This assignment helps you demonstrate three of our course outcomes and general education outcomes related to Cultural Literacy and Communication.
The three relevant course outcomes are:
Recognize the twenty-first century as a culmination of the centuries that have preceded it.
Describe and analyze the various value systems of the cultures under consideration and compare and contrast the values systems of different cultures.
Interpret the cultural expressions of the civilizations under consideration and relate to past and present civilizations.
Task:
This task requires you to write a 5 to 6 page (1000 to 1500 word) thesis-driven, researched synthesis paper that connects at least three cultural artifacts (from our textbook) into a coherent “story” about how these artifacts represent historical movements that lead us to today’s civilization. You may use the topic you researched for your Group Presentation, or you may choose another topic from the topics and time periods we have studied in this course (see our textbook chapters).
This paper should be MLA formatted and cite (uses within the text as a quote or direct reference) at least 4 peer-reviewed research articles, analyzes at least 3 artifacts, and connects them in a thesis-driven “story” of how these artifacts represent historical movements that lead us to today’s culture. You may include images in your paper. Be sure to cite and caption them.
Submit:
A Word document in MLA format with a Works Cited. The paper will have a clearly stated thesis, mention at least 3 historical movements and at least 3 cultural artifacts (from our textbook or previously approved artifacts), and cites at least 4 peer-reviewed research articles.