History research essay 8 pages minimum
MININMUM 3000 (8 pages) WORDS.
The assignment includes research/analysis components in which you examine the historical roots of a contemporary issue of interest to you.
Identify an issue of contemporary global significance of which you intend to explore the historical roots and global dimensions.
1. Gather appropriate sources for your chosen topic and learn how to differentiate kinds of sources.
2. Develop an initial thesis statement for your research essay: a hypothesis about the potential historical roots of your contemporary issue - and revise it in light of new sources.
3. Critically analyze the sources that you gather and identify useful passages and information within.
4. Connect newly found sources to those you previously located.
5. Learn how to cite sources correctly according to historical disciplinary standards.
The contemporary issue should be of interest and importance to you, centrally international (global) in scope, have historical dimensions you can analyze, and should also connect to one or more of the broader themes of this course (humans and the environment, globalization, inequality, diverse ways of thinking, and/or the roots of contemporary conflicts).
This is a short list of topics that students have researched in the past. These are only suggestions, and you should use this list to spark your own creativity. Agricultural technology Animal (domestication, impact on the environment, extinction) Air pollution Architecture Art Assassinations Birth control Contact between Europeans and Native peoples Dams Deforestation Disability Drug trade Extinction of species Fish as a resource Food Sexuality/Homosexuality Gender roles Genocide Human trafficking (prostitution or labor) Immigration Imperialism Industrialization International Non-Governmental Organizations Medical technology Missionaries Pandemics Population changes Segregation/Apartheid Slavery Spices Sports-race or gender Textiles Trade routes Women in the Middle East (Egypt, Turkey, Iran) Women in the workforce Women's political groups/movements.