3. What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions?
The format of the exam is made up of two sections, a 55-minute multiple choice questions, and a 130-minute free-open response question. Before the free-open response, it is mandatory that students have a 15 minute reading, where students will be planning out the answer to the question (DBQ) in part A. The writing proportion for the DBQ is limited to 45 minutes. For part B and C, there are two standard essay questions with the DBQ - it covers from the first European exploration to the present. Students are required to answer one essay question in each part, 70 minutes. The essay questions from part B and C, is suggested that students take 5 mins planning and 30 minutes writing.
4. What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least?
The exam mainly focuses on social change and cultural/intellectual developments for materials and the least on economic developments. The periods from 1790-1914 also a major content area that will be covered. The least covered area would be the Pre-Columbian 1789 period.
5. List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics.
The Great Depression and the New Deal seems interesting as well. Often, I've heard of the Great Depression, I never really knew what it was, or how it was brought to among our Nation. It'd be great to know more about the Great Depression and the New Deal.
The World War II also seems like a huge topic. This topic also interests me, because not only it's about the US, but it includes the relations with other countries that the US once had, or has started
The US and the Early Cold War - I'm quite excited to reach this chapter along the whole year of APUSH. It sounds unusual, but knowing that there's some kind of relations to other countries, I'm interested to know what happened during the Cold War. Also, I have the opportunity to learn about American society and economy and politics back in the Early Cold War.
6. Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process.
Will there be a review before the AP exam?
If time is over, can extra time be given?
If by any chance, the AP exam score is a given 2, how will the college credit be possibly counted?
7. Scroll down to the “Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies” section. Open the article titled “The Origins of American Slavery.”
8. Read through this article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?”
I believe that the article "The Origins of American Slavery" is agreeable and valid. Slavery has always been a prominent part in early American history. It was practiced for thousands of years in many cultures and countries. Many believed that slaves were necessary for not only the economy, but social status as well. It was natural to have slaves around, they were considered important. However the slaves are treated as property and worthless otherwise. Slavery has always played an important role in American society as well as other countries back then.
Therefore, stating that slavery is a "peculiar institution", is false, since slavery was established ever since then to boost up the economy. Slavery is considered a "peculiar institution", because anyone from any social class and race can be enslaved. It is evident that slaves are human beings and yet they are treated as if they were property - trash even. Rash slave owners are oblivious that their slaves are the ones working hard to help them sustain good economy in American society. There were only black slaves, because people believed that they weren't citizens, and that they didn't have natural rights. Such is true, this eliminates the idea and belief of "every men is born with natural rights". Eventually race became a factor when gathering slaves.
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resource: AP website3. What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions?
4. What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least?
5. List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics.
6. Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process.
7. Scroll down to the “Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies” section. Open the article titled “The Origins of American Slavery.”
8. Read through this article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?”
I believe that the article "The Origins of American Slavery" is agreeable and valid. Slavery has always been a prominent part in early American history. It was practiced for thousands of years in many cultures and countries. Many believed that slaves were necessary for not only the economy, but social status as well. It was natural to have slaves around, they were considered important. However the slaves are treated as property and worthless otherwise.
Slavery has always played an important role in American society as well as other countries back then.
Therefore, stating that slavery is a "peculiar institution", is false, since slavery was established ever since then to boost up the economy. Slavery is considered a "peculiar institution", because anyone from any social class and race can be enslaved. It is evident that slaves are human beings and yet they are treated as if they were property - trash even. Rash slave owners are oblivious that their slaves are the ones working hard to help them sustain good economy in American society. There were only black slaves, because people believed that they weren't citizens, and that they didn't have natural rights. Such is true, this eliminates the idea and belief of "every men is born with natural rights". Eventually race became a factor when gathering slaves.