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APUSH LONG ESSAY QUESTION GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

Analyze the Question:

___Bracket the main idea or core of the question.

___Underline operative words (discuss, evaluate, assess, to what extent).

___Circle words that restrict the scope of the question (dates, social cultural, political, places, people).

___Try to identify any unknown words through context.

THE QUESTION:

Identify the Targeted Historical Thinking Skill:

___Causation (Describes and analyzes causes and/or effects of a historical development, illustrated with specific examples.)

___Comparison (Describes and analyzes reasons for similarities and/or differences in historical developments with specific examples.)

___Continuity and Change Over Time (Describes and analyzes historical continuity and change with specific examples)

___Periodization (Describes the ways historical developments defined the era with specific examples, turning points, and dates)

TARGETED HISTORICAL THINKING SKILL:

Potential Cue Words:

Brainstorm HOW to connect the core of the question to the skill.

Write your Thesis:

___Do NOT simply restate the question.

___Use words you understand, use vocabulary precisely.

___Address ALL elements of the question. It can be two sentences.

___Make sure that your ideas are clearly presented and that the thesis establishes an argument.

THESIS:

Organize your Evidence:

___Support / honor your thesis with the structure of your essay.

___Focus on shaping your argumentation around the targeted historical thinking skill.

___Make sure you do not contradict yourself.

Achieve Synthesis through at least one of the following:

___Extend the argument and show understanding of the past by applying the other historical thinking skills

___Draw appropriately on ideas and methods from different fields of inquiry or disciplines

___Respond to disparate, relevant, and sometimes contradictory evidence from primary sources or secondary works

___Connect insights about the past to other historical contexts or circumstances (even the present)

|Supporting Idea - Topic |Supporting Idea - Topic |Supporting Idea - Topic |

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|HISTORICAL EVIDENCE |HISTORICAL EVIDENCE |HISTORICAL EVIDENCE |

|Provide clear examples for the supporting idea and |Provide clear examples for the supporting idea and |Provide clear examples for the supporting idea and |

|targeted skill. |targeted skill. |targeted skill. |

|Include details (key terms, dates, etc.). |Include details (key terms, dates, etc.). |Include details (key terms, dates, etc.). |

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|ANALYSIS |ANALYSIS |ANALYSIS |

|Provide analysis of the idea and examples listed above. |Provide analysis of the idea and examples listed above.|Provide analysis of the idea and examples listed above.|

|Connect to the thesis. |Connect to the thesis. |Connect to the thesis. |

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|How will synthesis be achieved? | | |

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