Enduring Issues Essay Setup

Suggested issue from 10.1 material: Power and abuse of power

Sample documents she could expect: (1) a description of the Middle Passage, (2) a passage on Aurangzeb's persecution of Hindus and Sikhs, (3) a quotation from Louis XIV on royal authority, (4) a description of the encomienda system, (5) a later document such as a Universal Declaration of Human Rights excerpt for continuity-and-change framing

Thesis template: "Power and abuse of power is an enduring issue because throughout history, those who hold political or economic power have used it to exploit and dehumanize those without power. This issue is visible in the Atlantic slave trade, in absolutist monarchies that denied subjects basic rights, and in religious persecution by rulers, all of which produced lasting harm to entire peoples and shaped the modern world."

Extemp parallel: If Maria thinks of this as a three-minute extemp on "How has the abuse of power shaped global history?" she already knows the move. Open with the issue. State the thesis. Three body points, each anchored in a specific case (slave trade, absolutism, religious persecution). Close with continuity to the present.