Mastering the Essay

On the redesigned AP European History exam, skills matter much more than memorized content. Written responses account for 60% of your final score. A new style of multiple-choice question requires you to quickly and correctly analyze historical documents. Mastering the Essay will equip you with ALL of the tools you need to move confidently through your AP Euro course, and earn a 5 on the exam in May.

Mastering the Essay comes in two parts: an Instructional Handbook and an Exercise Workbook. The Instructional Handbook gives you step-by-step guidance toward developing a writing process that will help you earn every possible point on the exam essays. Additionally, the Handbook offers guided examples for all of the exercise types included in the Exercise Workbook.

Based around a simple but powerful SIX-STEP WRITING PROCESS developed and tested by an experienced AP Euro teacher and exam reader, and then tested and approved by dozens of other AP Euro teachers and exam readers. Detailed guidance on the new source-based MULTIPLE-CHOICE question style, as well as the brand new SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION format - with guided examples and exercises. An easy and effective DOCUMENT ANALYSIS STRATEGY for tackling the primary source documents found in 3 of the 4 sections of the exam. ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY so you can use Mastering the Essay in coordination with the topics and themes covered in your class lectures and textbook readings. Invaluable EXAM PREPAREDNESS TIPS and a comprehensive list of KEY TERMS covering the entire newly redesigned College Board recommended AP European History course outline.