Development and transformation of social

structuresFinishing COMP and COT theses

Families and kinship, social and economic class, gender, Ethnic constructs

Thesis Thesis Thesis Audience While

Evidence Addresses all parts of the question

Reasons for similarities and differences

Class Although

Analysis Relevant world historical context

Addresses all parts of the question

Occupation Despite

Meaning Evidence Comparisons relevant and direct

Religion Even though

Grouping Analysis Evidence Nationality

Additional document

Political affiliation

Point of view EducationGender

How many acronyms?

DBQ COMP COT

CommunismEuropean imperialismCricketGreen RevolutionIndustrialismAfrican imperialismOlympicsHan and Rome TechnologySilver trade20th Century Muslim nationalismBuddhism in ChinaIndentured ServitudeMerchants in Christianity and Islam

Religion/gov’tEconomic developmentDemographic and environmnetalRise of EmpiresPolitical controlRacial ideologiesNation-StatesEmpire building20th century RevolutionsPolitical-Economic impacts of Mongol ruleImpacts of WWIWomenChina/Japan West

TradePolitical transformationTradeLong distance migrationReligious beliefs and practicesSilk RoutesIndian OceanFormation of national identitiesCultural political ClassicalSocial-economic transformation Atlantic worldLabor SystemsRole of Islam P-E-CGlobal Trade

Essay topics

The rigid social hierarchies in Western Europe 600-1450 and India 600B.C.E-600C.E. denied any chances of social mobility, were justified under the religious values of following one’ station with a reward in the next life, although

Think feudalism and caste system

Childhood in East Asia and Latin America 600-1450 was very short lived as larger families provided a source of labor to work on the farms, educated elites learned to provide economic opportunities for their families, even though

Think Confucianism and Aztec

Women in Western Europe and Latin America 1750-1900 both took part in the revolutionary process, both were marginalized due to the patriarchy which persisted, although

Think revolutions and cult of domesticity

4. Families in both Western Europe and East Asia 600 B.C.E-600 C.E emphasized the role of the father as the dominant parent, relegated the role of the mother toward domestic duty, despite

Think paterfamilias and 5 relationships

The proletariat in both North America and Western Europe 1750-1900 would struggle under subsistence wages and unsafe and unfair working conditions ,although

Think industrial revolution and role of unions

In both East Asia and South Asia social promotion was limited to those who were provided opportunities outside the realm of belief systems, outside forces would challenge the status quo despite

Think religions and philosophies of the classical world

Women in both East Asia and Eastern Europe 1900-present elevated their status through the opportunities of working within the Communist System, worked in jobs not traditionally associated with women, although

Think role of Communism

Peasant rebellions were common in Western Europe 600-1450 and Eastern Asia 1750-1900 out of dissatisfaction with the rule of government and its negligence, its crippling tax hikes which forced many to go without the basic essentials although

Think end of feudalism and Mandate of Heaven

The bourgeoisie in Latin America and North America 1750-1900 were both inspired by enlightened ideals of liberty and property rights, both staged rebellions against absolute monarchies even though

Think Revolutions again( and enlightenment)

Ethnic minorities in both Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America in the 20th century have been subjected to horrific acts by ethnic majority groups, have faced discrimination by their respective governments Although

Think post colonialism and indigenous populations)

The Arabs in the Middle East 600-1450 began a pattern of centralization under the banner of Islam and the Umma, cofied laws which governed behavior under the Sharia while

Dar al Islam

The Han Chinese 1911-Present combined various ethnic Turkic, Mongol and Uighur groups under the idealization of nationalism, embarked on an program of equity under the Communist cultural revolution, even though

Think revolutions and Communism

Jews in Western Europe 1900-present were subjected to anti-semitic discrimination, were denied access to institutions within the government, despite

Think Holocaust

Women’s in the Middle East in the 20th century enjoyed less restrictions in dress in places like Turkey and Egypt, gained access to schools, even

Think Westernization or Islamic fundamentalism

Families in North America 1750-present went from the extended to the nuclear family, were often disjointed due to relaxed marital and cultural values despite

Think Industrialism and Globalization

Latin America 1750-Present was dominated by the patriarchy of machismo, limiting women’s roles culturally to the domestic sphere even though

Think colonialism and the church

Social hierarchies in Latin America 600-1750 would be dominated by land owning class, would relegate most domestic roles to women even though

Think Aztec/Inca and then colonialism

Minority groups in Rwanda and Bosnia in 1992 were targeted toward elimination, they both were scapegoated for the negative economic problems of the ri respective countries despite

Think Genocide

World War one provided women’s right in both north America and Western Europe eventually gaining women suffrage rights and gaining access into the industrial workforce on a more regular basis although

Think total War (Rosie the riveter)

Arabs and Israelis 1947-present both contend the lands in the Eastern Mediterranean to be of historical importance to their respective people’s, both claim religious legitimacy to the lands, despite

Think post-colonialism and Balfour declaration and Sykes-Picot agreement