On the redesigned AP European History exam, skills matter much more than memorized content. Written responses account for 60% of your final score. A new style of multiple-choice question requires you to quickly and correctly analyze historical documents. Mastering the Essay will equip you with ALL of the tools you need to move confidently through your AP Euro course, and earn a 5 on the exam in May.Mastering the Essay comes in two parts: an Instructional Handbook and an Exercise Workbook. The Instructional Handbook gives you step-by-step guidance toward developing a writing process that will help you earn every possible point on the exam essays. Additionally, the Handbook offers guided examples for all of the exercise types included in the Exercise Workbook.-- Based around a simple but powerful SIX-STEP WRITING PROCESS developed and tested by an experienced AP Euro teacher and exam reader, and then tested and approved by dozens of other AP Euro teachers and exam readers-- Detailed guidance on the new source-based MULTIPLE-CHOICE question style, as well as the brand new SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION format - with guided examples and exercises-- An easy and effective DOCUMENT ANALYSIS STRATEGY for tackling the primary source documents found in 3 of the 4 sections of the exam-- ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY so you can use Mastering the Essay in coordination with the topics and themes covered in your class lectures and textbook readings-- Invaluable EXAM PREPAREDNESS TIPS and a comprehensive list of KEY TERMS covering the entire newly redesigned College Board recommended AP European History course outline

Mastering the Essay - AP* European History Edition - Instructional Handbook: Advanced Writing and Historical Thinking Skills for AP European History

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Maccarella, Tony

College & High School

Sherpa Learning, LLC

On the redesigned AP European History exam, skills matter much more than memorized content. Written responses account for 60% of your final score. A new style of multiple-choice question requires you to quickly and correctly analyze historical documents. Mastering the Essay will equip you with ALL of the tools you need to move confidently through your AP Euro course, and earn a 5 on the exam in May. Mastering the Essay comes in two parts: an Instructional Handbook and an Exercise Workbook. The Workbook contains over 100 practice exercises designed to strengthen the skills introduced in the Instructional Handbook. Additionally, the Workbook includes three Practice Tests (writing sections only), as well as complete answers and explanations for each and every exercise. -- OVER 100 EXERCISES focused on building essential skills, like thesis development, document analysis, use of supporting evidence, synthesis and contextualization, and analytical transitions -- 30 full-length DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTIONS, written by an expert exam reader and approved by dozens of other exam readers -- COMPLETE ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS for each and every exercise -- All exercise sets are ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY so you can choose exercises that coordinate with the topics and themes covered in class and in your textbook readings -- Developed by a small business focused exclusively on delivering Advanced Placement resources of the highest quality, not by a conglomerate-owned corporation focused exclusively on the bottom-line

Mastering the Essay - AP* European History Edition - Exercise Workbook

On the redesigned AP World History exam, skills matter much more than memorized content. Written responses account for 60% of your final score. A new style of multiple-choice question requires you to quickly and correctly analyze historical documents. Mastering the Essay will equip you with ALL of the tools you need to move confidently through your AP World course, and earn a 5 on the exam in May.Mastering the Essay comes in two parts: an Instructional Handbook and an Exercise Workbook (coming soon). The Instructional Handbook gives you step-by-step guidance toward developing a writing process that will help you earn every possible point on the exam essays. Additionally, the Handbook offers guided examples for all of the exercise types included in the Exercise Workbook.• Based around a simple but powerful SIX-STEP WRITING PROCESS developed and tested by an experienced AP teacher and exam reader, and then tested and approved by dozens of other AP World teachers and exam readers.• Detailed guidance on the new source-based MULTIPLE-CHOICE question style, as well as the brand new SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION format - with guided examples and exercises.• An easy and effective DOCUMENT ANALYSIS STRATEGY for tackling the primary source documents found in 3 of the 4 sections of the exam.• ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY so you can use Mastering the Essay in coordination with the topics and themes covered in your class lectures and textbook readings.• Invaluable EXAM PREPAREDNESS TIPS and a comprehensive list of KEY TERMS covering the entire newly redesigned College Board recommended AP World History course outline.

Mastering the Essay - AP* World History Edition, Instructional Handbook

History

World

Historical documents are more than just windows into the past; they’re also standard fare for pretty much every history course. MDA gives you a simple 3-step approach so you can extract information, develop a contextual understanding, and assess sources as historical evidence. Individual lessons provide guided examples for every type of primary and secondary source, including letters, speeches, memoirs, charts, photographs, poetry, textbooks, fiction, political cartoons, newspapers, and more.

Mastering Document Analysis

Historical Study & Educational Resources

On the redesigned AP World History exam, skills matter much more than memorized content. Written responses account for 60% of your final score. A new style of multiple-choice question requires you to quickly and correctly analyze historical documents. Mastering the Essay will equip you with ALL of the tools you need to move confidently through your AP World course, and earn a 5 on the exam in May. Mastering the Essay comes in two parts: an Instructional Handbook and an Exercise Workbook. The Workbook contains practice exercises designed to strengthen the skills introduced in the Instructional Handbook. The Workbook includes: • OVER 80 EXERCISES focused on building essential skills, like thesis development, document analysis, use of supporting evidence, contextualization, and analytical transitions • 14 full-length DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTIONS • A simple 3-step method for analyzing historical documents and nearly 100 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES • COMPLETE ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS for each and every exercise • Exercise sets that are ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY so you can choose exercises that coordinate with the topics and themes covered in class and in your textbook readings

Mastering the Essay: AP* World History Edition (Exercise Workbook)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching