ENDURING ISSUES FINAL PROJECT – UNITED STATES HISTORY FALL 2019 What is an enduring issue? • An enduring issue is a challenge or problem that a society has faced and debated or discussed across time. An enduring issue is one that many societies have attempted to address with varying degrees of success. • Enduring Issues are often nested, e.g., conflict (war, competition, armed struggle, resistance, invasions, threats to balance of power) and human rights violations (injustice, inequality, discrimination, unfair treatment, persecution for beliefs, threats to cultural identity, restrictions to movement). These sets of issues show a range of possible issues a student could identify when preparing for the final enduring issues essay. Issues can be expressed negatively as well as positively. • The concept of “Nested Issues” is one way to think about Enduring Issues. When choosing the Enduring Issue to write about, students may choose one of the Enduring Issues identified in this chart, a nested issue, or one of their own issues. What presents itself as a “Nested Issue” in one set of documents could be the Enduring Issue in another set of documents depending on the documents provided and the student’s perspective. DIRECTIONS: Students will collect a series of FIVE primary source documents from AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT HISTORICAL ERAS (Pre-colonial, Colonial, Revolutionary, Early Republic, Civil War & Reconstruction, and Industrialization & Urbanization). Each of the documents MUST BE PRIMARY (CREATED DURING THE TIME PERIOD) AND MUST BE CONNECTED BY AN ENDURING ISSUE. IDEALLY, EACH OF THE SOURCES SHOULD ALSO REFLECT THE ENDURING ISSUE IN AT LEAST TWO AREAS: POLITICAL, SOCIAL/CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL (IDEOLOGICAL), RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC, ARTISTIC (LITERARY/MUSICAL/PERFORMANCE). WHAT DO I DO? 1. Identify an enduring issue, and the associated nested issues, that you find interesting by reviewing the enduring issues chart in the final project folder. COMPLETE THE FINAL PROJECT WORKSHEET. 2. Find, and print out, AT LEAST FIVE primary sources that illustrate the issue over the course of American History from the colonial period through the turn of the 20th century (approximately 1613-1900). a. Sources MUST be primary b. Sources MUST be from AT LEAST THREE different historical eras c. Sources MUST be connected to the enduring issue you have selected d. Sources SHOULD look at the issue through a number of lenses: politics, society, culture, religion, economics, etc. e. Sources SHOULD be connected to AT LEAST THREE different historical events 3. COMPLETE THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET FOR EACH SOURCE. 4. Analyze the documents in the context of the historical era and assess HOW the source shows things staying the same over time and/or how things were changing with regards to your enduring issue. 5. In class (on the last day of class), write a short essay to explain how and why things changed over time, or remained the same, with regards to your en ...

1. ENDURING ISSUES FINAL PROJECT – UNITED STATES
HISTORY FALL 2019
What is an enduring issue?
• An enduring issue is a challenge or problem that a society has
faced and debated or discussed across time. An enduring issue
is one that many societies have attempted to address with
varying degrees of success.
• Enduring Issues are often nested, e.g., conflict (war,
competition, armed struggle, resistance, invasions, threats to
balance of power) and human rights violations (injustice,
inequality, discrimination, unfair treatment, persecution for
beliefs, threats to cultural identity, restrictions to movement).
These sets of issues show a range of possible issues a student
could identify when preparing for the final enduring issues
essay. Issues can be expressed negatively as well as positively.
• The concept of “Nested Issues” is one way to think about
Enduring Issues. When choosing the Enduring Issue to write
about, students may choose one of the Enduring Issues
identified in this chart, a nested issue, or one of their own
issues. What presents itself as a “Nested Issue” in one set of
documents could be the Enduring Issue in another set of
documents depending on the documents provided and the
student’s perspective.
DIRECTIONS: Students will collect a series of FIVE primary
source documents from AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT
HISTORICAL ERAS (Pre-colonial, Colonial, Revolutionary,
Early Republic, Civil War & Reconstruction, and
Industrialization & Urbanization). Each of the documents
MUST BE PRIMARY (CREATED DURING THE TIME
PERIOD) AND MUST BE CONNECTED BY AN ENDURING

2. ISSUE. IDEALLY, EACH OF THE SOURCES SHOULD ALSO
REFLECT THE ENDURING ISSUE IN AT LEAST TWO
AREAS: POLITICAL, SOCIAL/CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL
(IDEOLOGICAL), RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC, ARTISTIC
(LITERARY/MUSICAL/PERFORMANCE).
WHAT DO I DO?
1. Identify an enduring issue, and the associated nested issues,
that you find interesting by reviewing the enduring issues chart
in the final project folder. COMPLETE THE FINAL PROJECT
WORKSHEET.
2. Find, and print out, AT LEAST FIVE primary sources that
illustrate the issue over the course of American History from
the colonial period through the turn of the 20th century
(approximately 1613-1900).
a. Sources MUST be primary
b. Sources MUST be from AT LEAST THREE different
historical eras
c. Sources MUST be connected to the enduring issue you have
selected
d. Sources SHOULD look at the issue through a number of
lenses: politics, society, culture, religion, economics, etc.
e. Sources SHOULD be connected to AT LEAST THREE
different historical events
3. COMPLETE THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
WORKSHEET FOR EACH SOURCE.
4. Analyze the documents in the context of the historical era
and assess HOW the source shows things staying the same over
time and/or how things were changing with regards to your
enduring issue.
5. In class (on the last day of class), write a short essay to
explain how and why things changed over time, or remained the
same, with regards to your enduring issue.
a. Your essay should have an opening paragraph explaining the
enduring issue you have selected and why it is important to
examine.

3. b. Your essay should have a THESIS STATEMENT at the end
of the opening paragraph explaining how the enduring issue has
changed and/or been consistent over the time periods you have
selected.
c. Your THREE body paragraphs should be in chronological
order and should each include AT LEAST ONE source (two-
three sources per paragraph is ideal).
d. Your essay should have a conclusion that restates the
argument and line of reasoning and looks to the future of the
enduring understanding in the modern era.
Name: ____________________________________
Enduring issue I am interested in examining: Human Rights
Violation
Nested issues that are most intriguing to me: Racism
Source
Issues addressed
Historical Era
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_(character)#/media/File
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Social/Cultural
Reconstruction
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player?mets_filena
me=evr8580mets.xml
Social/ Cultural
Reconstruction
https://cpb-us-
w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cofc.edu/dist/8/406/files/2014/09/The-
Constitution-and-Slavery-1849-24sfh9b.pdf
Racism
Early Republic
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=BEo-
x8q9hKEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=harriet+tubman+primary+sou

4. rces&ots=2mK698OvpG&sig=E4C0KWefWm8q56HxopxAfa2U
8Pc#v=onepage&q&f=false
Racism
Early
Republichttps://www.jstor.org/stable/41169382?casa_token=P39
hY-
bQ6L8AAAAA:zl6yThzRMdnDl6MjllhawtcrnVejqxItw5WQDeq
duK999qHVi5doDXWO6-
aO0OfrQGY5t32fw1eThrnnXCvEGswjOWOxPv9Z8M1Dg-
62ekMH3JShwQ&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Racism
Civil War Era
PRINT OUT EACH OF YOUR SOURCES AND BRING THEM
TO CLASS WITH YOU!
ENDURING ISSUES FINA
L PROJECT
–
UNITED S
TATES HISTORY FALL 2
019
What is an enduring issue?
• An enduring issue is a challenge or problem that a society has
faced and debated or discussed across time. An
enduring issue is one that many societies have attempted to
address with varying degrees of success.
• Enduring Issues are often nested, e.g.,

5. conflict (war, competition, armed struggle, resistance,
invasions, threats to
balance of power) and human rights violations (injustice,
inequality, discrimination, unfair treatment, persecution for
beliefs, threats to cultural identity, restrictions to mov
ement). These sets of issues show a range of possible issues a
student could identify when
preparing for the final enduring issues essay
. Issues can be expressed negatively as well
as positively.
• The concept of “Nested Issues” is one way to think about
Enduring Issues. When choosing the Enduring Issue to
write about, students may choose one of the Enduring Issues
identified in this chart, a nested issue, or one of their
own issues. What presents itself as a “Nested Issue” in one set
of documents could be
the Enduring Issue in another
set of documents depending on the documents provided and the
student’s perspective.
DIRECTIONS
:
Students will collect a series of
FIVE
primary source documents from AT LEAST
THREE
DIFFERENT HISTORICAL ERAS (Pre
-
colonial, Co
lonial, Revolutionary, Early Republic, Civil War &
Reconstruction, and Industrialization & Urbanization). Each of

6. the documents
MUST BE PRIMARY
(CREATED
DURING THE TIME PERIOD) AND MUST BE CONNECTED
BY AN ENDURING ISSUE
.
IDEALLY, EACH
OF THE SOURCES SHOULD
ALSO REFLECT THE ENDURING ISSUE IN AT LEAST
TWO
AREAS:
POLITICAL, SOCIAL/CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL
(IDEOLOGICAL), RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC,
ARTISTIC (LITERARY/MUSICAL/PERFORMANCE).
WHAT DO I DO?
1.
Identify an enduring issue, and the associated nested issues
, that
you find interesting by reviewing the
enduring issues chart in the final project folder.
COMPLETE THE FINAL PROJECT WORKSHEET.
2.
Find, and print out, AT LEAST
FIVE
primary sources

7. that illustrate the issue over the course of
American History from the colonia
l period through the turn of the 20
th
century (approximately 1613
-
1900).
a.
Sources MUST be primary
b.
Sources MUST be from AT LEAST THREE different historical
eras
c.
Sources MUST be connected to the enduring issue you have
selected
d.
Sources SHOULD look at the
issue through a number of lenses: politics, society, culture,
religion, economics, etc.
e.
Sources SHOULD be connected to AT LEAST THREE different
historical events
3.

8. COMPLETE THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
WORKSHEET FOR EACH SOURCE.
4.
Analyze the documents in the
context of the historical era and assess HOW the source shows
things
staying the same over time and/or how things were changing
with regards to your enduring issue.
5.
In class (on the last day of class), write a short essay to explain
how and why things cha
nged over time,
or remained the same
,
with regards to your enduring issue.
a.
Your essay should have an opening paragraph explaining the
enduring issue you have selected
and why it is important to examine.
b.
Your essay should have a THESIS STATEMENT at the end
of the opening paragraph explaining
how the enduring issue has changed and/or been consistent over
the time periods you have
selected.

9. c.
Your THREE body paragraphs should be in chronological order
and should each include AT
LEAST ONE source (two
-
three source
s per paragraph is ideal).
d.
Your essay should have a conclusion that restates the argument
and line of reasoning and looks to
the future of the enduring understanding in the modern era.
ENDURING ISSUES FINAL PROJECT – UNITED STATES
HISTORY FALL 2019
What is an enduring issue?
• An enduring issue is a challenge or problem that a society has
faced and debated or discussed across time. An
enduring issue is one that many societies have attempted to
address with varying degrees of success.
• Enduring Issues are often nested, e.g., conflict (war,
competition, armed struggle, resistance, invasions, threats to
balance of power) and human rights violations (injustice,
inequality, discrimination, unfair treatment, persecution for
beliefs, threats to cultural identity, restrictions to movement).
These sets of issues show a range of possible issues a
student could identify when preparing for the final enduring
issues essay. Issues can be expressed negatively as well
as positively.
• The concept of “Nested Issues” is one way to think about
Enduring Issues. When choosing the Enduring Issue to
write about, students may choose one of the Enduring Issues

10. identified in this chart, a nested issue, or one of their
own issues. What presents itself as a “Nested Issue” in one set
of documents could be the Enduring Issue in another
set of documents depending on the documents provided and the
student’s perspective.
DIRECTIONS: Students will collect a series of FIVE primary
source documents from AT LEAST THREE
DIFFERENT HISTORICAL ERAS (Pre-colonial, Colonial,
Revolutionary, Early Republic, Civil War &
Reconstruction, and Industrialization & Urbanization). Each of
the documents MUST BE PRIMARY (CREATED
DURING THE TIME PERIOD) AND MUST BE CONNECTED
BY AN ENDURING ISSUE. IDEALLY, EACH
OF THE SOURCES SHOULD ALSO REFLECT THE
ENDURING ISSUE IN AT LEAST TWO AREAS:
POLITICAL, SOCIAL/CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL
(IDEOLOGICAL), RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC,
ARTISTIC (LITERARY/MUSICAL/PERFORMANCE).
WHAT DO I DO?
1. Identify an enduring issue, and the associated nested issues,
that you find interesting by reviewing the
enduring issues chart in the final project folder. COMPLETE
THE FINAL PROJECT WORKSHEET.
2. Find, and print out, AT LEAST FIVE primary sources that
illustrate the issue over the course of
American History from the colonial period through the turn of
the 20
th
century (approximately 1613-
1900).
a. Sources MUST be primary
b. Sources MUST be from AT LEAST THREE different
historical eras
c. Sources MUST be connected to the enduring issue you have

11. selected
d. Sources SHOULD look at the issue through a number of
lenses: politics, society, culture,
religion, economics, etc.
e. Sources SHOULD be connected to AT LEAST THREE
different historical events
3. COMPLETE THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
WORKSHEET FOR EACH SOURCE.
4. Analyze the documents in the context of the historical era
and assess HOW the source shows things
staying the same over time and/or how things were changing
with regards to your enduring issue.
5. In class (on the last day of class), write a short essay to
explain how and why things changed over time,
or remained the same, with regards to your enduring issue.
a. Your essay should have an opening paragraph explaining the
enduring issue you have selected
and why it is important to examine.
b. Your essay should have a THESIS STATEMENT at the end
of the opening paragraph explaining
how the enduring issue has changed and/or been consistent over
the time periods you have
selected.
c. Your THREE body paragraphs should be in chronological
order and should each include AT
LEAST ONE source (two-three sources per paragraph is ideal).
d. Your essay should have a conclusion that restates the
argument and line of reasoning and looks to
the future of the enduring understanding in the modern era.