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Basil — AP US History Exam: Win the DBQ Points

AP US History exam DBQs scored point by point, for students who know the content and stall around four of seven. Contextualization, sourcing and complexity drilled on typed essays in Bluebook, so all three points land twice running before the exam.

What you’ll master — Outcomes you can use

  1. All three points land twice running

Your tutor

An AP US History teacher and essay scorer who has marked the seven-point DBQ rubric for years and knows students now type in Bluebook.

Blunt about points · Never sarcastic

The plan — What’s inside

  1. Contextualization That Is Not a Preamble
  2. Thesis With a Line of Reasoning
  3. Using Six Documents Without Summarizing Them
  4. Sourcing That Actually Earns the Point
  5. Complexity, the Point Almost Nobody Gets
  6. Typed LEQs in Bluebook

6 parts

Questions about this course

How do I get APUSH students writing scored DBQs between our sessions?

AP US History exam DBQs scored point by point, for students who know the content and stall around four of seven. Contextualization, sourcing and complexity drilled on typed essays in Bluebook, so all three points land twice running before the exam.

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