Possible Essay Questions for the History Changes Essay 

 

 

What’s on This Webpage?

Where, When, and How Do You Do the History Changes Essay?  1

What Do You Read and What Are Your 3 Possible Questions?  1

What Do You Write, How Much Do You Write, and Do You Have to Do Citations?  1

What If You Still Have Questions?  2

 

Where, When, and How Do You Do the History Changes Essay?

Blackboard does not display a test until the time occurs when you may take it. Because of that, I place tests in a folder—including the History Changes Essay. For example, if you click on History Changes Essay (on the Course Menu on the left side of the screen) and if you scroll down to the bottom, you will see where you do this essay

 

 

History Changes Essay

The assessment inside of this folder is visible and available beginning at 12:00 AM on the first date to do the essay in the Course Schedule. It ends at 11:59 PM on the last date to do the essay.

 

 

Timing of your work:

§         You may do it any time between 12:01 AM on the first day in the schedule to 11:59 PM on the last day.

§         You have 25 minutes to write your essay. As with all quizzes and exams, you must complete your work within that time.

 

When you click on the essay, you enter this password because you can take this assessment only one time.

onetimeonly

 

Blackboard will display one of 3 possible questions (those 3 shown below), and you must write on the one that Blackboard displays.

What Do You Read and What Are Your 3 Possible Questions?

You read about the types of servitude below using the specific required pages (provided in the next link) of our textbook as your source:

1.       Servitude in English Colonies in South – Early 1600s (What varied things happened to Africans sold in early Virginia)

2.       Slavery in English Colonies in South – Late 1600s

3.       Indenture – Pre-1676 in South (Before Bacon’s Rebellion)
Note: In the textbook, the phrase used for indentured servants in some locations is English servants.

 

Also in the link below this one in the History Changes Essay section, you will find aids to help you, including a table to help you notice similarities and differences and the exact pages of the textbook you read for each of these types of servitude.

What Do You Write, How Much Do You Write, and Do You Have to Do Citations?

What Do You Write?

See the Syllabus in the section on the History Changes Essay on What Is the Goal for Writing?  The other parts of the section on the History Changes Essay can help you as well.

 

Do You Have to Do Citations? No

Reminder from the Syllabus

In this course with most written assignments, you do not need to provide citations (the specific page number from our textbook) unless I cannot recognize where the fact came from. I

 

How Much Do You Write?

Reminder from the Syllabus

It is brief—you write about the amount you would write by hand on a ½ sheet of Xerox paper. You must write only on the question you received.  

 

What If You Still Have Questions?

If you have questions, please ask. You can email, talk to me on the phone, or meet me face-to-face. I know it is an old-fashioned phrase, but I am glad to help you.

 

 

WCJC Department:

History – Dr. Bibus

 

Contact Information:

281.239.1577 or bibusc@wcjc.edu

 

Last Updated:

2013

 

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