Essay: Choose 1
Directions: Write a well organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion. You are writing about one of the following time periods RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, ABSOLUTISM.
EXPLORATION, ENLIGHTENMENT, or REVOLUTION
1. THEME: Technology
Technology has played a critical role in altering the course of human history.
Task:
Identify two technological advances that had a major impact on the history we have studied in class.
Explain the relationship between the technological advance and a specific historic event or period in history.
Analyze how these advances changed the course of history.
2. THEME: Change-Turning Points
Political, economic, and social conditions have often led to turning points that have changed the course of history for nations and peoples.
Task:
Identify two turning points from your study of history this year.
Describe the causes and key events that led to the turning point
Explain how each turning point changed the course of history for nations and peoples.
3. THEME: Change
Individuals have brought about great changes in history. These individuals have had positive and or negative effects on nations or regions.
Task:
Choose two individuals from you study of history this year and for each chosen:
Discuss 2 specific changes made by the individual in a specific empire or region
Evaluate whether these changes had a positive or negative effect on the empire or region