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Freedoms in America – Alternate Essay
In Unit 1 we learned that our country was founded on the premise of freedom of religion, and in Unit 2, the patriots were trying to establish their freedom from Great Britain.
Read and carefully consider these perspectives. Each suggests a particular way of thinking about freedoms.
Perspective One
The Puritans wanted to worship God in their own way and not according to King James’ religion.
Perspective Two
The Native Americans had belief systems that was based in nature and tribal government.
Perspective Three
The patriots believed that the nation should be free from England, and political independence was important to them.
Essay Task
Write a unified, coherent essay about freedoms in America. In your essay, be sure to:
Clearly state your own perspective about freedoms in America and analyze the relationship between your perspective and at least one other perspective. You can discuss freedoms today or freedoms discussed historically.
You will discuss one of the freedoms in Perspective One, Two, or Three above in body paragraph 1 (stating whether you agree with or disagree with this freedom), and you will discuss your own perspectives about two freedoms in your second and third body paragraphs.
Develop and support your ideas with reasoning and examples from your brain or from the textbook Journeys in Literature – American Traditions. Use no internet research on this essay – the idea is to prepare for the ACT, and you will not get to use the internet when you are taking the ACT in April.
Organize your ideas clearly and logically – use the 8 sentence body paragraphs model (TS, CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS).
Communicate your ideas effectively in standard written English – formal style, no “you”, no contractions (use “do not” instead of “don’t”). You may use first person “I, me, my, we, our, us” and third person “he, she, they them”; but no “you, your”, second person should be used.
Your perspective may be in full agreement with any of those given, in partial agreement, or completely different. In all perspectives, give specific details of why you agree or disagree.
This will be a 5-paragraph essay: Introduction with thesis at the end, 3 body paragraphs, and Conclusion, restating the thesis and summarizing your body paragraphs. The word count should be 700-1200 words typed in MLA, which is Times New Roman, 12-point, and double-space.
