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 WHAP Overview
• How well did you do on the “easy” map test? Here’s the MUST KNOW map for
WHAP…
• Regions Map Handout
 Test
• Put in your planners now – Test is May 17, 2019 in the AM
• PART 1
• Multiple Choice (MC)
• 55 MC ?s in 55 minutes
• 40% of exam score
• No penalty for guessing , stimulus based
• Short Answer Questions (SAQ)
• 3?s, 40 minutes
• 20% of exam score
• 10 minute break
• PART 2 - Essays
• Document Based Question (DBQ)
• 1 ?, 60 minutes including suggested 15 min reading
• 25% of exam score
• Long Essay Question (LEQ)
• 1? (given choice of 3), 40 minutes
• 15% of exam score
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 Writing
• SAQ (Short Answer Question)
• Approximately 13 mins per question (3?s) and must stay in box given in
booklet
• SAQ 1 will be using a secondary source, 2&3 will be a comparison or CCOT
• Asked to do two-three tasks per question
• DBQ (Document Based Question)
• Given 7 documents with essay question
• Even if you don’t know the content well, you can rock this essay by
analyzing information given
• Must find relationships among docs (corroboration/contradiction)
• Will need to use POV, purpose, historical situation, or audience
• Will practice working w/ docs A LOT
• LEQ (Long Essay Question)
• Must know content well including region, theme, and time period
• Can be a Compare/Contrast (CC) essay, a Causation essay, or a Change and
Continuity Over Time (CCOT) essay
• Will be given three options, all testing same skill, but from diff. time periods
 How to Survive
• Keep up with daily work including
reading homework
• I cannot possibly teach you
everything you need to know – you
need to be self-motivated
• Put forth your best effort at all times,
even when nobody is giving you credit
or “points”
• This is true for life
• Breathe
• Allow me to help – I will push and
challenge you and I will help you
• Have fun and laugh
• Take a step back and look at the
bigger picture
 Now What?
• A pretest!
• This will NOT be graded – you will get points for
completing it
• Let’s see how much we know!
• It’s okay if it’s not a lot, we’ll get there together
• Half of what you would normally get on AP testing
day
• 27.5 minutes for 28 questions
• You’ve got this!  (Confidence is always a good
thing. Over-confidence, not so much.)