AICE History Paper 1 b
Summary
TLDRThis video tutorial focuses on ACE History Paper 1 Question B, guiding students through the process of analyzing four sources to support or challenge a given assertion. It covers the rubric, formatting tips, and essential elements for a successful response. The instructor advises against sequential source analysis, suggesting instead to group sources by their stance and to include a concluding paragraph summarizing the sources' overall support or challenge to the prompt. The video also emphasizes the importance of textual evidence and understanding the rubric for achieving higher scores.
Takeaways
- 😀 The video focuses on question B of the East history paper 1, which is a source analysis question involving all four sources (A-D).
- 📚 The video provides a detailed look at the rubric for question B, which is different from question A and goes up to level 5, with a passing score starting at level 3.
- 📝 It's emphasized that students should not write about the sources in sequential order but should group sources that support or challenge the statement together.
- 💡 Formatting tips are given, such as starting with the strongest argument and ending with a paragraph that answers the overall question.
- ⏰ The video suggests allocating at least 30 minutes to answer question B due to its significance and point value in the exam.
- 🔍 Students are advised to read the questions carefully to understand what is required, such as supporting or challenging a statement with evidence from the sources.
- 📈 The rubric breakdown explains that level 0 and 1 are non-passing levels, while level 2 is the minimum passing level where students use sources to support or challenge a statement.
- 📋 Level 3 requires evidence of both support and challenge for all four sources, level 4 adds contextual knowledge and credibility analysis, and level 5 includes an overall analysis of how well the sources support or challenge the assertion.
- 📖 The video mentions the importance of providing textual evidence from the sources to back up any claims made in the response.
- 🤓 Practice with the rubric is encouraged to internalize the levels and requirements, which will help in performing well on the actual exam.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video?
-The video focuses on providing guidance for answering Question B of the AP European History Paper 1 exam.
How does Question B differ from Question A on the exam?
-Question B requires analyzing all four sources (A to D), whereas Question A only requires looking at two sources.
What are the key phrases that students should look for in the exam questions?
-Students should look for phrases like 'support the view', 'support the assertion', or 'support this view', which indicate the need to analyze how the sources support or challenge a given statement.
What is the significance of the rubric levels for Question B on the AP exam?
-The rubric levels indicate the depth of analysis and the quality of the response. Level 3 is the minimum passing level, while levels 4 and 5 represent higher levels of analysis and contextual understanding.
Why is it important to provide textual evidence when analyzing the sources?
-Providing textual evidence is crucial because it supports the analysis and shows that the student's claims are grounded in the content of the sources.
What is the recommended approach to writing the response for Question B?
-It is recommended to group sources that support or challenge the statement together in the response, rather than writing about each source sequentially.
Why should students avoid writing about the sources in sequential order?
-Writing about the sources in sequential order can make the response appear disjointed and may not effectively demonstrate a sustained judgment on the overall question.
How can students demonstrate a higher level of analysis in their response?
-Students can demonstrate a higher level of analysis by including contextual knowledge, addressing credibility and reliability of the sources, and providing a sustained judgment on how well the sources support or challenge the assertion.
What is the significance of the final paragraph in the response?
-The final paragraph is significant as it should answer the question in the prompt overall, providing a synthesis of the analysis and evidence presented in the response.
What is the advice for time management when answering Question B?
-It is advised to allocate at least 30 minutes for Question B, as it is the longest part of Paper 1 and carries the most points.
Outlines
📚 Introduction to ACE History Paper 1 Question B
This paragraph introduces the focus of the video, which is Question B of the ACE History Paper 1. It contrasts Question B with Question A, highlighting that while both are source analysis questions, Question B requires analysis of all four sources compared to Question A's two. The video aims to provide general information about Question B, delve into the rubric, discuss formatting tips, and offer general advice for success. The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding the question requirements fully, especially the directive to analyze all four sources (A to D), not just two.
🔍 Analyzing the Rubric for Question B
The speaker delves into the rubric for Question B, explaining the differences between the rubrics for Questions A and B, particularly noting that Question B's rubric scales up to Level 5. The paragraph outlines the criteria for non-passing levels (0 and 1) and the passing levels (2 and above), with a focus on the need to both support and challenge the statement with evidence from all four sources. Level 3 requires evidence for support and challenge for all sources, Level 4 adds contextual knowledge and source credibility, and Level 5 includes an analysis of how well the sources support or challenge the assertion, with a sustained judgment throughout the response.
📝 Formatting Tips for Effective Answering
The final paragraph offers advice on how to structure the response to Question B effectively. It discourages writing about each source sequentially, which can appear disjointed and lack a sustained judgment. Instead, the speaker recommends grouping sources that support or challenge the statement together and leading with the strongest argument. It also stresses the importance of a final paragraph that answers the question in the prompt, considering the evidence and credibility of the sources. The advice aims to help students organize their thoughts clearly and present a coherent analysis that meets the rubric's requirements.
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Keywords
💡ACE History Paper
💡Source Analysis
💡Rubric
💡Support and Challenge
💡Textual Evidence
💡Credibility and Reliability
💡Formatting Tips
💡Sequential Order
💡Level 3 to Level 5
💡Sustained Judgment
Highlights
Focus on ACE History Paper 1 Question B, which requires analyzing all four sources.
Question B differs from Question A by necessitating a look at all sources rather than just two.
Past exam questions illustrate the need to support or challenge a given view across all sources.
Students often misunderstand the term 'sources A to D' to mean only A and D, but it refers to all four.
The rubric for Question B extends up to level 5, with a passing threshold at level 3.
Level 0 of the rubric awards no points for irrelevant comments or lack of source analysis.
At level 1, students may describe sources without linking them to the question, earning 1-5 points.
Level 2 requires using sources to support or challenge a statement, earning 6-10 points.
Level 3 is the entry to the passing range, requiring evidence of support and challenge for all sources.
Level 4 adds contextual knowledge and credibility analysis, earning 16-20 points.
Level 5 involves a comprehensive analysis of source support or challenge, scoring 21-25 points.
Formatting tips discourage sequential source analysis and encourage grouping sources by their stance.
It's recommended to start with the strongest argument and end with a conclusion that answers the prompt.
Allocate at least 30 minutes to answer Question B due to its significance and point value.
Ensure all four sources are addressed and that textual evidence is provided for each.
Familiarize yourself with the rubric to guide your preparation and exam responses.
Transcripts
hey guys in this video we'll be talking
about East history paper one question
dee if you're looking for general
information about paper 1 or detailed
information about question a please
check out the other video ace history
paper 1 question a that will have all
the information you're looking for but
for today's video we're gonna be
focusing on question B in this video
we're gonna be going over some general
information about the question looking
in depth at the rubric discussing some
formatting tips and finally going over
there's some general things to remember
and a couple tips for you if you're
looking for that reliability stands
which is a very key component to this
question please check out the other
video about credibility but for now
let's go ahead and get started
all right so let's look at question B
here question B is a slightly different
than question a although they're both
still source analysis questions question
a ask you to look at two sources where
question B asks you to look at all four
other questions let's go ahead and take
a look at a couple of the questions here
these are three different questions from
a past ace exam the first one is from
the European option second from the
American and third from the
International option these are actually
the orders you would see them on the
actual ace exam when you sit down the
first part of the test first couple
pages is European the middle part is the
American section and the final couple
pages is the International part of the
test now if you look here we look at the
word e here I wants to point out
something for you as you can see here it
says sources A to D this there's awful
lot of students for some reason I'll
have students read this and think this
means sources a and D when in fact this
means all four sources so regardless of
the wording here which I have to say ace
has switched up the wording him has
gotten a little bit better they will now
say sources a through D a lot of times
but regardless of how its worded you
need to divert sources a B C and D the
next thing to note in these questions is
what you're supposed to be really
looking at here if you look here it says
support the view support the assertion
or support this view for these three
questions so you're looking at how far
sources a through D all of them support
the view in the rest of the question so
let's go ahead and look at the question
this is the meat of what you're doing
here you need to be reading and
analyzing these sources based on the
statements in the prompts so let's look
at the American one here real quick how
far do sources a to D support the
assertion that a civil war had commits
commenced in Kansas in 1856 so through
your reading under sources you're going
to be focusing on that specific question
here so when you read source a you're
gonna see if it supports that a Civil
War had commenced in Kansas in 1856 and
remember here it can show weak support
strong support moderate support weak
chat weekly challenge the assertion
strongly challenged the assertion or
moderately challenged the assertion and
have to be 100% one way or the other and
that's the same way you see it on the
European option and also for the
international option here so it's
important to make sure you're reading
your actual questions carefully now that
you've got the questions looked at and
you know what you're supposed to be
doing let's go ahead and take a look at
the rubric here to analyze what you need
to be doing to make sure you pass this
part of the exam
alright now let's take a look at the
rubrics here now the rubric for question
B is different than for question a and
in fact for both of your a s level at
papers for your ace exam you're gonna
have two different rubrics for both
papers question is have there own
rubrics and B's have their own rubrics
now the big difference between your
question a rubrics and your question B
rubrics is the level it goes up to so
for this one since we're working on
paper one question B here paper this B
level goes up to level 5 so we're going
from level 0 all the way up to level 5
like all the other ACE rubrics you're
passing range begins at level 3 so let's
go ahead and break down each level of
the rubric here all right so let's
briefly begin with the non passing
levels starting out with level 0 level 0
which gets you a grand total of zero
points as you can imagine here if you
get a level 0 you're not providing any
relevant comment on the sources or the
issue meaning whatever you're writing
about if you wrote anything at all has
absolutely nothing to do with the
information at hand the sources or the
question level 1 here you're not using
valid you're not making valid uses of
the sources this is um you can range
here from one point up to 5 points so
you might describe the sources and
explain the content of the sources
without actually linking it to the
question or you might discuss the actual
question without actually giving any
reference to the sources that would get
you into the level 1 range level 2 which
is also not passing looks similar to
part of the rubric for question a here
you're using the sources to support for
challenge the statement this gets you
when you are from 6 to 10 points so in
other words you're looking at the
sources and only answering it from one
angle so you're only saving and giving
information about how the sources
support the statement and the question
or potentially which one's challenged a
statement and you're not giving detail
about both and that's an important thing
here you have to support and challenge
the statement which brings us up to our
passing range now let's go into depth on
the passing hp's level 3 is where you
get into the e range and on up so let's
go ahead and take a detailed look there
alright level 3 this is where you
support
and it challenged the statement for all
four of your sources this means that you
have to give evidence for both now each
one of your sources is not going to both
support and challenge the statement you
don't have to do that for each one of
the sources what you have to do is say
source a supports the statement and then
give evidence source P challenges the
statement then give evidence and then
say from the same and then the same for
sources C and D so you're really looking
here that you're trying to do both your
finding evidence of support and
challenge because there will be at least
one point of the sources that does the
opposite of the other so you have to
have that support and challenge with all
four of the sources and key here is you
have to actually provide evidence you
have to give textual evidence for what
you're stating so I give you here an
example of how you might format this
with source age challenges the assertion
that and then insert whatever was in the
prompt by and then give your direct
evidence from your source to fall into
level three here you only you get from
eleven to fifteen points here for your
level three so if you just do that
information for all four of their
sources and nothing else you will fall
into the level three range finally the
highest score but you'll fall into that
level three range and at least scrape a
knee now moving on to level four which
can get you anywhere from 16 to 20
points level 4 you have to do everything
you did in level 3 plus you need to make
sure you're adding in that contextual
knowledge so what do you know about the
topic or the source that's not
specifically written inside the source
so if it's written by Abraham Lincoln
what do you know about Abraham Lincoln
that is relevant to the overall topic
here you also here get in your
credibility and reliability aspect of
your sources I'm not going to go into
detail with this right here because I've
made a completely other video that
really goes into depth about what you
need to do for your credibility and
reliability so for a level 4 here what
you're doing you might have source a
challenges the assertion that whatever's
from the prompt by your evidence and
then give me a couple more go into
further explanation about your analysis
here and they were note however source 8
has some credibility issues do too and
insert your encrypt your credibility
analysis now I know this might sound
confusing but this is
only one of those practice makes perfect
things so don't be too thrown off if you
do not get this right away this takes
time this takes practice now let's move
on up to level five which gets you
twenty one to twenty five points these
are the big point total here so of
course you're doing everything you did
in level 3 and level 4 plus you're
giving an analysis of how well the
sources support more challenges the
assertion so in other words you need to
add in and show support for whether or
not this or strongly supports the
statement and the prompt moderately or
weakly now you can't just say it weakly
supports the statement without giving
any evidence of why it's weak you have
to give that full evidence there as well
and this gives you also that sustained
judgment on how well the sources support
the prompt so this would be like a final
paragraph where you really I would say
truly thoroughly answering the question
overall do the sources support the
assertion that the Civil War had
commenced in Kansas and then give me
evidence about how the sources prove
that or just go against it so that would
be what you need to do for your level 5
all right now let's go over some
formatting tips unlike the other ace
papers question 1 our paper one question
bead doesn't have a really strong clear
formatting guideline here
granted you can get out you can format
your papers any way you choose to
however there are certain ways that just
make it more clear what you're doing and
make it easier for the actual scores
these a little different here for paper
1 so but I'm gonna give you some tips
here and some strong suggestions but
first I'm gonna start with what I would
highly suggest you don't do and that's
to write about the sources in sequential
order what I mean by that is I'm highly
encouraging not to write one paragraph
on source a one paragraph in source be a
third paragraph on source see a fourth
paragraph on source C and then a final
paragraph to wrap it together there's a
couple reasons for that
one it looks like you're not really
putting a whole lot of thought into the
question in this case your formatting
can actually help prove that you're
creating a sustained judgement as you
write your paper this just looks like
your went ahead dover ID inquest or say
wrote down what you thought without
actually piecing it together for the
overall question here on whether or not
they support the statement it looks lazy
and in fact it actually takes a little
bit more time so I'm gonna highly
suggest you don't do that so what I
would suggest you do is group your
sources what I mean by this is if source
a and D both support the statement in
the question write about them together
in one paragraph show they how they
supplement each other and work with the
question do that with all of your
sources
that's one highly recommended aspect
also but your first part you should
write about your very first paragraph
should of course be your strongest
argument so don't just jump in with
source a if you're going to write about
how the if your overall arguments going
to be that the sources support the
statement but source a challenge is it
don't write about source a first let's
say sources C and D or what your
strongest argument is write about them
in your first paragraph that shows what
you're really thinking about it in the
context of the overall question here and
finally don't forget a final paragraph
that actually I would say answers the
question in the prompts so let's go
ahead and look at
examples of formatting here all right so
this is an example of something you
might choose to do let's say for your
first paragraph your strongest argument
is that sources B and D support the
statement in the question so you're
gonna write about sources B indeed give
your support and analyze the credibility
for both of them your second paragraph
would be about sources and see if they
challenge it together give support and
analysis for each an analyst credibility
for both of these and then finally a
third paragraph that where you overall
the state whether the sources argue at
the prompt you're actually answering the
question here I would say with providing
evidence with how the credible evidence
how and with the credibility consider so
you're proving that the source is
overall support or challenge the
statement in the prompt another option
here is that what's say one of your
sources here is neutral so you might
actually end up with four paragraphs
here to the paragraph about the sources
that support paragraph about your
sources that may challenge and a third
paragraph about a neutral source
remember here you're also organizing
them based off of what your strongest
argument is but don't forget that final
paragraph here that's very important
here to get that level four and five
range is basically answering the
question again overall do the sources
agree with the prompts with evidence of
how and with that credibility considered
so if you follow those formatting tips
you're going to be following your way
and finally let's look at some things to
remember as you're writing your paper
one question be remembered to try to
give yourself at least 30 minutes this
is the longest part of your question
paper 1 and it's worth the most points
so you need to try to make sure that you
get yourself as much time to answer this
question but don't sacrifice from
actually doing well on question a but
just keep in mind this one is worth the
most points so you also might want to
write this part of your test question
first you might want to answer this one
first when it can see actual tests also
make sure you use all four sources
regardless of what the wording says
don't get caught up on that a to D we
answer with all four sources and make
sure you get all four sources written
down which is also important to look
back at that time don't run outta time
here it means to make sure that you get
all four sources also don't forget to
provide that textual evidence for all
four of the sources you would need to
prove what you're saying based off of
the sources themselves so give that
evidence and finally follow the rubric
learn it like the back of your hand make
sure when you sit down there on test day
you know what you need to do to pass
this test
so I would really encourage you to
practice as much as you can with the
rubric not necessarily memorizing it but
if you work with it and look at it while
you're writing it and while you're
practicing these throughout the year
it'll really help you commit to the
rubric to memory and that's paper one
question me if you have any questions
please leave them in the comments below
and of course feel free to check out any
of the other ace history videos on this
page thank you for watching
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