1. Create an argument through the use of historical evidence.
2. Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.
3. Analyze the effects of historical, social, political,
economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States
history.
Instructions: Complete
the following assignments to prepare for the History Final Exam Essay
worth a total of 35 points toward your final course grade. (Warning: Unlike the History Quizzes 1-10 and the students only have one attempt to submit their answers for the Final Exam.)
Assignment: (Worth
35 Points) Your History Final Exam will consist of an Essay, which will
focus on a student’s ability to use their Critical Thinking skills in
evaluating the impact of a past historical event covered in this course.
Read the following instructions to prepare for the Essay on your Final
Exam. (Warning: Unlike the History Quizzes 1-10 and the students only have one attempt to submit their answers for the Final Exam.)
Part 1: Review the following four historical events that you studied this semester:
The Progressive Movement
The New Deal
Civil Rights Movement
The Cold War
Part 2: Answer the following question in relation to the four historical events:
The Question: In your
own opinion, which out of the four historical events listed in part 1
had the greatest social and personal impact/value on social change in
the United States? (Make sure to back
up your answer with three specific examples from historical sources as
explained in Part 3 of the assignment.)
Part 3: Write. The essay must be
a minimum of 500 words of content (not including the Works Cited page),
but can be longer. You must support your answer with information from
scholarly sources. You must have at least 3 academic sources These
sources cannot include Wikipedia. You can use your course text, other
books, videos, academic websites, and journal articles from the library.
Particularly good library databases for this project are Academic
Search Complete and World History in Context. You can access them here: Library Databases. (Links to an external site.) Remember
to cite your sources in your essay and create a Work Cited Page using
MLA format. If you need help with MLA format contact a librarian or
visit the guide on the Purdue OWL website (Links to an external site.).
It is highly recommended that you contact a librarian for help. You can
do that on-campus in the Center for Learning Resources (2nd floor).
From off-campus, you can contact the library here: Ask a Librarian
Part 4: Please use Microsoft Word to
write your Essay assignment. Use the following “Rubric” as a guide to
writing and answering the Essay:
Essay Format and Structure Guide for this Course
The essay guide below is one way to help you organize your information for the Final Exam Essay:
Structure of the Essay’s content:
• T = Theme: State your opinion • A/B/C = Groups of facts supporting the theme (In-Text Cite your sources) • T= Conclusion that restate the theme (Your opinion)
Short Example of a Essay using the Structure of the content*:
• T: begin with a statement of the theme • A: state the first fact and/or example that supports the theme (In-Text Cite your sources) • B: state the second fact and/or example that supports the theme (In-Text Cite your sources) • C: state the third facts and/or example that support the theme (In-Text Cite your sources) • T: restate the theme
Short Example Essay Question: What is the significance of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
T: The Epic of Gilgamesh is the earliest epic poem and the first work of literature to deal explicitly with the nature of death and human mortality.
A: Gilgamesh is initially the proud and confident king of Uruk. With the death of his best friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh realizes his own mortality. (Kirk, Ch.2, p. 18.)
B: Gilgamesh embarks on a quest for eternal life the secret of which he discovers from Utnaphishtim, the equivalent of the biblical Noah. Utnaphishtim tells him of a magic herb with the property of making one eternally youthful; he also tells of a great flood which he survived to become immortal. (Heidel, p. 159.)
C: Gilgamesh finds the herb but a serpent eats it consigning Gilgamesh to the universal human fate of mortality. (Levi-Strauss, p. 15)
T: The Epic of Gilgamesh is the first work of literature to deal with the confrontation and meaning of death.
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