U. S. History exam. We are here with jason stacy and Matthew Ellington, who are going to help our students prep for the test. Good morning, gentlemen. Guest good morning. Guest good morning. Host this is the first year we have done the u. S. History cram for the exam for the advanced placement test on cspan. The first question everybody wants to know, what is changing this year for this test because of the coronavirus pandemic . Guest well, there is quite a lot. Is aiggest change is this shorter test, only 45 minutes long. It is going to be an online test for students. Just oneon, it is documentbased essay question with five documents. Examly, it is an students can to get home from their computers. In this era of distance learning, the College Board has modified the test while still keeping the same skills that students need to be successful. Finally, this test is an open note test. The College Board will not try to prohibit students from using their notes, so students may refer to not
Killed in action, and yet one day at williamsburg 80 years later, volunteer soldiers will do that. That is morbidly impressive. The first confederate battle flag of the war is captured here. Seven medals of honor are issued for meritorious actions, including robert brody, 26 years old, from the 40th North Carolina. Other men carry their wounds with them. Powhatan bowling little on the righthand side will be wounded in the right leg and return to action in malvern hill, where he would lose an arm, and he argued to go back into the fight. Mcclellan would telegraph lincoln, hancock was superb today. So this brings us to kerfuffles. And i have five minutes left to do it. Four. [laughter] mr. Gruber why is the battle of williamsburg forgotten . We already addressed memory. You go to Colonial Williamsburg because of the rockefellers. Williamsburgs memory is a tough one. When the president of the u. S. Drives down the duke of gloucester street to open Colonial Williamsburg in the 1930s, one,
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We have the cram for exam test on cspan. The first question Everyone Wants to know is what is changing this year for the test because of the coronavirus pandemic . A lot is changing on the exam. The biggest changes that it is a short exam. It will only be 45 minutes along and it will be an online test for students. In addition its just one document based for students. In addition, it is just one documentbased essay question with five documents. And finally, it is an exam that students can take at home from their computers. So in this era of Distance Learning, colleges have modified the test while keeping the same skills students need to be successful. And finally, this test is an opennote test. The College Board is not going to try to prohibit students from using the notes, so students may refer to the notes as they take the exam. And i think it is really exciting the changes they have made. They have kept the documentbased questions. The dbq in a lot of ways is the crown jewel of the
Go into phase two. Washington journal continues. Host once again, we are back. Are help him high school helping Highschool Students around the country prepare for the advanced u. S. History placement exam. Matthewere with ellington and jason stacy. Good morning, gentlemen. Guest good morning. Guest good morning. Host this is the first year we have done the u. S. History cram for the exam for advanced placement. We want everybody to know what is changing this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Guest there is quite a bit that is changing this year. Probably the biggest change is that it is a shorter test. It is usually about 45minutes long. It is going to be an online test for students. In addition, it is just one documentbased essay question with five documents. Finally, it is an exam that students can take athome from their computers. Era, of Distance Learning, colleges have modified the test while keeping the same skills students need to be successful. Finally, this test is an