- Research the historical facts of the situation. Depending on how long ago your topic is, you will find newspaper articles or history books. These will be factual sources.
- Label who you are calling the Agitators and label who you are calling the Establishment/Control
- Determine a short statement of the ideology of the Agitators and determine a short statement of the Establishment/Control
- Determine which strategies from Chapter 2 were used by your Agitators and which strategies from Chapter 3 were used by your Establishment.
- Name of Strategy- define it. Thing/Event(s) done by your Agitators/Establishment that is an example of the strategy
- Do this for each strategy that you see used. There should be examples from both the Agitators and the Establishment.
- This analysis will be your opinion! It is unlikely you will find academic sources that will speak directly to this.
- Which strategies were most successful? Why? This is your opinion. Remember that it doesn’t mean that the successful strategies were only by the “winner” of the conflict; it could have been a successful event along the way or part of a still ongoing conflict.
- Now put this information into an outline. (See sample)
- Start to put your above information into paragraphs.
- Worry about transitional sentences AFTER you have the foundation.
Sample Solution