Welcome to Ms. Duncan Knows! Taking the AP European History exam and want to make sure you are prepared? Ms. Duncan will walk you through an overview of the exam, discuss the details of the separate parts, and share some of her tips along the way. Episodes will include a breakdown of each segment of the exam along with content specific episodes of the most frequently tested concepts on the AP Exam.
Picking up from the Diet of Worms, this episode explores Lutheranism, Calvinism, and Anabaptism. We also take a look at the causes of the German Peasants' War and the Catholic Reformation at the Council of Trent.
30 Apr 2024
Quick Hits - Cold War Begins
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29 Apr 2024
Quick Hits Exploration
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Overview of the Age of Exploration: Prince Henry the Navigator, the Encomienda System, joint stock companies, and the Treaty of Tordesailles.
13 Apr 2024
Quick Hits-Absolutism in France
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Overview of Henry of Navarre becomes Henry IV, Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, Mazarin and the War of the Fronde, and Louis XIV.
13 Apr 2024
Quick Hits - Absolutism in England
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Overview of the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution.
7 Apr 2024
Thirty Years' War Quick Hits
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Overview of the causes of the 30 Years' War, the Defenestration of Prague, Richelieu, politique, and the Peace of Westphalia
7 Apr 2024
New Monarchs Quick Hits
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Overview of the New Monarchs, rise of the Merchant Class, and Mercantilism
3 Apr 2024
Quick Hits-Reformation
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Overview of the Reformation, new religions, and the Counter Reformation.
3 Apr 2024
Quick Hits-Renaissance
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Overview of Humanism, secularism, printing press, vernacular languange, influence of Ancient Greece and Rome, Civic Humanism in Italy, Christian Humanism in the North, and the people to know: Petrach, Machiavelli, Mirandola, Erasmus, and Thomas More.
29 Mar 2024
Reformation Part I-Church Corruptions, the 95 Theses, and Luther Leaves the Church
The Reformation will be split into two parts. Part One contains the lead up to the split from the Catholic Church. The overview gives a quick summation of the Reformation and its ideas. This includes Big Picture ideas from the AP Euro Course Exam Description on what must be taught on the Reformation.
Overview -
26 Mar 2024
Northern Renaissance
This episode focuses on the characteristics of the Northern Renaissance and how it is different from the Italian Renaissance. It features Christian Humanism, the Northern Renaissance Christian writers such as Erasmus and Thomas More, and mentions a few of the Northern Renaissance Artists.
Overview
Christian Humanism - 1:49
Erasmus - 5:47
Northern Renaissance Artists - 13:25
Now YOU Know - 19:11
26 Mar 2024
Renaissance
This episode explores the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Overview
Middle Ages and the Church - 3:24
Feudalism - 8:18
Plague - 10:05
Renaissance Humanism - 16:44
Geography & Why Italy? - 20:07
Medicis - 24:16
Civic Humanism - 33:37
Now YOU Know - 40:18
24 Mar 2024
Long Essay Question-LEQs
This episode will review the structure of the LEQ essay, review the timing with the LEQ and DBQ, discuss the question types and how the questions are asked, and finish with tips on how to manage your time on the LEQ and DBQ.
Show Notes-LEQ (https://msduncanknows.weebly.com/leq.html)
Mr. Richey's LEQ Rubric (https://msduncanknows.weebly.com/leq-mr-richey-rubric-2023.html)- this is my preferred rubric.
Mr. Heimler's LEQ Video (https://youtu.be/5r5bYXjuw8c) - he does a great job of going over the argumentation point.
24 Mar 2024
Document Based Questions
This episode will outline what a DBQ is, discuss the rubric, and go over some basic tips for the DBQ. UPDATED to include the August 2023 Rubric Changes.
DBQ Basics-
The Prompt and What is a Thesis- 0:44
"Let's Talk About the Rubric" Rubric Breakdown- 4:32
Context and Thesis- 10:43
Documents- 16:22
Ouside Evidence- 22:58
Sourcing- 26:48
Complexity- 34:50
DBQ (https://msduncanknows.weebly.com/dbq-church-vs-scientific-revolution.html) on the Church vs Scientific Revolution 2019 documents - I reference this during the episode.
Mr. Richey's DBQ Rubric (https://msduncanknows.weebly.com/dbq-rubric-mr-richey-2023.html) 2023 *my recommended rubric for understanding the DBQ rubric
19 Mar 2023
Multiple Choice Questions
In this episode, Ms. Duncan will discuss all of the types of multiple choice questions you will see on the AP Exam. Ms. Duncan also discusses the different levels of question, tips for how to handle the excerpts, and how to tackle the dreaded EXCEPT questions on the exam.
Stimulus Types- 1:29
Questions Stems (EXCEPT Question Discussion is here)- 13:20
How Many Needed to Pass-19:25
Show Notes (https://msduncanknows.weebly.com/mutliple-choice-breakdown.html ) for Multiple Choice
19 Mar 2023
Short Answer Questions *Incudes Premium Content*
In this episode, Ms. Duncan will discuss the short answer questions portion of the exam. Discussion will include the different question types a student may see on the short answer segment.
Overview of the SAQ
Stimulus Types
Tips for Writing the Answer 4:45
Difference between Identify, Describe, & Explain 10:49
*Premium Episode Sneak Peek
Show Notes (https://msduncanknows.weebly.com/short-answer-questions.html )
16 Mar 2023
Test Overview
This episode outlines the four parts of the exam: Mutliple Choice, Short Answer Questions, Document Based Question, & Long Essay Question. Timing for each segment as well as what to expect and how many questions is discussed along with scoring suggestions for how to score a passing score of 3 on the AP Exam.
MCQ- 2:30
SAQ- 4:44
DBQ-7:00 (does contain information about the LEQ as well)
LEQ- 14:45 (Rubric scoring specific)
Scores to Pass- 18:00
Visit Test Overview (https://msduncanknows.weebly.com/exam-overview.html) for images of these details.
16 Mar 2023
Introduction
Welcome to Ms. Duncan Knows! Taking the AP European History exam and want to make sure you are prepared? Your host, Ms. Duncan, will walk you through an overview of the exam, discuss the details of the separate parts, and share some of her tips along the way. This podcast takes a answers the questions of What is the best way to study? How do I work on timing? What segments are weighted the most?
Episodes will include a breakdown of each segement of the exam along with content specific episodes of the most frequently tested concepts on the AP Exam. Episodes will include detailed information on the following: MCQ, SAQ, DBQ, LEQ, Reformation, the Thirty Years' War, Absolutism, the English Civil War & Glorious Revolution, the Enlightenment, Congress of Vienna & the 1800s, German Unification & Bismarck, Treaty of Versailles and how it influenced the 20th century, Congress of Vienna, and the Cold War.
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