Week 9

Writing Assignment:

Elizabethan Memes! Choose one of the portraits of Elizabeth that Pomeroy discusses to create a meme with. Memes can either address the original meaning(s) that the portrait was trying to convey and add a humorous and/or modern twist, or convey other historically accurate information related to Elizabeth's reign in a humorous manner. 

You can find the images here Download here. Just download the PPT to copy the images and use them. You can superimpose text over the image using Powerpoint or Word, or use a meme generator like imgflip (imgflip.com).

Here are some examples of the type of historically accurate memes we're looking for using Richard III and Henry VIII (your meme should focus on Elizabeth):

Richard III really was involved in the Wars of the Roses, he probably did have his nephews killed, and archaeologists really did find him buried under a carpark 500 years later!

Henry VIII really did go from writing a treatise defending the papacy and the sacraments in 1521, to breaking with Rome and forming the Church of England in 1531, all because he needed to get a divorce from Katherine of Aragon in order to marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn.

Since this is an unusual writing assignment, you don't need to provide specific page numbers from Pomeroy, but your memes should be both factual and humorous - have fun!

Grading (we also have a slightly different grading criteria this week):

100% - you did a great job on both the historical content and the humor.

90% - you did a good job on the assignment, but were a little off on your historical content (it was either slightly inaccurate or seemed totally unrelated to the portrait you choose).

80% - you turned in a meme, but you didn't put in much effort (it lacked originality, or humor, or was just factually inaccurate).

0% - you didn't turn in a meme.