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Causation in the Age of The Cold War and Decolonization

Driving Question: How did the intertwined trends of the Cold War and decolonization impact societies around the world after 1900?

The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War had global consequences. Combined with decolonization, the world experienced an intense period of change during this era.

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the extent to which the effects of the Cold War were similar in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
  2. Use peer editing to revise a previous LEQ essay to evaluate how to improve historical writing using all elements of the WHP LEQ Writing Rubric.
STEP 1

Writing: Peer Editing

At this point in the course, you’ve probably reviewed and revised student essays based on different rows of the WHP LEQ Writing Rubric. In this activity, you’re going to do this again, but this time with one of your classmate’s essays—and using the entire rubric.

Activity

Activity

Writing: Peer Editing External link

You’ve been evaluating sample essays throughout the course. Now it’s time to use your understanding of the writing rubric to evaluate an essay by one of your classmates!
Writing Tools

Writing Tools

WHP AP LEQ Writing Rubric External link

Use this rubric to support and assess your understanding of effective Long Essay Questions (LEQs).
STEP 2

Unit 8 LEQ

Compile all you’ve learned about decolonization and the Cold War in the final LEQ of the course.

Assessment

Assessment

Unit 8 LEQ External link

Believe it or not, it’s the final LEQ of the course! In this essay, you’ll evaluate the extent of the interconnection between decolonization and the Cold War in select regions.