3. Writing an Historical Essay

1. 3. Writing an Historical Essay OR How to Write a SUPERIOR Essay to Blow the Potential AP Readers Right off Their Chairs WITH apologies to English Teachers

2. Read the Question Carefully • Although many Northerners and Southerners came later to think of themselves as having separate civilizations, the Northern and Southern colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were in fact more similar than different. Assess the validity of this statement. • Read it a second time. • Read it a third time. • Underline words important to thesis

3. Read the Question Carefully • Although many Northerners and Southerners came later to think of themselves as having separate civilizations, the Northern and Southern colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were in fact more similar than different. Assess the validity of this statement. • Read it a second time. • Read it a third time. • Underline the critical words

4. What are You asked to do? • ASSESS! • Which means that you must take a stand either in support or repudiation of the statement. • It does not matter which side you take. • Reader will looking at your evidence in support of your decision.

5. Create a Graphic for Brainstorming

6. Create a Graphic for Brainstorming

7. Create a strong thesis statement As early as the 17th century the northern and southern colonies were exhibiting a growing division based on a number of issues. It would be an incorrect statement to portray the Northern and Southern colonies as being more similar than diverse. The early history of these sections point quite clearly to separate civilizations that would lead to years of disagreement between the two as they focused on differences in economic, political , and social structures.

8. Infuse Power Words As early as the 17th century the northern and southern colonies were depictinga significant division based on a number of key issues. It would be an incorrect statement to indicate that the Northern and Southern colonies were more similar than diverse. The early history of these sections point quite dramaticallyto separate civilizations that would lead to years of disagreement between the two as they focused on predominate differences in economic, political , and social structures.

9. Create an outline (Graphic) • Introduction (see previous slide) • Economic • Slave / Indentured Servant • Large Plantation/ Small farms • No factories / Ship Building & forestry • Etc. • Social • Aristocracy / family centered • Paternalism of women / Equal partners • No formal education / required • Influence of Barbados • Political • Aristocracy / white male landowner • Control / Expression • Structure / English philosophers • Conclusion

10. Now Write