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How does conflict lead to new understanding?. Proficiency Essay 5: Joint with History. Attack the Prompt. HOW DOES CONFLICT LEAD TO NEW UNDERSTANDING? 1. Underline Key Words and Phrases in Prompt: How does conflict lead to new understanding ?
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How does conflict lead to new understanding? Proficiency Essay 5: Joint with History
Attack the Prompt • HOW DOES CONFLICT LEAD TO NEW UNDERSTANDING? • 1. Underline Key Words and Phrases in Prompt: • How does conflict lead to new understanding? • 2. Write everything you know about the underlined words and phrases, focusing on connections to these terms from your literature or history classes.
Create a Thesis statement • The thesis statement needs to include: • The titles, or names, of each example (at least two historical conflicts and one literary piece) of conflict that will be identified and discussed in the essay. • An opinion statement of how these conflicts led to new understanding for the people involved. • A connection to the universality of conflict and the lessons learned.
Example Thesis Statement(Do not copy!) • New understanding gained by individuals, nations and cultures through the historical examples of World War II and The Industrial Revolution, as well as William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, are lessons that carry on to our modern world. • (I intentionally used examples that you are not going to use because you cannot possibly copy them!)