Jun 17, 2016
After a week in Salt Lake City
grading the AP World History exams, Matt and I take a quick look at
the changes coming to the document-based question (DBQ). Based on
the powerpoint released at the PD event there, we discuss the most
significant departures from the old DBQ, which include eliminating
points for grouping, point-of-view, and expanded core. As the title
suggests, we are big fans of the new DBQ! It reduces the number of
documents, requires outside knowledge from the AP curriculum, and
asks students to contextualize their arguments in a more meaningful
way. We also manage to include references to hockey riots (police
were on top of this!), running outside Salt Lake City (Dave
recommends this trail), and an article by @smoothkobra (found
here). Recommendations are:
Matt
– Revised DBQs (2004 Revised DBQ 2003 Revised DBQ as pdfs, 2004
Revised DBQ 2003 Revised DBQ as word documents)
Dave
– Frankopan, The Silk Roads