Study Session

Unit 9: Globalization (1900-Present)

DBQ + LEQ Studio: Essay planning

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.

Start with these eight terms.

GlobalizationIMF / World BankWorld Trade OrganizationNAFTAEuropean UnionGreen RevolutionClimate changeInternet

Use this as your main timed prompt.

DBQ

Evaluate the extent to which global economic interactions changed in the period after 1900.

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

Finish with these so what you practiced sticks.

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 global economic interactions changed in the period after 1900.

Document based question

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

Evaluate the extent to which globalization has eroded distinct cultural identities in the period after 1980.