Unit 1 LEQ
OER PROJECT: WH AP / LESSON 1.7 ACTIVITYLEQ: STATE ORGANIZATION, C. 1000–1450 CEUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Unit 1 LEQ,” OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1Preparation•Download the LEQ Writing Rubric•Have the Comparison, CCOT, and Causation Tools available (find all resources on the Student Resources page) PurposeThis assessment helps prepare you for the LEQ you’ll encounter on the AP® World History: Modern exam. It also gives you an opportunity to develop your general research and writing skills. You’ll practice conducting research and using evidence to support written arguments, which will not only help you in this class, but in most classes you take! You’ll write four more LEQ responses while taking this course, which will give you a chance to see how your skills are developing in this particular type of research and writing.Process Day 1In this activity, you’re going to prepare to respond to an LEQ (a long-essay question). To do this, you’ll conduct research and think about any relevant information you’ve learned so far in the course to help you form a response to the question. This particular LEQ asks you to respond to the following prompt: Explain how methods of state organization reflected political, social, or cultural conditions in different regions from c. 1000 to 1450 CE. To make sure you’re clear on what the prompt is asking, take out the Question Parsing Tool. Work with your classmates to deconstruct the prompt. Once you have deconstructed the prompt, choose the relevant historical thinking tool to help you organize your research findings.Now, it’s time for some research! You can use materials from the course and conduct further research online for additional evidence. As you gather evidence for your essay, write it on the tool you chose. Be prepared to share your findings with the class. Next, use the evidence you gathered to help you form a thesis statement that directly responds to the prompt. One mistake students often make in responding to LEQs is not directly answering the prompt—so, in creating your thesis, make sure it’s relevant to what was asked of you!Finally, it’s time to contextualize. Remember that ALL historical essays require you to contextualize. To refresh your memory: Contextualization is the process of placing a document, an event, a person, or process within its larger historical setting, and includes situating it in time, space, and sociocultural setting. Contextualization will often come at the beginning of your essay, or at least in the first paragraph, either before or after your thesis statement If you need to, you can use the Contextualization Tool for this part of the process.
OER PROJECT: WH AP / LESSON 1.7 ACTIVITYLEQ: STATE ORGANIZATION, C. 1000–1450 CE2Day 2This second day is your writing day. Feel free to use your tools and notes from any prewriting work you completed as you craft your essay response. Make sure you have a copy of the LEQ Writing Rubric available to remind you of what’s important to include in your essay. And don’t forget to contextualize! In doing so, think of the entire time period, not just the time immediately preceding the historical event or process you’re writing about. Your teacher will give you a time limit for completing your multiparagraph response to the LEQ.
OER PROJECT: WH AP / LESSON 1.7 ACTIVITYLEQ: STATE ORGANIZATION, C. 1000–1450 CE3UNIT 1 LEQDirections: Respond to the prompt below, using what you’ve learned about this historical time period to help support your claim. In addition to meeting the LEQ Writing Rubric criteria, you should do the following in your response: Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.Support an argument in response to the prompt using specific and relevant examples of evidence.Use historical reasoning (such as comparison, causation, or continuity and change) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt.Demonstrate a complex understanding of the topic by using advanced argumentation and/or effective use of evidence.Prompt: In the period from 1000 to 1450, rulers across Afro-Eurasia developed different methods of organizing and governing expanding states. Explain how methods of state organization reflected political, social, or cultural conditions in different regions during this period.Your response may focus on any example(s) of state organization during the period c. 1000 to 1450. You are not expected to address the entire time period in your response.
OER PROJECT: WH AP / LESSON 1.7 ACTIVITYLEQ: STATE ORGANIZATION, C. 1000–1450 CE4Question Parsing ToolDirections: Follow the steps to parse the prompt you are presented with. Use the key at the bottom to help you with the historical reasoning process and composition questions.1.Prompt:2.Rewrite the prompt in your own words:3.Periodization: What is the time period you are being asked to consider? Write out the years if you are given the period in centuryformat (for example, twentieth century = 1900s).4.Location: What areas of the world are included in this prompt?5.Topic: What is the main topic being asked about in this prompt?6.AP theme: What AP theme is the prompt asking you to address as part of your response? Please explain your reasoning. PIECES is a helpful reminder for the AP themes.
OER PROJECT: WH AP / LESSON 1.7 ACTIVITYLEQ: STATE ORGANIZATION, C. 1000–1450 CE57.Historical reasoning process: What historical reasoning process is this prompt asking you to engage in? Provide justification for your choice.8.Composition: What is the prompt stem asking you to do as part of your response? Remember, the prompt stem is usually a verb.KeyHistorical reasoning processWords/phrases to look for CausationCause, effect, led to, lead to, emergence, resulted, bring about, give rise to, be the cause of, result in, produce, generate, spawn, precipitate, prompt, induce, promote, foster, provoke, triggerComparisonSimilarities, differences, compare, contrast, set side-by-side, juxtapose, differentiate, liken, equateCCOTContinuities, changes, continuation, persistence, consistent, over time, two points in timePrompt stem examplesWhat it’s asking in simpler languageTo what extentWeigh, evaluate, assessEvaluate, assessHow much—needs a quantitative answer/thesis/claim (Note: A quantitative answer is one that includes an amount or a number. For example: a lot, a little.) Analyze, developDescribe and explainArgue, argumentMake a claim