Joshua knows the sections and allotted times for each of them on this exam. Today we talked about how the exam will look. Because Joshua could not find his Barron's, we couldn't view a sample, 3-hour examine in its entirety today. He knows he must do this for HW. He also needs to continue reading the Barron's review as we are now up to the 20th century. Joshua says he doesn't like the 20th century and I can respect that, but he must review it! I described the appearance of the DBQ prompt and the following 7 documents again today.

Today we worked on more DBQ strategies that are beneficial before a student even begins to write their DBQ response. Students must
evaluate the question, 7 documents and plan a response within the 60 allotted minutes for this part of the AP exam. Develop claims and arguments they can prove with specific and relevant info from the documents. They must remember to source the documents as they write the essay, but also incorporate relevant evidence from their own knowledge of history to support their essay claims. A thesis must address the prompt, take a position and provide a line of reasoning. We will be spending more time on DBQ. LEQ and SAQ preparation during our four remaining classes.

We reviewed Joshua's work on Chap. 11 & 12 in Barron's. He scored 95% & 100% on the M/C chapter quizzes. Way to go, Joshua! M/C questions have always been one of Joshua's strengths. We continue to work on AP writing - 2/3 of the exam. Today we spent some time on the 2023 DBQ and how to utilize the 7 documents that accompany this 60 minute essay on the AP exam. Today's sample question from the 2023 exam: "Evaluate the extent to which Enlightenment thought continued to influence political and social debates across the world throughout the period 1750-1900." For the next week, we will utilize review from AP Central and Barron's.

We reviewed Joshua's Barron's HW quizzes for the three chapters assigned. Chapters 7 & 9 were 80%, BUT chap. was 95% - a cumulative average of 85%. Today we reviewed Economic Systems from 1450 - 1750. Such topics included things like the Colombian Exchange, Triangular Trade and the influx of precious metals out of the Americas. We're starting with Chapters 10 & 11 review in class on Wed., May 3 in class because Joshua will be taking his Environmental Science AP early tomorrow, May 2.

Joshua scored 80% on Barron's Chap. 6 quiz last night. I sense he is not reviewing for the course or reviewing Barron's as thoroughly as he needs to be prepared for the AP Exam on May 11. Today we continued to review AP MCQ from AP Central. Joshua was reminded to be methodical and answer every question. Also, use chronology and if possible, refer back to the source. Be careful not to skip any questions!

We completed viewing Practice Session #3 from AP Central for a review on how to write a solid LEQ (Long Essay Question). Students will have 100 minutes to write the DBQ (document based question) and one LEQ. About 40 of those 100 minutes should be spent on the LEQ. We examined a sample LEQ re: the Columbian Exchange and how it affected peoples in the Americas from 1450-1750. We went through the best step by step process to evaluate and the question and write a solid LEQ response. We then reviewed the process for the best way to approach the DBQ. On the exam students have to evaluate and incorporate 7 historic documents into their DBQ essay. This essay is the is the longest part of the exam and should take about 60 minutes to write. We've been evaluating and practicing DBQs all year. We are focusing on newer tips from AP Central and we will be doing this with Barron's, too as we continue review for the next two weeks.

In today's class, we reviewed the skills necessary to successfully respond to an FRQ/LEQ (long essay question) by analyzing an example from the 2023 AP exam. Joshua worked on practice exam questions on his own in class. Joshua scored 90% on Barron'swith Chap. 2 Review Quiz that he completed for HW. Joshua scored 80% on Barron's Chap. 4 Quiz and 85% on Barron's Chap. 5 Quiz. We also began to focus on the Document Based Question (DBQ) again this video that provides students with insights, steps and advise for the longest, most complex, 60 minutes essay on the AP exam. We will continue with this tomorrow.

Joshua did not complete the online Unit 7 review he was assigned over the weekend. We even confirmed he had access to it online before the end of school on Fri., 4/20 I have now given him an extension through Wed., 4/26 to complete. Joshua is at a point where he needs to be reviewing nightly for his AP World History Exam. Our classes are now focusing on review, as well. There was some reading and a small quiz in Barron's in addition to the Unit 7 Review assigned over the weekend. We will assess his progress with that very soon. I checked Joshua's room at the start of first period and he is apparently absent today. I will let him know his HW assignments have been extended through 4/26 on AP Central. Joshua was able to complete some review in Barron's over the weekend. During today's remote class, we viewed the first of of 2023 AP On Demand Review Sessions 1 & 2. Joshua asked to play it on his screen and share it with me as the audio worked best for him when we did this. In this video, we'll looked at sample multiple-choice questions. There are only 55 MCQ over the allotted time of 55 min. on the AP Exam. The the second video focused on reviewing the 3 short answer questions and the allotted time is 40 minutes to answer all three SAQs. Joshua thanked me for extending his Unit 7 Review assignment due date and apologized for not doing the majority of his AP HW this weekend.

Joshua was assigned review reading and a small 20-question review quiz in Barron's for HW last night. Joshua scored 80% on the quiz. We then made sure that Joshua's laptop received the Unit 7 online practice test that is due on Mon. 4/24. Joshua will be working on review questions that alternate between AP Central and Barron's every day leading up to the test on May 11. We will also make time in class to watch four helpful videos provided by AP Central.

Today we viewed a short AP Central video. We then used the used examples from the video for Joshua to focus on and again practice the skill of contextualization. After this, Joshua began to work on responding to AP Central questions from the 2020 exam. He moves slowly in class, so completing practice test #3 will take several class sessions.