1. Directions DO NOT BEGING WORKING ON SAQ UNTIL I SET THE TIMER!!!
Grab the SIX sheets of paper off the computer cart
See … everything is on the computer cart 
Turn in your Classroom Contract and your Article Review
Get out your Summer Assignment
Get out your VOCAB
Have your spiral out so that I can check your Document Analysis
DO NOT BEGING WORKING ON SAQ UNTIL I SET THE TIMER!!!

2. Thesis Formula and Graphic Organizers
Writing in APUSH
Thesis Formula and Graphic Organizers

3. Thesis formula X. However, A, B. Therefore, Y.
Start with Y- your main argument
A, B- 2 main points that support your argument
X- your strongest counter-argument
3 Sentences- no more, no less!!!!

4. Practice
Evaluate the validity of this statement: APUSH is the best class to take at AHS.
Step 1: Graphic Organizer

5. Step 2: Decide on your position (Y)
Y= Therefore, APUSH is clearly the best class at AHS
Step 3: Decide on your categories that prove your point (A,B)
However
A= Prepares you for college and can possibly get college credit
B= Get to have Mrs. Smith as a teacher
Step 4: Acknowledge other position (X)
X= AP US History at AHS is a lot of work
Step 5: Write your Thesis
AP US History at Arlington High School requires a lot of time and dedication to complete the required work. However, by taking the class, students will be better prepared for college and can possibly get college credit, and they get to have Mrs. Smith as a teacher. Therefore, APUSH is clearly the best class at AHS.
X= 1st body paragraph
A= 2nd body paragraph
B= 3rd body paragraph

6. Causation Y= is the most important area of cause or effect
A, B= most importance causes/effects
X= Least important cause or effect

7. Causation Prompts Simple: Complex:
Explain the major causes and consequence of the American Civil War.
Evaluate the extent to which westward expansion led to the development of sectionalism prior to 1860.
Explain the three most important causes leading to the Regan Revolution in 1980.
Complex:
Explain the major political and economic consequences for the growth of big business in American society from 1870 to 1900.

8. Causation Example Thesis
Explain the major political and economic consequences for the growth of big business in American society from 1870 to 1900.
Between 1870 and 1900, the development of big business led to increased industrialization and the need for labor unions due to poor working conditions. However, big business exerted strong political influence to protect their interests, leading to corruption, and created large monopolistic corporations requiring antitrust legislation. Therefore, the political effects of the growth of big business were far more significant.

9. Change and Continuity Over Time
Y = argument that there was more continuity or more change
A, B= two major events that prove change or continuity
X= event that proves the opposite of Y
Changes
Continuities

10. CCOT Prompts Simple: Complex:
Identify and analyze the changing role of women within American society from the American Revolution to the Civil War.
Evaluate the extent to which trans-Atlantic interactions from 1600 to contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostered change in labor systems in the British North American colonies.
Evaluate the extent to which increasing integration of the U.S. into the world economy contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostering change in U.S. society from 1945 to the present.
Complex:
Evaluate major changes and continuities in the social and economic experiences of African Americans who migrated from the rural South to urban areas in the North in the period 1910–1930.

11. CCOT Example Thesis
Evaluate major changes and continuities in the social and economic experiences of African Americans who migrated from the rural South to urban areas in the North in the period 1910–1930.
Between 1910 and 1930, many African Americans migrated from the rural South to urban areas in the North and experienced social and economic changes as they came in closer contact with white Americans and obtained jobs in industry as opposed to agriculture. However, African Americans continued to experience social racial segregation and rejection from white society, as well as economic hardship and high unemployment rates. Therefore, there were significant continuities in the social and economic experiences of African Americans who migrated North.

12. Comparison Y = argument if they are more similar or more different
A, B= two main similarities or differences
X = contrary evidence to your Y

13. Comparison Prompts Simple: Complex:
Compare and contrast the New England colonies with the colonies in the Chesapeake.
Immigration has always played an important role in the history of the United States, compare immigration during the 1840’s / 50’s with immigration during the 1870’s / 80’s.
Complex:
Compare and contrast the New England colonies with the colonies in the Chesapeake. Be sure to address two of the three characteristics in your answer: political, economic, and social patterns.
Immigration has always played an important role in the history of the United States. Compare and contrast immigration during the 1840’s / 50’s with immigration during the 1870’s / 80’s. Be sure to address two of the three in your answer: patterns of settlement, reasons for immigrating, reactions of nativist.

14. Comparison Example Thesis
Compare and contrast the New England colonies with the colonies in the Chesapeake. Be sure to address two of the three characteristics in your answer: political, economic, and social patterns.
In the British North American colonies, the New England and Chesapeake colonies developed with similar focus on self- representative government. However, the New England colonies developed on the basis of small communities and families and focused on commerce in combination with subsistence agriculture, while the Chesapeake colonies were established by individuals hoping for success, and developed large plantations to grow cash crops. Therefore, the New England and Chesapeake colonies differed significantly in social and economic structure.

15. Periodization/ Take a Position
Y will be your argument
A, B= argument of why it was or wasn’t a turning point
X will be some contrary evidence to your Y
Before Event
After Event
Category #1
Category #2
Category #3

16. Periodization Prompts
Simple:
To what extent were the Articles of Confederation successful in dealing with the problems faced by the new nation after the American Revolution?
Evaluate the extent to which the Spanish-American War was a turning point in foreign policy in the United States.
Complex:
Evaluate the extent to which the Mexican American War was a Turning Point with regard to the expansion of Slavery in the United States.
Evaluate the extent to which the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War, 1754–1763) marked a turning point in American relations with Great Britain, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the war to the period after it.

17. Periodization Example Thesis
Evaluate the extent to which the Mexican American War was a turning point with regard to the expansion of slavery in the United States.
After the Mexican American War, slavery continued to be abolished in the northern states and used heavily in the southern states. However, sectionalism rose as the argument over slavery in newly annexed territory increased and it brought to light the controversy of self-determination for new territories. Therefore, the Mexican American War was a turning point with regard to the expansion of slavery in the United States.

18. Turning Point
Evaluate the extent to which the acquisition of Tony Romo was a turning point for the Dallas Cowboys.
Evaluate the extent to which Toy Story was a turning point for Disney movies.
Evaluate the extent to which the return of Lord Voldemort was a turning point in the Harry Potter series.
Evaluate the extent to which the reaping for the 75th Annual Hunger Games was a turning point in the Hunger Games series.
Evaluate the extent to which Lebron’s move to Miami was turning point for his career.
Evaluate the extent to which Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Real Madrid was a turning point for his career.

19. Compare and contrast the reasons for colonization and interactions with Native Americans for two of the following countries:
Spain
England
France