A. Introduction (1/2 Page)
• Provide an overview of your entire paper (mapping statement)
• Identify the three political topics you will examine in this paper.
B. Brief History of Your Chosen Fictional Universe (1/2 page)
• When was your fictional universe created and by whom?
• What media forms has your fictional universe appeared in to date?
• Is it currently still being expanded upon?
• Please note: This section should not be too long; it is not a substitute for the
Political Topic sections below.
Political Topic sections below.
C. Political Topic #1 from Your Fictional Universe (1 page)
• What is one real-world political topic that you have found in your fictional
universe?
universe?
• Make sure to tie specific examples from your fictional universe into real-world
examples and research.
examples and research.
D. Political Topic #2 from Your Fictional Universe (1 page)
• What is a second, different real-world political topic that you have found in your
fictional universe?
fictional universe?
• Again, make sure to tie specific examples from your fictional universe into realworld examples and research.
• Make sure that Political Topic #2 is different from Political Topic #1 above.
E. Political Topic #3 from Your Fictional Universe (1 page)
• What is a third, distinct real-world political topic that you have found in your
fictional universe?
• Once again, make sure to tie specific examples from your fictional universe into
real-world examples and research.
fictional universe?
• Once again, make sure to tie specific examples from your fictional universe into
real-world examples and research.
• Make sure that Political Topic #3 is different from both Political Topic #1 and
Political Topic #2 above.
Political Topic #2 above.
F. Conclusions (1/2 page)
• Wrap up your paper.
G. Works Cited / References
• Provide an alphabetical list of all sources used in this paper.
At a minimum, you must have four (4) high quality sources
(books or peer-reviewed journal articles) for this paper.
High quality books and peer-reviewed articles must be found through ATU library
databases, such as JSTOR, EBSCO, or ProQuest. For this paper, you want to find one reliable website-based source for the fictional
universe you are writing about and use that for your information on that universe. This
source does not count as a high-quality source, and it is important that you follow proper
citation rules for websites when citing this course, both in-text and in the Works Cited
section at the end of your paper.
(books or peer-reviewed journal articles) for this paper.
High quality books and peer-reviewed articles must be found through ATU library
databases, such as JSTOR, EBSCO, or ProQuest. For this paper, you want to find one reliable website-based source for the fictional
universe you are writing about and use that for your information on that universe. This
source does not count as a high-quality source, and it is important that you follow proper
citation rules for websites when citing this course, both in-text and in the Works Cited
section at the end of your paper.
You must cite all your sources using the Chicago Manual of Style Format,
using parenthetical, in-text citations. Every citation in your paper must give the
author’s last name, the year of publication, and the page number of the citation when
appropriate. Therefore, in-text citations should appear as follows:
“It should be a priority for future military planners to identify a middle ground
between the need to use overwhelming military power to end wars quickly and the
need for defeated enemies to save face” (Housenick 2008, 96).
2. You must have a separate “Works Cited” or “References” page at the end of the
paper that alphabetically lists all the sources you used in writing this paper, and the
references page does not count towards the overall length of this paper. Each entry
must be listed in alphabetical order.
using parenthetical, in-text citations. Every citation in your paper must give the
author’s last name, the year of publication, and the page number of the citation when
appropriate. Therefore, in-text citations should appear as follows:
“It should be a priority for future military planners to identify a middle ground
between the need to use overwhelming military power to end wars quickly and the
need for defeated enemies to save face” (Housenick 2008, 96).
2. You must have a separate “Works Cited” or “References” page at the end of the
paper that alphabetically lists all the sources you used in writing this paper, and the
references page does not count towards the overall length of this paper. Each entry
must be listed in alphabetical order.