Study Session

Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization (1750-1900)

DBQ + LEQ Studio: Essay planning

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Key themes

Flashcard topics

Sample questions

45-minute plan

Keep moving so you get through every step.

7 min: Warm-up — Write down everything you already know about the topic.
8 min: Flashcards — Review 6 terms that could show up in the documents.
18 min: Outline — Write a thesis and outline 2 body paragraphs.
12 min: Review — Add a sourcing sentence (who wrote a document and why) and a complexity sentence.

Flashcard set

Start with these eight terms.

ImperialismBerlin ConferenceSocial DarwinismOpium WarsSuez CanalSepoy RebellionAbolition and the demand for new laborMigration

Practice prompt

Use this as your main timed prompt.

LEQ

In the period circa 1750 to 1900, industrialization spread from Great Britain to other parts of Europe, the United States, Russia, and Japan. Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which industrialization transformed social classes during this period.

DBQ + LEQ Studio checklist

Keep these in mind while you answer.

Write a thesis in 1-2 sentences
Label each paragraph with an argument
Add 1 sentence that shows complexity: another view, or a link to another time or place

Wrap-up checklist

Finish with these so what you practiced sticks.

Log 2 concepts you still need to review
Add 3 flashcards to tomorrow's deck
Write a 1-sentence thesis in your own words

More prompts

Use these to extend the session or build a full practice set.

Document based question

7 points. 60 minutes, including 15 minutes of reading.

Evaluate the extent to which industrialization caused the expansion of European empires in the period circa 1800 to 1900.

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