HOW TO DO A CONTINUITY AND CHANGE OVER TIME ESSAY AND A COMPARATIVE ESSAY.

CCOT

This essay deals specifically with analysis of continuities and changes over time covering at least one of the periods in the course outline.

It addresses, for example, technology, trade, culture, migrations, or environment.

The CCOT questions require analysis of process and explanation of causation with specific examples

Example CCOT Essay

The time allotted for this essay is 40 minutes, 5 of which should be spent planning and/or outlining your answer.

Directions: You are to answer the following question. You should spend 5 minutes organizing or outlining you essay. Write an essay that:

Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with appropriate historical evidence

Address all parts of the question. Uses world historical context to show

continuities and changes over time. Analyzes the process of continuity

and change over time.

Pick one of the following regions and analyze the continuities and changes in the region’s connections to the world trading systems from 1450-2000. Be sure to explain how alterations in the framework of international trade interacted with regional factors to produce continuities and changes throughout the period. China Latin America Sub-Saharan Africa Middle East

Another Ex.

Analyze major changes and continuities in the formation of national identities in ONE of the regions listed below from 1914-present. Be sure to include evidence from specific countries in the region selected. Middle East Southeast Asia Sub-Saharan Africa

From the Princeton Review

Tend to deal with global issues Trade, technology, culture, migrations,

biological developments You need to talk about how things were

prior to the change and them make it clear why things changed

You must cover historical development

Process the question Answer all parts of the question Build framework

Baseline, impact, change, and continuity

Comparative Essay

This essay focuses on developments in at least two societies or regions.

It relates to major themes in the course, such as social and gender structures, interactions between or among societies, political organization, or economic systems.

Comparative questions always require analysis of reasons for the similarities and differences identified.

Students may have the opportunity to choose different cases for comparisons

From the Princeton Review

Compare how 2 societies responded to a major event

Usually the easiest, but students score the lowest (fatigue)

Include BOTH similarities and differences

Address all parts of the question

Comparative Essay Ex.

The time allotted for this essay is 40 minutes, 5 minutes of which should be spent planning and/or outlining the answer.

Directions: you are to answer the following question. You should spend 5 minutes organizing or outlining your essay. Write an essay that:

Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with appropriate historical evidence

Addresses all parts of the question. Makes direct, relevant comparisons. Analyzes relevant reasons for

similarities and differences.

Unfree labor systems were widely used for agricultural production in the period 1450-1750. Analyze the major similarities and differences between TWO of the following systems:

Caribbean Slavery North American Slavery West African Slavery Russian Serfdom

Another Ex.

Within the period from 1450 to 1800, compare the processes (e.g., political, social, and economic) of empire building in the Spanish Empire with the empire-building processes in ONE of the following. The Ottoman Empire

OR The Russian Empire

They tend to deal with global issues Technology Trade Culture Migrations Biological development

You need to talk about how things were prior to the change and then make it clear why things changed

Must cover historical development Answer all parts of the questions

What do they want from you? Your soul (kidding) Make connections In any given period of time/history,

can you explain what’s going on? What was the affect on the rest of

the world? What changed about this society

during this time period?

How did people interact with their environment?

What new ideas, thoughts, and styles came into existence?

How did different societies get along (or not) within a time period?

How did economic systems develop and what did they depend on in terms of agriculture, trade, labor, industrialization, and demands of consumers?

Who had power and who did not within a given culture and why?

Use transitional words Write neatly Try for correct spelling Use simple and compound sentences

Watch your time Ask to have it posted Think before you write You won’t need to know much about

American History Understand how Enlightenment had

impact What inspired revolutions? Influence? Type of gov’t created?

Multiple Choice Questions

70 questions 55 minutes Questions jump around 4 answer choices

Read question and put it in your own words

Answer in your own words Process of elimination

Use best guess You are assessed only on the total

number of correct questions Sometimes, it will be a picture,

graph, political cartoon, painting, or map

It could also be a quotation for interpretation Who said it?

Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations 8000 BCE-600 BCE= 5%

Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies 6000 BCE-600 CE= 15%

Period 3: Regional and Transregional Interactions= 600 CE-1450= 20%

Period 4: Global Interactions 1450-1750= 20%

Period 5: Industrialization and Global Interaction 1750-1900= 20%

Period 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments 1900- Present= 20%