Essay Structure

Jasmine
*missing some of the evidence because I couldnt find it
Introduction
Hook: A few hundred years ago, Britain-very powerful, colonized
many places-but what kinds of life-changing social impacts of
colonization were there for millions of people living there?
Context:
From the 16th to 19th century, countries in Europe started colonizing
many different places.
Thesis:
There were many social impacts of colonization on the colonizing
country.
Roadmap 1 2 3:
Families, ideas, products
Link/saguay/transition: Read on to find out more of the social
impacts
Body Paragraph 1
Topic sentence (main point of paragraph)
Influences on families
Evidence 1, 2, 3 (usually in-text citation)
- Social structures changed. Families interrupted with some
members leaving home.
Explanation:
Social structures-families may have been spilt apart-drastic changes
for them
Link (transition sentence)
Body Paragraph 2
Topic sentence:
New social ideas, political, cultural ideas
Evidence 1, 2, 3:
-saw new cultures of
Explanation:
- Rubbed off on people when they were abroadand did they
then come home and challenge the status quo at times? They
brought home new social ideassome accepted, some
considered uncivilized or barbaric.
Body Paragraph 3
Topic Sentence: New products/inventions
Evidence 1, 2, 3:
- beaver pelts and furs from Canada to Britain
Explanation 1, 2, 3:

New products they found in the New World + places they colonized
Conclusion
Restate thesis (creatively):
Europes colonization had many positive and negative impacts on
the people living there.
Restate roadmap (creatively):
Families, ideas, products
Powerful closing sentence
Social impacts affected the individual citizens of Europe at the time