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Please develop and write essay responses the questions below. Everyone will answer question 1. Students
then may select one prompt from Section 2 and one prompt from section 3. You must work on your own
and neither collaborate nor write with any other student.
You will submit your answers, in the form of three short essays (approx. 750 words each) in a SINGLE
WORD DOCUMENT to Turn-it-In on Moodle by 11 October (11:59 PM).
Section 1: The Ancient Period (Choose 1 on which to write.)
1. Identify the key contributions the cultures of the ancient Western World (for our purposes,
Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome) made to the West and explain what impact these contributions
had in the development of a “Western Civilization.”
2. Using at least Hammurabi’s Code, Funeral Oration of Pericles, The Twelve Tables, and The Secret
History, compare and contrast ancient forms of power and leadership.
Section 2: The Middle Ages and Late Antiquity (Choose 1 on which to write. No matter which essay you
choose to write, you must use substantive material from Procopius’s The Secret History.)
1. What were the major political, social, and cultural impacts of the transition from the Roman Empire
to medieval kingdoms in the West? What was happening in the “East”?
2. Identify the most significant contributing factors to change, growth and development in medieval
Europe and explain what made them so important to the history of the “West.”
Section 3: Comparing and Contrasting the Ancient and Medieval Periods (Choose 1 on which to write.)
No matter which essay you choose to write, you must use substantive material from Bennett’s A Medieval Life.
1. How do people who are seen as “others,” or as outside the bounds of acceptable or
dominant society (including women), influence Western society in the ancient and medieval
periods?
2. What impact did religion have on politics and society in the ancient, late-antiquity, and the
medieval periods?
Your exams will be graded according to the following criteria:
Introductions-10%
“Roadmap” Must tell me what you’re discussing in the essay.
Thesis Statements-10%
Single statement laying out the argument or main point of each of the essays. Should be
obvious to reader.
Primary Source Evidence-30%
must include direct, relevant quotes from primary sources, including The Secret History
Secondary Source Evidence-10%
Must include and use a secondary source (textbook, reputable website, database
information) to support your ideas, including Bennett’s A Medieval Life
Citations-10%
Correct and consistent citations of ALL materials used (both paraphrasing and direct
quotes)
Conclusions-10%
Tells the reader what you’ve argued and how you’ve proven your point
Accuracy, Organization & Style -20%
Information is correct. Command of course information and readings should be evident.
Proofread. Formal.
Your essays should have an introduction that helps your reader (me) identify your response to the essay
prompts. Think of the introduction as a roadmap—it will tell me exactly what you plan to talk about in your
exam. Make sure you have a main thesis statement—one sentence that describes what your essay will argue—
for each essay you write (three for this exam).
Each part of your answer should follow in supporting paragraphs. Each of these must have an easily
identifiable topic sentence that describes how the paragraph supports your main point. Each paragraph
should also provide evidence. Evidence must be drawn from the primary sources listed above. For this exam
you must provide primary source evidence in the form of paraphrasing AND direct quotations from some of
the primary sources listed on the syllabus and from Procopius’s Secret History and Bennett’s A Medieval Life.
Supporting, or secondary, evidence must come from your textbook and lectures, (and from library resources
if you need them). That is how you’ll fill in the chronology and background information.
Every time you use a piece of evidence, either in the form of paraphrasing, summary, or direct quotation,
you need to provide me with a citation—a reference that indicates where you got the information, who wrote
that information, etc. A guide to proper citations for history papers is available on Moodle. You must use this
guide as your write your exam. If you do not cite your sources properly, you will receive no credit for that
portion of the exam.
Finally, your essay should have a conclusion. The point of a conclusion is to summarize your main argument.
It reminds the reader of what your main point was and how you demonstrated the correctness or viability of
your argument. Just as the introduction tells a reader where you’ll be going in the exam, the conclusion should
tell the reader where they’ve just been. It can feel repetitive, but it is important for you as a writer to reflect on
what you’ve just accomplished, and it is important for the reader to have a nice wrap-up of your argument.
Your essay will also be evaluated on accuracy and organization and style. This means that I’m looking for
proofreading. Are all of your statements true? Do you display understanding and command of the
information in the texts? Do all of your paragraphs have topic sentences? Do they all provide evidence to
your reader? Are all your words spelled correctly? Is the essay written in a formal manner? Did you avoid
informalities? Is the essay grammatically correct? Is the punctuation right? Part of convincing your reader to
take you seriously means taking time with spelling, grammar, and style.
Remember, the point of an essay exam is to do the following:
• Show you understand concepts that provide the basis for the course
• Show you can use those concepts to interpret specific materials
• Show you can make connections, see relationships, draw comparisons and contrasts
• Show you can synthesize diverse information in support of an original assertion
• Show you can justify your own evaluations based on appropriate criteria
• Show you can procure relevant secondary evidence to support your claims
• Show you can argue your own opinions with convincing evidence
•
Show you can think critically and analytically about a subject
Your grade on the exam overall will be based on your ability to accomplish the points listed above.
You will submit your exam through Moodle. To do this easily and properly, you must save your
exam, which you’ll produce in a word processing program, as a (.doc) or a (.docx) file compatible
with Microsoft Word.
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