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March 2025

Mastering Contextualization in AP History Essays: A Cross-Course Guide
Across all three AP History courses—APUSH, AP European History, and AP World History—one skill consistently separates good essays from excellent ones…
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Mastering the Complexity Point: The Key to Advanced AP History Essays
Today, we're tackling what many students and teachers consider the most challenging—yet potentially most rewarding—component of both the Document-Based…
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How to Master the Sourcing Element of the APUSH DBQ
I've seen countless students struggle with how to properly use documents in their DBQs (Document-Based Questions).
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April 2023

March 2023

AP History MCQ Strategy 2A: Answering the Question (FINALLY) with the Process of Elimination—but why?!
One of the most powerful (and simple) strategies you can have in your toolbox for the AP History MCQ section. Do not skip this step! (PLUS: the…
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AP History MCQ Strategy 1C: Pay Attention to Detail—Question Stem Edition
We've made our way through the realm of the question stimulus and arrived at the question stem—finally. But we're not out of the "obnoxious attention to…
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AP History: MCQ Success (Pt. 1B) — "Source Material" Edition
Before you read on, please make sure you’ve taken a look at the first post in this series before you read today’s installment.
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AP History: The Keys to Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) Success (Pt. 1) — It's all in the DETAILS! - "Byline" Edition
If you’ve got a kid taking an AP History class, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the many different tasks on the test.
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