Maria's path from here to the Regents
With all ten units complete, Maria has covered the entire scope of the NYS Global History and Geography II curriculum. The 10 units total approximately 320 pages of detailed content and several hundred practice questions. Her next steps should be:
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Review each unit's Need-to-Know checklist without notes. If she cannot answer all the points cold, she should revisit the section.
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Take past Regents exams under timed conditions. The June 2019, June 2022, June 2023, and June 2024 exams are particularly useful. JMAP.org is the canonical source.
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Practice the four main question types: stimulus-based multiple choice (28 questions, worth 1 point each), constructed-response questions (CRQ, two sets of 3 questions each, total 12 points), Enduring Issues essay (10 points), and Civic Literacy essay (10 points).
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Focus targeted review on weak areas identified through practice exams.
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Review the Enduring Issues list and be ready to argue for any of them with documents from across the course.
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On exam day: read documents carefully, identify the enduring issue first, then build the essay around three strong supporting cases.