history outline (FINAL PA. PAER)

History 111 – World History since 1500

Final Essay Outline Guide Sheet

Use this guide to plan how you are going to complete the final essay. I will provide feedback on this essay plan to help you successfully complete the last assignment of our course.

Make sure to read the final essay instructions before working on your essay outline.

Which document set will you write about?

i) Set 1 – Spanish America.

ii) Set 2 – Asia and Global Trade.

iii) Set 3 – The Atlantic Revolutions.

iv) Set 4 (film) – Decolonization.

Think of the course materials that will help you contextualize the documents and relate them to broader themes we have discussed.

1. List all themes/historical phenomena we have discussed during the course that you think relate with chosen set. Think broadly about the relationship between the themes; you may relate, for instance, the colonization of the Americas (set 1) with 19th century imperialism.

2. Which of themes/historical phenomena listed above will you focus on? In other words, what do you actually plan to discuss?

3. Lectures and lecture parts that will help you write the essay.

4. Textbook chapters and chapter parts that will help you write the essay.

Think through the text structure.

1. In what order will you present your discussion? Think of the division of the essay in terms of paragraphs, or at least sections.

2. What course materials will you use/cite in each paragraph or part of the essay?

3. What primary sources parts or aspects will you use/cite in each paragraph or part of the essay?