CONTINUITIES & CHANGES-OVER-TIME MUSEUM EXHIBIT
My Civilization/Region/Trade Network: _________________________________________ Era __________________
Due date: _________________________
In preparation for the AP World History Exam in May, we will begin review by examining topics we have explored thus far in the course. You will be assigned either a specific civilization, region, or trade network to re-examine and create a product in the form of a museum exhibit that discusses the changes and continuities-over-time that shaped your topic within a given time period. This is a skill you must be able to perform on the May exam given any topic. The museum exhibit will be presented on a poster board or cardboard display (see image at the bottom of this sheet for an example). You and your classmates may use your finished display as a tool for exam review, so it is critical that you put time and effort into its proper completion. This is an assignment that will take MORE than a week to complete if
done correctly. The following are directions for completion of this task:
1.
Choose a partner with whom you will work to complete the task. (Only you and 1 other!) The workload must be shared equally amongst partners.
2.
You or your partner will be assigned a civilization, region, or trade network for a given APWH time period to analyze how aspects of it changed/stayed the same. You may NOT switch topics with another group after it has been assigned to you. Record the assigned topic and era on this sheet.
3.
Using the chart provided, analyze the critical changes and continuities that shaped that topic during that time period. The changes and continuities should be analyzed for EACH of 5 historical themes: Human Environment
Interaction, Culture, Politics, Economics, & Social Systems. I have provided sub-topics that should help guide your identification of critical changes and continuities. However, before identifying changes and continuities for that topic and era, give an overview of the characteristics at the beginning of the time period for each of the themes.
After identifying critical changes and continuities for each theme, provide analysis of those changes and continuities. In other words, what were reasons for those changes and continuities and/or results of those changes and continuities. Finally, how can you characterize that theme for the end of the era? For these items,
you do not have to provide every detail! Only give the MAJOR changes and continuities for that theme as it applies to your topic and era. Understand that this does not mean that you should be vague! Reference SPECIFIC information. Use key terms, events, and people. Provide key years. See the sample on the back of this page for how the chart should be completed. You will certainly need more room than is provided in the chart for satisfactorily completing this portion of the assignment.
Q: Where should l look to find the information to complete this CCOT chart?
A: In your memory of this entire course. There is not a single page in your text that you will find the answers to this organizational chart. Use all resources available to you to find the answers (the textbook, your notes, each other…).
4.
Once you have thoroughly completed the chart, you may move on to assembling the museum exhibit display. It is your task to CREATIVELY and NEATLY present your findings from the chart on either a poster or cardboard display.
You are to present all themes along with your findings. Present the findings in an easy-to-read manner.
The following should be presented in your museum exhibit display: a.
The title of your civilization, region, or trade network along with the time period b.
Presentation of change and continuity information for all five themes from the completed chart with key terms, people, events, & years included c.
An easy to read map of your civilization, region, or trade network at the height of its power with empire borders, cities, and/or trade links (give a map key) d.
Images of major art and architecture from your topic. Give captions to these. e.
Your names written on the back.
**PLAN OUT YOUR DISPLAY BEFORE ASSEMBLING IT!**
Your grade will be based upon the full completion of these requirements.

SAMPLE FROM CCOT ANALYSIS CHART:
Era: 1900-Present Civilization: Russia
World Historical
Theme (w/topics that fall under that theme)
3 Politics
(state/nationbuilding, political structures, empires, revolts/revolution,
war)
Characteristics
@ Beginning of time period
-Russia controlled by absolute monarchy of
Czar Nicholas II
-Czar Nicholas II rejected liberal reforms after
Revolution of
1905
-Nicholas II leads Russia into WWI, 1914
Key Changes
Key Continuities
-drops out of WWI
-Communist Revolution of
1917 led by Lenin  Soviet
Union formed
-dictatorship continues
-censorship & secret police
-xenophobia
Analysis of Changes
Continuity(Reasons for and/or Results of
Changes/Continuities)
-ended rule by czars
-introduced dictatorship by Communist Party
-Forced massive industrialization under
Stalin’s 5 Year Plans
-failed agricultural collectivization
-attempt to create Soviet
Empire in Eastern Europe
(1945-1989)
-Cold War competition with the USA
-proxy wars
-harsh dictatorship used to strengthen Russia against Western threats to Russian culture & political power
Characteristics
@ End of the
Period
-democratic & capitalist reforms began under
Gorbachev
(Glasnost &
Perestroika)
-Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and replaced by
Russia and CIS
-tendency towards autocracy continues

600 BCE – 600 CE Han China [Classical Era]
600 BCE – 600 CE Roman Empire [Classical Era]
600 BCE – 600 CE Maurya & Gupta India [Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Islam & Early Islamic Caliphates (Umayyads & Abbasids) [Post-
Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Mali [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Swahili Coast [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Western Europe (Medieval Europe) [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Russia [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Byzantine Empire [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Aztecs [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Inca [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Tang & Song Dynasties [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Mongol Empire (including Yuan dynasty) [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Japan [Post-Classical Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE Western Europe [Early Modern Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE Latin America [Early Modern Era]
1450 CE - 1750 CE North America [Early Modern Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE Middle East (Ottomans) [Early Modern Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE South Asia (Mughals & European Activity) [Early Modern Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE Ming Dynasty [Early Modern Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE Japan [Early Modern Era]

1450 CE – 1750 CE Sub-Saharan Africa (Slave Systems) [Early Modern Era]
1750 CE – 1900 CE British Empire [Era of Western Hegemony]
1750 CE – 1900 CE Latin America [Era of Western Hegemony]
1750 CE – 1900 CE Russia [Era of Western Hegemony]
1750 CE – 1900 CE Japan [Era of Western Hegemony]
1750 CE – 1900 CE Qing China [Era of Western Hegemony]
1750 CE – 1900 CE Sub-Saharan Africa [Era of Western Hegemony]
1750 CE – 1900 CE South Asia [Era of Western Hegemony]
1750 CE – 1900 CE Middle East [Era of Western Hegemony]
1750 CE – 1900 CE Western Europe [Era of Western Hegemony]
600 BCE – 600 CE Great Silk Road Trade Network [Classical Era]
600 BCE – 600 CE Indian Ocean Trade Network [Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Great Silk Road Trade Network [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Indian Ocean Trade Network [Post-Classical Era]
600 CE – 1450 CE Trans-Saharan Trade Network [Post-Classical Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE Great Silk Road Trade Network [Early Modern Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE Indian Ocean Trade Network [Early Modern Era]
1450 CE – 1750 CE Trans-Atlantic Trade Network [Early Modern Era]