2.5 Assessment Details 2.5.1 Essay Weight: 35% Type of Collaboration: Individual Due: Before 11:59pm on Friday 13th September 2019 Submission: via Turnitin. Format: Answer ONE essay question from the list included below. The essay must be 2,000 words in length, excluding footnotes and the bibliography. The Essay’s Bibliography must contain at least 10 scholarly references as a minimum. Students will need to demonstrate an understanding of the unit’s content in the essay. The essay topic chosen cannot be the same as the topic of the student’s Tutorial Presentation and Paper. You may choose to use either the Chicago, Harvard or APA referencing style. Please ensure that your referencing is consistent throughout your essay. Length: 2,000 words Curriculum Mode: Essay Aims/Objectives The aim of this assessment is for students to develop their research and analysis skills, and to refine their ability to produce coherent and detailed written work to meet a high academic standard. Assessment Description An essay is an extended intellectual engagement with a particular question. It must demonstrate not only an ability to write to an acceptable standard but, just as importantly, an ability to think critically to an acceptable standard. You are required to research the issues relating to the question, and to show evidence of that research in the form of appropriate reference and quotation. You are asked to query and evaluate all that you read and, through a critical engagement with it, develop your own opinions and ideas. These ideas must be argued and substantiated by rational means, and in a logical order. Your argument must have a clear structure. You will lose marks for errors in spelling or grammar. The question I would like you to do is:8. Was the 1956 Suez Crisis the culmination of Cold War tensions in the Middle East?

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