John T. Hoggard High School

AP Exam Information

 

General Information

• Date of Exam: AP World History Modern on Thursday, May 8th @ 12 Noon - 2025

• You can link to EVERY LECTURE I've taught for APWH HERE

• If you would like to read any Chapter from the Textbook (we cover Chapter 13-38), Traditions & Encounters for this course - contact me stephen.jones@nhcs.net and I will provide what you need.
   

What the test format will look like

• 55 Multiple Choice Questions (55 minutes)   40% of Exam Score

• 3 SAQ's (You will do 3) - Short Answer Responses (40 minutes)    20%

• 1 DBQ (Document Based Question)  (Recommended time 1 hour)   25%
  (Note: the 55 min includes a reading period w/ suggested time of 15 minutes)

• 1 LEQ - Long Essay Question  (Recommended Time 40 minutes)  15%
  (Note: 1 question chosen from a three options)
  
  A more detailed break down of the exam is HERE   

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RESOURCES: This will be updated frequently

• From 2024 Heimler Reviews Units 1-3 - HERE  !!!

• From 2024 Heimler Reviews Units 4-6. HERE. !!! 

• Posted 5/1 2024  Heimler: Can't Finish Your DBQ in time? - do this ! - HERE   
  Posted 5/1 2024 Heimler: How I Would Write an LEQ in 10 minutes - HERE  

• Posted 4/27 2024 Heimler - How to write the LEQ (Long Essay) - HERE

• Posted 4/27 2024 Heimler - Get the Contextualization Point for DBQ & LEQ  - HERE

• Posted 4/25 2024 This is a good one !!! Heimler as an AI Tutor !!! HERE  

• Posted 4/24 2024 Heimler Let's Practice AP World Multiple Choice HERE

• Posted 4/20 2024 - A link to AP Daily Videos is HERE. You will have to log in to your AP Classroom to access these resources. I will add this to the Canvas page too,

• Posted 4/19/24 Heimler How to Understand any DBQ or LEQ Command prompt (3:53) - HERE   

• Posted 4/19/24 Heimler Learn This and Crush the AP Exam (2:49) - HERE  

• Posted 4/18/ 24: AP College Board - The creators of your AP Exam put together Daily Practice Sessions worth checking out HERE.

• AP College Board Surveyed AP Teachers for a list of most important resources they use HERE    

• AP College Board has a YouTube Channel. These Unit reviews are from 2022 but work fine for 2025 - HERE   

• Try Kahoot at Kahoot.comLinks to an external site.. You may need an account but then search for AP WORLD HISTORY and there will be many practice questions. Try to find those that test for Units 4 - 6 (older units from 8,000 BCE-600CE are not covered on AP Exams anymore).

• Try some SAQ's below. Read the question and practice. When finished, scroll down for what moderators look for in an answer. 

• SAQ 1: Unit 3 & 4 (1450-1750) - HERE  

• SAQ 2: Unit 3 & 4 (1450-1750) - HERE    

• Posted 5/6/22: Which units are most important to study for AP Exams? HERE.    

• Posted 5/6/22: Heimler asks...does the essay get the Thesis point or not HERE.  

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• Posted 4/21/22 Do you need a conclusion paragraph for the LEQ and DBQ? Here's Heimler's response HERE  

• Heimler offers advice on How to Write DBQ's faster HERE  
   

• Heimler's History is excellent ! Peruse his channel and you will find tons of free content ! Yes - a subscription is an option...but seriously, there is so much free stuff on his channel with daily free videos being released, you can find endless resources of help. I will provide updated video releases by Heimler on occasion (scroll down to bottom of page). 

• Marco Learning offers lots of help to prepare for the AP Exams. For some material you may need a subscription, but they offer free resources as well. Feel free to search the web for other free content they provide as well.

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• Heimler offers advice for how to approach the DBQ HERE

  • Want to practice writing a DBQ and then watch Heimler write the DBQ also? Print out the documents below then watch Heimler go through it too.

    • Worksheet is HERE  

    • DBQ is HERE  

    • Watch Heimler write the DBQ and see how you did! - HERE  

• Work through AP World History Multiple Choice questions, showing you strategies for how to attack it. This is excellent study stuff! HERE

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