· 誰適合考?
2018年需要申請美本的你;
申請學校要求比較高,面對競爭比較大的你;
已經拿到offer準備2018年秋季入學的你。
· 為什么需要考?
AP分數3分以上(滿分5分)的學生在大學學業成功概率更高;
“Research consistently shows that students who receive a score of 3 or higher on AP Exams typically experience greater academic success in college and have higher graduation rates than their non-AP peers.” —College Board
AP分數3分以上可以替換成大學的學分(5 分=A;4 分=A?, B+,? B;3 分=B?, C+,? C);
AP備考過程可以幫助你明白自己是否喜歡某個專業(心理學,經濟學,歷史,文學,數學等);
AP備考可以幫助我們建立起更完善的文化基礎背景。
· 得分情況怎么樣?難考嗎?
College Board 統計了去年考生在各個學科中的各個分數項的百分比 (見下表)。在歷史社科類中,AP各學科考試人數和3分以上的考生比例是:

(https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/research/2017/Student-Score-Distributions-2017.pdf)
我們可以看到考美國史的人數在歷史社科中是相對最大的(僅次于英語語言English Language,排第三參考人數最多的是English Literature),大多數本土考生的選擇也許是實際角度出發,畢竟美國歷史和英語語言/文學是美高都已經學過的內容,拿到3分以上應該相對值得的事。這就很迷了,因為現實是美國史拿到高分的比例卻相對比較低。這個考試不是想像中的那么容易,為什么考試人數那么多呢?
也許,即便實現考分需要加大功夫,但這個學習的過程是值得的。對于我們即將去美國讀本科的學生們來說更是如此。備考美國史的過程,考生需要訓練閱讀歷史文獻的能力,語言層面上是詞匯積累和應用的過程,在思維層面上,分析不同歷史觀點,思考起因經過和影響,并把階段歷史放在大的歷史背景去審視,是學習辯證思維(critical thinging skills)的過程。
· AP美國史考什么內容呢?
【第一部分】
Part A. 多選題55道,占比40%,55分鐘,知識點范圍1491年到現在。考生需要閱讀歷史文獻(文字,圖表或者圖片),然后回答2-5題,例如:
Questions 1–3 refer to the excerpt below.
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“In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. [George] Whitefield, who had made himself remarkable there as an itinerant preacher.
He was at first permitted to preach in some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him their pulpits, and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all sects and denominations that attended his sermons were enormous. . . .
It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk thro’ the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.”
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Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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1. Whitefield’s impact suggests that religious culture among British North American colonists in the 1700s was most directly shaped by
Roman Catholic influences
interest in commerce and business
trans-Atlantic exchanges
reliance on agriculture
2. Whitefield’s open-air preaching contributed most directly to which of the following trends?
The growth of the ideology of republican motherhood
Greater independence and diversity of thought
Movement of settlers to the backcountry
The pursuit of social reform
3. The preaching described in the excerpt is an example of which of the following developments in the 1700s?
The emergence of an idea of republican self-government
The beginning of calls for the abolition of slavery
The increased influence of the Enlightenment
The expansion of Protestant evangelism
Part B. 簡答題3道, 占比20%,40分鐘, 兩道知識點范圍1754~1980年,一道二選一,考生需要閱讀歷史文獻(文字,圖表或者圖片)回答對應的問題,不需要考生詳細論證支持一個論點,例如:
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Using the post–Civil War image above, answer (a), (b), and (c).
(a) Brie y describe ONE perspective about citizenship expressed in the image.
(b) Brie y explain ONE specific historical development that led to the change depicted in the image.
(c) Briefly explain ONE way in which the historical change depicted in the image was challenged in the period 1866 to 1896.
【第二部分】
Part A. 文獻分析題1道,占比25%,60分鐘,知識點范圍1754~1980年。這部分需要考生閱讀需要閱讀并分析九篇歷史文獻(文字,圖表或者圖片);
Part B. 獨立寫作題1道,占比15%,40分鐘, 題目三選一,范圍分別為1491~1800年,1800~1898年,1890~2018,需要有歷史事件為依據,多角度分析。
總共三個小時十五分鐘的考試,有兩個技能是被強調的:1.閱讀歷史文獻;2.分析歷史文獻。
考過SAT的同學會不會覺得很眼熟?是的!和SAT閱讀中的歷史文獻閱讀,以及寫作中的分析歷史文獻是一樣一樣的!
· 我該怎么備考呢?
重點來了,既然這么難這么重要這么有價值,我們該怎么備考呢?簡單的說,投入很重要,時間上需要充足的準備。
特別是如果我們還沒全面學習過美國史(或者上了課,但沒怎么重視且走心的學習),那么Domino建議至少需要三個月的時間去準備。
一個半月時間熟悉教材內容,看一遍 Ameican Pageant? (這本書有一千多頁,很厚,也很詳盡),或者看三遍 Direct Hits US History in a Flash (不到四百頁,主要事件和時期的高度概括,更貼近考點), 能清晰整理出九個美國歷史時期的時間脈絡和重要事件。
一個半月刷真題和寫分析性文章。
所以今年五月份的考試,這個寒假就開始準備是很有比較的哦。


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