{"id":3086,"date":"2014-08-09T22:18:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2014-06-12T22:19:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T19:19:13","slug":"essay-writing-phase-was-the-20th-century-a-period-of-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-9-history\/essay-writing-phase-was-the-20th-century-a-period-of-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay Writing Phase: Was the 20th Century a Period of Progress?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part of the ActiveHistory 20th Century Research Project<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

Essay Writing Phase: Was the 20th Century a Period of Progress?<\/h3>\n

Students are now in a position to write their essay on the key question “Was the 20th Century a Period of Progress?”. In the simplest way, they can write the essay in two main sections: positives and negatives. A more sophisticated approach could arrange ideas in a table like this before writing up the findings.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Theme<\/strong><\/td>\nIdeas<\/strong><\/td>\nEvidence of things getting better<\/strong><\/td>\nEvidence of things getting worse<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where?<\/strong><\/td>\nWhich particular countries \/ continents \/ places?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When?<\/strong><\/td>\nWhich particular decades?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who?<\/strong><\/td>\nWhich type of people? (e.g. by race, sex, class)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What?<\/strong><\/td>\nWhich area of life (e.g. science\/technology, culture\/arts; politics, economy)?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The detailed\u00a0ActiveHistory rubric \/ markscheme for History Projects<\/a>\u00a0is very useful at this stage; also available is a\u00a0custom-made markscheme for this project<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part of the ActiveHistory 20th Century Research Project. Essay Writing Phase: Was the 20th Century a Period of Progress? Students are now in a position to write their essay on the key question “Was the 20th Century a Period of Progress?”. In the simplest way, they can write the essay in two main sections: positives… <\/p>\n

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