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Posted: February 3rd, 2025
Description:
Write a clear, compelling, well-organized, and well-supported essay of between 1,000 and 1,500 words that responds to the following prompt. (All submissions will be checked for plagiarism, including likely use of AI.)
Describe and analyze the nature of one aspect (your choice) of the United States’ engagement with the world as covered in part of both modules of our course so far. Consider the complexities and nuances of this engagement.
A supplemental part of your essay (typically near/at the end) should additionally compare and/or contrast your historical exploration (derived from course materials) with a similar phenomenon that you have personally witnessed and/or experienced in your lifetime in order to personalize and add an additional layer of analysis to your essay. This comparison should highlight both similarities and differences.
Additional Details:
• Thesis-driven and evidence-based essay: Your description and analysis should take the form of a thesis – a thesis that both gives your essay focus throughout and that you develop and support throughout with discussions of relevant evidence drawn from all three of our main types of assigned course materials: (1) interpretive texts, (2) historical documents, and (3) lectures. Ensure that your thesis is clear, concise, and arguable.
While things discussed in our discussion boards are not in and of themselves considered “evidence,” you may nonetheless find it helpful to review the discussion boards for ideas for this essay. The discussion boards can offer different perspectives and interpretations of the course material.
• Regarding citations, the main rule to follow is to ask yourself, “would someone taking or teaching this course easily know which of our assigned course materials I’m drawing from at this point in my essay, whether through my explicit reference in the text of my essay or through a simple citation I’ve provided?” Proper citation demonstrates academic integrity and allows readers to easily locate the source of your information.
Regarding the first instance, you’d be in good shape if you wrote, “As Elizabeth Borgwardt argues, the ideals of FDR’s New Deal programs were internationalized into politics of human rights during and after the war.” You’d need no citation there because a reader affiliated with our course would easily understand what you were drawing from. However, if you quoted Borgwardt, then you’d additionally need to include a citation like, “(Borgwardt, 126)” just after the relevant sentence(s), with “126” indicating the page where the quotation appeared. Or if you were referencing, for instance, something from a lecture, you could either mention it in your text (“as Porter explained in lecture …” or in a brief citation like this: “(lecture on Nazi-era refugee crisis)”. Parenthetical citations, as shown above, will suffice, but there is no required style of citation. Rather, just be consistent and keep it as simple and clear as possible, ensuring that any reasonable reader from our course would readily understand what you’re referring to/drawing from, including with page numbers if you’re quoting from a reading or offering something very specific like a data point. Do not include a bibliography or works cited page for this essay since everything you cite should come from either our course materials or your own memories/experiences. So long as you do your best to follow the above guidelines, you should be fine. Consistency in citation style is key to clear communication.
• The material you draw from your own life (or lifetime) need not draw from detailed evidence (no research needed), but may instead be based simply on your memories or even current experiences (i.e., job, family, friends, interests, politics, consumption). Reflecting on personal experiences can provide a unique lens through which to analyze historical events.
The two-fold goal with this part of your essay is to (1) let the historical materials we’re exploring come more ‘alive’ for you by relating them to something connected to your own life and (2) enhance your analysis of your chosen historical topic by way of comparison and/or contrast to something with which you were already familiar from your life. This part of the essay should be supplemental to the overall essay, and should not dominate the space of the essay. The personal reflection should complement, not overshadow, the historical analysis.
Students typically include it a paragraph or so at or near the end of the essay, after they’ve fully or largely developed their thesis on the historical elements of the essay that were drawn from evidence derived from required class materials. This placement ensures that the historical analysis forms the core of the essay.
• From the prompt: “United States” can include any of the groups of people, institutions, policies, politics, law, and/or ideologies we’ve examined, whether related to government or something else. And “Engagement with the world” can include phenomena within the United States as well as those beyond. The scope of these terms allows for a wide range of potential topics.
• Nuts & Bolts: Submit to our course site as an MS Word file (not PDF, Notes, etc.). 12-point font, double-spaced (1,000-1,500 words = approx. 4-6 pp.). Number the pages. Include at top of essay a title, your name, and the date (no separate title page needed). Clear writing with no/few sloppy errors. Adhering to these formatting guidelines ensures consistency and readability.
Below are the metrics on which your essay will be assessed:
• Nuts & Bolts (25%)
o Includes required length, proper font/formatting, submitted on time or with approved extension, title area, page numbers, clear citations, and no (or very few) sloppy errors, such as typos, improper tense, run-on sentences or grammatical problems. These elements contribute to the overall professionalism of the submitted work.
• Writing Style & Structure (25%)
o The writing is clear and compelling, and avoids confusing, unclear or otherwise imprecise prose. The developmental structure of the essay is logical and easy to follow, both within paragraphs and from one paragraph to the next. Effective writing and organization are essential for conveying your arguments clearly.
• Description & Analysis of Chosen Historical Issue, inc. Use of Evidence (50%)
o Essay presents a clearly articulated topic and corresponding thesis at the outset, and develops that thesis thoughtfully throughout. Essay offers compelling, relevant evidence from all three types of assigned course materials (interpretive texts, historical documents, lectures) to support the thesis. The invocation of the student’s own memories/experiences adds another thoughtful dimension to the analysis of the chosen historical topic. A strong thesis, supported by evidence and personal reflection, is crucial for a successful essay.
Analyzing US Engagement with the World: A Historical and Personal Perspective
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