Enduring Issues: Home

To successfully complete your assignment you must understand the following definitions:

• To identify: is to put a name to something
•  To define: is to explain the features or nature of something
•  To argue: is to provide reasons or cite evidence in support of an idea, action, or theory

Choose a topic.

• Example: Crusades. 
  • Use the Databases below to find an article about the Crusades. What specific enduring issue is the article about? War, Interconnectedness?, Environment, etc.
  • Read article to compete your assignment.
  • Click on the citation tool in the database to retrieve your article's citation. Make sure you select the MLA citation.

Use this guide to help you create a parenthetical citation in MLA style.

Identify & Define

Possible starters to introduce Enduring Issue:

Throughout history, the issue of __________________ has endured as a challenge.  This __(issue/problem)____________________ is best defined as_________________.

OR

The     (issue/problem)                  is best defined as ________________________________________________.

Possible starters to introduce evidence for the Enduring Issue:

According to (name of the document, author, etc.) people were affected by (Enduring Issue) because of _________________________________________________________________________.

OR

The significance of (issue/problem) can best be seen in ______name of document, author, etc._____________ when it discusses _______________________________________.

OR

The way that ____name of document, author, etc.___________ (explains, supports, gives an example of) the enduring issue is by _____________________________________________________________.

OR

According to (name of the document, author, etc.) the way the (Enduring Issue) has changed/or not changed) is _________________________________________________________________________.

OR

An example of this issue is ________________________________________________________________________.

• Need for/to
• Competition over
• Lack of'
• Scarcity of 
• Effects of
• Impact of
• Change(s) in/to
• Conflict(s) over
• Rejection/acceptance of
• Threats of/to