1. Aim: How do I ace the Comparison LEQ Essay?
Do Now:
1. Write a sentence DIRCECTLY COMPARING Cookie Monster and SpongeBob.
2. Write a sentence DIRECTLY CONTRASTING Cookie Monster and SpongeBob.

2. Ideas & Beliefs Civilization Ideas & Beliefs Western Europe Humanism
Protestant Reformation
Scientific Revolution
Western Europe OR Russia
Absolutism
Ming Dynasty
Neo-Confucianism
Mughal Dynasty
Sikhism
Aztecs
Aztec Religion
Inca
Incan Religion

3. The LEQ (Long Essay Question)
1 Question | 40 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score
You will be given a choice between 2 LEQ options.
There are 4 kinds of LEQs that the AP can ask you.
Comparison and Contrast
Changes and Continuities Over Time
Causation
Periodization

4. Your LEQ Question:
Compare and contrast the development and impact of ideas and beliefs in TWO of the following civilizations between 1450 – 1750 CE. [Ming Dynasty, Russia, Mughal Dynasty, Western Europe, Aztecs, Inca]

5. SPICE Interactions • Demography and disease • Migration
• Patterns of Settlement
• Technology
Culture
• Religions
• Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
• Science and technology
• The arts and architecture
Economic
• Agricultural and pastoral production
• Trade and commerce
• Labor systems
• Industrialization
• Capitalism and Socialism
Social • Gender roles and relations • Family and kinship • Racial and ethnic constructions • Social and economic classes Political • Political structures and forms of government • Empires • Nations and nationalism • Revolts and revolutions • Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations

6. LEQ RUBRIC Skill: Contextualization 1
Describes a broader historical context
relevant to the prompt. Requires an explanation typically consisting of multiple sentences. Information here cannot be repeated in the body paragraphs. 1
Thesis: States a thesis that makes a historically defensible claim and responds to all parts of the question and establishes a line of reasoning.
Argumentation and TARGETED SKILL COMPARISON
1 point – Describes similarities AND differences among historical individuals, events, developments, or processes
1 point- Explains the reasons for the above.
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Skill: Argumentation: SOPHISTICATION OF SUPPORTING EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENTATION (2 points)
1 point – Addresses the topic of the question with specific examples of relevant evidence
1 point – Utilizes specific examples of evidence to fully and effectively substantiates the stated thesis or relevant argument. Responses must include a broad range of evidence that, through analysis and explanation, justifies the stated thesis or a relevant argument

7. Your Thesis Statement
Between 1450 – 1750, the development of [Idea/Belief A] in [Civilization A] was similar to the development of [Idea/Belief B] in [Civilization B] because of ___________. However, the impact of [Idea/Belief A] in [Civilization A] was different to the impact of [Idea/Belief B] in [Civilization B] because of ___________ and ___________.
Include time period: 1450 – 1750 CE AND the 2 civilizations you are comparing.
Include at least 2 similarities and 1 difference OR 1 similarity and 2 differences

8. Geographical & Historical Context
Describe the geographical context of the civilizations you will compare and contrast. How did the geography impact the civilization? Did the civilizations have access to each other?
Describe the historical context of how the civilizations you will compare and contrast developed (focus on how the civilizations began, and not how the ideas or beliefs began- so you do not “double dip”.
Describe the historical context of the period 1450 – What were larger global and historical patterns? Continuities or changes?
*You do NOT need to address all of these. Just write at least 3 or more detailed sentences, or ideally an entire paragraph.

9. Outlining Your Essay I Introduction: II Body Paragraph One
A) Thesis statement must:
Include time period: 1450 – 1750 CE AND the 2 civilizations you are comparing.
Include at least 2 similarities and 1 difference OR 1 similarity and 2 differences
B) Historical context:
At least 3 or more sentences, OR its own paragraph
II Body Paragraph One
Similarities: Your topic sentence MUST make a direct comparison between BOTH civilizations.
III Body Paragraph Two
Differences: Your topic sentence MUST make a direct contrasting statement between BOTH civilizations.
IV Conclusion
A) Prove your thesis statement
B) Make a connection to another time or place (synthesis)

10. Terms to use Comparisons Differences Similarly Conversely
Comparatively
In contrast to
Likewise
On the other hand
As well as
However
Just as
On the contrary