5- to 8-page written assignment.
Paraphrasing is usually better than using direct quotes. All paraphrased information needs to be accompanied by Chicago-style footnotes.
Your assignment is allowed to have a maximum of five direct quotes from the assigned readings and/or additional sources. Each direct quote needs to be accompanied by quotation marks and a Chicago-style footnote.
The format of your assignment needs to fulfil the following requirements:
• Number of pages (not counting cover page or bibliography): MINIMUM 5 U.S. letter sized pages (8.5 x 11 inches), MAXIMUM 8 U.S. letter sized pages
o You are notrequired to have a cover page, but please make sure that your name and student ID are clearly visible on the first page
• Margins: MINIMUM 1 inch or 2.54 cm
• Font size: MINIMUM size 11
• Spacing: double
QUESTION: Imagine you had a time machine and decided to invite the following four historical figures to a talk show that you are hosting: Hong Xiuquan, Kang Youwei, Zou Rong, and Sun Yatsen.
Based on what you have learnt from the lectures, textbook, assigned readings, and your research of 4 to 8 SCHOLARLY sources (ie. books, articles, or websites written by university professors or other academic scholars), describe how you think each of the four people will respond to the following questions:
1. a) What kind of country do you think China should become (ie. think in terms of the political system, social structure, religion, etc.)?
2. b) Do you feel you have accomplished everything that you wanted to accomplish? Why or why not?
3. c) If you could live your life all over again, is there anything you would do differently? Why or why not?
4. d) Identify one person or event that has exerted a great influence on you, and explain his/her/its significance to your life.
5. e) Identify one event that you wish had never happened, and explain why.
6. f) [For this question, the host first shows each historical figure a history of China that covers the first 10 years following the latter’s death.] After looking at the developments that happened in China during the 10 years following your passing, do you feel that China was developing in the right
direction during that time? Why or why not?
FORMAT:
Your Major Assignment can be in the form of a conversation between you and the four historical figures, a traditional essay, or another form that is approved in advance by the instructor.