History Assignment
Directions:
Respond to the following essay prompt in approximately five paragraphs, double spaced, with 12 point font. You may use the textbook, class notes, class slides, and other class materialsas sources. No other sources will be accepted. Be sure to properly cite all sources.
Note: Do not use an excessive amount of quotes in your essay (more than two consecutive sentences) . I want to hear what you have to say, not the source. Excessive use of quotes will result in a reduction of points.
Also, see the "Suggestions for Writing Your Essays" on the following page.
Essay Prompt:
Analyze how the Civil Rights Movements, the Vietnam War, and other social turmoil in the 1950s and 1960s affected the ethnic groups that we have discussed. In you're answer consider the effect these groups in turn had on the events being analyzed.
Suggestions for Writing Your Essays
• Use the suggested essay guidelines as a framework for your creativity and intellectual expression, instead of as restrictive boundaries.
• Avoid expressing your ideas in absolutes. Works counter to showing analytical mastery of the material.
• Avoid hyperbole. It can be very hard to back up with specific facts and examples.
Hyperbole- exaggerated statements or claims.
• Do not use direct questions in your essays. Does not work in an analytical essay for a history class.
• Save direct quotes for unique statements. Better to express these ideas in your own voice with proper citation. Making it your own shows analytical mastery of the material.
• Try not bury your thesis statements and main ideas. Make them obvious. But do not underline them.
• In your opening paragraph have a sentence that summarizes your main points. This is a separate sentence from your thesis statement.