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CCOT: The First Global Age to the Long Nineteenth Century

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WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS/ LESSON 7.10ACTIVITYCCOT: THE FIRST GLOBAL AGETO THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURYUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “CCOT: The First Global Age to the Long Nineteenth Century,” OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposeExamine continuities and changes to craft thesis statements and compose a multiparagraph response that answers a CCOT prompt. This will help you solidify your ability to conduct CCOT analysis, which will not only help you think more like a historian, but will also prepare you to be able to write a CCOT essay about the major changes and continuities across multiple units.Process1.List all the continuities and changes you can think of that took place in the period spanned by these two units:Unit 6: The First Global Age(1200–1750CE)and Unit 7: The Long Nineteenth Century(1750–1914CE). Put a +next to those you think are positive, and a –next to those you think are negative. Your teacher will let you know if you’re doing this individually or working in a group and using sticky notes.Continuities between Unit 6and Unit 7Changes between Unit 6and Unit 7
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS/ LESSON 7.10ACTIVITYCCOT: THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE TO THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY2CCOT Tool2.Using your notes from page 1, complete the CCOT Tool by adding each continuity and change depending on how much of a continuity or change it was, and how much of a positive or negative it was.Posi1veCon1nuityChangeNega1ve
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS/ LESSON 7.10ACTIVITYCCOT: THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE TO THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY33.Write the dates for the time period being studied.4.Were there more changes or continuities? Explain why there were more of one than the other for this time period.5.Look over the changes on your graph.•Were the changesmore positive or negative, overall? Explain why these were more positive or negative during this time period.•What was the most significant change during this time period? Why?6.Look over the continuities on your graph.•Were the continuitiesmore positive or negative, overall? Explain why these were more positive or negative during this time period.•What was the most significant continuity during this time period? Why?Historicalsignificancecan be determined in several ways. Use the acronym ADE to help you:•Amount:Howmany people’sliveswere affected by the continuity/change?•Depth:Werepeople living in the time period being studied deeplyaffectedbythe continuity/change?•Endurance: Were thechangespeople experiencedasaresult of this continuity/ change long-lasting and/or recurring?
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS/ LESSON 7.10ACTIVITYCCOT: THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE TO THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY47.Craft a thesis statement in response to each of the following CCOT prompts:•To what extent were the changes that occurred from c. 1200to c. 1914CE positive?•To what extent were the continuities that occurred from c. 1200to c. 1914CE positive?
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS/ LESSON 7.10ACTIVITYCCOT: THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE TO THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY58.Use your thesis statements to write atwo-orthree-paragraph response tothe following CCOT prompt:•To what extent were the changes AND continuities that occurred from c. 1200to c. 1914CE positive?