1. The AP World history EXAM
Mr. Sakole

2. The AP Exam May 17th, 2018 at 8:00 am
The APWH Exam is a two-part exam:
Section I
Part A is made up of 55 multiple choice questions that you must answer within 55 minutes.
Part B is made up of 3 Short Answer Questions that you must answer within 40 minutes.
Section II
Part A is made up of a Document-Based Question that you should answer within 60 minutes (this includes a 15 minute reading period).
Part B is made up of a Long-Essay Question that you should answer within 40 minutes.

3. The APWH Exam is an assessment of your…
Historical knowledge.
Ability to develop and support an argument.
Use of historical evidence.
Ability to analyze historical sources.
Ability to put historical information within the context of the larger historical developments or processes.
Ability to recognize/explain similarities and differences.
Ability to recognize/explain patterns and change in history.
Ability to recognize/explain historical causes and effects.

4. Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) Section 1, Part A – 55 minutes
55 Questions
4 answer choices for each
Each MCQ is based on a stimulus
The stimulus can be:
From an historical document.
From a secondary source.
A painting/picture/photograph/drawing/cartoon.
A poem or excerpt from a piece of literature.
A graph/map/chart
2 to 3 MCQs per stimulus

5. Short Answer Question (SAQ) Section 1, Part B – 40 minutes
4 questions total
You answer only 3 of the 4 SAQ’s
Question 1 (required) – from Periods 3, 4, 5, or 6
Assesses your ability to analyze a secondary source.
Respond in writing to a historian’s argument.
Question 2 (required) – from Periods 3, 4, 5, or 6
Assesses your ability to analyze a primary source.
Assesses your ability to identify and/or explain similarities/differences (COMPARISON) or continuities/changes over time (CCOT)
Question 3 and 4 – you choose one of these to answer
Question 3 – from Periods 1, 2, or 3
Question 4 – from Periods 4, 5, or 6
Will assess the skill that you did not demonstrate in Question 2

6. DBQ and LEQ Section II, Parts A and B
We will learn more about these parts of the exam later in the year.

7. AP World History Mr. Sakole
How to SAQ
AP World History
Mr. Sakole

8. “SAQ” stands for Short Answer Question
What is an SAQ?
“SAQ” stands for Short Answer Question
Will require you to write a short response that:
Directly answers the prompt.
Is 3-5 sentences long.
Fits within the “answer box” (See next slide!).
Provides supporting historical evidence.
Connects the evidence to the prompt AND/OR primary/secondary source.

10. SAQ Structure The SAQ will always be a 3 part question:
Labeled “a), b), c)”
Each part will always start with the “action verb” or type of response required:
“Provide”
“Describe”
“Explain”
“Identify”
Question 1 and 2 will always have a stimulus attached to the question.
Question 3 and 4 will NOT always have a stimulus attached to the question (but they might!).

11. SAQ Response Your response MUST: Directly ADDRESS the PROMPT
The “AP” in APWH = Address the Prompt
Provide accurate historical evidence (or examples) to support your initial assertion.
Explain how the evidence relates to the prompt.
If there is a stimulus, refer to that stimulus in a specific way.

12. SAQ Reponse Build an ARGUMENT TOWER Assertion/Statement For example…
The reason for this is…
Or This shows that…
Or This supports the source because….

13. SAQ Response Activity
Let’s practice building an argument tower based on some specific examples of SAQ prompts.
Use the handout I will give you to complete this activity.
You may work alone or in your partner groups.

15. SAQ Response Activity Parts of the SAQ Response:
Parts of the SAQ Response:
Essential Question for each SAQ part:
How you should start the sentence for each part:
ASSERTION –
What is the statement you want to prove?
A change in…is:
A continuity in…is:
A similarity between…is:
A difference between…is:
A cause of…is:
An effect of…is:
EVIDENCE –
What information do you need to provide to support your assertion?
For example…
An example of this is….
One example of this is…
For instance….
CONNECTION –
How does your information relate or connect to the prompt and the stimulus (if there is one)?
This evidence shows that…
This evidence is related to the prompt because…
This evidence is related to the (stimulus type) because…
The reason for this…is: