Problem
Prompt
Reflective essays focus on personal experiences and ideas. As with our other essays and projects this semester, your paper should present a clear thesis and support that thesis with convincing evidence and specific examples from your course experience. As a reflective essay, you can be more personal and less formal in this essay.
As you brainstorm approaches to your essay, consider some of the following questions:
1) Has this course challenged or complicated any prior idea(s) you had about U.S. history? If so, in What ways? If not, how has it mirrored what you already knew?
2) Take time to scan our Canvas modules page as you consider the materials you have explored this semester. Have any particular readings contributed to your learning?
3) How have you understood "history" as a discipline and field of study?
4) Did your essay or project experiences this semester raise any questions for you or produce unexpected frustrations/breakthroughs?
5) How has this course, its material, and/or assignments affected you, and why?
6) Has this course contributed to your understanding of U.S. political knowledge? Do you think you have developed your ability to participate in American democracy? If so, how so?
7) I'm struggling with how to start my essay if you could help, that would be great. I've learned a lot from 1865 to the present I would say my favorite topics were probably the 1960s, The Great War, and WWII.