Change and Continuity Over Time

1. Change and Continuity Over Time APWH

2. CCOT Essay • This essay question 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 continuity and change over time questions require analysis of process and explanation of causation with specific examples.

3. What you need to be able to do: Change • - Recognize it as it occurs in history. • - Identify & Understand the causes of change Continuity • -Recognize factors which remain the same throughout an entire period • -Identify & Understand factors which allow this to continue

4. Step 1: Read and Analyze the Question Analyze changes and continuities in long-distance migrations in the period from 1700 to 1900. Be sure to include specific examples from at least TWO different world regions. • Underline the important words or phrases you need to address in your thesis statement.

5. Continuities Beginning Date End Date --I----------------I-------------------I-------------------I---------------I------------------I-----------------I-- Changes Step 2: Create a Timeline

6. Timeline with annotations

7. CCOT Exercise Imagine a simple timeline that represents your own life. If you were to note the 10-12 most important events on your timeline, what might that timeline look like, and how would you analyze the changes and continuities of your own life? Directions: • Create a timeline starting with your birthdate and ending with your current age. • Fill in the continuities on top and changes on the bottom with the 10-12 most important events in your life.

8. Tomorrow • Make sure your Stearns book is in class, we will be working out of it in class on Wednesday.