best” way to review (alone/group, on-line/book/flash cards, practice tests/packets – it depends on your learning style – try mixing it up). • Find a “middle ground” - Some review better than no review. Too much review is counterproductive. • Be positive – You have learned a lot this year & the AP exam is graded on a major curve.

  2. AP Exam Part One Information • Multiple Choice: 55 minutes for 55 questions • Each question has 4 possible answers • No points lost for wrong or skipped questions. • All multiple choice questions are stimulus based. • Short answer: 50 minutes for 4 questions • Part One counts for 60% of total score • BIG curve on multiple choice

  3. AP Exam Part Two Essay Information • There is 1 DBQ essay you must write on and 2 Long Essay prompts of which you must write 1. • The 3 total essay prompts will range in their topics chronologically and thematically. • Part two counts for 40% of your total score. AP Essay Writing Tips • READ prompts multiple times • Brainstorm & make a quick “plan of attack” • Introduction needs some brief background on “big picture” followed by an on-topic thesis • Body paragraphs need to BLEND details with analysis. (Facts & explanations). • Grading is “holistic” – no points “taken away”, just earned. If in doubt, make a guess.

  4. Analyze the contribution of the following in helping establish a stable government after adoption of the Constitution: • John Adams, • Thomas Jefferson, • George Washington

  5. Some historians have argued that the American Revolution was not revolutionary in nature. Support, modify, or refute this interpretation, providing specific evidence to justify your answer.

  6. Evaluate the extent to which the Seven Years War (1754-1763) marked a turning point in American relations with Great Britain, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the war to the period after it.

  7. Evaluate the extent to which trans-Atlantic interactions from 1600 to 1763 contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostering change in labor systems in the British North American colonies.

  8. Compare and contrast the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New England in the seventeenth century in terms of the following: Politics, Religion and Economic Development

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