John Doe
World History I Section 12
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Provide an analysis of the ‘common insights’ of the Axial Age 900-200 BCE and how its principles can be epitomized within the adage of the Golden Rule. Explain how this wisdom is expressed with its similarities and differences in the teaching of Confucius, Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path, and the rational philosophy of Plato within his treatise of ‘The Republic’.Conclude your analysis, according to your world view, why or why not man needs a new ‘Axial Age’ in the 21st century in order to manifest a sense of justice, universal peace, harmony, and compassion worldwide.
Thesis Statement:
An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided.
Provide an analysis of the ‘common insights’ of the Axial Age 900-200 BCE and how its principles can be epitomized within the adage of the Golden Rule
What is a Paragraph:
The basic rule of thumb with paragraphing is to keep one idea to one paragraph
What is a Topical Sentence:
A topic sentence is a sentence that indicates in a general way what idea or thesis the paragraph is going to deal with.
Resources:
Axial Age Thought 800-200 BCE an Introduction: HST 101 – 06 (1708) WORLD HISTORY I
Explain how this wisdom is expressed with its similarities and differences in the teaching of Confucius
What is a Topical Sentence:
A topic sentence is a sentence that indicates in a general way what idea or thesis the paragraph is going to deal with
Resources:
Axial Age Thought: Confucianism: HST 101 – 06 (1708) WORLD HISTORY I
Explain how this wisdom is expressed with its similarities and differences in the teaching of Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path
What is a Topical Sentence:
A topic sentence is a sentence that indicates in a general way what idea or thesis the paragraph is going to deal with
Resources:
Axial Age Thought: Buddhism: HST 101 – 06 (1708) WORLD HISTORY I
Explain how this wisdom is expressed with its similarities and differences in the teaching the rational philosophy of Plato within his treatise of ‘The Republic’
What is a Topical Sentence:
A topic sentence is a sentence that indicates in a general way what idea or thesis the paragraph is going to deal with
Resources:
Axial Age Thought: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: HST 101 – 06 (1708) WORLD HISTORY I
Conclude your analysis, according to your world view, why or why not man needs a new ‘Axial Age’ in the 21st century
What is a Topical Sentence:
A topic sentence is a sentence that indicates in a general way what idea or thesis the paragraph is going to deal with
Resources:
You want to select three (3) topics for analysis. For example from today’s news in CNN present a potential argument. One, you want to provide the reader an overview of the pros and cons of the argument.
