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THE AP U.S. History ExamHOORRRRAAAAYYY!!!!!

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The Essay aspect:

But this is English class...why are we even talking about

USHistory!???

You are graded on how you write your essays!

Enter - ENGLISHCLASS!

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Connect to writing skills you already know!

You'll have a total of70 minutesfor the

standard essay questions.

It's recommended that you spend 35 minutes

on each essay:

5 minutes planning

30 minutes writing.

Thats Right!

Pre-write!!!

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Some questions are based on literary materials

but ...

The emphasis will be on the relationshipbetween

The material rerfrerf

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tan ar essays w e u ge

on:

- The strength of the thesis developed

- the quality of the historical argument,

and the evidence offered in support of the argume

Understand the question!

Use it to do the pre-write!

Are you using all the info provided?

Are you making an argument?

EVIDENCE! Think MELCon

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Lets look at a question!

Analyze the political, diplomatic, andmilitary reasons for the United States

victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine

your answer to the period 17751783.

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Analyze The Question

Provide the information

State your opinion

Support it with evidence

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political, diplomatic, and military reasons

Make sure you cover all three in

your pre- rite!

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for the United States victory in theRevolutionary War.

The qualifier! This is the word you must

include in your th

esis!

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Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the

Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 17751783.

Victory in

Rev War

politicalpolitical

diplomaticdiplomatic

MilitaryMilitaryDont forget the

WWWW!

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Now you try one!A

nalyze the home-front experiences of TWO

ofthe following groups during the Second World

War:

African AmericansJapanese Americans

Jewish Americans

Mexican Americans

What will yourpre-write look

like?

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One more TIME! :)1. The United States decision to drop an atomic

bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measurecalculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the

post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly

military measure designed to force Japan's

unconditional surrender.

Evaluate this statement using the documents and

your knowledge of the military and diplomatichistory of the years 1939 through 1947.

Think about the question. Design a pre-write

that will cover all needed information!

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Now - Complete from start to finish!

How did goals, strategies, and support for the

movement forAfrican-American civil rightschange in the 1960s?

Which word MUST be included in your thesis?