1. CCOT Essay Feedback

2. ADDRESSING THE QUESTION
THESIS
Use WHILE / ALTHOUGH / or DESPITE!!
Those of you that didn’t use this often had thesis paragraphs rather than statements which is unacceptable
Must include beginning AND end date you’ll be addressing
ADDRESSING THE QUESTION
Stick to your time period ONLY
“And today…” is irrelevant
Set your starting point in your specific continuity or change that you’re covering
Then discuss HOW and WHY that topic either changed or continued
Then identify the ending point for that continuity or change

3. GLOBAL CONTEXT (THINK OF THIS AS GLOBAL CONNECTION)
Your global context must “explain a particular continuity or change over time” (rubric)
YES: Poor harvests in Western Europe [outside region] contributed to [explanation] the spread of the Black Death and population decrease [change], not just increased East/West contacts brought about by Mongol integration.
NO: Globally, during this same time period, South America [outside region] also utilized record keeping technologies such as quipu.
WHATS MISSING?
ANALYSIS
Use BECAUSE
Analyze WHY the change (or continuity) occurred, not what happened as a result of that continuity or change
For every change or continuity you identify, think about WHY it occurred

4. Use this format to graphically organize each of your continuities and changes that you include in your essay
TOPIC
CHARACTERISTIC AT STARTING POINT
EVENT THAT CAUSED CHANGE/CONT.
CHARACTERISTIC AT END POINT
WHY?!: