Sourcing Essay: Why Was Slavery Abolished?
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS/ LESSON 7.8ACTIVITYSOURCINGESSAY: WHY WAS SLAVERY ABOLISHED?Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “SourcingEssay: Why Was Slavery Abolished?”,OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposePut all your sourcing skills to use by writing an essay that attempts to answer thesequestions, Why was slavery abolished? Was the main reason related to morality, economics, or empathy? Use your completed SourcingTool and provide an analysis focusing on audience, point of view, and importance. This will help you more fully see that without properly understanding an author’s perspective and the historical context surrounding the creation of the source, it’s difficult to properly interpret and understand the importance of a document.Process1.Using the Sourcing Tool you completed in Sourcing: Why Was Slavery Abolished?, writea four-orfive-paragraph essay in response to thisprompt: Develop an argument that explains the most important reason for why slavery was abolished.Your paragraphs should make specific reference to the Audience, Point of View, and Importance sectionsof the tool but can include other categories as well.2.Remember to look over the OER Project Writing Rubric, as this is what your teacher will use to assess your essay. Your essay should include the following elements:•Introduction: A paragraph that includes a thesis statement and provides the historical context necessary to understand this event and how the thesis relates to this context.•Body paragraph 1: An analysis of the first primary source document that includes information on how your reading of this text supports your thesis statement. This paragraph should focus on the intended audience and point of view of the author.•Body paragraph 2: An analysis of the second primary source document that includes information on how your reading of this text supports your thesis statement. This paragraph should focus on the intended audience and point of view of the author.•Body paragraph 3: An analysis of the third primary source document that includes information on how your reading of this text supports your thesis statement. This paragraph should focus on the intended audience and point of view of the author.•Conclusion: A paragraph that synthesizes the information in your essay and explains how your conclusions support your thesis statement.
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT ORIGINS/ LESSON 7.8ACTIVITYSOURCINGESSAY: WHY WAS SLAVERY ABOLISHED?2