1. AP World History Exam

2. Basic Info What is it? A test administered by the College Board
When is it? Thursday May 12
That’s 127 days away!
Why take it?
If you take the exam in May, you won’t have to take our spring final exam!
If you get a 3*, 4, or 5 on the test then you will receive college credit for World History

3. Cost There is a registration fee (approximately $90) to take the exam
If you cannot pay for the fee, talk with your counselor and they will get the cost covered
We will give you more information later in the semester about registering/paying for the exam!

4. Connection to Our Class
Your score on the AP exam does not change anything about your grade in my class.
My class is basically a test preparation class to help you do well on the AP exam, but if you pass the AP exam that doesn’t mean you automatically pass my class. (And if you fail the AP exam, that doesn’t mean you automatically fail my class.) They are completely separate.

5. What does the test look like?
Section
Multiple Choice
Free Response (Essay)
Weight
50%
# of Questions 70
3 essays
DBQ
Change and Continuity over Time (CCoT)
Compare and Contrast
Time Allowed
55 minutes
10 minutes to read the DBQ documents
120 minutes to answer all 3 essays (40 minutes per essay)
Total Testing Time: 3 hours and 5 minutes

6. How is it scored? Score Percentage of Test Takers (2015) Status 1
18.2%
Not Passed 2
30.1% 3
31.3%
Passing with College Credit in some schools (public Texas universities) 4
14%
Passing with College Credit 5
6.4%

7. Multiple-Choice Section
70 questions
You do NOT lose points for wrong answers, so you should guess on every question!
Question Breakdown
Unit
Time Period
Percentage of Questions
Unit 1 - Ancient
? – 600 BCE 5%
Unit 2 - Classical
600 BCE – 600 CE
15%
Unit 3 - Postclassical
600 CE – 1450 CE
20%
Unit 4 - Early Modern
1450 – 1750
Unit 5 - Modern
1750 – 1900
Unit 6 - Late Modern
1900 – present

8. Free Response (Essay) Section
Each essay is scored out of 9 (using the rubrics we’ve been using all year) Essay topics could be ANYTHING (*fingers crossed for the Mongols or Mansa Musa*)

9. 2015 DBQ

10. 2015 CCOT

11. 2015 Compare and Contrast

12. Why should you take the AP exam?
You could get college credit
Even if you don’t pass, it looks good to colleges that you tried
It’s great experience for next year (future AP/IB students, especially)
You will not have to take our spring final exam!

13. If you want a 4 or a 5…
You have to be doing extra review outside of class.
Get an AP test prep book (go to Half Price Books – they always have a ton) and work through it on your own
We will help you review in class – the three weeks leading up to the AP exam there will be no new content, just review.