Contextualization and Thesis/Claim are the same as DBQ; aim for three solid sentences for contextualization.
Thesis must take a stand and directly address the prompt; use the language of the prompt.
Evidence and Support
Connect evidence to the argument to earn points.
Provide specific evidence and explain why it matters to support your claims.
At least two pieces of evidence are required.
Analysis and Reasoning
Focus on historical reasoning, comparison, causation, or change and continuity over time (CCOT).
Industrial Revolution
Historical Context: Shift from cottage industry to factories, increased commercial activity, agricultural revolution.
Great Britain's resources (land, labor, capital), stable government and banking system.
Thesis Examples (Industrial Revolution)
Differences between Industrial Revolution must be identified and argued.
Examples: Coal vs. petroleum/electricity, expansion vs. new products, broader area of Europe.
Use language of the prompt- "most significant difference".
Evidence (Industrial Revolution)
Mechanized textile manufacturing, growth of consumer advertising, growth of transportation and trade.
Prussia's industrialization in the Second Industrial Revolution.
Labor activism, new chemical processes (steel).
Central and Eastern Europe
Historical Context: Commercial Revolution, growth of overseas trade.
Lack of industrialization and Serfdom in Easter Europe.
Imperalism giving Western Europe raw resources.
Thesis Example (Eastern vs Western Europe)
The most significant difference between Eastern and Western Europe was that Western Europe adopted industrialization faster than Eastern Europe did.
The Enlightenment
Historical Context: Scientific Revolution leading to questioning the natural world, divine right monarchies, rise of new social classes, increased literacy, absolutist regimes.
Evidence (Enlightenment)
Social contract theory, Voltaire's skepticism, policies of enlightened despots.
Rousseau's views on education, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Glorious Revolution, development of deism.
Communism
The disconnect between communism and dictatorships comes during the violent revolution where revolutionary leaders want power.
France and Britain
Constant competition over resources and land due to their geographical locations.
Italian Unification
Kavour used diplomacy and Garibaldi used force; both worked together for the greater good.
German Unification
Created strong Easter European military power.
Weakened the Austrian Empire.
French wars of religion
Those wars were settled when Henry of Navarre wins.
Emerges victorious making reforms to grant freedom.