1. “Analyze political and social changes and continuities in Western Europe from 600 – 1450”
ESSAY WRITING IS FUN!

2. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE OVER TIME
You will be arguing that one topic changed more while one topic stayed the same.
Your two options, therefore:
Politics changed and social aspects stayed the same
Social aspects changed and politics stayed the same

3. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE OVER TIME
Thesis statement:
X. However, A and B. Therefore, Y.
Politics changed from ____ to ____. However, social aspects, such as ____ and ___ stayed the same. Therefore, during the Postclassical Era in Western Europe, there were more continuities than changes.
Politics
Changes
Social
Continuities

4. PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
What politics were like at the beginning of the time period
Specific evidence – kings’ names, vocab words, wars, etc
What politics were like at the end of the time period
WHY IT CHANGED
Analysis is KEY. What caused the change/continuity?
This will usually be due to an outside influence – global historical context. What major events outside of Europe affected change or continuity in Western Europe during the Postclassical Era?
Sentence stems are so helpful!
This changed because ___”
“This stayed the same because ____”
“Due to _____, politics changed from ____ to _____”