APUSH Prompts/Skills Breakdown

For LEQ, DBQ, SAQ

Evaluate the extent to which…

Determine how much…

Evaluate the relative importance of causes…

Rank the causes… (write about causes of event & argue which was more important)

Comparison

Explain similarities AND differences of 2 or more historical events.

Words: Compare, Similarities, Differences

Causation

Explain causes of historical event (prior event) OR

Explain how historical event caused something else (later event)

Words: Cause, led to, effect, resulted from

Continuity & Change

Compare events in 2 time periods: time period 1 (continuity), time period 2 (change and/or continutity)

Words: Change

Political Category

Talk about: States, power, laws, treaties, foreign & domestic policy

Economic Category

Talk about: Trade, spending, accumulation of wealth

Environmental Category

Talk about: Various ways people interacted with their environment

Social Category

Talk about: How organize society, hierarchies, gender roles, labor systems

Cultural Category

Talk about: Religion, language, belief systems.

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