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NYS Global RegentsThe is the essay task for the Global History and Geography Regents. The essay task will not change- it will always read as follows:PART 3—EXTENDED ESSAYAn 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 essayIdentify 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 toIdentify 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 peopleHow the issue has continued to be an issue or changed over timeInclude outside information from your knowledge of social studies and evidence from the documents.RubricScore of 5:Clearly identifies and accurately defines one enduring issue raised in at least three documentsDevelops an even, thoughtful, and in-depth argument about how an enduring issue has affected peopleor has been affected by them and how the issue continues to be an issue or has changed over timeIs more analytical than descriptive (analyzes, evaluates, and/or creates information)Richly supports the task by incorporating relevant evidence that includes facts, examples, and details from at least three documentsRichly supports the task by incorporating substantial relevant outside information that includes facts, examples, and detailsDemonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusionName____________________________________Period____Date___________DOCUMENT 1:Source: Friedman & Foner, A Genetic Approach to Modern European History, College Entrance Book Co., 1938.… Powers of the king. – The King, Louis XVI, was absolute. He ruled by the divine right theory which held that he had received his power to govern from God and was therefore responsible to God alone. He appointed all civil officials and military officers. He made and enforced the laws. He could declare war and make peace. He levied taxes and spent the people’s money as he saw fit. He controlled the expression of thought by a strict censorship of speech and press. By means of lettres de cachet (sealed letters which were really blank warrants for arrest) he could [randomly] imprison anyone without trial for an indefinite period. He lived in his magnificent palace at Versailles, completely oblivious to the rising tide of popular discontent… MAIN IDEAEnduring issue(s) present in this document.Be sure to explain HOW the document reflects each enduring issue using EVIDENCE!DOCUMENT 2:Source: An eyewitness describes Robespierre’s arrest on July 27, 1794. From Earl Leroy Higgins, The French Revolution as Told by Contemporaries, (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938), 357-59.1333533655His arrest marked the end of the Reign of Terror. Robespierre rushes to the stage, thinking to scare them with the [authoritative] tone that has always been successful. But the charm has been broken; all have been convinced, and from every side they cry at him, “Down with the tyrant!”…Robespierre once more presents himself at the stage, but is met by a unanimous cry of [anger]. “Down with the tyrant” re-echoes on all sides…Robespierre becomes greatly agitated and cries out that they are bringing him [to his] death. “You deserve a thousand deaths,” says a member….Members demand the arrest of this man who dares to attack…the people. Another cries out that Robespierre has incontestably been a tyrant, and for that alone should have his arrest decreed…His arrest [is] demanded on all sides. This is finally decreed amid numerous and violent bursts of applause. “The National Convention decrees the immediate arrest of Maximilien Robespierre, one of its members…”00His arrest marked the end of the Reign of Terror. Robespierre rushes to the stage, thinking to scare them with the [authoritative] tone that has always been successful. But the charm has been broken; all have been convinced, and from every side they cry at him, “Down with the tyrant!”…Robespierre once more presents himself at the stage, but is met by a unanimous cry of [anger]. “Down with the tyrant” re-echoes on all sides…Robespierre becomes greatly agitated and cries out that they are bringing him [to his] death. “You deserve a thousand deaths,” says a member….Members demand the arrest of this man who dares to attack…the people. Another cries out that Robespierre has incontestably been a tyrant, and for that alone should have his arrest decreed…His arrest [is] demanded on all sides. This is finally decreed amid numerous and violent bursts of applause. “The National Convention decrees the immediate arrest of Maximilien Robespierre, one of its members…”MAIN IDEAEnduring issue(s) present in this document.Be sure to explain HOW the document reflects each enduring issue using EVIDENCE!DOCUMENT 3:Source: George Rude’s “Napoleon as Preserver of the Revolution” (1961). George Rude is a British social historian who has emphasized looking at history from the bottom up.If we judge Napoleon on what he actually did…, we must admit that his armies overthrew the aristocratic system in Italy and Germany, and even, to some extent, in Poland and Spain. A great many European liberals [fully supported] Napoleon's banners, particularly where French administration was at its best. Napoleon's armies did bring many of the ideals of the Revolution to Europe: the basic ideas of the overthrow of [upper-class] privilege, of a constitution, of the Napoleonic Code (which was a codification of the laws of the French Revolution). In this sense Napoleon was a revolutionary. However, he turned his back on the revolution to the extent that he was authoritarian…but [there were] certain important accomplishments of the Revolution—peasant ownership of land, [taking property from] the Church and the nobility. Napoleon was indeed a military despot, but he did not destroy the work of the Revolution; in a sense, in a wider European context, he rounded off its work.MAIN IDEAEnduring issue(s) present in this document.Be sure to explain HOW the document reflects each enduring issue using EVIDENCE! ................
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