1. Essays Pull out your DBQ and CCOT essays

2. Agenda Go over CCOT essay – Score essays Go over DBQ essays – Score essays Do a Comparative Essay

3. Common Mistakes on CCOT Not covering the correct time period – NOT YOUR PERIODS OF TIME Not reading the question correctly – Look for Key words! Not connecting to the larger picture Be specific when your able to

4. CCOT Essay South Asia Migration group: Aryans Changes – Caste system involves – Upanishad becomes code of ethnics over time – Vedas are written down Continuity – Caste system – Vedas – Cattle as the symbol of wealth Sub-Saharan Africa Migration group: Bantu Changes – Migration decreases around 1000C.E. – Stateless societies becomes kingdoms over time – Connection with Arabic traders and develop Swahili Continuity – Migration in Africa – Spread knowledge on farming, working with metals and language

5. Common Mistakes DBQ Thesis does not answer the question fully Documents are not interrupted for their meaning but instead just listed Not grouping documents into meaningful groups Groups which helps explains your thesis Not connecting interpretation back to your thesis Not taking a position

6. COMPARATIVE ESSAY PRACTICE 40 minutes on the Clock