History Essays
When most students think of history essays, they think of dull, dry topics that are difficult to write about and even more difficult to read. However, writing a history essay can be an exciting and enjoyable experience with a bit of organization and creativity. The first step in writing a successful history essay is to choose a topic that interests you. Once you have a topic you’re interested in, please do some research to find out as much as you can about it. The more information you have, the better your essay will be. There are several history essay examples from the internet. In addition, you can download the history essay samples from the websites that offer them so you can use them for inspiration.
Alternatively, you can hire the services of a writer to write the essays for you. The next step is to come up with a thesis statement. A thesis statement is a sentence or two that states your position on the topic you’ve chosen. It should be clear, concise, and easy to understand. After you’ve written your thesis statement, it’s time to start writing your essay. Essays about History are sometimes very different from the typical five-paragraph essays that students are often required to register.
On my native village is a poem written in 1830’s/40’s by James Taylor. It is about the changes that Royton went through during industrialisation. In verses one and two the poet describes his feelings on his hometown and how he felt the textile industry impacted the environment and nature within Royton during that time. He […]
This is the inconvenient truth- wars have been a part of our history from the beginning of time. Conflicts arising from different countries, colonies or communities have led to wars; sometimes for the greater good or sometimes for greed. What the people of the country fail to realize is the aftermath of these wars- the […]
On 6th August 1945, a silverplate Boeing B-29 superfortress flew over the densely populated Japanese city of Hiroshima. The plane, ‘Enola Gay’, was carrying a highly radioactive atomic bomb containing the actinide Uranium-235. Hiroshima is the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, Japan’s largest island and used to be an embarkation port […]
By the end of ‘Henry V’, Henry seems to be a transformed person. From a king who is being manipulated from all sides, he leads his country to win a seemingly impossible war against France. On the other hand, this does not mean that he is a model king because there are many instances in […]
It indeed aims to expose the war-time propaganda of World War One. It almost appears comical when the moroseness of Owen’s exposure is contrasted to the pro-war propaganda of the time. Owen is a monotone and sobering voice to the romanticised perceptions of war at the time. Society was largely ignorant of the realities of […]
History & Context This conflict analysis is focused on the violent civil war in Angola that occurred from 1998 to 2001. Angola, a country that has experienced little peace since gaining independence from Portugal twenty-six years ago, lacks a clear explanation for the conflict. The nature of the conflict has changed significantly over time, initially […]
H. G Wells very successfully depicts an atmosphere of terror and foreboding by using a number of literary and dramatic techniques. He uses vivid descriptions, metaphor, simile, contrast and powerful imagery to show the horrific results of an alien attack on an unsuspecting population. The opening lines (“No one would have believed… slowly and surely […]
“The War of the Worlds” was published in 1898 by the forefather of the science fiction genre H. G. Wells. At this time, the concept of Martians arriving on earth was revolutionary. “So vain is man, and so blinded by his vanity, that no writer, up to the very end of the nineteenth century, expressed […]
In the Wasps’ Nest, there are two wasps that have come to the poet’s mailbox to build their home. We know that this is the poet’s mailbox when he says “… my mailbox’s metal hold” in line 5. These two wasps are busily building their nest with paper and mud. Even with the “displeasure of […]
Jennie Randolph Churchill emphasized in her book Women’s War Work that war reveals the hidden potential usually obscured in times of peace.1 After World War One, numerous individuals sought to rationalize the extensive devastation and loss of life by asserting that the war provided a chance to showcase women’s capabilities and contributions. In this period, […]
To begin with, I wanted to focus my extended essay in an area of psychology in theatre. I began researching the play “Equus” by Peter Shaffer, as this was a play, looking at the role of a psychiatrist in a young English boy’s life. However, when I started researching Shaffer’s plays, I realised that, although […]
In times like these of unrest and turmoil the world will often turn to its history for answers. The history of warfare is a dated and overflowing one. In his book ‘Gallipoli’, Les Carlyon writes of a place and a battle. His descriptive writings take the reader into trenches and introduce them to the politicians […]
Prior to the establishment of barbarian states as successors to the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, Germanic soldiers actively participated in the imperial army. They attained high ranks and even had representation in the Senate, leading to a material culture similar to that of the Romans. Apart from their names, one could argue […]
The film Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and released on September 11th 1998, is based on the D-Day war. It falls into the genre of war due to its inclusion of numerous scenes featuring fighting, gunshots, and killing. Notable actors in the film include Tom Hanks as Captain Miller, Tom Sizemore as Sergeant […]
The Civil War of 1860 culminated a period of political chaos in Mount Lebanon that had begun with the exile of the great Shihab Amir Bashir II in 1840. Despite attempts of the central Ottoman government to control the growing tensions between feudal sheikhs, peasants, Maronites, and Druzes, no solution was effectively implemented. In 1840 […]
The Prussian Revolution in Military affairs was one of the defining points in the changing nature of warfare; it led to the change of outlook on armies, on warfare and the balance of power in Europe. The Prussian RMA resulted in the establishment of a new order in the armies of Europe; the Prussians developed […]
East as a magical, exotic place, where the society is backwards and primitive. I argue that The Dictator constructs generalizations of Eastern societies such as the low status of women, primitive culture and the non-existent democratic state. The Dictator is a movie about a dictator whose name is Admiral General Sabbath Leaden, who rules an […]
In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus, the story is set in Nigeria during a period of civil and religious unrest. Nigeria experienced multiple acting governing bodies during this time, with coups and revolutions happening in the background while the challenges faced by the Achike family took center stage. Surprisingly, these seemingly unrelated events reflected each […]
Juan Ponce de Leon y Figueroa (1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer who became the first Governor of Puerto Rico appointed by the Spanish crown. He is recognized for leading the inaugural European expedition to Florida, where he named it as such. One of his notable connections is with the myth surrounding the […]
[pic] James Oglethorpe is a well known man. He was the man who convinced the British to colonize Georgia. He was born December 22nd, 1696 in London, England. When he was a little boy, His oldest brother and father went to fight in the Spanish war of succession (1702-1714) ant never came home. At the […]
The Vietnamese populace harbored a deep resentment towards the French, labeling them as “intruders”. This feeling was universal, extending from the impoverished to the affluent and even among children, all resisting against the French colonization that began in 1883. Their resistance strategy of guerilla warfare, which involved non-conventional fighting groups backed by locals who offered […]
The importance of accountability In the army accountability is everything. The definition of accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones actions. You have to have accountability for everything you do formation ceremonies to the items that you carry on you every day I’m going to give you 5 […]
