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AP WORLD HISTORY (SECONDARY) ESSENTIAL UNIT 1 (E01) (Writing the AP World History Essay) (July 2015) Unit Statement: The student will practice writing essays required for the mastery of the AP World History examination. Important skills include analysis of documents as well as the use of historical evidence to analyze continuities and changes over time and make comparisons between regions. This unit will complement the essential units by requiring heavy emphasis on historical writing. Essential Outcomes: (must be assessed for mastery) 1. The Student Will assess student sample essays provided by the AP College Board. 2. TSW analyze and synthesize historical data. (AP Course Outline: The AP World History Exam) 3. TSW assess verbal, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence. (AP Course Outline: The AP World History Exam) 4. TSW formulate thesis statements and support them with relevant evidence. (AP Course Outline: The AP World History Exam) 5. TSW explain and analyze significant issues in World History. (AP Course Outline: The AP World History Exam) 6. TSW construct several five-paragraph essays on various significant historical issues in World History. 7. TSW assess and peer edit essays. 8. TSW discuss and reflect on the essays. 9. TSW rewrite essays based on improvements suggested by peer-edits, discussion, and reflection. Suggested Materials: AP World History Course and Exam Description 2011 5 QSI AP WORLD HISTORY SEC E01 Copyright © 1988-2015 Technology Links: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/4484.html?excmpid =MTG243-PR-16-cd The AP College Board website provides a plethora of resources for the AP World History exam. These resources include lesson plans, documents, practice questions and student samples and scores for essay writing. Suggested Assessment Tools and Strategies: 1. Grade student essays provided by the AP College Board; compare grades assigned by the student to those assigned by the AP readers. 2. Practice writing thesis statements. 3. Construct answers to Document Based Questions 4. Construct answers to long essay questions; especially with continuity and change over time in and among the AP themes. RUBRIC FOUND ON FOLLOWING PAGE………………………………………. 6 QSI AP WORLD HISTORY SEC E01 Copyright © 1988-2015 Suggested Essential Unit 1 (E01) Rubric: Name _____________________________________Class________ Date _______________ All TSW’s must be mastered for a ‘B’. 3 of 6 A-level blocks should be met for an ‘A’. Teachers may choose to use their own rubrics; however, all TSW’s must be assessed. Student Name:___________________________________ Date: ___________________ TSW ‘A’-Level 1. Assess student sample essays provided by the AP College Board. 2. Analyze and synthesize historical Analyze and synthesize data. historical data; offering original insight and/or a number of specific details. 3. Assess verbal, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence. Assess verbal, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence; offering original insight and/or a number of specific details. 4. Formulate thesis statements and support them with relevant evidence. 5. Explain and analyze significant issues in World History. In the thesis statements, the student creates an analytical statement in response to the essay prompt. Explain and analyze significant issues in World History; offering original insight and/or a number of specific details. 6. Construct several fiveparagraph essays on various significant historical issues in World History. 7. Assess and peer edit essays. 8. Discuss and reflect on the improvement of their essay. 9. Rewrite essays based on improvements suggested by peer-edits, discussion, and reflection. Construct several well developed and analytical five-paragraph essays on various significant historical issues in World History. Effectively rewrite essays evidently based on improvements suggested by peer-edits, discussion, and reflection. 7 QSI AP WORLD HISTORY SEC E01 Copyright © 1988-2015 ‘B’-Level Assess student sample essays provided by the AP College Board. Analyze and synthesize historical data; offering general ideas formulated by the instructor or textbook. Assess verbal, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence; offering general ideas formulated by the instructor or textbook. In the thesis statements, the student simply restates the essay prompt. Explain and analyze significant issues in World History; offering general ideas formulated by the instructor or textbook. Construct several five-paragraph essays on various significant historical issues in World History. Assess and peer edit essays. Discuss and reflect on the improvement of their essay. Rewrite essays based on improvements suggested by peeredits, discussion, and reflection. Notes AP WORLD HISTORY Rubric for a Document Based Questions (DBQ) BASIC CORE (competence) 0-7 Points 1. Has acceptable thesis 1 Point 2. Understands the basic meaning of documents. (May misinterpret one document.) 1 Point 3. Supports thesis with appropriate evidence from all documents. 2 Points (Supports thesis with appropriate evidence from all but one document) (1 Point) 4. Analyzes point of view in all or all but one of the documents 1 Point 5. Analyzes documents by grouping them in two or three ways, depending on the question 1 Point 6. Identifies and explains the need for one type of appropriate additional document or source 1 Point Subtotal /7 Points EXPANDED CORE (excellence) (Historical skills and knowledge required to show excellence) Expands beyond basic core of 1-7 points. A student must earn 7 points in the basic core area before earning points in the expanded core area. Examples: 0-2 Points Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis Shows careful and insightful analysis of the documents Uses documents persuasively as evidence Analyzes point of view in most or all documents Analyzes the documents in additional ways - groupings, comparisons, syntheses Brings in relevant "outside" historical content Explains why additional types of document(s) or sources are needed Subtotal /2 Points TOTAL /9 Points 8 QSI AP WORLD HISTORY SEC E01 Copyright © 1988-2015 AP WORLD HISTORY Rubric for a Comparative Historical Essay Name_________________________ BASIC CORE (competence) (Historical skills and knowledge required to show competence) 0-7 Points 1. Has acceptable thesis (Addresses comparison of the issues or themes specified) 1 Point 2. Addresses all parts of the question, though not necessarily evenly or thoroughly 2 Points (Addresses most parts of the question: for example, deals with differences but not similarities) (1 Point) 3. Substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence 2 Points (Partially substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence) (1 Point) 4. Makes at least one or two relevant, direct comparisons between or among societies 1 Point 5. Analyzes at least one reason for a similarity or difference identified in a direct comparison 1 Point Subtotal /7 Points EXPANDED CORE (excellence) (Historical skills and knowledge required to show excellence) Expands beyond basic core of 1-7 points. A student must earn 7 points in the basic core area before earning points in the expanded core area. Examples: Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis Addresses all parts of the question (as relevant): comparisons, chronology, causation, connections, themes, interactions, content Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate thesis Relates comparisons to larger global context Makes several direct comparisons consistently between or among societies Consistently analyzes the causes and effects of relevant similarities and differences 0-2 Points Subtotal /2 Points TOTAL /9 Points 9 QSI AP WORLD HISTORY SEC E01 Copyright © 1988-2015 AP WORLD HISTORY Rubric for a Continuity and Change Over Time Essay Name_______________________ BASIC CORE (competence) (Historical skills and knowledge required to show competence) 0-7 Points 1. Has acceptable thesis (Addresses global issues and the time period(s) specified) 1 Point 2. Addresses all parts of the question, though not necessarily evenly or thoroughly 2 Points (Addresses most parts of the question: for example, addresses change but not continuity) (1 Point) 3. Substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence 2 Points (Partially substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence) (1 Point) 4. Uses relevant world historical context effectively to explain change over time and/or continuity 1 Point 5. Analyzes the process of change over time and/or continuity 1 Point Subtotal /7 Points EXPANDED CORE (excellence) (Historical skills and knowledge required to show excellence) Expands beyond basic core of 1-7 points. A student must earn 7 points in the basic core area before earning points in the expanded core area. Examples: 0-2 Points Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis Analyzes all issues of the question (as relevant): global context, chronology, causation, change, continuity, effects, content Addresses all parts of the question evenly Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate thesis Provides links with relevant ideas, events, trends in an innovative way Subtotal /2 Points TOTAL /9 Points 10 QSI AP WORLD HISTORY SEC E01 Copyright © 1988-2015