1. Focus: How do we compose a spectacular Change-Over Time Essay 1)Review all of your PERSIA, H.W. and note material for H.W.’s 1-12. 2)Make a list of relevant ideas and historical facts for each PERSIA category. 3)Examine the extent of CONTINUITY and CHANGE for each of the PERSIA categories AND the causes and effects of those changes/continuities for the following regions: Western Europe, Latin America, Africa, Oceania *Not all PERSIA categories will signficantly apply to all regions!

2. Focus: How do we compose a spectacular Change-Over Time Essay ESSAY TOPICS: Brainstorm about what you might discuss if given the following category. Identify relevant information to discuss. Examine change AND continuity for your assigned topic. Identify the cause and effect of the change/continuity. Time Frame (1500- 1800): 1.INTERACTIONS – Western Europe and Latin America 2.ECONOMIC - Western Europe 3.ECONOMIC – Latin America 4.RELIGION – Western Europe 5.RELIGION – Latin America 6.POLITICAL – Western Europe 7.POLITICAL – Latin America

3. Suggested Topics for COT Analysis POLITICAL: Western Europe (Absolutism and the Enlightenment), Latin America (Colonial Expansion into Latin America and the Pacific by the Spanish and Portuguese, Political arrangements in the colonies – i.e. relationship between the colonial Europeans and the Iberians)

4. Suggested Topics for COT Analysis ECONOMIC: Western Europe (Columbian Exchange, mercantalism, capitalism, slave trade), Latin America (Columbian Exchange, haciendas, quinto, encomienda, mita, engenho, plantations, slave trade

5. Suggested Topics for COT Analysis RELIGION: Western Europe (Protestant Reformation, Catholic/Counter- Reformation, Dieism/Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment, Absolutism. Latin America (Spread of Christianity, role of missionaries, blending with native and Christian beliefs)

6. Suggested Topics for COT Analysis INTERACTIONS: Possible Combinations: 1)Western Europe and Africa (slave trade, colonial developments – economic and social effects of slave trade, cultural transformations, effects of slave trade on African societies 2)Western Europe and Latin America (Description of the social, economic and political aspects of the contact on BOTH soceities – see other PERSIA categories for specific ideas) 3)Western Europe and Oceania (Description of the social, economic and political aspects of the contact – see other PERSIA categories for specific ideas – focus on Spanish galleons in the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, etc….)

7. Sample Thesis Formula– Continuity and Change There were several changes which occurred in (name region(s)) between (identify time frame). Changes such as (list specific events, developments or changes for the region(s)under discussion) developed because (provide reasons and/or historical context around the changes). Although these developments led to change (list specfic impacts) there is also evidence of continuity (list specfic events, developments).