Understanding the CRQ

SHORT-ANSWER: CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE QUESTIONS

PREPARING FOR THE EXAM

CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE QUESTIONS (CRQ)

DIRECTIONS: Analyze the documents and answer the short-answer questions that follow each document in the space provided. YOU SHOULD USE THE ACE STRATEGRY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

These questions are based on the accompanying documents and are designed to test your ability to work with historical documents.

Understanding the CRQ

Questions 1, 2, and 3 of CRQ. HERE ARE SOME BASIC DEFINITIONS

Explain—means to make plain or understandable; to give reasons for or causes of; to show the logical development or relationship of something.

Identify—means to put a name to or to name

The response to question 3 will be based on relationships between documents 1 and 2 allowing students to identify and explain these relationships:

tYPES OF qUESTIONS

HISTORICAL CONTEXT (1)

Causation (3)

GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT (1)

Turning Point (3)

Reliability (2)

Comparison (3)

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CLOSER LOOK

CRQ QUESTIONS 1,2,3

QUESTION: 1

Historical/Geographic Context

May be a primary or secondary source The response to question 1 requires the student to include historical circumstances OR to include geographic context.

QUESTION 2: Sourcing

Will most likely be a primary source! The response to question 2a provides the opportunity for students to address: Bias or Point of View or Audience or Purpose The response to question 2b provides the opportunity for students to address reliability for a specific use.

Relationship between Document 1 & Document 2: Synthesis

QUESTION 3

Identify and Explain a Cause-and-Effect relationship between events, ideas, or historical developments  Identify a Turning Point associated with the historic change that took place in the period between the documents AND Explain why it is a turning point  Identify a Similarity or a Difference between XXX and YYY AND Explain why it is a similarity or a difference The response to question 3 must include evidence from both documents 1 and 2.

THE DETAILS

TYPES OF QUESTION AND DEFINITION

QUESTION 1

Historical Context—refers to the historical circumstances that led to thisevent/idea/historical development.

Geographic Context—refers to where this historical development/event is taking place and why it is taking place there.

QUESTION 2

Reliability—is determined by how accurate and useful the information found in a source is for a specific purpose. Reliability—is determined by how accurate and useful the information found in a source is for a specific purpose.

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THE DETAILS

QUESTION 3

Causation

Cause—refers to something that contributes to the occurrence of an event, the rise of an idea, or the bringing about of a development.  Effect—refers to what happens as a consequence (result, impact, outcome) of an event, an idea, or a development.

The response will need to identify and explain a cause-and-effect relationship using evidence from both documents 1 and 2. The explanation should make clear what the cause is and what the effect is

Turning PoinT

Turning point—is a major event, idea, or historical development that brings about significant change. It can be local, regional, national, or global.

Responses will need to both identify the turning point and explain why it is a turning point. The explanation must include evidence from both documents 1 and 2.

Comparison

 Similarity—tells how something is alike or the same as something else.  Difference—tells how something is not alike or not the same as something else

Responses will need to clearly identify a similarity or a difference and explain that similarity or difference using evidence from both documents 1 and 2

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