Now that you have learned about characteristics of a strong essay and had a chance to evaluate a sample, it's time to write one of your own. Revisit the US history exam resources page and select a sample question from the free-response samples that is different from the one you evaluated. Follow the directions to write your essay, and then evaluate yourself using the scoring guidelines rubric and sample responses to the topic you selected.

Ahistorian is writing a book about british prime minister winston churchill. she claims that churchill was one of the earliest british leaders to realize that nazi germany was a serious threat to british security what is the best way to determine whether the historian's interpretation is valid? o a. review primary sources to see if churchill ever recorded his opinions of nazi germany. o b. find out whether the historian has written any other books about british leaders. c. analyze secondary sources summarizing the effects of nazi germany on great britain. o d. cite the historian's book in another study about important 20th- century world leaders.