APUSH NAT-EXAM 2020

Mr. Pustay's Farewell Tour

APUSH NATIONAL EXAM 2020

AMSCO

APUSH FRAMEWORK

Overview
It is an expectation that students enrolled in AP U.S. History will take the AP U.S. History Exam in May. Written by a committee of college and university faculty and experienced AP teachers, the AP Exam is the culmination of the AP course and provides students with the opportunity to earn credit and/or placement in college based on the score they achieve on the exam. Colleges and universities set their own criteria for how many credits students may earn based on their exam score.
Exam Description
The AP U.S. History Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and includes both a 105-minute multiple-choice/short answer section and a 90-minute free-response section. Each section is divided into two parts, as shown in the table below. Student performance on these four parts will be compiled and weighted to determine an AP Exam score.
How Student Learning Is Assessed on the AP Exam

The AP U.S. History Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and has a multiple choice/short answer section and a free response section. Each section is divided into two parts.

Section I — Part A: Multiple Choice | 55 Questions | 55 minutes | 40% of Exam Score

Questions appear in sets of 2 to 5.
You’ll be asked to analyze historical texts, interpretations, and evidence.
Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs, and maps are included.

Section I — Part B: Short Answer | 3 Questions | 40 minutes | 20% of Exam Score

Analyze historians’ interpretations, historical sources, and propositions about history.
Questions provide opportunities for you to demonstrate what you know best.
Some questions include texts, images, graphs, or maps.
You’ll have a choice between two options for the final required short- answer question, each one focusing on a different time period.
- Question 1 (required): periods 3-8
- Question 2 (required): periods 3-8
- Choose between Question 3, periods 1-5, and Question 4, periods 6-9

Section II — Part A: Document Based | 1 Question | 60 minutes (includes a 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score

Assess written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.
Develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The document-based question will focus on topics from periods 3-8.

Section II — Part B: Long Essay | 1 Question | 40 minutes | 15% of Exam Score

Explain and analyze significant issues in U.S. history.
Develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
You’ll select from one of three essay choices, each focusing on the same theme and skill but different time periods:
- Option 1: period 1-3
- Option 2: periods 4-6
- Option 3: periods 7-9

How your learning will be assessed on the AP Exam:
The following are general parameters about the relationship between the components of the course framework and the questions that will be asked on the AP Exam:

Each AP Exam question measures your ability to apply historical practices and reasoning to one or more of the thematic learning objectives.
Multiple-choice questions expect that you’re familiar enough with the concept statements in each period of U.S. history to be able to answer questions about related primary and secondary source material.
All free-response questions reward you for accurately explaining the historical content your local curriculum focused on for each concept statement.
The coverage of the periods in the exam as a whole will reflect the approximate period weightings (see the table on page 19 of the Course and Exam Description).
Document-based and long essay questions may span more than one period, requiring you to address events or documents from multiple periods of the course.
Your understanding of all themes and periods of U.S. history will be assessed on the exam. The periods and skills that can be addressed in different sections of the exam are specified in the AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description (PDF/2.7MB).

APUSH STUDY REVIEW SESSION #1
MARCH 24 - 29, 2020

I'm not sure what COLLEGE BOARD will do for the AP TESTING. We will have to "wait & see," but you MUST continue to study for them nonetheless as if the date [May 8th] is still a good date, or whether it will be moved.

THIS WEEK there are FOUR ASSIGNMENTS. You'll note the to the left, are images of AMSCO & APUSH FRAMEWORK. AMSCO provides you the majority of what EVIDENCE, FACTS, DETAILS & SPECIFICS you would ever need for the NATIONAL EXAM. The FRAMEWORK [to the left] tells you the depth of what COLLEGE BOARD wants you to know for the NATIONAL EXAM. I've covered this several times this past year. I would recommend you go over both as you REVIEW & REINFORCE for the NATIONAL EXAM. In addition, we will continue to OUR GOOGLE CALENDAR to assist in what we are doing in REVIEW SESSIONS. This REVIEW SESSION covers through PERIOD 2. DO NOT go into PERIOD 3 yet, as that is still being developed.

Your FIRST ASSIGNMENT is to ACCESS GOOGLE CALENDAR. Many of you were given the CODE on Friday, March 13th. If you did not receive one due to WILDCAT CHALLENGE, or an ABSENCE, I am asking MR FLEMING what may be a good way of communicating the CODE to you. Once I know, you will know.

Once we get the CODE, go to GOOGLE CLASSROOM and your specific CLASS. Please JOIN quickly once I communicate the CODE to you.

The SECOND ASSIGNMENT is to ACCESS TESTMOZ.

I am asking students to use the TESTMOZ URL: testmoz.com/2560917
ENTER LAST NAME, FIRST LETTER OF YOUR FIRST NAME & CLASS PERIOD. SELECT THE "START" BUTTON. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT SCREEN YOU'LL SEE IS THE QUESTION[S] ITSELF. IT IS SELF EXPLANATORY. ONCE DONE, SELECT "SUBMIT." Your responses [and later, scores] will archive in a database for me. We will use this TESTMOZ engine for future uses.

Your THIRD ASSIGNMENT is to REVIEW & REINFORCE the VIDEOS & PPTs found on SESSION 1.

Your FOURTH ASSIGNMENT is to go to TESTMOZ . URL: testmoz.com/2564055. This will tell me if you REVIEWED & REINFORCED via the VIDEOS & PPTS. Like before, ENTER LAST NAME, FIRST LETTER OF YOUR FIRST NAME & CLASS PERIOD. SELECT THE "START" BUTTON. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT SCREEN YOU'LL SEE IS THE QUESTION[S] ITSELF. IT IS SELF EXPLANATORY. ONCE DONE, SELECT "SUBMIT." Your responses [and later, scores] will archive in a database for me. We will use this TESTMOZ engine for future uses.

GILDER LEHRMAN & KHAN ACADEMY VIDEOS

Your THIRD ASSIGNMENT is to VIEW the ENTIRE SHORT VIDEOS which will explain the NATIONAL EXAM TEST, and how to take the MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, DBQ, LEQ & SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS. There is an additional video on the CHANGES LAST YEAR.

PPT: APUSH REVIEW: The Enlightenment

PPT: APUSH REVIEW: The Chesapeake Colonies

PPT: APUSH REVIEW: New England Colonies

APUSH STUDY REVIEW SESSION #1
MARCH 24 - 29, 2020
PERIOD 1

REVIEW SESSION only had 2-students who showed up. They wanted to talk about the CIVIL WAR, so we talked about the CIVIL WAR until 1630. However, you can ACCESS the key POWERPOINTS & VIDEOS of material for PERIOD 1 by HYPERLINKING on the BUTTONS (below)

PPT: APUSH Review: Spanish, English, French & Dutch Colonization

PPT: APUSH Review: Pope's Rebellion

PPT: APUSH REVIEW: Metacom’s (king Philip’s) War

PPT: MARKET & TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTIONS

PPT: VAN BUREN, HARRISON & THE WHIGS

PDF: PRESIDENCY OF ANDREW JACKSON WS

PDF: GROWTH OF JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY WS

APUSH STUDY REVIEW SESSION #1
MARCH 24 - 29, 2020
PERIOD 2

PERIOD 2 OVERVIEW HANDOUT

PERIOD 2 FORMATIVE/STIMULANT PRACTICE QUESTIONS

PPT: PERIOD 5/VARIOUS PROMPTS

PPT: ANTEBELLUM REFORMERS

GILDER LEHRMAN VIDEO: PERIOD 3

APUSH REVIEW: KEY CONCEPT 3.1

APUSH REVIEW: KEY CONCEPT 3.2

KHAN ACADEMY: CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

KHAN ACADEMY: SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF REVOLUTIONARY IDEALS

KHAN ACADEMY: FRENCH & INDIAN WAR [PART 1]

KHAN ACADEMY: FRENCH & INDIAN WAR [PART 2]

KHAN ACADEMY: ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

APUSH STUDY REVIEW SESSION #2
PERIOD 3
MARCH 31st - APRIL 6th

PERIOD 4 material will begin to show up before APRIL 6th

I've being facilitating APUSH for over 14 years, and the REVIEW & REINFORCEMENT videos, PPTs, etc. will help you pass the NATIONAL EXAM. This is an unusual time, and honestly ... not sure if COLLEGE BOARD will postpone the AP NATIONAL EXAM. However, without that information, we must assume it stays the same in May 2020.

So, your first task is to REVIEW & REINFORCE PERIOD 3 material. I have posted GILDER LEHRMAN and KHAN ACADEMY videos which if you go through them and pay attention to the contents, you will have no difficulty understanding PERIOD 3.

When you take the TESTMOZ ONLINE TEST [below], please remember I MUST TAKE your FIRST SUBMISSION only. There is always a CAVEAT, right? If you lose power, or some other technical issue, you have FIVE MINUTES ONLY to get back into the exam AND EMAIL me an explanation please. This way I will more than likely take your second submission. Okay, here we go on instructions for TESTMOZ.

TESTMOZ ACCESS: URL: testmoz.com/2568493. DEADLINE: April 6th 11:59 pm. Please remember you may take the test earlier, but I must keep that submission.

Please type in the URL which will take you to the following screens.

ENTER your LAST NAME, FIRST LETTER OF YOUR FIRST NAME & CLASS PERIOD [as the example below shows].

This will take you to the TEST. There are 33 QUESTIONS.

REMEMBER once you begin the TEST you must FINISH it and not SAVE it and RETURN LATER. In terms of EARNED GRADE, I MUST take the FIRST SUBMISSION. As it shows below, SELECT - SUBMIT.