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Question 4: How does a hero represent his/her time period and geographical area?
Question 5: How do various cultures reward or recognize their heroes?
Question 6: WhatHow did Vercingetorix use to unifyfight the Gauls?Romans?
Question 7: How did cultures effect this unification?
Question 8: What played a part in the resistance of Roman invasion?
Question 9: To whom did Vercingetorix hold most loyalty.
Question 10: Did the a hero?
Question 8: Why is Vercingetorix a hero to the French?
Question 9: What does it mean to be a cultural/national hero?
Question 10: How does history effect national heroism?

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Thesis
Thesis: The thesis is one sentence about what you are planning to prove about your topic.
A good thesis...
ü synthesizes the argument your paper will support
ü can be defended with evidence
ü is specific
ü is original
ü is provocative or unique
THESIS: Vercingetorix
Vercingetorix is a leading his people, butpeople in the resistance of Roman conquest. However even more sothen being a hero for representingleadership, is Vercingetorix a hero to the culture andFrench, for representing their history of France.and culture, and the Gauls, which are arguably all heroes as a people, to the French people.

ü is original
ü is provocative or unique
leading his people.people, but even more so for representing the culture and history of France.

Topic Proposal
Topic Proposal: The proposal is one paragraph summarizing what you plan on writing about in your paper.
What is your topic?
What essential question(s) are you planning on addressing?
What subtopics are you planning on exploring to develop your topic?
What conclusions are you reaching about your topic?
The hero I am researching is Vercingetorix, the leader of the Gauls in the Gallic War against Rome, and Julius Caesar. Vercingetorix was from the Averni tribe of Gauls. Vercingetorix lead his people in a resistance of Roman conquest. He tried to unit all his people against a common enemy and used many military strategies. However even more then being a hero for leadership, is Vercingetorix a hero to the French, for representing their history and culture, and the Gauls, which are arguably also all heroes as a people, to the French people.

ü is original
ü is provocative or unique
THESIS: Vercingetorix is a hero for fighting for his culture and leading his people.

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