Explain what you already know about the chosen topic based on your personal history or experiences.

Choose from the following topics: Human Rights and Inequality, Political Revolutions, Climate Change, or Globalization.

Overview
History is much more than a list of dates, names, and places. Examining our histories helps us understand how the past connects to our present and what it means to be human. It allows us to make better decisions about our futures. History also provides us with very practical skills that are useful in any profession, such as determining the credibility of information, conducting research, and asking critical questions.
In each module, you will complete assignments that will prepare you for an aspect of your final project. In this assignment, you will choose your project topic. Before completing this activity, review the Project Guidelines and Rubric and the Library Research Guide to know exactly what you will be working on.
While it is a good idea to choose your topic early, you may change it until the next module.
Prompt
Use the provided Module One Activity Template: Project Topic Exploration and the Research Topic Lists in the HIS 100 Library Guide to complete this assignment. In the Library Guide, you will see the following pages:
Research Topic List: Human Rights and Inequality
Research Topic List: Political Revolutions
Research Topic List: Climate Change
Research Topic List: Globalization
Make certain to review the lists of more specific topics within each theme to choose your research topic.
Then, describe your prior knowledge, beliefs, assumptions, and values related to your chosen topic. Finally, you will explain why you think this historical topic is relevant to contemporary society.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Explain what you already know about the chosen topic based on your personal history or experiences.
If you do not have prior knowledge about your topic, explain what you would like to learn more about.
Describe the beliefs, assumptions, and values you have related to the topic you chose.
What opinions or perspectives do you have about your topic? What conclusions have you already drawn about it?
Explain why this topic is relevant to current events or to modern society.
Why might this topic matter to us now?
Guidelines for Submission
Use the provided Module One Activity Template: Project Topic Exploration to address the steps above. While references are not required, any sources used should be cited according to APA style if you reference them in your responses. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

Consider this anecdote:
In 1479 BC, the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III marched his troops into the land known as Palestine to lay siege upon the city of Megiddo (later to become better known as biblical Armageddon). He was faced with taking three routes to the city: one from the north, one from the south, and one central route. All had their inherent dangers, but he took the central route, caught everyone by surprise, and won the battle. In September 1918, English General Edmund Allenby was tasked to take Megiddo from the Germans and Turks during World War I. He took the same route as Thutmose and won. Did History repeat itself? Allenby certainly knew his History.

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