MODERN WORLD HISTORY COMMON ASSIGNMENT PROMPTS

The following are some specific "Persuasive Essay" prompts some of you sent in for "Modern World History" . There are some great ideas here. Please post your ideas as comments to this post and share the wealth.

1. Write an editorial about the British Industrial Revolution. Were the overall effects of the Industrial Revolution positive or negative? Pick one side to argue. Write from the perspective of a British citizen.

2. As a culminating assignment for History Alive! Modern World History activity 2.4 in the “Communist China and Modern Japan” unit students write a persuasive essay in the affirmative or the negative concerning the following statements “Education of Japanese students and American students is mostly the same.”

3. As a culminating assignment for History Alive! Modern World History activity 3.1 in the “Modern Latin America” unit students write a proposal for how the resources of the Amazon rainforest should be used.

4. Should oil drilling be allowed in the Amazon? Discuss multiple perspectives. Include and defend your position, citing evidence.

5. Who or what is to blame for instability in Africa today? The colonial powers, corrupt dictators, militias and warlords, the people themselves? Responsibility can be shared by multiple groups. If you think only one group is responsible, explain why the other groups are not.