1. Steps to Writing the Enduring Issue Essay
Read all 5 the documents that you get. Underline and annotate as you read.
Annotate which enduring issues fit each document. Write them next to each document.
Find 1 enduring issue that is present in 3 of the documents.
Make an outline.
Write your essay.
**your connection(s) and proofread your essay 2-3 times before turning in your Regents.

2. INTRO- 3-5 sentences
BODY 1
BODY 2
BODY 3
BODY 4: PROVE how the issue has endured over time by tying all 3 docs together.
CONCLUSION- 3-5 sentences
You can put your connections wherever you’d like BUT REMEMBER: it’s better to give 1-2 long and meaningful connections than 3-4 short, weaker ones.
For many students, writing a 4th body paragraph that connects all 3 documents together helps them achieve analysis.

3. INTRODUCTION Keep it short and sweet.
Sentence 1: broad opening to your enduring issue.
Sentence 2: define your issue
Sentence 3: Thesis statement
Power has had a profound impact throughout global history. Power is when a group, person, or country dominates another. (abuse of) Power can be seen in the Cambodian Genocide, Tiananmen Square Massacre, and the Darfur Genocide.

4. BODY 1
TS: The Cambodian Genocide in the 1970s was caused by Pol Pot’s abuse of power.
HC:
Cambodia was a French colony (mercantilism hurt Cambodia’s economy)
Pol Pot studied comm. in Fr and also China (looked up to Mao)
Indep- 1953
Poor peasants desperatesupport of Pol Pot bc communism promises =
EVIDENCE: Pol Pot’s abuse of power can be seen when Criddle and Mam write, “Within hours of the takeover, people staying in these places had been driven from the city at gunpoint.”
ANALYSIS:
First, explain your quote!Pol Pot envisioned a communist agricultural nation so he forced everyone to evacuate the cities.
* to other dictators who targeted those who opposed him
* to Mao who was another Asian communist dictator who made people live on communes. -exp. Why these leaders wanted ppl to live on communes

5. Follow the same steps for body 2 and body 3
REMEMBER:
INVEST YOUR TIME into writing a brief outline. You wouldn’t take a road trip without a map and a plan of where and when you’re going.
Use abbreviations in your outline but NOT in your actual essay.
DO NOT use the documents from PART II for your Enduring Issue Essay! You will earn a 0.