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Assignment 1: Project Paper – Comparative Essay
Due Week 4 and worth 190 points

For this assignment, you’re going to compare two rulers. Select a group of either two male rulers or two female rulers from different cultures using the following list:

• Ancient Male Rulers: Ramses II, Shihuangdi, Constantine, Ashoka, Pericles, or Charlemagne
• Ancient Female Rulers: Compare Tang Empress Wu Zetian (Chinese Culture) with either the Pharaoh Cleopatra (Egypt Culture) or the Pharaoh Hatshepsut (Egypt Culture)
  • Note: Empress Wu Zetian is also known as Empress Wu or as Wu Zhao

Write a 750-1000 word essay where you:

1. Paragraph 1: Establish a clear thesis about your chosen subjects. Include the dates in which each lived and ruled, and add 2-3 sentences on the reason for each choice.
2. Paragraph 2: Compare 2 ways your choices are similar.
   1. You may compare their family background, leadership styles, accomplishments, victories, losses, or impact of the culture in which each lived.
3. Paragraph 3: Compare 2 ways your choices are different.
   1. You may compare their family background, leadership styles, accomplishments, victories, losses, or impact of the culture in which each lived.
4. Paragraph 4: Compare 2 ways your choices’ cultures are different.
   1. You may compare their cultural differences in terms of government structure, religion, natural resources, traditions, or goods and services.
5. Paragraph 5: In a concluding paragraph, summarize 2 things you learned about leadership styles or cultures then compared to leadership styles or cultures today.
6. References: Include a reference page that identifies at least 3 references.
   1. The class text may be included in the list of 3 or more.
   2. In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.
7. Formatting and Writing Standards: Align your formatting to the Strayer University Writing Standards. View the: Strayer University Writing Standards (SWS) Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
   

   Points: 190	Assignment 1: Project Paper – Comparative Essay
   Criteria	Unacceptable0% F	Meets Minimum Expectations65% D	Fair75% C	Proficient85% B	Exemplary100% A
   1. Establish a clear thesis that addresses the stated elements.Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely established a thesis that addressed the stated elements.	Insufficiently established a thesis that addressed the stated elements.	Partially established a thesis that addressed the stated elements.	Satisfactorily established a clear thesis that addressed the stated elements.	Thoroughly established a clear thesis and that addressed the stated elements.
   2. Provide adequate information, specific examples, and details which support the points of comparison (i.e., STEPS 3, 4, and 5) and the paper overall.Weight: 35%	Did not submit or incompletely provided adequate information, specific examples, and details which support the points of comparison and the paper overall.	Insufficiently provided adequate information, specific examples, and details which support the points of comparison and the paper overall.	Partially provided adequate information, specific examples, and details which support the points of comparison and the paper overall.	Satisfactorily provided information, specific examples, and details which support the points of comparison and the paper overall.	Thoroughly provided information, specific examples, and details which support the points of comparison and the paper overall.
   3. Provide coherent organization of the points of comparison (i.e., STEPS 3, 4, and 5) and the paper overall.Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely provided coherent organization of the points of comparison and the paper overall.	Insufficiently provided coherent organization of the points of comparison and the paper overall.	Partially provided coherent organization of the points of comparison and the paper overall.	Satisfactorily provided coherent organization of the points of comparison and the paper overall.	Thoroughly provided coherent organization of the points of comparison and the paper overall.
   4. Three (3) references minimum (including class text); Reference qualityWeight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets or exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
   5. Follows writing standards. Meets page minimums. Weight: 20%	Followed few to no writing standards. Did not meet page minimums.	Followed few writing standards. May not have met page minimums.	Followed some writing standards. May not have met page minimums.	Followed most writing standards. Met page minimums.	Followed all writing standards. Met page minimums.