Unit 6 LEQ
OER PROJECT: WH AP / LESSON 6.3 ACTIVITYLEQ: RESPONSES TO STATE EXPANSION, C. 1500–1900 CEUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Unit 6 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) PurposeAt this point in the course, you should be well-versed in responding to LEQ prompts. This is another opportunity for you to engage in deliberate practice writing essays that make a strong and defensible historical claim in order to succeed on the AP® World History: Modern exam.Process Day 1Time for another LEQ! The prompt is: Explain at least two different ways that people responded to the expansion of states during the period from c. 1500 to 1900 CE.To make sure you’re clear on what the prompt is asking, take out the Question Parsing Tool and deconstruct the prompt. Once you have deconstructed the prompt, choose the relevant historical thinking tool to help you organize your research findings.Next up—research. You can use materials from the course and conduct further research online for additional evidence. Then, use the evidence you gathered to help you form a thesis statement that directly responds to the question. As always, wrap up by figuring out how to appropriately contextualize your response.Day 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! Your teacher will give you a time limit for completing your multiparagraph LEQ response. Note: Please save your essay, it will be used again in Unit 8 for a peer editing activity.
OER PROJECT: WH AP / LESSON 6.3 ACTIVITYLEQ: RESPONSES TO STATE EXPANSION, C. 1500–1900 CE2UNIT 6 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 c. 1500 to 1900, technological and economic innovations allowed for the expansion of some states. People who lived in areas where these states expanded responded in various ways. Explain at least two different ways that people responded to the expansion of states during this period.Your response may focus on any example(s) of responses to state expansion during the period c. 1500 to 1900. You are not expected to address the entire time period in your response.
OER PROJECT: WH AP / LESSON 6.3 ACTIVITYLEQ: RESPONSES TO STATE EXPANSION, C. 1500–1900 CE3Question 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 6.3 ACTIVITYLEQ: RESPONSES TO STATE EXPANSION, C. 1500–1900 CE47.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