Mastering the Essay: AP* World History Edition (Exercise Workbook)

On the redesigned AP World 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 A new style of multiple-choice question requires you to quickly and correctly analyze historical documents.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 World 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 Workbook contains practice exercises designed to strengthen the skills introduced in the Instructional Handbook. The Workbook includes: • OVER 80 EXERCISES focused on building essential skills, like thesis development, document analysis, use of supporting evidence, contextualization, and analytical transitions • 14 full-length DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTIONS • A simple 3-step method for analyzing historical documents and nearly 100 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES • COMPLETE ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS for each and every exercise • Exercise sets that are ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY so you can choose exercises that coordinate with the topics and themes covered in class and in your textbook readings