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Title___Howwaskhanabletocreateoneofthebiggestempireson
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1.THESISSTATEMENT
Presenttheprojectsargumentorinterpretationintwosentences.IfyouareusingtheNHDtheme,youmight
wanttomakeitevidentinyourthesisstatement.

NotonlywasGenghiskhanabletocreateanexceptionalmilitarywhichtrampledanything
initspath,buthewasalsoabletoexpandhislandfarandwide,takingoverprovincesin
chinaandevencreatingalliancesthroughtradeandexportinggoodsfrommongolia.Genghis
khandefinatelyhasalegacyforstrategicallycreatingoneofthemostpowerfulempiresin
earlycivilization.

2.SUMMARYOFPROJECT
Brieflyexplainyourprojectanditsconclusion.Include:Howandwhydidchangehappenandwhatwasthe
impact?Whyisithistoricallysignificant?Whathistoricalmeaningorimportancecanwelearnfromyour
findings?

InmyprojecticoverhowKhanwasabletobuilduphisempireandhowhisgreatleadingskillshelpedleada
smallbutpowerfularmy.italsoanswerswhyhewasagreatleaderandtheimpactheleftontheworldafterhis
death.

3.RequiredforprojectsusingtheNationalHistoryDaythemeonly.
ExplainhowthisprojectintegratestheNHDthemeLeadership&Legacyin[Chicago/Illinois]Historyintoits
argument.

Itshowshowastrongleaderisallyouneedtohaveasuccessfulmilitary

4.PROCESS

A. Whathistoricalquestiondidyoustartoffwithandhowdiditchangeonceyou
begandoingyourresearch?

Iactuallydidn'tchangemyquestioniwassureaboutitfromthestart.

B. Whatkindsofsourcesdidyouuseasevidencetodevelopyourargument(for
example,letters,photographs,governmentdocuments,interviews,etc.)?

MostofmysourcesarewebsitesbutididgetafewdocumentaboutKhanand
evensomeaboutmongoliaingeneral

C. Selectonepieceofevidencethatyouusedandexplainhowitinfluencedyour
argument.
Onesourcethatwasreallyhelpfulwasacademic.mu.eduitgavemeinfo
abouthowKhanconquredapieceofchinaandreallyshowcasedhisleadingskills/\.

D. Listlibraries(otherthanschool),museums,andotherinstitutionsthatyouvisited
todoyourresearch.