Journal Prompt Examples

26 Apr, 2025

History

How has the meaning of "citizenship" changed from ancient Athens to today?
How have myths been used to justify empire building?
Compare the methods of resistance between slave revolts and modern protests.
Trace the ripple effect of one seemingly minor historical event (e.g., a pamphlet, an assassination)
What does the destruction of archives (e.g., Library of Alexandria, Tulsa Massacre records) symbolize?
How does who writes history determine what is remembered?
What does it mean to be erased from history? Can you think of someone or something that history tried to erase but survived?

How does dystopian fiction predict (or reflect!) political realities? (Use 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale, or others.)
What role does landscape play in epic novels (e.g., Middlemarch, Beloved, East of Eden)?
How is love depicted as rebellion in marginalized literatures? (maybe Othello?)