<p>I have to write a CCOT essay for AP World History and I was wondering how I should write it? Some questions I had were:
1) How should I write the thesis paragraph?
2) I have to include 4 changes so how many paragraphs should my essay contain with the thesis paragraph?</p>
<p>Thanks,
BreakingSAT...one section at a time</p>
<p>APWH essays are different than other APs. In APWH, the rubric is very specific so as long as you can follow it, you’ll get a 7+. Look at the scoring guidelines for any of the tests here to see what they want. <a href=“AP World History: Modern Exam – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>For the thesis, be direct and answer the question thoroughly for the point.</p>
<p>Paragraphing doesn’t really matter as long as you do everything the rubric asks for (obviously, the more you can write the better)</p>
<p>@Matt846 Thanks, is there any specific way to write the thesis paragraph? Like is there any format to writing it?</p>
<p>I don’t know why you have to include four changes, because you definitely don’t need that many on the exam, so I can’t help you there. Anyway:</p>
<p>Last year when I took APWH my teacher said do this in this order for the thesis paragraph:</p>
<p>Setting (briefly discuss the time period, age of exploration? classical era?)
Argument (present your argument)
Map (map your essay a sentence, [what are your changes/continuities?])</p>
<p>The argument and map parts are pretty similar, don’t get too worked up about that. But make sure that everything in your thesis is in your essay, and all the main points in your essay are in your thesis.</p>
<p>If the essay was about changes/continuities 1450-1750, for example, I might say</p>
<p>The Age of Exploration was a time of rebirth, renewal, and expansion. (this is a generic starter that I pretty much use for any time period because I think it sounds nice, I just change the time period.) Trading patterns changed as Europeans began to move westward to the Americas and establish numerous colonies used for growing cash crops. The economy changed as an influx of silver was brought from the Americas and became a universal unit of currency. However, through the entire time period, trans-Atlantic trade was dominated by Western Europe.</p>
<p>This is just a bunch of crap I thought of from the top of my head. It’s not perfect, but it doesn’t have to be. As long as you get your points across.</p>
<p>@Chalmydia Thanks for your response, the reason I need four changes is because my teacher said an essay with one or two changes will receive a B+ while an essay with 4 changes will get around an A.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>-BreakingSAT</p>