Assignment task: Intro to Western Civilization I
Directions for Essay
Directions:
For this essay, you will choose a topic of your choice and write a research paper about it.
"A research paper is an expanded essay that presents your own interpretation or evaluation or argument. When you write a research paper you build upon what you know about the subject and make a deliberate attempt to find out what experts know. A research paper involves surveying a field of knowledge in order to find the best possible information in that field." - SUNY Empire State College
Topics:
Topics can be anything related to Western Civilization from the 4th Millennium BCE to 1600 CE.
The one topic category not allowed is a biography of an individual person.
Examples of possible topics: Egyptian architecture, mystery cults in the Hellenistic world, Roman law, the effects of gunpowder in western warfare, the Mona Lisa, the Protestant Reformation.
Required Format:
- Minimum 800 words
- A separate bibliography page, with at least three valid sources used in your essay. Sources can be historical books, articles from academic journals, or primary sources.