Actually, the school called me. I told them I was feeling like poo (no pun intended) and I asked her about the makeup test and the way she told me “we’ll talk about it when you get back” says a lot. No regrets though, I’m not going to spend the entire test feeling like I shouldn’t be there.</p>
bandwagon what did you read wrong on the DBQ?</p>
I loved it personally. I could write a novel on Nixon. Political parties one was also pretty easy and straightforward.</p>
I didn’t read the part where it said we had to analyze his reactions, as well as his issues. So I basically wrote half my essay analyzing the issues he encountered. ■■■</p>
how are inaccuracies graded? like u say someone supports this but they dont?</p>
I thought it was pretty good! A lot of freaking out for nothing. The multiple choice was probably a little harder than I thought it would be, but I’m pretty sure I got at least 60/80. The DBQ was great; I knew a lot about the subject! The FRQs were pretty good too. I’m really just worried because my handwriting was awful for a lot of it, since I was writing really fast, and I didn’t get to proofread carefully. I hope it’s okay!</p>
I never got to take the AP test because my guidance counselors screwed things up. What was the DBQ and the Free Response topics?</p>
Hello Everyone:</p>
I have to say, as an AP teacher I was stunned to read some of the posts here. It sounds like many of you have some lame AP teachers. None of you should have been freaking out the day before the exam. </p>
I’m not looking for an ego moment here but the single job of every AP teacher is to prepare you for the test from day 1 to test day. EVERY single MC question my students receive comes from previously released exams (84, 88, 01, 06, etc.) all others are worthless. The College Board simply recycles MC questions which is why you are forbidden to discuss them. </p>
Every FR and DBQ my students write was previously asked. I have them all dating back to 1971. It took A LOT of time and research but that’s what teachers are supposed to do. </p>
My summer assignment is for students to read the first 3 chapters of our test (Brinkley). They get a MC test, 4 FR, and 1 DBQ. All are due the first day of school as well as their notebook so I can assess their note taking skills. That way, we get started at the French and Indian War in September and complete through Reagan by April.</p>
I also analyze the patterns of the College Board to estimate the most significant essay topics for the year. It should have obvious for ALL teachers that the DBQ would be recent history. </p>
Anyway, I enjoyed reading the posts here and hope you all get 4s and 5s! </p>
Mr. Lyle</p>
My teacher sounds similar to you, except we did 16 chapters of Brinkley over the summer (in groups so we could split up the work so it wasn’t as bad) and we had an assessment every week. We also finished Reagen by April and I believed he prepared us very well.</p>
If I said DuBois was a violent rebel then then will i get anything off… like a lot off because i got the other 2 early reformers correct</p>
Whew, that was MUCH easier than expected. I almost jumped for joy when I read the DBQ prompt, and then the FRQs - the last thing that we did in our class was the Cold War and Civil Right Movement, followed by a quick review of colonial America (we were supposed to have learned from colonial to the Civil War last year, which did NOT happen). Needless to say, I was really relieved.</p>
Everyone in our class chose Q2 and Q5. Was it just me, though, or did Q2 just beg for storytelling? There was no real analysis asked for…</p>
The MC was a little bit harder than what I’ve been used to - typically I’ve finished early and the lowest score I’ve gotten all year on past APUSH exams was 74/80. The only problem was that, with the time I had left over, I looked over my answers and started to second-guess myself. </p>
By the way, what was the Reagan Doctrine? I guessed that it was directed towards countries who denied civil liberties (something along those lines, at least.) We didn’t go past the '70s in our class because it’s rarely on the exam.</p>
@richman271: nice try</p>
@mada34: I also chose 2 and 5, those were the ones I knew the most about. Also, the Reagan Doctrine was to militarily support countries coming under the influence of communism.</p>
Nearly everyone in my class did 2 and 5. Also, ^that is right for the Reagan doctrine.</p>
I did pretty good on the DBQ. But I forgot to mention SALT and the War Powers Act</p>
Why are you guys so happy about the Nixon dbq. Ughhhhh. ■■■. How bad a score [on the dbq] do you think I’ll get if I wrote 3 pages, but the only outside information I put in was the watergate scandal, a blurb on vietnamization, and some random **** about campus riots (because I thought that happened during Nixon’s time -_____-)??? It was nicely synthesized…hmph</p>
Most people in my class did 2 and 5 too, but I actually did 3 and 4. Those were the ones that I knew the most about.
I first read the DBQ topic and I could feel my heart sink because I didn’t study that period at all, but as I was reading the documents, brainstorming, etc., it all started to come back to me. It was insane. The multiple choice was all right, and the essays were easy. Hoping for at least a 4!</p>
I did well on everything except the 1st FRQ. For some stupid reason, I chose #3 and wrote all ********</p>
Mr Lyle: As another (first year teaching APUSH) teacher, I agree completely. The only thing I told my kids to do last night was to go to sleep early. We only did the official practice exams. I mean, they’re so easy to get, why do something else? We use Nash/Jeffrey because my teaching is slanted towards politics, foreign policy, and economics, so I use the textbook to balance out my own narrative. We finished Clinton by April 23 and had 3 weeks of review. My kids were well pleased with the Nixon DBQ. No surprises, though, I refuse to speculate about what the DBQ would be about with my kids.</p>
Question: How did you get the exams before 1981? I could only get up to 1981. I’m not sure I’d need them since there’s plenty.</p>
My APUSH teacher does not “believe” in finishing the course. This year, we barely made it up to the 1920’s. Direct Hits’ book is what saved me. I cannot begin to explain how much information from the book was on the test. I was even able to write an adequate DBQ essay. I know I definitely got a 4, and I would not be surprised if I got a 5. Glad it’s over though!</p>
All I can say is I wish I had you as a teacher Mr Lyle. My school uses blocked scheduling so we went about four months without APUSH. He cancelled every night review session we had scheduled because he forgot and people reminded him last minute and he simply didn’t want to bother with us. We rushed through everything when we actually had the class just to get to the 1960’s because thats what he teaches the non-ap seniors. He gave us all the same worksheets and tests that he gave this other class. We covered WWI through WWII in three days and spent four weeks in the 1960s. The man is a disgrace. Nice to know there are some great teachers in the central PA area, but frustrating to know you bring up the curve heh</p>
Wrecked multiple choice.</p>
WRECKED DBQ.</p>
Got wrecked by FRQs, both of them. </p>
4… was hoping for a 5 but whatever.</p>