Renaissance to revolution

Instructions
Your mission is to create an imaginary virtual periodical (such as a newspaper or magazine) from a time between roughly 1400 and 1800. You can write imaginative stories that mix fact and fiction (but be within the realm of possibility). You can make this as a simple website on Google Sites (preferred), or with PowerPoint, or even as a Word document.
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Requirements:
750 to 1000 words in length with at least five stories (one should be 250 words)
Focus your periodical around one of the major topics, themes, or movements from the course (such as women in early modern times, the Renaissance, the Aztec Conquest, exploration, Religious Reform, printing, Jews, witch trials, French Revolution, Enlightenment, etc)
Mix fact and fiction (you could imagine the life of a villager, townsperson, or imagine a reporter interviewing someone–all kinds of possibilities)
ALL members of the class must check with the instructor about the topic and possible readings
Include at least one image which is referenced in a story
For further research on your project use only resources you can obtain through Bobst Library, or from the list on Brightspace—all sources must be approved by your instructor!
Finally, write a paragraph reflecting on why you chose your topic and the particular stories
Recommendations
Choose a specific year (or even day) and location for your ‘periodical’ that you believe reflects an important moment in time. You can include events from around 50 years on either side of the date but the closer the better.
Try to include different aspects of the topic (such as how different social groups were affected by an event) but be sure to have a point of view
Give your stories some depth (explain people’s perspectives, motivations, and context)
Try to avoid focusing on the major figures covered in this course (so if you do exploration steer away from Zheng He, Columbus, and Da Gama)
Please do not use popular websites like History.com, Wikipedia, Thought & Co, etc, as the information is unreliable and not vetted by experts in the field.
Have fun and be creative while keeping your stories plausible. Avoid writing like an encyclopedia! Rather think of stories that reveal larger themes.
Here are some legitimate websites for images (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Louvre Museum, British Museum, or British Library)

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