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2017 Project Guidelines

The final project has three parts: a 2,000 word paper on a person from the Reformation, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, or Enlightenment eras. It must discuss who they were, where they lived, their time and society, and analyze them using themes like their intersections with others, turning points, challenges, and transformations. It requires using appropriate fonts and citations. Students will also recite a passage from their subject and create a large portrait of them to present in class.

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2017 Project Guidelines

The final project has three parts: a 2,000 word paper on a person from the Reformation, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, or Enlightenment eras. It must discuss who they were, where they lived, their time and society, and analyze them using themes like their intersections with others, turning points, challenges, and transformations. It requires using appropriate fonts and citations. Students will also recite a passage from their subject and create a large portrait of them to present in class.

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Paper and Project

Requirements and Guidelines


The final project has three parts:

2,000 word paper on a person involved in the Reformation, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, or
Enlightenment. This paper should cover the journalistic aspects of your topic.
Who is this person?
Where did they live and why were they important?
What was their time and society like?

Equally important is your analysis of the subject using these themes. The questions you ask yourself here should
be more sophisticated. These themes should not be treated in separate sections of the paper but should be
synthesized into a coherent, powerful narrative of the subjects life, accomplishments and impact.

Intersections What personal, intellectual, or social paths crossed that helped launch this person into
notoriety?
Turning Point When did things change forever? When was there no turning back?
The Power of One What events, challenges, or forces did this person encounter alone? Why is this person
the only person that could have done these things at this time?
Crisis and Opportunity What were the problems of the age and how did your subject step in to the melee
and do what needed to be done?
Iteration What setbacks and failures was this subject able to overcome through determination and
commitment?
Counterpoint How was this person set apart from his/her environment? How did their environment
function to highlight them as special?
Risk and Initiative How and when did this person take action that could have resulted in disastrous failure?
When did this person create situations instead of reacting to them?
Transformation How and why did this person change throughout their lifes journey, and, alternatively, how
did this persons life transform their environment?
Noble Goal What ideas or achievements held this subjects unwavering focus
Papers should use 12-point font (Georgia, Garamond, or Times only) and be double-spaced. Papers should
include a works cited page and should use at least 3 non-wikipedia sources ending in .org, .edu, or .gov. Papers
must be printed and stapled.

Recitation of the subjects own words. Students may choose a passage written or spoken by the subject of
their study. Students will provide the instructor with the full text of the passage and recite this passage in front
of the class on the final day of the course. Ideal recitations will:
Attain perfect verisimilitude with the original words
Make eye contact, speak clearly and assertively
Give brief context for the passage
Be dramatic in performance
A Portrait of Your Biographical Subject. This portrait is to be completed on large paper that will be provided to
you upon request. It should do the following:
Fill the entire provided paper
Depict the biographical subject including his/her name
Be artistically ambitious

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