HISTORY 21C: MODERN WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY 21C: MODERN WORLD HISTORY

FINAL ESSAY DUE: UPLOAD TO CANVAS BY SEPTEMBER 6 AT 11:59PM

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts:

1. Throughout the quarter, we have looked at divisions in society based on class, gender, and race. Select one primary source from Column A and one primary source from Column B (listed below). Using the two sources, compare and contrast the ways that class, gender, OR racial divisions have been constructed in different moments of history. Be sure to provide the necessary historical context for understanding these comparisons.

2. I have argued that modernity is not synonymous with progress. Select one primary source from Column A and one primary source from Column B (listed below). Using the two sources, write an essay that either agrees or disagrees with my argument. You will need to provide specific evidence from the two sources to support your argument. Be sure to also provide the necessary historical context for understanding any evidence.

For your essay, select one primary source from Column A AND one primary source from Column B:

Column A Column B Theodore Roosevelt, “The Strenuous Life” (Topic 2) Qiu Jin, “An Address to Two Hundred Million Fellow Countrywomen” (Topic 3) Vladimir Lenin, “From What is to be Done?” (Topic 4)

Mohandas Gandhi, “Indian Home Rule” (Topic 10) Ernesto Guevara, “Guerrilla Warfare” (Topic 11) Liu Shao-chi, “On the Agrarian Reform Law” (Topic 11)

Emiliano Zapata, “Plan of Ayala” (Topic 5) Primo Levi, The Drowned and the Saved (Topic 7) “Japan at War Selections” (Topic 8)

Martin Luther King, Jr. “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” (Topic 12) Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis (Topic 13) Nelson Mandela, “I am Prepared to Die” (Topic 14)

Guidelines and Tips:

• Your essay should be 3-5 pages, typed, double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12pt Times New Roman (or similar font)

• Please provide an original title for your essay (it makes me happy when students get creative with essay titles)

• Your essay must be organized around an original, arguable thesis statement • Be sure to include proper citations for all quoted and paraphrased material

(any citation style is acceptable, just be consistent) • Take a look at the rubric for the final essay for specific details about what I

expect from this essay (with regard to the content and organization) • This is a History class, so I expect you to be able to provide the necessary

historical context • Do not assume that your reader knows what you mean. Be specific and

detailed.