1. EVERY AP test question will assess one or more of the skills we will cover in this presentation.

2. 1. Analysis of sources
Primary – writing, art, architecture produced BY the people in the period
artifact (a definition to know…)
bias?
Content, author, POV, audience, purpose, format, context, limitations

3. Always CONSIDER THE SOURCE!
1. Analysis of sources
Secondary – writing about primary source information
books, articles, hypotheses (‘professional’ historians)
bias?
This skill is all about authenticity and interpretation of our observations.
Always CONSIDER THE SOURCE!
Evidence, point of argument

4. This skill is all about why things change and why they stay the same.
2. Chronological reasoning
Causation
Continuity and change over time
Periodization
This skill is all about why things change and why they stay the same.

5. This skill is all about how nothing happens in a void.
3. Making connections
Comparing cultures – similarities and differences
Understanding context – what is happening
worldwide
Synthesis – putting it all together
This skill is all about how
nothing happens in a void.

6. 4. Crafting historical argument
Argument = proving a point
This skill is all about using the other 3 skills to prove/validate your
argument.

7. Here is a ‘regular’ World History MC question:
So what does this all mean?
Here is a ‘regular’ World History MC question:
____ 1. When was World War I? (A) (B) (C) (D)

8. Here is an AP World History MC question:
So what does this all mean?
Here is an AP World History MC question:
… Had the war continued until the projected invasion on November 1, additional fire raids of B‑20’s would have been more destructive of life and property than the very limited number of atomic raids which we could have executed in the same period. But the atomic bomb was more than a weapon of terrible destruction; it was a psychological weapon. …
-Henry Lewis Stimson, former Secretary of War, Time article, 1947
___ 1. Which of the following best represents the purpose of Stimson’s statement in the passage above?
A. To apologize for the use of the atomic bomb
B. To question the morality of the use of the atomic bomb
C. To justify the use of the atomic bomb
D. To assess the use of the atomic bomb

9. Here is a ‘regular’ World History SA question:
So what does this all mean?
Here is a ‘regular’ World History SA question:
1. What is a ziggurat?

10. Here is an AP World History SA question:
So what does this all mean?
Here is an AP World History SA question:
1. Compare the construction and purposes of Mesopotamian ziggurats with at least 2 similar monuments during the Ancient Period.

11. Here is a ‘regular’ World History essay question:
So what does this all mean?
Here is a ‘regular’ World History essay question:
1. Identify and describe the 5 Pillars of Islam.
There is no argument here…

12. Here is an AP World History essay question:
So what does this all mean?
Here is an AP World History essay question:
1. Evaluate the extent to which the emergence of Islam in the 7th Century CE can be considered a turning point in world history.
What is the argument here (point to defend)?

13. So what does this all mean?
Do NOT fear this class!
It will be different, but you will gain SKILLS.
You will not just memorize facts (that you will later forget).
I will be with you every step of the way, but you must step with me!

14. So what does this all mean?
Do the work.
Do it YOURSELF.
I understand your ‘need’ for an A, but if that is your end goal, understand that it is not mine.