United States’ National Flag and Patriotism vs the UK and France
- Intro
- Define nationalism and the significance of having a national, unifying flag that represents an entire country
- Thesis: the strength of national pride determines the unity and strength of a country’s people
- Introduce the incoming comparison of the United Kingdom, France to the United States
- First Paragraph
- History of the French flag
- Level of nationalism, patriotism and respect for the flag in France
- Mention positive and negative views of the flag and what it means to the citizens
- Second Paragraph
- History of the United Kingdom flag (mention the UK as a whole, touch on individual country flags briefly)
- Level of nationalism, patriotism and respect for the flag in the UK
- Mention positive and negative views of the flag and what it means to citizens
- Third Paragraph
- Compare France to the UK
- Fourth Paragraph
- Compare France to the USA
- Fifth Paragraph
- Compare the UK to the USA
- Sixth Paragraph
- Similarities and differences between all three
- Why is respect for a national flag is important
- Conclusion
- Restate the thesis and main differences/similarities
RCL #3
The outline looks good to me. I think the sequencing of the paragraphs make a lot of sense. At this point as long as the facts, analysis, and comparisons are strong you should be in good shape.
-Brendan Rowe
This seems so well-planned out! This topic normally wouldn’t be super engaging, but the way you organized it, I would actually WANT to read this.