Enduring Issues Resources

Part 3 of the Exam

Part 3: Extended Essay will be the only essay on the exam and is commonly referred to as the “Enduring Issues Essay.” The prompt will be the same every year, but the documents that accompany it will change.

Guidelines for Part 3 Construction put out by NYSED in April, 2016

• Total of five documents

• At least one document is a visual (cartoon, map, photograph, chart, timeline, graph)

• More than one enduring issue to be found within each document

• Inclusion of common enduring issues to be found across document set

• Availability of potential outside information considered

What are the Enduring Issues we will be looking at this year?

• Conflict

• Cooperation

• Power

• Inequality

• Scarcity

• Innovation

• Ideas and Beliefs

• Environmental Impact

• Interconnectedness

An enduring issue is an issue that exists across time. It is one that many societies have attempted to address with varying degrees of success.

In your essay

• Identify and define an enduring issue raised by this set of documents.

• Using your knowledge of Social Studies and evidence from the documents, argue why the issue you selected is significant and how it has endured across time.

PRACTICE!

How to write the essay...