2021-2022 School Year: 

I will be using google classroom this school year.  Email me any questions you have.

Enduring Issues Essay -  Same essay all year.

An enduring issue is a challenge or problem that has been debated or discussed across time. An
enduring issue is one that many societies have attempted to address with varying degrees of
success.

Key terms:  

Identify – means to put a name to; to name.
Define – means to explain features of a thing or concept so that it can be understood.
Argue – means to provide a series of statements that provide evidence and reasons to support a
conclusion.

Identify an enduring issue  based on a historically accurate interpretation of three documents.   --This is the what?
Define the issue using evidence from at least three documents  --- This is the what?
Argue that this is a significant issue that has endured---  analysis: how and why? Explain the impact on people/by people and similatiries/differences.

Orgainization:  5 paragraphs

1st paragraph:  introduction.  Identify the issue, define the issue, and introduce what will be discussed in the essay.  NO first person.  USE the words and enduring issue....

2nd, 3rd, and 4th perargraphs:   need specific examples with detail and how it is a problem (issue) or a solution to the problem (change over time.)

General statements need to be backed up with facts AND analysis.

How to include analysis:  - wording such as ---this was a significant change in history because.... this was important because....this led to ....and this had an positive (or negative) impact because.  

Basically answer these questions in your essay --  why is it important?  What did it change?  How did it impact people or America?  Was it good?  Why?  Was it bad?  Why?

Suggestions of how to organize your essay:

5th pargraph- Conclusion - wraps up the essay.  NO NEW INFORMATION IN THE CONCLUSION.   NO FIRST PERSON  nor personal pronouns (you)  NO "As you can see"

Ultimately you need to think, study, know current events and be engaged every day in class.

Some important rules for succes:

 Do not start a paragraph with In (document 1) it shows.  That is not an essay.  EACH paragraph starts with a topic sentence and the whole paragraph is about a topic using documents to explain and support the topic.  

Citation of documents must be done correctly.   Correct cition is using parenthesis for the documetn.  Here is an example:    In the map it show.......explanation.......................................(doc 3).  This is a change because.........  

Here of some other examples of how to introduce a document:    In the chart it shows; The author Susan James explains;   The passage on civil rights states;  The photo of the Civil War shows;  The ecoomist James Whitehead states; The Supreme Court in the case Plessy v. Ferguson decided.... 

This is followed by an explanation of how the document is related to the enduring issue -- is it an example of the problem, is it an example of people trying to change it, people trying to make it worse, etc.