You have a choice of three things to write: All writing must be at least 2 pages typed (12pt. font, 1 inch margins and double-spaced). You also must use
1) Select one of our yearlong essential questions
and write an essay responding to it in the context of the topics
discussed in this LAP
What causes systemic and individual change?
What is the role of the individual in creating and sustaining change?
What the relationship between the self and a changing world?
2) Compose an essay explaining the ways in which the
effects of Reconstruction may continue to affect our politics today.
3) Write an essay arguing why Reconstruction failed.
4) Propose your own essay topic.
Resources
Your Textbook
Excerpts from the testimony of Maddie Curtis from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, 1937