Mastering the Essay - AP* European History Edition - Instructional Handbook: Advanced Writing and Historical Thinking Skills for AP European History - Couverture souple

Maccarella, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0990547132 ISBN 13 : 9780990547136

Editeur : Sherpa Learning, LLC, 2018

Synopsis

On the redesigned AP European History exam, skills matter much more than memorized content. Written responses account for 60% of your final score. A new style of multiple-choice question requires you to quickly and correctly analyze historical documents. Mastering the Essay will equip you with ALL of the tools you need to move confidently through your AP Euro course, and earn a 5 on the exam in May.Mastering the Essay comes in two parts: an Instructional Handbook and an Exercise Workbook. The Instructional Handbook gives you step-by-step guidance toward developing a writing process that will help you earn every possible point on the exam essays. Additionally, the Handbook offers guided examples for all of the exercise types included in the Exercise Workbook.-- Based around a simple but powerful SIX-STEP WRITING PROCESS developed and tested by an experienced AP Euro teacher and exam reader, and then tested and approved by dozens of other AP Euro teachers and exam readers-- Detailed guidance on the new source-based MULTIPLE-CHOICE question style, as well as the brand new SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION format - with guided examples and exercises-- An easy and effective DOCUMENT ANALYSIS STRATEGY for tackling the primary source documents found in 3 of the 4 sections of the exam-- ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY so you can use Mastering the Essay in coordination with the topics and themes covered in your class lectures and textbook readings-- Invaluable EXAM PREPAREDNESS TIPS and a comprehensive list of KEY TERMS covering the entire newly redesigned College Board recommended AP European History course outline

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Tony Maccarella, or as students past and present call him, "Mr. Mac," has been teaching social studies since 1982. He is currently teaching AP European History, AP World History, and AP Macroeconomics at Saddle River Day School, in Saddle River, NJ, where he is also currently serving as the interim Head of the Upper School.Prior to this, he taught AP European History at Parsippany Hills High School, in Parsippany, NJ for over 10 years. Additionally, Mr. Mac has taught AP U.S. History, Comparative Governments, Anthropology, Psychology, Microeconomics, and Military History.Since 2002, Tony has served as a Reader and Table Leader for the AP European History exam for ETS. He is responsible for scoring AP European History exam questions, supervising other readers, and assisting with the clarification of scoring standards. You may also run into Tony at one of the many guest lecturer appearances he makes at social studies conference across the Northeast.Tony is an avid traveler. He has bicycled across the United States, motorcycled to Sturgis and back, studied in China, and traveled throughout Italy with his wife, family, and students from seven different European History classes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sherpa Learning, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0990547132
• ISBN 13: 9780990547136
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg