<p>is there a certain length that college board expects us to write on the apush essays? ap world history has clear rubrics to base</p>
<p>...the essays on, but apsuh does not have these rubrics. so, should i be writing 4 paragraphs? 5? any info helps!</p>
<p>help please :)</p>
<p>If you write at least 3 paragraphs, you'll be fine.</p>
<p>It depends entirely on the question. You should answer the question fully and completely. </p>
<p>One of the secrets to good essay writing for APUS/World: they usually give you the organization of your essay in the question. </p>
<p>For example: </p>
<p>Question 2, 1999 exam:
How did TWO of the following contribute to the reemergence of a two party system in the period 1820 to 1840? </p>
<p>-Major political personalities
-States' rights
-Economic issues </p>
<p>In that essay, you're going to have two body paragraphs, one for each of the two 'things' in the list. In each paragraph, you explain how that thing contributed to the reeemergence of a two party system. The intro paragraph should explain how the political parties in the U.S. were organized prior to the reeemergence of the two party system. </p>
<p>Another example:<br>
Question 5, from the 1999 exam again: </p>
<p>Asses the success of the United States policy of containment in Asia between 1945 and 1975. </p>
<p>In this case, you have to come up with the critera on which you are judging success. You need to come up with several categories in which sucess can be assessed. If I were writing this question, I would use specific struggles in Asia, like the Korean War, or Vietnam, and look at the U.S. success in containment in those instances. If it says asses, you also need to name a degree of success. In this case, you can write paragraphs for as many criteria as you have meaningful information on. You could have four body paragraphs, or three, or two. It all depends on you. </p>
<p>I don't know how well I explained that. I do essay organization by intuition; I look at a question and immediately know how to organize it. Let me know if I was unclear anywhere.</p>