the final assignment asks you to develop a broader, cross-cultural course synthesis. Selecting one of the course themes and using sources from three different societies, make an argument about how the theme manifests in those societies. Use 5 articles to examine your chosen course theme across the 3 societies you choose. Include at least 1 primary source for each society.
Theme: Religion and empire
3 societies: Roman empire, Han China, Islamic empireIslamic empire
The final draft of the essay will need to include the following elements:
An introduction that introduces the theme, societies, and texts, provides necessary context, and states a thesis that makes an argument about how the theme manifested in those societies, as shown in your chosen texts.
Several body paragraphs that support your thesis. You can organize your body paragraphs by sub-themes, society, or text, using your chosen texts as evidence in support of your thesis and reasons. Include topic sentences that state your reason and tie each paragraph to your thesis.
A conclusion that non-repetitively and briefly restates your thesis and what is significant about your analysis and argument.
For the thesis in the intorduction part: The thesis answers the open-ended, arguable question you ask, implicitly or explicitly, in your introduction and lays out the structure of your argument, creating the reader’s expectations for what is to come in the essay by doing the following:
Acknowledges an alternative view of the subject—the opposition (an “although” point about the subject)
Refers to the subject of the question
Makes an assertion about the subject (your position on the issue)
Provides sufficient reasons (often 3 or more) to support the assertion, listed in the most logical and persuasive order for your argument and forecasting the order they will be addressed in the paper.
Here’s a formula you can use to guide you in writing your thesis and structuring the whole paper:
Thesis Sentence = Opposition + Subject + Assertion + Reasons
Or TS = O + S + A + R
Here is the grading rubric: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15tEYSxH7FhTsTNTzvCfbij-FFjX65SdZJ-ThHOg5J5A/edit
I also included the PPTs for course backgrounds
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