You should write a 2-4 page essay considering the following prompt: For this assignment, consider the experience of disease and diseases' long-term consequences from the perspective of someone alive at the time. You can take the perspective of 1.) an Aztec or Maya ruler; 2.) a regular indigenous citizen in the Aztec or Maya empire; 3.) an Aztec or Maya priest or other spiritual or religious leader; 4.) a Spanish conquistador/soldier; or 5.) a Spanish priest/missionary. Think about an epidemic (smallpox, plague, flu, measles, etc.) from your chosen person's perspective. You might answer some of the following questions, or come up with your own. Do you think your person would have gotten sick themselves? Would they have survived it? What would be this person's observations witnessing the epidemic? How does your character's identity determine their experience of illness? (being European vs. indigenous American, do they already have immunity? Have they seen these diseases before?) How could epidemics cause your character to reconsider their religious or spiritual beliefs? How would your character interpret political unrest related to epidemics? To conclude, compare your historical character's experience to the way people have experienced Covid-19 in the year 2020. In what ways do issues like race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, cultural background, etc. have similar consequences an in what ways do these issues have different consequences for how people experience disease outbreak then vs. now?