THE F(ree) R(esponse) Q(uestion)

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THE F(ree) R(esponse) Q(uestion)
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Intro

• Same structure as the DBQ, but no documents to
  analyze
• Intro
• Thesis
• Topic Sentences (3!)
• Facts that support your thesis and topic
  sentences (tons!)
• Be specific!
• Hardest part of the test? often the questions are
  ridiculously vague
• Dont stress- very few students will own this
  part of the test.
• Youve already been writing FRQs all year? the
  outlines!

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Good News- You Get to Choose!

• 08-09 Test Choose one of these!
• 2. Analyze the long-term and short-term factors
  responsible for the disintegration of
• communist rule in TWO of the following states
• Czechoslovakia
• East Germany
• Hungary
• Poland
• 3. Considering the period 1918 to 1948, analyze
  the political and diplomatic problems
• faced by TWO of the following newly created
  Eastern European states.
• Austria
• Czechoslovakia

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And one of these

• 5. Compare and contrast the economic factors
  responsible for the decline of Spain with the
  economic factors responsible for the decline of
  the Dutch Republic by the end of the seventeenth
  century.
• 6. Analyze various ways in which the Thirty
  Years War (1618-1648) represented a turning
  point in European history.
• 7. Analyze how Galileo, Descartes, and Newton
  altered traditional interpretations of nature and
  challenged traditional sources of knowledge.

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Usually a range of difficulty. Which are the
easiest?
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How to Tackle the FRQ

• You have 30 minutes.
• Approx 5 min prep time and 25 minutes writing
  time
• Step 1- brainstorm relevant facts
• You will find that you know more than you think
  you do!
• Step 2- group facts into relevant categories
• If you are having trouble, think of Persia
  themes.
• Step 3- Write an intro, then your thesis. Then
  write. Stuff your answer with relevant facts!

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• 9-7 Stronger
• - Has a clear, well-developed thesis
• - Is well organized
• - Addresses the prompt directly and completely
• - Supports the thesis with ample specific
  evidence
• - Carefully stays within the time period
  specified in the question
• - May contain minor grammar errors even a 9
  need not be flawless
• 6-4 Mixed (Please use the symbols only to
  indicate problem areas)
• Contains a thesis, perhaps superficial or
  simplistic
• ! Has minor to medium organizational issues
• Attempts to address the prompt, but may not
  succeed fully
• _at_ Some specific evidence in support, but not
  enough (or inaccurate supporting evidence)
• mostly stays in the time period specified, but
  not always
• contains notable grammatical errors
• 3-2 Weaker
• Thesis is confused, absent, or merely
  restates the question
• !! Has medium to major organizational issues
• Has a medium to major problems addressing
  the prompt
• _at__at_ not nearly enough specific evidence and/or
  evidence may contain major errors.

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The Key Skill ? Use Your Brain Like a Lens ? Zoom
in And Out Until You Find the Right Frame

• Example- question from a few years ago
• Analyze the factors that occurred in the second
  half of the 19th century which led to the Dreyfus
  Affair in France.
• What is the proper level of focus?
• French politics in the late 19th century?
• The events immediately surrounding the Dreyfus
  Affair?
• No!
• Correct focus ?
• New Nationalism and Social Darwinism !

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Lets Work on Them A Bit

• Analyze the extent to which Frederick the Great
  of Prussia and Joseph II of
• Austria advanced and did not advance
  Enlightenment ideals during their reigns.
• 2. Compare and Contrast the Early
  Industrialization of Britain and Continental
• Europe
• 3. Analyze Britains advantages in the early
  industrial period.
• 4. Analyze the impacts of the Protestant
  Reformation and the Catholic
• Reformation (Counter Reformation) on the social
  order of sixteenth-century Europe.
• 5. Analyze the impact of the major developments
  of the Commercial Revolution on
• Europes economy and society in the period 1650
  to 1789.
• 6. Analyze the methods and degrees of success of
  Russian political and social reform
• from the period of Peter the Great (16891725)
  through Catherine the Great (1762
• 1796).

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Hansen Name _______AP Euro Period ____

• Analyze the extent to which Frederick the Great
  of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria advanced and
  did not advance Enlightenment ideals during their
  reigns.
• 2. Compare and Contrast the Early
  Industrialization of Britain and Continental
  Europe
• 3. Analyze Britains advantages in the early
  industrial period.
• 4. Analyze the impacts of the Protestant
  Reformation and the Catholic Reformation (Counter
  Reformation) on the social order of
  sixteenth-century Europe.
• 5. Analyze the impact of the major developments
  of the Commercial Revolution on Europes economy
  and society in the period 1650 to 1789.
• 6. Analyze the methods and degrees of success of
  Russian political and social reform from the
  period of Peter the Great (16891725) through
  Catherine the
• Great (17621796).
• 7. Describe and analyze the changes that led to
  Europes rapid population growth in the
  Eighteenth century.

Hansen Name _______AP Euro Period ____

• Analyze the extent to which Frederick the Great
  of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria advanced and
  did not advance Enlightenment ideals during their
  reigns.
• 2. Compare and Contrast the Early
  Industrialization of Britain and Continental
  Europe
• 3. Analyze Britains advantages in the early
  industrial period.
• 4. Analyze the impacts of the Protestant
  Reformation and the Catholic Reformation (Counter
  Reformation) on the social order of
  sixteenth-century Europe.
• 5. Analyze the impact of the major developments
  of the Commercial Revolution on Europes economy
  and society in the period 1650 to 1789.
• 6. Analyze the methods and degrees of success of
  Russian political and social reform from the
  period of Peter the Great (16891725) through
  Catherine the
• Great (17621796).
• 7. Describe and analyze the changes that led to
  Europes rapid population growth in the
  Eighteenth century.

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• Analyze the extent to which Frederick the Great
  of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria advanced and
  did not advance Enlightenment ideals during their
  reigns.

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• AP European History Papers Author
  ______________________________
• 2008-09 FRQ Scoring Guidelines Analyze the Impact
  of the I.R. on the Euro family.
• Note- 9 A (45/45) 8 A- (41/45) 7
  B (38/45) 6 C (35/45)
• 5 C (33/45) 4 D (30/45) 3 D- (27/45)
  Below 3, _____ / 45
• 9-7 Stronger
• - Has a clear, well-developed thesis
• - Is well organized
• - Addresses the prompt directly and completely
• - Supports the thesis with ample specific
  evidence
• - Carefully stays within the time period
  specified in the question
• - May contain minor grammar errors even a 9 need
  not be flawless
• 6-4 Mixed (Please use the symbols only to
  indicate problem areas)
• Contains a thesis, perhaps superficial or
  simplistic
• ! Has minor to medium organizational issues
• Attempts to address the prompt, but may not
  succeed fully
• _at_ Some specific evidence in support, but not
  enough (or inaccurate supporting evidence)
• mostly stays in the time period specified, but
  not always

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• AP European History Papers Author
  ________________________
• Analyze the extent to which Frederick the Great
  of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria
• advanced and did not advance Enlightenment ideals
  during their reigns.
• Note- 9 A (45/45) 5 C (33/45)
• 8 A- (41/45) 4 D (30/45)
• 7 B (38/45) 3 D- (27/45)
• 6 C (35/45) Below 3, _____ / 45
• 9-7 Stronger
• - Has a clear, well-developed thesis
• - Is well organized
• - Addresses the prompt directly and completely
• - Supports the thesis with ample specific
  evidence
• - Carefully stays within the time period
  specified in the question
• - May contain minor grammar errors even a 9 need
  not be flawless
• 6-4 Mixed (Please use the symbols only to
  indicate problem areas)

• AP European History Papers Author
  _________________________
• Analyze the extent to which Frederick the Great
  of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria
• advanced and did not advance Enlightenment ideals
  during their reigns.
• Note- 9 A (45/45) 5 C (33/45)
• 8 A- (41/45) 4 D (30/45)
• 7 B (38/45) 3 D- (27/45)
• 6 C (35/45) Below 3, _____ / 45
• 9-7 Stronger
• - Has a clear, well-developed thesis
• - Is well organized
• - Addresses the prompt directly and completely
• - Supports the thesis with ample specific
  evidence
• - Carefully stays within the time period
  specified in the question
• - May contain minor grammar errors even a 9 need
  not be flawless
• 6-4 Mixed (Please use the symbols only to
  indicate problem areas)