1. Aim: What are enduring issues in global history?
Do Now: Max was a responsible student who was on the honor roll and a star of the football team, but his behavior started to change after his father lost his job. Examine his schedule and attendance patterns from the week before the lunchroom fight and answer the questions with your neighbor.

2. What is an enduring issue?+
ISSUE
continuing or long-lasting
an important topic or problem for debate or discussion
Enduring Issues are HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
Something is historically significant if it
affects a lot of people
has long lasting effects

3. Examples of Enduring Issues
War is Used to Gain Power
Religions and Belief Systems Have Impacted Civilizations throughout History
Dates
Event
BCE
Greek-Punic Wars
BCE
Warring States Period in China
59-45 BCE
Caesar’s Civil War in Rome
Mongol invasion of Europe
French Revolution
World War I
World War II
2015-present
War in Afghanistan
What makes religion and belief systems an enduring issue?
What makes the use of war to gain power an enduring issue?

4. Enduring Issue Essay Steps
1. Annotate the document(s). 2. Identify the main idea of the document(s). 3. Identify possible enduring issues raised in the document(s). 4. Categorize the documents. 5. Select the most appropriate enduring issue.

5. Define the Enduring Issue By:
1. Describing what it is. 2. Clarifying what the words in the enduring issue and the description mean, and by providing at least 3 examples from history or modern day that demonstrate is it an enduring issue.

6. Explain why the enduring issue is significant by describing:
1. How people were and/or have been affected by it. 2. How many people’s lives were and/or have been affected by it. 3. How long lasting the changes were and/or have been.

7. Enduring Issues Essay Prompt:
The prompt will be the same every time.
An enduring issue is an issue that exists across time. It is one that many societies have attempted to address with varying degrees of success.
In your essay
Identify and define an enduring issue raised by this set of documents.
Using your knowledge of Social Studies and evidence from the documents, argue why the issue you selected is significant and how it has endured across time.
Be sure to
Identify the issue based on a historically accurate interpretation of three documents.
Define the issue using evidence from at least three documents
Argue that this is a significant issue that has endured by showing:
How the issue has affected people or been affected by people
How the issue has continued to be an issue or changed over time
Include outside information from your knowledge of social studies and evidence from the documents.

8. How to Annotate the Documents
Annotation is the act of using symbols and notes to show what you are thinking while you read. When you annotate, you interact with the source by underlining sections of the text, circling words, phrases, or images, and writing notes to yourself in the margins.