Mastering the Essay is an AP History supplement, focused on building college-level essay-writing skills through a proven step-by-step writing process. The AP World History Edition utilizes practice exercises that directly respond to the newly redesigned College Board recommended AP World History course outline. The MTE Two-Part System INSTRUCTIONAL HANDBOOK — A guide to writing high-scoring DBQ and LEQ essays, the Handbook is divided into units that parallel the writing process. Students learn to write excellent essays by building their writing skills one step at a time, from the thesis to the closing paragraph. The Handbook also focuses on developing a strong understanding of the rubrics, and includes instruction on document analysis, source-based multiple-choice questions, and short-answer questions. EXERCISE WORKBOOK — The Workbook includes 9 sets of 8 exercises, each modeled after an exercise format introduced in the Guided Practice activities in the Instructional Handbook. Every set of exercises includes items covering each of the Historical Time Periods. The Workbook also includes MCQ and SAQ exercise sets, "Practice Tests" for the writing components of the exam, and detailed answers and explanations for every exercise. Click here to view the Handbook Click here to view the Combo Key Features Comparison, Causation, Change and Continuity Over Time (CCOT), and Contextualization exercises for all levels of the writing process Instruction and practice for choosing and organizing supporting evidence for Long Essay Questions (LEQs) A simple 3-step approach to document analysis, along with dozens of practice Document-Based Questions (DBQs) Exam preparedness tips, including an approach to effective time-management SOURCE-BASED MULTIPLE-CHOICE AND SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION SKILLS AND EXERCISES! From the Author What’s the biggest challenge faced by your AP World History students this year? As they begin to master the content, you will find that writing clear, direct, persuasive essays is their biggest challenge—and the most important skill for them to master. Our biggest challenge, as teachers of AP World History, is trying to help them develop their essay writing skills without sacrificing valuable time needed for content instruction. That’s where Mastering the Essay comes in. Mastering the Essay was designed to help students learn to write clear, direct, persuasive essays in the context of their AP World History course. That means, as their teacher, you can teach writing skills AND content within the same class period. Impossible, you say? Check out the table of contents in the downloadable sample. No matter what content you happen to be teaching, Mastering the Essay has a writing exercise for your students—regardless of their current skill-level. Mastering the Essay aims to change the way we teach writing skills within our AP World History classes, and Sherpa Learning aims to change how educational resources are developed. We want to provide resources that help you to help your students without adding more hours to your already overloaded work schedule, AND we want those resources to reflect your needs by involving you at every step along the way. Join our team to help us develop and test exciting, new content! Thanks, Tony Maccarella
