To prepare, read the "Free Response" handout given to you today in class, and review the questions created by yours peers. It is likely that the questions will be an amalgamation of them.
Content-wise, review Civil War Days I-IV and Reconstruction Days I & II.
From the College Board website (don't be put off by the fancy language!):
Section II: Free Response — 3 questions; 1 hour and 55 minutes plus a mandatory 15 minute reading period
The free-response section covers the period from the first European explorations of the Americas to 1980.
- Part A: 1 Document Based Question (DBQ); 45 minutes
- This section tests your ability to analyze and synthesize historical data and assess verbal, quantitative, or pictorial materials as historical evidence.
- You will assess the value of a variety of documents and relate them to a historical period or theme to demonstrate knowledge of major periods and issues.
- Documents will vary in length and format and may include charts, graphs, cartoons, and pictures, as well as written materials.
- Parts B: 2 Standard Essay Questions; 70 minutes
- The standard essay questions may require you to relate developments in different areas (e.g., the political implications of an economic issue); analyze common themes in different time periods (e.g., the concept of national interest in United States foreign policy); or compare individual or group experiences that reflect socioeconomic, ethnic, racial, or gender differences (e.g., social mobility and cultural pluralism).
Essays will be graded on the strength of the thesis developed, the quality of the historical argument, and the evidence used to support your argument, rather than on the factual information per se.
In the free response section, Part A is worth 45% and Parts B is worth 55% of your free response score.
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