History Essay
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at least 20 years ago? so... no beginning point? well, the battle of Hastings comes to mind, The Irish potato famine, could you do a report about the Maginot Line and its fatal flaw? What about the fall of the Russian Tzar and Rasputin's role in it? does it have to be American history? there's the California Gold Rush (iffy) I'm thinking of the Fat Man and the following bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki mentioned before me, how they thought it would ignite the atmosphere lol. no broad subjects eh? hmm. What about the sinking of the Titanic? maybe too small. big events big events... I'm out of ideas. but I'm sure you'll think of something.
Tell me do you even like history? I ask b/c it seems to me if you did you wouldn't be asking us lol
Tell me do you even like history? I ask b/c it seems to me if you did you wouldn't be asking us lol
You could write on The Second Vatican Council, it was a hugely significant event for The Roman Catholic Church and The World.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_2
Half Irish? You may be interested in covering the Bloody Sunday business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_%281972%29
Lots of info on that floating around. In fact a new report on it is due any day now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_%281972%29
Lots of info on that floating around. In fact a new report on it is due any day now.
Conquests of Alexander the great, (and its effects on the Persian empire.
A wealth of information with the ability to be specific!
A wealth of information with the ability to be specific!
That is a strangely familiar situation to the one I'm in; Not surprising seeming as I noticed you are also in Aber... Doing the same course... Mental.Wadders said:Heh. I have to do 3 essays, 2500 words each, in 4 weeks for my History course
Procrastination sucks.
But maybe try the Falklands War?
How about the Stalinisation of Czechoslovakia in the 50s. Actually, scrap that - NO ONE HAS WRITTEN ANY DAMN BOOKS ON IT! Sorry, that's what I was going to write my essay on until I went to the uni library and spent an hour looking at all the books they didn't have.
I would say do something like the Russian Civil War. It's brutal.
Might I suggest either the Russian revolution or perhaps the Council of Nicea? Both are fantastic subjects and you won't run out of things to say.
I did a similar project back in college when we were assigned a self study topic on anything of our chosing. I decided to base mine on the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico, focusing more on the potential reasons for Cortez leading his own force, rather than the Aztecs. It was quite a controversial area allowing for some detailed discussion if you read far enough into it.Baris345 said:
Events in Russia during 1917 is a good one, I'm studying it at the minute, and things like the Kornilov Revolt and Red October are really interesting. You could call it "The Fall of Tsardom" or something like that.
I bet your ass I've written more history essays than any of you (not arrogant here, just a guess), and what I've noticed is how it's impossible to go wrong with the cold war. There is an absolute MOUNTAIN of source material, actual people to interview, virtually endless archives of video/audio recordings and don't forget any national archives, find them use them.
1200 to 1500 words is a really short one, so picking out the crucial points is vital. Stick to major themes of the chosen event, like, say, the Cuban missile incident. Divide the body of the essay into tree parts, 1) reasons, 2) course of events and 3) consequences.
Good and interesting subjects I would recommend:
1) Uprisings against the communist regime in the eastern block.
2) Soviet-Afghan war
3) Building the Panama canal
4) The Role of the nuclear weapons in politics
5) The decline of European knights as the fighting elite (Caen, Crécy, Poitiers, > Agincourt)
1200 to 1500 words is a really short one, so picking out the crucial points is vital. Stick to major themes of the chosen event, like, say, the Cuban missile incident. Divide the body of the essay into tree parts, 1) reasons, 2) course of events and 3) consequences.
Good and interesting subjects I would recommend:
1) Uprisings against the communist regime in the eastern block.
2) Soviet-Afghan war
3) Building the Panama canal
4) The Role of the nuclear weapons in politics
5) The decline of European knights as the fighting elite (Caen, Crécy, Poitiers, > Agincourt)
