Change AND Continuity over Time CCOT Change AND Continuity over Time

Purpose: To evaluate your ability to analyze historical changes and continuities that have shaped events, social, political, economic developments in history and ability to gauge your analysis of global processes. This is really a high level analysis of history.

Rubric Thesis that answers the question. Example: Analyze the political and social changes and continuities of Northern Africa between 600CE and 1450CE. What does your thesis need to include?

Changes: Must discuss, utilize concrete detail and analyze changes that occurred relevant to the prompt and correctly! If the prompt discusses command terms (social and political) you need to focus on political and social changes. If your prompt is more vague- you need to think of aspects to base your analysis- use the PERSIAN chart!

Continuities The prompt also asks you to address continuities, generally these are patterns or cultural tendencies that remain stagnant for years and years. Example: Think of role of women, religions, philosophies or clash/conflict between the social classes. You need to have concrete detail to back up your continuity however.

IMPORTANT INFO IN order to completely get all credit for CCOT, you need to address the starting point. In order to analyze changes, you must discuss what it was like before. However, pay attention to time period. Thus, given the prompt, your essay may require starting point, transition, ending condition OR Starting POINT  Ending condition. Pre-Write is mandatory for this reason.

Paragraph Construction based on PERSIAN/Command Intro- background + thesis Body One: POLITICAL Starting point- ending 600: political system based on kinship ties, lack of cnetralized government 700’s traders of Islam Empire (berbers, arabs) led to kings converting, Richese form trade allowed them to gain control of territory Ghana 1100 Mali, Swahili City states Body Two: SOCIAL Starting to ending 600: base don kinship ties, indigen. Religious beliefs 700’s as kings convert bring islamic way of life 1100 Timbuktu as cultural center of Africa CONTINUITY: majority of population kept religious beliefs… Paragraph Construction based on PERSIAN/Command Analyze the political and social changes and continuities of Northern Africa from 600-1450CE

Starting Point—Ending point construction Intro Body One: Starting Point 600’s What was africa like before Islam came in Politically Socially Body Three: Ending Islam coming in Politically formation of Ghana, Mali Socially- shari’a Starting Point—Ending point construction Analyze the political and social changes and continuities of Northern Africa from 600-1450CE

Paragraph Construction Intro: background Statement with date, intro for reader. Thesis that answers in detail the question. BODY: will depend on prompt. You can choose to format it two ways. PERSIAN: Social paragraph in which you discuss the social starting point, social changes and analyze OR…. TIME: Starting point: In which you will address and analyze the social, political and economic starting points. Second body paragraph would then discuss social, political and economic transition.

Grading Thesis Changes and Continuities Use of key terms, vocab Use of concrete detail Use historical context to show change/continuity over time

Prompt Analyze the social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic World as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa and Americas from 1492-1750. Put this prompt into question form What is it asking you to do in terms of social transformations? Economic. Finish your pre-write.