The document provides a prompt for students to write a comparative essay analyzing how the Arab Spring revolution affected two different countries in the Middle East or North Africa. Students are instructed to compare factors like who participated in protests, the nature and scale of protests, government structures, responses by governments, and the level of success of the movement. The prompt outlines the expected structure of the essay with three paragraphs comparing the similarities and differences between the two countries selected from the perspective of the Arab Spring.

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12482678
By using this website above, please write a Comparative Essay in which you compare
how the Arab Spring revolution affected two different countries within North Africa or
the Middle East. Students can compare who participated in protests, nature and number
of protests, countries’ government structures, the response by countries’ governments,
and the amount of success of the movement.
Please write a three-paragraph response (six sentences per paragraph), in which you tell
me
A. What is the Arab Spring?
B. How are these two countries similar in terms of the Arab Spring?
C. How are these two countries different in terms of the Arab Spring?
You must use two quotations within your open-response. Do not forget to put “quotation
marks” around the information that you take from the website to avoid plagiarism!
Use the Venn Diagram at the bottom of this sheet to help you organize your thoughts; I
will be collecting it with your final copy of your open response!
Country 1 Differences Country 2 Differences
Similarities