<p>Hi I have a bad teacher for AP Euro and I would like some tips for the FRQ and DBQ. We have done practice FRQ and DBQs but never received any approach or advice or even feedback. I have read the sections in the back of Crash Course but I'd still like some tips/helpers.</p>
<p>Thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssss</p>
<p>I think me teacher had some pretty good tips on both essays:
DBQ’s - The DBQ’s, according to my teacher, are much less about what knowledge you know about the subjct and more about how well you can analyze and use the documents. You should be able to apply certain aspects of the author of the document (such as position in a bureacracy, affiliation, religion, etc.) and how this may bias his/her point of view.
FRQ - These are also important. My teacher told use two big things: Names and Primary Examples. For the first one, he said to be a name dropper, someone who can point out names of certain people who did certain things left and right. Secondly, he stressed using primary examples. An astonishing fact that he said was that %60**** of FRQ writers fail to use primary examples!
By the way, primary examples are as such:
Prompt: How was Louis XIV able to centralize?
Primary Examples: intendents, Edict of Fontainebleau, Ministry positions, the Fronde wars, etc.
Good luck!</p>
<p>DBQ:
ANSWER THE QUESTION! - The one thing you HAVE to make sure you do is answer ALL PARTS of the question. The AP examiners (who will be grading your essay) are given a rubric, which can be found by a simple google search. On the rubric, it says:</p>
<p>Award points if the student…
-Answered ALL parts of the question.
-Had a CLEAR THESIS.
-Used facts to support the thesis.
-Used ALL documents (though you can usually omit 1-2 docs).
-Used point of view/document bias, which means you must analyze if there is bias in a document. This is EXTREMELY important (Analyze bias in AT LEAST 3 docs for credit!)</p>
<p>Ex. You’re writing about the views on Hitler’s oppressive regime. One article, by a LIBERAL newspaper, calls him a complete a** h***. This would clearly be a liberal bias! But, another doc shows a FASCIST GOV’T-RUN NEWSPAPER that calls him an extraordinary leader. This is also clear bias because a) Fascist clearly means that the writer will support Hitler, a fascist. and b) It is gov’t run, so censorship existed and thus Hitler would never allow anything that denounces him in the newspaper.</p>
<p>That is as clear as it gets.</p>
<p>Oh, and I almost forgot…GROUPING!
You have to group docs into at least 3 groups, I believe, for full credit. Group them into areas of analysis (as my teacher likes to call them), which will become your 3 body paragraphs. Group based on whatever factors you like:</p>
<p>Ex. If a document says, “What were the responses to Napoleon’s Rule?,” just a random example:</p>
<p>1st grouping: People/Documents that SUPPORT his rule
2nd grouping: People/Documents that DETEST his rule
3rd grouping: People/Documents that are NEUTRAL</p>
<p>Also, within each grouping try and SUBDIVIDE.</p>
<p>For ex.
Group 1:
-People who supported his military/foreign policy
-People who supported his domestic policy
-People who supported his reforms</p>
<p>You get my drift…</p>
<p>Sorry, that’s all for now…Hope that helped! Good Luck!!!</p>
<p>Strong thesis+ 3 groups+ outside info. (and Pov for DBQ)= at least a 6</p>
<p>just keep a broad perspective of the timeline that the frq’s are set in.
remember key people, events, and outcomes.</p>
<p>good luck 
im taking the exam in like… two and a half hours</p>