!!!!!!!!PLEASE HAVE IT DONE THE 24TH BY 5:00PM!!!!!!!!! Prepare a five-paragraph (1000-word minimum) biographical essay on a fictional character who lived in a period of your choosing (within the chronological limits of the course). Choose your character’s place of birth, gender, ethnicity, religion, class, occupation, and overall personality traits. Character cannot alter the course of history in any fundamental way. Character can associate with real people provided they do not alter the people involved. Your character MUST fit the time period of the class. World classes should focus on world history; 2321 before 1300 C.E. and 2322 after. Assignment will consist of five paragraphs with five principal questions. Make sure to answer the bold question thoroughly! Failure to follow directions will result in significant point deductions. answering each question in the paragraph and tying it into the overall narrative of your story. The assignment shall be broken down into these parts:

Paragraph I (200 words minimum): Create an avatar of your character and explain why you chose the characteristics depicted. Provide historically- accurate and meaningful details regarding your character’s name, date and place of birth, current place of residence, ethnicity, gender, class, and other relevant personal detail and information. Provide historical context of the time period-what did your character dress like, eat, what social class did they ascribe to etc. Paragraph II (200 words minimum): Identify one major historically relevant ethical dilemma or moral choice that your character faced in the time period your character is living through. How did the ethical issue impact your character? Examples include how does your gender/social class/occupation/race affect your character’s life. Paragraph III (200 words minimum): Analyze one primary source document relevant to the era your character is living in. Is this source reliable for creating your character? Why or why not? Paragraph IV (200 words minimum): Explain your character’s cultural background and historical setting: the military/technological, social, political, economic, cultural and global forces that have shaped your character’s life and activities. How does your character fit into the larger narrative of history as a whole through the five themes we have explored in class? Provide specific examples of each in order. Paragraph V (200 words minimum): Conclude by stating how your character finished their life and their ultimate legacy. Why did you create this specific character? Are there any connections you can draw to your own life and historical period? Similarities? Differences? Your paper must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font, and 1000 words (minimum) in length. Your paper must draw from and cite a minimum of 2 secondary and 1 primary source documents. (Only one web site allowed; the rest must be books, periodicals etc.) appropriate in-text citations and a complete bibliography, formatted according to the most recent edition of an academic citation style (i.e., MLA/APA/Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style).