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The AP Exam for 2020 is TOTALLY different. For the AP Histories (World History, US History, European History) students will have 45 minutes to write a MODIFIED Document Based Questions (DBQ). Becaus ... e of this, there is DIFFERENT Rubric. This essAY will hAVe 5 documents, with one being A non-text bAsed source (like An imAge). This question Assesses students’ Ability to: • Respond to the prompt with A historicAlly defensible thesis or clAim thAt estAblishes A line of REAsoning. • Describe A broAder historicAl context relevAnt to the prompt. • Support An Argument in response to the prompt using At lEAst 4 documents. • Use At lEAst 2 AdditionAl pieces of specific historicAl evidence (beyond thAt found in the documents) relevAnt to An Argument About the prompt. • For At lEAst 2 documents, explAin how or why the document’s point of view, purpose, historicAl situAtion, And/or Audience is relevAnt to An Argument. • Use evidence to corroboRAte, quAlify, or modify An Argument thAt Addresses the prompt. CAtegory Points Scoring CriteriA Thesis/ClAim *This point hAs NOT chAnged* 1 To eArn this point, the thesis must mAke A clAim thAt responds to the prompt rAther thAn restAting or rephrAsing the prompt. The thesis must consist of one or more sentences locAted in one plAce, either in the introduction or the conclusion. ContextuAlizAtion *This point hAs NOT chAnged* 1 To eArn this point, the response must relAte the topic of the prompt to broAder historicAl events, developments, or processes thAt occur before, during, or continue After the time frAme of the question. This point is not AwArded for merely A phrAse or reference & must connect to the question. Evidence from the Documents *This point HAS CHAnged* 0-3 To eArn one point, the response must AccurAtely describe—rAther thAn simply quote— the content from At leAst two of the documents. To eArn two points, the response must AccurAtely describe—rAther thAn simply quote— the content from At leAst two documents. In Addition, the response must use the content of the documents to support An Argument in response to the prompt. To eArn three points, the response must AccurAtely describe—rAther thAn simply quote —the content from At leAst four documents. In Addition, the response must use the content of the documents to support An Argument in response to the prompt. OUTSIDE Evidence *This point HAS CHAnged* 0-2 The response must describe the evidence ANd must use more thAN A phRASe or reference. This AdditionAl piece of evidence must be different from the evidence used to eArn the point for contextuAliZAtion. To eArn one point, use At leAst one AdditionAl piece of the specific historicAl evidence (beyond thAt found in the documents) relevAnt to An Argument About the prompt. To eArn two points, describes A second piece of specific historicAl evidence (beyond thAt found in the documents) relevAnt to An Argument About the prompt. AnAlysis & ReAsoning *This point HAS CHAnged* 0-3 Sourcing - To eArn one point: For one document, explAins how or why the document’s point of view, purpose, historicAl situAtion, And/or Audience is relevAnt to An Argument. Sourcing – To eArn A second point: For A second document, explAins how or why the document’s point of view, purpose, historicAl situAtion, And/or Audience is relevAnt to An Argument. Complexity – For one point: DemonstrAtes A complex understAnding of the historicAl development thAt is the focus of the prompt, using evidence to corroborAte, quAlify, or modify An Argument thAt Addresses the question. Total Points: 10! [Show More]

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