DOCUMENT 1: Thomas Jefferson, Third Annual Message to Congress (1803)Source: The Avalon Project, Yale Law School WebsiteĬongress witnessed, at their last session, the extraordinary agitation produced in the public mind by the suspension of our right of deposit at the port of New Orleans. Include outside information from your knowledge of social studies and evidence from the documents.How the issue has continued to be an issue or changed over time.How the issue has affected people or been affected by people, or:.Argue that this is a significant issue that has endured by showing either:.Identify and define the issue using evidence from at least three documents.(For instance, documents such as the Dred Scott decision, a Reconstruction literacy test, a Harlem Renaissance poem, MLK’s Letter from a Birmingham jail and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would share the issue, “The African-American struggle for equality saw many achievements and setbacks.”) Finally, write an essay in which you: Then identify and define an enduring issue that is common to all the documents in the set. Read or observe the five documents below. It is an issue that the American people have attempted to address with varying degrees of success.
This sample “enduring issues” essay and evaluation rubric was developed by Henry Dircks, a social studies teacher at Mepham High School, North Bellmore, New York.ĭIRECTIONS: An “Enduring Issue” is an issue or topic that exists across time in U.S. The “enduring issues” essay will be a hallmark of redesigned New York State Global and United States history Regents exams.
Henry Dircks, Mepham High School, Bellmore, NY Sample 11th Grade United States “Enduring Issues” Essay
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