I take my AP World History Exam this Thursday, and I wanted to know any tips for studying for it?
I pretty much get the information despite it's complicated formatting, but I honestly can't write a good enough CCOT or DBQ that would earn me at least a 3 or 4, so is there anyone out there that can help? It'd be appreciated.
So one good thing about DBQ is that you don't actually need to have a lot of past background from memory; your goal is to choose the relevant documents to support your viewpoint, and all the information you need is usually in the documents. This part of the exam actually tests your analytical skills rather than sheer knowledge. I was lucky because all the essays I had to write in class/out of class were basically DBQ's, so I had loads of practice. Since you are limited on time, it could be helpful to go over the past DBQ questions and look at the strong responses -- see how these responses form the thesis and use the documents.
I would say when you get a DBQ, a good strategy is (what I used to get a 5):
1) Skim the available points you can prove/the options you are given to discuss
2) Skim the passages to see which point you think might give you a better handle on the documents
3) Go back to the documents and extract two or three main reasons --> turn these into two, three paragraphs
4) Have a strong conclusion, a really nice conclusion can bump up the rest of your essay since the graders have limited time too and are probably not reading 100% of what you write, but they want to see clear logic and insight, even if you have to BS it. Using nice sounding words helps.
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you have a ways to go an so do I but don't ever take life to serious, an have fun an do things that make you happy, don't do something you don't enjoy just to make other people happy. Take it easy man 
