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Think about your personal timeline/periodization. Consider you’ve looked like over the course of your life, your temperament, and the things you believe are important? ¨ What changed over those years, and what stayed

the same about you? Why did those specific aspects change, and why did other elements about you stay the same?

Change & Continuity

Over Time Essay

What is the CCOT essay?

THE BASICS¨ An essay discussing characteristics that

changed and stayed the same in a given region during a period of time.

(like comparing, but across time rather than region)

¨ Change & continuity over time essays require describing the history of a place

What is the CCOT essay?

Has 5 REQUIRED elements

1. Addressing both changes & continuities

2. Thesis statement

3. Supporting the thesis

4. Using global historical context

5. Analyzing the process of change/continuity

AP = Address the Prompt

¨ Understanding the question & answer the question as asked is fundamental to success– Circle key words in the question:

• Time frame• Topic• Region

– Consider:1. What time period is the question referencing?

2. What do I know about this time period?

3. What is the motive behind the question?

Defining the Requirements

The 3 obvious…

Required Element: Answer the Question¨ CCOT = address both changes & continuities

– Must have at least 1 accurate change & 1 accurate continuity in body of essay• Changes are easy, but…• Continuities

–Should BE true for majority (all?) of period–Should NOT be common knowledge

Required Element: Thesis¨ Must restate location & time period from prompt

¨ Must be analytical– ie: directly answers the question by naming in

what way the topic changed & remained the same

– Remember:• Lays out an argument • 2-4 controlling ideas

Required Element: Support¨ Give multiple, specific examples to support

thesis claims (requires that you know history)

– Evidence, Details, “Such as…”• Names of people, goods traded, events

– Try to use evidence from entire time period• Early in period? Middle of period? End of period?

Defining the Requirements

…& the 2 tricky

Required Element: Analysis of Process¨ Explain how & why changes/continuities are

happening– Try to aim for the root or underlying theme

• “Because”– Common triggers:

• New technology• Population change• Interaction (invasion, trade, migration)• Isolation

Required Element: World Historical Context¨ Explain how broader region impacted area in

question

OR ¨ Explain how area in question impacted

broader world– about making connections

Maximize Scores

Mostert Rule of 3

¨ Aim for:– Combination of 2 changes/1 continuity or 1 / 2– 3 prong thesis– 3 pieces of evidence per paragraph– 3 reasons for change/continuity– 3 contextualizations

Practice CCOT - Review

¨ Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of the classical era.– China, 100 CE to 600 CE– Roman, 100 CE to 600 CE– Indian, 300 CE to 600 CE

Required Element: Thesis - examples

In the classical era between 100AD and 600AD, the Roman civilization experienced many political and cultural changes and continuities. The Roman government went from a republic to Empire dominance that crumbled in 476. But cultural aspects of the Roman Empire remained the same.

– Between 100 CE and 600 CE, the Roman empire underwent a change in government as the empire collapsed due to corruption within. Also, the influence of Christianity increased greatly. However, the “Eastern Roman Empire”, the Byzantines, kept the culture going.

The Hard Stuff

Required Element: Answer the Question¨ Establish a baseline before describing the

changes that occur¨ When planning consider that change often

happens in steps

Practice CCOT - Music

American music through the ages –

Dani California ¨ Based on the music video, analyze the

changes and continuities in American music between 1950 and today.

Practice CCOT - Superman

¨ Based on the article, analyze the changes and continuities in Superman between 1940 and today.

Practice CCOT - Review

¨ Analyze the changes and continuities in Indian Ocean commerce between 650 and 1750.

Practice CCOT - Review

¨ Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas from 1492 to 1750.

What is the CCOT essay?

Steps to Answering the Question

1. Know how the essay is graded

2. Break down the question

3. Remember the Rule of 3

4. Use solid paragraph structure

Step: #1 Know Rubric

Notice:¨ Split rubric= must get all 7 core points

before earning expanded points– Focus on 7 core points

¨ Scored based on value-added= points are not deducted, they are only awarded for positive contributions

Step: #2 Understand Question

¨ Read the question accurately & plan– Underline directive word= describe v. compare v.

analyze v. evaluate v. to what extent– Establish boundaries for writing= time period & region– Recall prior knowledge= note any info that you

remember within the boundaries¨ Analysis?

– do not simply look at a situation simply at face value but look for connections between information

– the recognition of patterns, relationships, or hidden meaning

Step: #3 Rule of 3

¨ 3 controlling ideas in thesis¨ 3 body paragraphs¨ 3 supporting details per paragraph¨ 3 examples of context – 1 per paragraph¨ 3 causes of change or continuity – 1 per

paragraph

Step: #4 Paragraph Org

¨ Topic sentence introducing change or continuity

¨ Context¨ Baseline¨ Evidence (beginning, middle, end of period)¨ Cause of change/continuity

Finished Product – Formal Essay

– There are requirements specific to AP, but keep in mind this is about becoming a good writer

¨ Proper Organization & Accuracy– Introduction, 3 body ¶‘s, Conclusion– Use topic sentences– Restates thesis in conclusion

¨ Proper Style & Conventions– Don’t use I, me, you, or abbreviations– Aim for proper spelling and punctuation

because errors can cloud your argument

Review Chapter 16 - Thesis

¨ Analyze the changes and continuities in the world economic network between 1450 and 1750.

¨ Analyze the changes and continuities in Europeans’ relationships with outside cultures between 1450 and 1750.

¨ Analyze the changes and continuities in empire building between 600 and 1750.

Practice CCOT - HW

¨ Complete 1 practice CCOT essay– Need: Thesis, 3 pictures with captions to support

thesis, 1 context, 1 reason¨ Options:

– Trace the CCOT in a major river from mountain source to its mouth at the sea 

– Trace the CCOT in the metamorphosis from tadpoles to frogs

– Trace the CCOT in superman– Trace the CCOT in your life

Bellringer

1. Consider when you were born. What did you look like? What was your temperament? What was important to you?

2. Consider yourself at age 5. What did you look like? What was your temperament? What was important to you?

3. Consider yourself at age 15. What do you look like? What’s your temperament? What’s important to you?

4. What changed over those years, and what stayed the same about you? Finally, why did those specific aspects change, and why did other elements about you stay the same?