Discuss Women’s role in Colonial Society.

Reflection Essay’s In order to evaluate the student’s ability to read understand historical events, three reflection essays are assigned as a part of this course. Using the assigned text, choose a chapter and write an essay analyzing a topic discussed by the author. “Deciding what topic to write about can seem overwhelming. Out of an apparently infinite range of possibilities, how do you choose? The process is more manageable if you break it down into its component parts: 1. Choosing a broad subject that interest you, narrowing your focus to a topic that you will be able to write about in the time allotted; 2. Deciding what you want to know about that topic, and, finally formulating the question you want to answer in your essay/paper.”  The topic of your essays/papers should be based on any of the documents/ content found in the books dealing with various issues from Slavery, Women’s role in Colonial Society, Abuse by Big Business, or War.  Your essays/papers are not bound to the time frame in which the books were written, meaning students are allowed to write comparative essays that connect the past and present however, the topics MUST come from the assigned book, if students choose to write an essay based on past historical events this is also acceptable. Your topic is the subject you have chosen to write about. If you merely collect bits of information about your topic, you will not write an effective essay. “A history essay/paper, like many other kinds of academic writing, usually takes the form of an argument in support of a thesis—a statement that reflects the conclusion you have reached about your topic after a careful analysis of the sources.”  A thesis is not a description of your paper; a thesis is not a question; a thesis is not a statement of opinion. “A thesis is a statement that reflects what you have concluded about the topic of your paper, based on a critical analysis and interpretation of the source materials you have examined.”