What does it mean to be American?
Why does it matter who writes history?
Was Columbus an important historical figure?
Restate the question in order to form a thesis or "claim" with 3 possible answers.
For example: What does it mean to be Irish.
Restate as: Being Irish has different meaning for different people which could include their social, political and economic beliefs.
Social: religion music dance
Political: Independence Democracy
Economic: Manual Labor Famers and fisherman
Tips for writing in SS: write in 3rd person (no I), you need a claim, you need detailed evidence, some type of conclusion, plan ahead
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