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Samples
World History

Absolute Monarch Resume

CLASSIFIED
From the citizens of your county
Your country is seeking the leadership and guidance of an absolute leader.
After the Reformation and the weakening of the power of the Roman Catholic
Church, your country declared its independence and created a sovereign
nation.

Your mission is to be the best absolute ruler to claim the throne of your
country and lead it to greatness!

The nation has narrowed the list of potential applicants to the following leaders:

Louis XIV (France) Peter the Great (Russia)

Your Task:
You will research both names listed above and find as much as you can on both leaders. The
information will then be used to create a resume for both of the absolute rulers.
1. Research that monarch using multiple sites and the Teacher Notes if your monarch
is included on them.
2. Create a resume for that monarch including:
- Name, contact information (nationality/address in a header)
- Objective statement (What your leader hopes to accomplish as a leader of this
new nation)
- Education / training (schools, military, religious, etc.)
- Work/Job Experience
o Highlight the skills this ruler needed to assume and keep power as an
absolute monarch
o HOW DID THEY FIT INTO THE THEME OF ABSOLUTE RULER
o What are your person’s qualifications?
o Accomplishments. What did your leader accomplish at their old job?
 Things your leader wants to stress in order to get hired. Make
sure to list specific events and actions.
- Use a resume format
o You can find many resume plates online and in Microsoft Word
o Remember resumes are clear, concise, and to the point
o A typical resume is no longer than two pages
o Remember to be creative! A resume is supposed to highlight you as the
BEST CANDIDATE FOR THAT JOB.

3. Class discussion
a. What were the characteristics of most of the leaders during the Age of
Absolutism
b. How did each ruler affect the country where he or she ruled?
c. How do they compare to the leaders of today?
d. What characteristics would you want in your leader?
Resume – 100 possible points
- The Resume is detailed, thorough and
demonstrates the student’s knowledge of the
leader and uses resume format
- Resume has all required elements – name,
objective statement, background information,
education, experience, and accomplishments,
- Resume is effective at promoting the leader as
the best monarch for the nation (Excellent)
- The research is present, but the resume lacks
detail in some areas
- The resume contains all required elements
- The resume attempts to promote the leader, but
reads as a collection of facts (Above Average)
- More time could have been spend on research,
the resume lacks detail in most areas
- The resume is missing some required elements
- The resume makes very little attempt to promote
the leader (Below Average)
- Very little time was spend on the research and
the resume lacks details in almost all of the areas
- The resume is missing most of the required
elements
- The resume makes no attempt to promote the
leader (Unacceptable)
 Louis XIV
Address, City, ST ZIP Code | Telephone | Email

Objective
To get started right away, just click any placeholder text (such as this) and start typing to replace it
with your own.

Education
DEGREE | DATE EARNED | SCHOOL
- Major: Click here to enter text
- Minor: Click here to enter text
- Related coursework:  did not receive a scholarly education in the classics, but a practical
education in history, diplomacy, war, and the arts
Skills & Abilities
MANAGEMENT
-  I transformed and made the monarchy, helped in a golden age of literature and art, lead over a
well ran royal court at Versailles, annexed significant territories and established my country as the
dominant European power.
ABSOLUTE TRAITS
 Mercantilism
 Was able to control the policy-making in absolute France
COMMUNICATION
- I was accessible to my own courtiers to whoever wanted my time. I can speak great and listen
with good comprehension.
LEADERSHIP
I have government control by making the Palace at Versailles and making that the court setting,
I had the power to control the policy-making in absolute France.
Experience
JOB TITLE | COMPANY | DATES FROM - TO
-  I became king of France aged 5, My early experiences in life helped me watch certain people
carefully, especially the nobility who had proved historically disloyal to a weak monarch as was
seen in the French Wars of Religion.
JOB TITLE | COMPANY | DATES FROM - TO
-  Louis worked between 6 to 9 hours a day on issues involving France
-  Not much more than a toddler, I succeeded my father from the throne, making me the
leader of 19 million French subjects and a highly unstable government.

Personal Qualities

Why I Should be Selected to Lead This Nation

STATEMENT OF WORTHINESS
- I have been dong all my life and I know what exactly what to do in any situation because ive
ruled at the low of a country and the high of a country.
 Your Name
Address, City, ST ZIP Code | Telephone | Email

Objective
To get started right away, just click any placeholder text (such as this) and start typing to replace it
with your own.

Education
DEGREE | DATE EARNED | SCHOOL
- Major: Click here to enter text
- Minor: Click here to enter text
- Related coursework: I studied the artillery business in Prussia, and the art of shipbuilding in
Amsterdam. Despite seeming disinterested with the government and social order of Western
Europe.
Skills & Abilities
MANAGEMENT
 I learned the shipbuilding craft in Holland in 1697. It was one of the rare skills that I needed during my
Western European trip
 I traveled to Europe to get the technology and the know-how that was needed to build a navy.
ABSOLUTE TRAITS
- My reign was considered an example of absolutism because I both strengthened the central
government and make the power of the nobility less effective.
COMMUNICATION
A good friend of mine Lefort was responsible for instilling in me a number of European habits and ideas.
As Lefort and I grew closer, it was only natural that Lefort received many different gifts from the Tsar.
LEADERSHIP
When I proclaimed Russia an empire and was accorded the title of Emperor of All Russia, Great Father of
the Fatherland and "the Great." Although he proved to be an effective and significant leader.
Experience
I’m best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation which was
worth it for the country

JOB TITLE | COMPANY | DATES FROM – TO

 created a strong navy, reorganized the army, secularized schools, administered greater control over the
reactionary Orthodox Church
.JOB TITLE | COMPANY | DATES FROM - TO
- introduced new and advanced administrative divisions of the country.
Personal Qualities
- This is the place for you to list personality traits that will benefit you as the leader of this
nation.

Why I Should be Selected to Lead This Nation

STATEMENT OF WORTHINESS
- This is your last impression. Think of a sales pitch or closing argument as to why you should
be the person hired to lead this nation as an absolute monarch.