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WHAP: AP Essays
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
The suggestions below are meant to help you develop a process for writing CCOTs:
I. ANALYZE the question: (a) identify the
theme(s)
about which you need to write; (b) identify the
time limits
of the question; (c) if applicable, select the country/ region you want to write about.
II. PRE-WRITING:
A. Prepare a quick T-Chart (one column is changes and one is continuities) about the
theme(s) for your selected region.
1. Jot down at least 2 changes and continuities about which you can write
a. Keep in mind that an event/ occurrence that is a change at one point in
that time period may become a continuity later in that time period.
2. Jot down specific evidence (from particular countries in the region, etc.)
B. Write out a draft of your thesis; it may be more than 1 sentence in length.
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The AP World History curriculum outline specifies 6 period timelines: I [to 600 BCE]; II [600 BCE 600 CE]; III [600 1450
CE]; IV [ 1450 1750 CE], V [1750 1900 CE]; and VI [c. 1900 to the present].
WHAP: AP Essays
1. Be sure that your thesis explicitly identifies at least one continuity and one
change-over-time for the time period AND that it analyzes the reason for
either the continuity or the change-over-time.
2. DO NOT say There were both continuities and changes-over-time. That is the
mark of a weak thesis! Be specific!
III. WRITE: (a) be sure to begin your essay with a thesis statement/paragraph; (b) use your pre-writing chart to
guide your writing; maybe include one paragraph that discusses changes and another that discusses continuities,
etc; (c) try to use 2-3 pieces of specific evidence to support
each
of your continuities and changes. At a minimum,
you want to include AT LEAST 1 piece of specific evidence for each continuity or change-over-time (4 pieces of
evidence total); (d) remember that you need to analyze the
process
of continuity and/or change-over-time at
least once; (e) add a conclusion which includes a restatement of your thesis.
WHAP: AP Essays
C or
HC
A
Teacher
Mark
Th+
Pts
1
2
thesis
S
A+