As we hit the home stretch to the May 10 high stakes tests, the first one to answer in the comment section the answer to the question: "What is Horse Race Journalism?" will win a prize to be presented on Tuesday.
As you work on your take-home exam, you may want to check out the College Board Briefing papers on Nigeria and Iran.....also the Mexico briefing paper for next week would be a good idea.
Briefing Paper - Nigeria PDF document
Briefing Paper - Iran PDF document
Briefing Paper - Mexico PDF document
Practice Exams (10 EC points a piece) will be given on the following dates/times:
US #1 -- Tuesday, 4/26 -- 6 pm
Comp #1 -- Friday, 4/29 -- 2:45 pm
US #2 -- Tuesday, 5/3 -- 2:45 pm
Comp #2 -- Wednesday, 5/4 -- 6 pm
5 comments:
Horse race journalism is a type of reporting during elections where the media focuses more on polling data and differences between candidates vs candidate policy and similarities.
You are correct, sir. Collect your major award tomorrow!
How long will the exams last?
Horse race journalism is a type of reporting during elections where the media focuses more on polling data and differences between candidates vs candidate policy and similarities.
For the US test:
60 MCQs -- 45 min -- 50% of grade
4 FRQs -- 100 min (25 per) 50% of grade
For Comp:
55 MCQs -- 45 min -- 50% of grade
8 FRQs -- 100 min (1-5 short-answer concepts, 30 min total suggested; 1 conceptual concept, 30 min. suggested; 2 Country context, 40 min. total suggested).
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