okay in the last video I gave you a formula for writing a DBQ and in this video I'm going to do the same for the leq so if you're ready to get them brain cows milk with a historically defensible argument then let's get to it now same story here I'm not going to teach you how to ride an leq in this video if you need help with that check out this video right here in this video I'm just going to show you how to structure your essay because that's a question I get a lot from students who watch my videos they want to know what to include in their conclusion paragraph and whether a five paragraph essay is sufficient for the leq and they almost never believe me when I tell them that none of that stuff is necessary you don't need five paragraphs you only need enough paragraphs to make your argument you don't need a conclusion paragraph because that's not on the rubric so if that's the case then how do you structure your essay for maximum points well I got a formula for you but just remember that this template exists to show you the principles of how to earn the points every leq is going to be slightly different so you may need to break out of the template remember it's not the form that earns you points it's demonstrating that you can think historically but a template is certainly helpful so let's get started okay your first paragraph needs to start with two or three sentences of context ization these need to include specific historical evidence like actually name some vocabulary words along with an explanation for why these examples of the larger historical context are important to your argument and then end that paragraph with your thesis which should be no more than two sentences and preferably one and that thesis has to be an argument and it has to be historically defensible if you don't know what the fresh heck any of that means then check out my video on writing thesis statements right here or if you're feeling a little Saucy and you want me to walk you through every point on all the required writing for your exam then check the link in the description for my apsa crem course which will make all your dreams come true okay so just like in the DBQ you're going to need to develop a road map of your essay within your thesis and what that means is you're going to establish the categories of your arguments and just for poops and Giggles let's say your argument and therefore your thesis has two parts social and political so these will be the topics of your two body paragraphs if you have three categories in your thesis then you're going to need three body paragraphs Etc so just like in the DBQ your body paragraph should follow this formula T topic sentence evidence analysis so start your first paragraph with a topic sentence that says the theme for that paragraph and for this you just steal from your thesis so topic sentence One X caused significant social change during this period and now you have to introduce some evidence to prove that and the evidence that you bring has to be something specific like you know name something a vocabulary word and in order to get full points you have to use a minimum of two pieces of evidence in this leq but I would suggest that you use more than that like aim for a minimum of four so then your paragraph would continue like this one example of social change is vocabulary word then you're going to explain what that vocabulary word is which is to say Define it the analysis part means that you add one more sentence showing how it proves your topic sentence and by extension your thesis and don't get confused when I say analysis all that means is that you show how your evidence supports the claim in the topic sentence then do that whole thing again for your second piece of evidence now if you successfully do everything I just said with at least two pieces of evidence then you should earn a five out of six on this essay you'll get four points for the contextualization and the thesis and the evidence and then the fifth point will almost come by default here you get a point for constructing your argument in a way that demonstrates historical thinking so if you have a good thesis and you use the the T formula for your body paragraphs that's exactly what you're going to be doing but then there is one last point to get in this section and that is for complexity and since they about a gazillion ways to earn this point and they could all warrant their own formulas let me just stick with the basics here because you don't actually need to go beyond what I've already taught you here probably the most straightforward way to earn complexity is to make sure that you use four pieces of evidence in your leq instead of just two and you handle those in exactly the same way you handled the first two pieces of evidence you name it explain it and analyze it however listen up the key to earning this point is not simply multiplying evidence supporting your argument instead choose two pieces of evidence that support your argument and two that potentially challenge it so if your first body paragraph argues that X historical development demonstrates significant social change then choose a second piece of evidence that suggests social continuity yes there was a massive social change and here's why but there was also continuity and here's why so follow that formula and you know maybe all your dreams will come true okay if you don't know how to write a thesis then this is the video you should watch next and you can click here to get my apsa Cram Course if you want me to walk you through every point on the writing for your course and give you some examples of exactly how to get them all and I'll catch you on the flipflop I'm lout