Thirty-Five P6-P8 Prompts Created with Class Companion

And how I plan to use these prompts in conjunction with Class Companion starting in February

Starting in February and lasting until just before the exam, I’m planning to place before my students at the end of class every Friday one or more of the P6-P8 LEQ/DBQ prompts appearing below, with each of these prompts to appear on Class Companion. Then, the following Monday as class starts, the plan is to briefly discuss whatever prompt(s) I assigned. As for whether I’ll go formative or summative, formative for now, but with a completion grade.

The prompts that I assign will include both “extent to which” prompts and “relative importance” prompts.

For those wondering, each of these 33 prompts has been run through AP Classroom with the “For Teacher Use Only” feature activated. All passed this test. That said if you see a prompt that looks much like a prompt you assign on one of your tests or one that you think looks uncomfortably close to an AP Classroom not-to-be-shared prompt, please DM me. I’ll either edit or take it down the prompt.

Fifteen ‘Extent to Which’ Prompts

1. Evaluate the extent to which the lives of women changed economically in the period from 1865 to 1898.
2. Evaluate the extent to which the Civil War fostered economic change in the United States in the period from 1861 to 1900.
3. Evaluate the extent to which African Americans made political gains in the period 1865 to 1877.
4. Evaluate the extent to which Southern society transformed in the period 1865 to 1877.
5. Evaluate the extent to which America changed significantly in terms of wealth distribution in the period 1870 to 1900.
6. Evaluate the extent to which American foreign policy towards Latin America changed in the period from 1890 to 1898.
7. Evaluate the extent to which industrialization and urbanization transformed the lives of immigrants in the United States in the period 1870 to 1898.
8. Evaluate the extent to which the Industrial Revolution fostered economic change in the United States in the period from 1865 to 1890.
9. Evaluate the extent to which the Progressives, on the national level, sought federal legislation that they believed would effectively expand democracy in the period from 1890 to 1920.
10. Evaluate the extent to which the Progressives, on the national level, sought federal legislation that they believed would generate moral reform in the period from 1890 to 1920.
11. Evaluate the extent to which attitudes relating to trusts and trust-busting changed in the United States in the period from 1890 to 1920.
12. Evaluate the extent to which immigration to America changed in the period in the period from 1865 to 1890.
13. Evaluate the extent to which African American migration from the South to the North changed in the period from 1914 to 1945.
14. Evaluate the extent to which African American produced art and literature changed in the period from 1920–1940.

Twenty ‘Relative Importance’ Prompts

1. Evaluate the relative importance of different causes for the expanding role of the United States in the world in the period from 1865 to 1910.
2. Evaluate the relative importance of different causes behind the rapid industrialization in the United States in the period from 1865 to 1890.
3. Evaluate the relative importance of different causes for the ratification of various amendments made to the US Constitution in the period from 1890 to 1921.
4. Evaluate the relative importance of different causes in the expansion of the suffrage movement in the United States in the period from 1914 to 1928.
5. Evaluate the relative importance of different causes in the development of a more interventionist US foreign policy in the period from 1914 to 1918.
6. Evaluate the relative importance of different outcomes from the expanding role of the United States in the world, 1865–1910.
7. Evaluate the relative importance of different outcomes from the expanding role of the United States in the world, 1865–1910.
8. Evaluate the relative importance of different outcomes from the expanding role of the United States in the world, 1865–1910.
9. Evaluate the relative importance of different outcomes of rapid industrialization in the United States in the period from 1865 to 1890.
10. Evaluate the relative importance of different outcomes from the expansion of the suffrage movement in the United States, 1914–1928.
11. Evaluate the relative importance of different outcomes from the development of a more interventionist United States foreign policy, 1914–1918.
12. Evaluate the relative importance of the factors that contributed to the growth and spread of the Progressive Movement in the United States in the period from 1890 to 1920
13. Evaluate the relative importance of different factors that contributed to the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States in the period from 1865 to 1890.
14. Evaluate the relative importance of different factors that led to the United States’ entry into World War I in the period from 1914 to 1917.
15. Evaluate the relative importance of different factors contributing to the expansion of the suffrage movement in the United States in the period from 1914 to 1928.
16. Evaluate the relative importance of different factors contributing to the amendments made to the US Constitution in the period from 1890 to 1921.
17. Evaluate the relative importance of different factors that influenced the outcomes of the New Deal policies in the United States in the period from 1933 to 1945.
18. Evaluate the relative importance of the causes of the United States’ entry into World War I in the period from 1914 to 1917.
19. Evaluate the relative importance of the outcomes of the New Deal policies in the United States in the period from 1933 to 1945.

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