<p>Would I have to somehow connect the significance I mentioned to modern day?</p>
<p>No. That’s dumb. Unless it asks for it in the question, in which case it’s still dumb, but you should probably do it.</p>
<p>Nope. Why should you? If you already have a stellar essay, making such a connection wouldn’t affect your score.</p>
<p>That would be considered very corny</p>
<p>Only if you enjoy cheesiness like I do. And I only do it if I think of something really good without spending much time. Don’t burn your precious time trying to make an unnecessary connection to today.</p>
<p>You’ll probably just end up writing some generalization on a topic too deep for a few sentences to accurately explore by stitching together bits and pieces of what you’ve read on the internet/seen on TV. AP graders don’t need to know that you can do this.</p>