HIS 103 World History: The Human Experience to 1600

In your paper,

• Identify the societies you will compare and contrast in the Final Project.
• Identify three of the following categories (i.e., Gender Roles, Ideals and Relationships, Social and Economic Structures, Religious or Ethical Beliefs, Technological or Cultural Innovations) you would like to examine within the societies you chose for your Final Project.
• Develop your preliminary thesis statement for your Final Project.
  • Establish the central issue or perspective for your project to give clear direction and purpose for the project. (For help, review Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.) and the Thesis Generator for Writing an Argumentative Thesis (Links to an external site.) in the Writing Center.)
• Create an outline of at least three main points that will support your thesis statement.
  • For each main point, write two topic sentences. (For help, review Body Paragraphs (Links to an external site.) from the Writing Center.)
    • Topic sentence one explains the similarities between your chosen societies, according to the category of analysis you are examining.
    • Topic sentence two explains the differences between your chosen societies, according to the category of analysis you are examining. For each topic sentence, provide at least one specific example for each of your chosen societies, drawn from your compare and contrast worksheet.
      • For each example, indicate which sources from your list of sources you will use.
• Create an APA-formatted annotated reference list containing a minimum of five sources you intended to use for your final project. These sources should include:
  • A minimum of four scholarly secondary sources, of which at least three are from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.
  • At least one primary source.
  • Note: The course textbook does not count toward your required sources.
  • Note: You may also include images or multimedia course materials, but these sources are in addition to (not instead of) the required sources. Remember such sources should also be cited according to APA format.
• For help, review Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) from the Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Week 5 Final Project Instructionscarefully. Also, use the following guides to take full advantage of the University of Arizona Global Campus tutoring and paper review support options: Submitting a Paper to the Writing Center (Links to an external site.), Grammarly, and Using the Library’s 24/7 Chat Service (Links to an external site.).

In your Final Project, you will compare twodifferent societies or civilizations that we have covered in this class, within the time period we have considered (ca. 5000BCE—ca. 1600CE), in at least three of the following categories:

• Gender Roles, Ideals and Relationships
• Social and Economic Structures
• Religious or Ethical Beliefs
• Technological or Cultural Innovations

The purpose of this assignment is to prepare you for your Final Project by guiding you through the research and writing process. To do so, you will first select the two societies or civilizations you would like to examine in your Week 5 Final Project, and then complete the HIS103 Final Project Preparation Template downloadusing research compiled on these societies.Refer to the HIS103 Research Guide: Library Resources and Primary Sources for help selecting appropriate sources. You may also want to review the HIS103 Final Project Help Sheet downloadprior to completing this assignment. Keep in mind that the Writing Center and University of Arizona Global Campus Library have many additional sources available to you, which you are also encouraged to explore.