<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm not the best when it comes to history, and I'm worried about the essay. I do fine on the multiple choice because most of the time I use the eliminate the choices successfully and the question gives me context to refresh my memory. However, when it comes to the Free Response essay, I'm worried because I can't pull out specific facts out of nowhere and write 3-4 pages of it. Anybody else have this problem??</p>
<p>Test is tomorrow, any tips for me?? Also, what grade would an essay get if it is kind of general but sticks to the topic and addresses the question asked? </p>
<p>help!</p>
<p>high 5 to a low 8 i'd say...im only speculating...takin it tommorow</p>
<p>for today, just outline major essay topics. One of them is gonna be bound on the test b/c you get to choose (even if it's not, it's gonna help you write essay in similar time period.)</p>
<p>Also, if you get 60+ on the MC, your brain should muster enough info, hopefully.</p>
<p>I dont really have time to practice, so I[m, looking through all the essay answers in REA with reasonably broad topics . . . </p>
<p>Good or Bad idea ?</p>
<p>Good thing the free response essays only call for 2-3 pages, and even essays that scored 8-9 were only 2 and a half pages long.</p>
<p>According to the scoring rubric, the 5-7 essay contains a clear thesis that may only be partially developed. So if you cannot pull out that much information, you can still score reasonably well. But it seems as if they essays that simply relay the facts do not score as well as the essays that discuss and analyze that period and offer clear statements with clear explanations supporting the thesis. You do not have to pack paragraphs with practically useless information, names, dates, etc. to earn as many points as you can.</p>
<p>Also, I think ETS constructs essay questions differently. Princeton Review does a better job to mock the actual AP questions, while REA is more concerned with minutiae and not with the analyses that needs to go into essays for the AP.</p>
<p>Some examples of actual essay questions are:
How did economic, geographic, and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of the southern colonies bteween 1607 and 1775?</p>
<p>The Jacksonian Period (1824-1848) has been celebrated as the era of the "common man." To what extent did the period live up to its characterization? Consider TWO fo the following in your response.
Economic development
Politics
Reform Movement</p>
<p>How and why did the tansportation developments spark economic growth during the period from 1860 to 1900 in the US?</p>
<p>Describe and account for the rise of nativism in American society from 1900 to 1930.</p>
<p>As you can see, to answer these questions you need less knowledge about specific events, rather a deeper understanding of the period, and with that, pull out certain events pertitent to the topic. When you see the question, you should keep in mind the period and the nature of society. So it is less of a burden to pull events from no where. Rather you must pick events that personify characteristics of the period, and analyze them in order to support your thesis.</p>
<p>josh where are those essay qeustions from??</p>
<p>Those essay prompts are from the 2001 exam.</p>
<p>agrophobic- i feel like i'm in the exact same situation. on the multiple choice, i've been getting in the low 70s to mid 60s raw, but we've only done 3 essays or so the entire year! i think i'm just gonna wing it though, I used to write a lot of essays like these for world ap last year, where sometimes, random information would just pop into my head. the only thing I'm sort of worried about is the time-30 minutes. i do a horrible job at pacing myself.</p>
<p>at least you're goon on SOMETHING
it feels like I know NOTHING, haha I hope I prove myself wrong tomorrow</p>