Category: Communications

I need to do this assignment based on the requirements below for the attached study. It required a report and a PowerPoint presentation.

For this assignment, you will be asked to critically examine one of the weekly articles assigned in the class. This assignment will require you to critically assess the article according the theoretical lens, research methods, results, and implications of the study. Your paper should be formatted according to APA, and it should be between 3–4 pages (not including the cover page). The in–class presentation should last between 20 and 25 minutes as you discuss the summary of the article and your critique of the scholars work.

Evaluate the Text

After you have read the article, you should have a good understanding of the research undertaken. You can now begin to evaluate the author’s research. Making judgements about someone else’s work is often the most difficult part of writing the review. Some graduate students feel that, because they are new to a discipline, they do not have enough knowledge to make judgements of other people’s work. However, learning to be a critical reader and reviewer of scholarly work is an important skill to develop. Please consider the following when critiquing the article.

INTRODUCTION

Read the statement of purpose at the end of the introduction. What was the objective of the study?

Consider the title. Does it precisely state the subject of the paper?

Read the statement of purpose in the abstract. Does it match the one in the introduction?

Check the sequence of statements in the introduction. Does all the information lead coherently to the purpose of the study?

THEORY

In terms of theory, did the study employ a theoretical framework? If so, was it the most applicable?

Would other theories have potentially also helped guide the study?

METHODS

Review all methods in relation to the objective(s) of the study. Are the methods valid for studying the problem?

Check the methods for essential information. Could the study be duplicated from the methods and information given?

Check the methods for flaws. Is the sample selection adequate? Is the experimental design sound?Check the sequence of

statements in the methods. Does all the information belong there? Is the sequence of methods clear and pertinent?

RESULTS

Examine carefully the data as presented in the tables and diagrams. Does the title or legend accurately describe the content? Are column headings and labels accurate? Are the data organized for ready comparison and interpretation? (A table should be self–explanatory, with a title that accurately and concisely describes content and column headings that accurately describe information in the cells.)

Review the results as presented in the text while referring to the data in the tables and diagrams. Does the text complement, and not simple repeat, data? Are there discrepancies between the results in the text and those in the tables?

Check all calculations and presentation of data.

Review the results considering the stated objectives. Does the study reveal what the researcher intended?

DISCUSSION

Check the interpretation against the results. Does the discussion merely repeat the results? Does the interpretation arise logically from the data or is it too far–fetched? Have the faults/flaws/shortcomings of the research been addressed?

Is the interpretation supported by other research cited in the study?

Does the study consider key studies in the field?

Are there other research possibilities/directions suggested?

Does this study squarely address how this article is a communication study and how it advances theory and research within our discipline? (adapted from Kuyper, 1991)

Writing your Critique

You have completed your analysis and evaluation of the journal article. How do you then put all this information together? If your instructor has not provided a format for your critique, there are two possible ways you might present it.

Introduction: In the introduction, cite the journal article in full and provide a brief summary of the journal article. Use the answers to the questions in the section Analyze the Text to develop the summary.

Body: Follow the structure of the journal article. Evaluate each section of the article Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each section. Use the answers to the questions above to develop this section.

Conclusion: In this section, sum up the strengths and weaknesses of the research as a whole. Establish its practical and theoretical significance.

References: Kuyper, B.J. (1991). Bringing up scientists in the art of critiquing research. Bioscience 41(4), 248–250.

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Hi I have this assignment I need done by tomorrow morning. I will attach everything you need to complete it please feel free to ask any further questions to help complete this assignment.

NOTE: Before beginning to create this paper, CAREFULLY read the instructions for Paper 7, including in the Course Resources.

Write a memorandum addressed to your instructor:

(1) describing an actual problem in your office, school, church, or volunteer organization that you do not have the authority to correct;

(2) identifying the specific decision maker (by name and position) who can act on a researched report you propose to write for your final project, which will be Paper 7;

(3) proposing your solution;

(4) including a list of research sources in American Psychological Association (APA) format of at least three of your required eight specific sources (not just generic statements such as, “I plan to use articles from the newspaper and the web”); and

(5) a Gantt Chart depicting the timing of your expected progress on the problem-solving researched proposal you are asking permission to pursue as the final paper in this course. (For guidance on how to create a Gantt Chart, review on Gantt Charts in the Course Resources)

Use the underlined words/phrases in the numbered list in this paragraph as the headings in the body of your memorandum to your instructor. As always, you will also include an introduction paragraph explaining why you are writing, and a conclusion with a clear call to action or request.

Grading criteria:

• Describes the problem or project you want to work on, and explains its significance
• Explains your proposed solution in detail
• Describes the benefits of your research to your organization
• Describes the specific steps the decision-maker must take to implement the solution
• Uses at least three appropriate sources in APA format
• Summarizes research from your cited sources
• Includes correct Gantt Chart with adequate detail tracing your next steps in producing the proposal
• Uses emphatic, concise, fluent sentences
• Contains no proofreading errors

Sample Topics for Final Project (Paper 7)

Here are a few topics for which students have written successful final reports in the past. Hopefully, they will help give you some ideas for your own topic. Please note that each of these topics deals with a specific problem or issue in a specific school, church, organization, etc. with which the student is personally involved. Again:

The issue or problem you address should be a LOCAL problem for which your report might actually do some good in your workplace, school, church, educational institution, non-profit organization, etc. You cannot solve the national debt crisis or issues such as immigration, abortion, or climate change with a brief class project. Again, look around you and find a LOCAL problem to research and analyze and propose a solution for — one that has a SPECIFIC decision maker (not the Congress, or the “Government” or “our company/community should”).

Examples

Problem:

Many students at YOUR school are financially illiterate and often make unwise choices and decisions about money.

Proposed solution:

Implementation of a Personal Finance Education Workshop at XXX University

Intended audience:

Student Development Director, Counseling or Career Center Director

***

Problem:

Children at a SPECIFIC school or daycare center are vulnerable to predators.

Proposed solution:

Develop policies to help children be more secure and help parents feel better about leaving their children at the facility.

Intended audience:

daycare director, principle of school, school board, etc.

***

Problem:

Hackers have accessed personal data of employees and/or customers at YOUR company or organization.

Proposed solution:

Develop or find an existing tool (software and/or hardware) to make data more secure.

Intended audience:

President of company or organization.

***

Problem:

Employee productivity (at YOUR company) is being reduced by dropping off kids at various daycare centers around town, and they are spending large amounts of money on daycare.

Proposed solution:

Create an onsite daycare center.

Intended audience:

President of Company, Human Resources Director

***

Problem:

Military dependents (on YOUR base/post) are struggling, emotionally and financially, while service members are deployed overseas.

Proposed solution:

Create a support group on/near XXX military base or post.

Intended audience:

Base Commander, Dependent Liaison Officer

***

Problem:

Employee productivity (in YOUR company) is being reduced because some employees are abusing internet access by shopping online, using Facebook, etc. during work hours.

Proposed solution:

Create a fair internet usage policy that works for everyone.

Intended audience:

Human Resource Director, Company President

***

Problem:

Students (at YOUR school) are joining a specific student club, fraternity/sorority,etc., but many are not participating in activities and functions. (Could also apply to grownup volunteer organizations, civic clubs, church-related ministries, etc.)

Proposed solution:

Propose ways to help members remain interested/involved in the organization.

Intended audience:

President/officers/board of directors of club or organization.

NOTE: These sample topics are presented to give you an idea of the types of problems that would be acceptable for this assignment. The problem that you address will of course be different. If you still need help deciding on a topic, contact your instructor immediately (not the day before or the day that the proposal is due) for help.

For examples of student work, see and .

Please submit your assignment as a Word .doc, .docx or .rtf attachment to your Assignment folder using the link below or through the Assignments gateway in the classroom navbar. Your completed work is due by 11:59 p.m. ET Tuesday, Week 2.

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Background: Networking and interview skills take time to develop. That means, you need to practice. This activity uses the Big Interview service (which is free to SCSU students) to help you answer some common interview questions. You will be recording videos using the service and submitting to the service them for feedback/review. Your videos will NOT be used/distributed outside of the Big Interview service. Instructions: For this assignment, you will complete the following steps: Step 1: Visit into the following website: Step 2: In the top right corner of the page, click to register–and then follow the steps listed on the page. Step 3: After you login, click “Interviews” from the top menu and select “Interview Assignments.” Use the code 35bea3 to access this course’s video assignments on Big Interview. TIP: Watch the following video for instructions on Big Interview: Submission Requirements: To receive credit for the activity you must complete AND click to submit all of this course’s video assignments on Big Interview. Then, upload a screen capture of your completed video assignment. IMPORTANT: You must use the code to access this course’s video assignments and have your submissions count. IMPORTANT: Failure to complete all steps or to follow the submission instructions above may result in a lower or failing grade for this activity.

1. Focus on fluency not just accuracy. Don’t stop to correct yourself: If you make a grammar mistake, keep talking. It is more important to finish your thought than to speak perfectly. 2. Improve your listening skills. Listen to understand not just to reply: Pay attention to what the other person is saying. Good listeners are usually good communicators. 3. Work on Pronunciation & intonation. Sentence stress: Not every word in a sentence (emphasize) to make your meaning clear, for example “I didn’t say he stole the money” (Someone else said it), “I didn’t say he stole the money” (It wasn’t him). 4. Learn phrases and idioms. Native speakers use phrases not just single words: Instead of saying “I am very tired”, learn “I’m exhausted” or “I/m worn out”. Learn common expressions like “To be honest”, “On the other hand”, ” As far as I know”. 5. Practice Conversation Strategies. Ask questions: This keeps the conversation going. Use open-ended questions like. (what, where, why. how).

2 page class assignment on supply and demad

Purpose 7BKnow More Together Discussion

This week you will share your “quest” paper you handed in last week as a discussion post. With a topic as important as substance abuse, it is important we can share what we learned. This week you will take your paper and put it into a “conversation” with a peer or sibling. That means it should be easy to understand. Pretend you are explaining this to a few high school students or a friend!

How do you do this? You can reword it yourself or you can use AI. Copy your paper into AI and use the prompt “rewrite this paper to be a understandable in a conversation for a 15 year old”. Don’t stop there! READ IT! Make sure it sound the way you want! Full credit depends on it making sense and being understandable so you can share your knowledge with those around you.

Objectives

1. This should touch on all of them!

Instructions

1. Post your revised paper as explained above. This is due WEDNESDAY!
2. Find TWO peers that had a question that interests you and comment with a comparison or contrast to your topic. This is due FRIDAY
3. You must have a fact with a reference for your comparison/contrast for each reply.
4. The post should be in common language.
5. Make sure your reply has the peer’s name at the top of each reply. For example, mine might say “Bob, i liked your post on..” If you replied to me, it would say, “Catherine, your post on,., Why? This way I can look up who you are replying to in the Canvas grading page!

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7A Your Quest!Know What You Wanted.

Almost done! This discussion applies what we learned in class. I hope you kept up each week with the prompts so all you need to do know is put all the comments together! Keep the wording appropriate to the class level, make sure to reference the modules as noted and follow the format.

If you have been keeping up with the “apply” steps, you should be just about done~

Objectives

1. All of them!

Instructions for Your Paper Including How to Ace Tips!

1. Go back to our where you posed a question you wanted answered.
2. Restate your question exactly and then answer your own question in the following format. You may need to expand your question to answer all the following.
3. An introductory paragraph introducing your issue. It should have statistics (epidemiology of) the problem with references. You should include the prevalence (how common), the distribution (who), and a risk factor. Use at least one supporting fact from an outside source AND one supporting fact from one of the class Module 2A
4. A second paragraph with information on the class and neuroscience of the substance related to your topic. Use at least one supporting fact from an outside source AND one supporting fact from one of the class Module 2B.
5. A third paragraph with information on either youth and the developing brain with the substance or dual-diagnosis and the substance. Use at least one supporting fact from an outside source AND one supporting fact from one of the class Module 3A
6. A fourth paragraph explaining the economic, social or person costs of your substance. Examples could be lost wages, prison costs, health costs or community costs. Use at least one supporting fact from an outside source AND one supporting fact from one of the class Module 3B
7. A fifth paragraph exploring the profit of the substance you are researching. How large is the legal or illegal market? Who is benefitting? Use at least one supporting fact from an outside source AND one supporting fact from one of the class Module 4A.
8. For the sixth paragraph, find a LOCAL public health program that relates to your issue.
9. For the seventh paragraph, describe the regulation and policy related to your substance. For example, is it legal, decriminalized or criminalized. Give a pro and a con of its regulation policy. Use at least one supporting fact from an outside source AND one supporting fact from one of the class Module 6B.
10. For the conclusion in paragraph eight, make sure you answered your question!
11. You must have in-text citations and references at the end.
12. For the Module References you need the Module number, title and the section it came from. For example : HED 203: Module 4B: Public Health and Models of Addiction Prevention and Recovery. Page: Addiction and Mental Health. Sub: Dual Diagnosis and PH
13. It is ok to use AI to find your references, but please cite it and make it your own. 50% credit if flagged with an opportunity to do regrade via zoom.

Thats all folks! Just the final to go..

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I will give specifics after you after accepting this is the assignment requirements!

Assignment | Cultural Identity Analysis Journal

Purpose

The purpose of this analysis journal assignment is to provide students with the opportunity to identify and critically analyze their own cultural identities and worldview in relation to intercultural interactions as well as explain the influence of bias on perception of self and others.

Tasks

This assignment is a quarter-long analysis worth 10% of your grade. In order to succeed on this assignment, students are strongly encouraged to start the paper no later than the 4th week of the quarter beginning with the section of the assignment outline (below) that we have covered in class. Continue with the assignment outline as we cover topics each week.

Points Attainable: 100

Due Date: 11 PM Thursday March 19th

Required File Type: This assignment will be turned in on Canvas. Be sure to upload your journal as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.

In order to achieve the goals for this assignment, you will need to apply the course concepts and content learned this quarter to yourself in an effort to identify the cultural lens you see the world through and address the biases you hold. Using the outline below, explore all the elements of your cultural identity. Who are you, culturally speaking? For the purposes of this journey, focus on behaviors you actually engage in. For each element be sure to provide an example from your present day life.

NOTE: This assignment is NOT a simple autobiography or detailed chronological story of your family’s history. This is an analysis paper. In order to succeed on this assignment it is important that you review and understand the difference between analyzing and summarizing. For more information on this distinction, please review the in the Getting Started Module. Brief excerpts from your family’s history may pertain to portions of this journal but should not be the primary focus. The goal of this paper is for you to analyze the elements of your cultural identity as they relate to you in order to identify your biases. As such, the primary focus is on you and your cultural practices in the present. i.e. What are your values, beliefs, norms, etc. today? What do you actually practice? Do not get lost in what your parents practice or believe. This paper is about you and the biases you have about other cultures.

Structure:

For the purposes of this assignment simply provide headings directly from the assignment outline below followed by your answers to the questions and examples. For example, you will start with the heading WORLDVIEW and then below it provide your answers to the questions posed in the outline along with appropriate examples from your life experience. The next heading would be VALUES followed by PROVERBS and so on. Please do not use up space in your paper restating the actual questions. Simply provide your answers to the questions in that section along and an example from your life experience in the space under each heading. Continue to do this for each topic on the assignment outline. There is no need to provide transitions between each topic.

Following the outline below should be helpful in writing this paper for organizational and content purposes.

Assignment Outline:

This outline shows the order for your final draft. Before turning in your journal be sure that it is in the order below (beginning with Worldview/Religion.)

I. Worldview/Religion – This section should not be completed until we cover Worldview in class.

Questions:

1. Why do you believe you are on planet Earth? What is your ultimate purpose in life? This should be an explicit statement like “I believe I am on planet Earth to…“or “I believe my purpose in life is…”
2. What are your beliefs about(choose two of the questions below to fully explain):

• • Why do we exist?
  • Does law, chance or God rule the world?
  • Do you have a soul?
  • What are the origins of the universe and how did life begin?
  • What is our responsibility to other people?
  • What happens when we die?

II. Values – This section should not be completed until we cover Values in class.

Questions:

1. 1. What do you hold dear? What do you treasure? What are your primary values? What is worth dying for? What is worth protecting?
   2. Choose three (3) cultural patterns we covered in the Values Module that best describe your values and behaviors. Describe how your behaviors reflect each of the values you choose. Provide a specific example for each. The first time you use one of the course terms that describes you, be sure to bold or type it in all capital letters. No references are required.

III. Proverbs – This section should not be completed until we cover the Culture Module in class.

Questions:

1. 1. What sayings/proverbs do you follow or live by? List at least two of the most important ones to you and how you follow them. (See ).

IV. History – This section should not be completed until we cover History in class.

Questions:

1. 1. Analyze each of the elements below regarding your cultures history and how they affect on your thinking today. This is history from your own perspective. Use first person (I, me, mine) throughout this assignment.
   2. How did/does the geography and climate of the locale you were enculturated in come to affect your thinking today?
   3. Choose one important story from your cultures history (may be a past event, a myth, or a legend) that deeply affects your thinking today.
   4. Name two well-known people from your cultures history that you look up to. (This should be a person who is recognized by the majority of people who share your culture.) Why do you admire them?
   5. In what specific way(s) do the form(s) of government of your culture affect your thinking today? What biases do these affects of your cultures history create for you regarding other cultures?

V. Language and Nonverbal Norms – This section should not be completed until we cover Language in class.

Questions:

1. 1. What language(s) do you speak? Who do you speak it to? How often do you use it?
   2. What nonverbal behaviors make your culture unique? For the purposes of the assignment, choose two unique nonverbal ways your culture communicates. This may include anything in the areas of: tone, eye contact, touch, proxemics or gestures that stand out as a bit different in your culture than in other cultures.
   3. What are the typical greeting and departure behaviors that you adhere to that make you part of your culture?
   4. What are the typical eating (dining) behaviors that make you fit in to your culture?
   5. How does the way you dress affect your cultural belonging?

VI. Identity – This section should not be completed until we cover Identity in class.

Questions:

1. Do you belong to a dominant group/culture? If so, which one? Identify one bias that you hold about another culture as a result of being a part of this group.

Please note that there is a difference between bias and opinion. Your goal for this assignment is to identify biases not opinions. For a review of the differences between biases and opinion, see the lecture (slide 13 of the PowerPoint presentation) on Biases in Week 5 of Modules.

2. Name two non-dominant groups (co-cultures) you belong to. Identify one bias that you hold as a result of being a part of these groups.

3. Discuss the income portion of your socio-economic standing. Do you consider yourself middle-class, upper-class, or low-class in terms of income. How does your “class” standing affect how you think of others of different class standing? Identify one bias that you hold as a result of being a part of this group.

4. Discuss your age identity. Identify one bias that you hold as a result of being a part of this group. Are you a Baby Boomer, GenX-er, Millennial, or GenZ-er? If you’re not sure, here is a resource that may help: . Once you identify your generation, identify one bias that you hold about people of other generations as a result of being a part of this group. The purdueglobal resource should also help in this regard.

5. Choose one of the following aspects of your identity to discuss and identify one bias that you hold about another culture as a result of being a part of this group.

1. 1. 1. Race
      2. Gender
      3. Sexuality
      4. Ability
      5. Ethnicity
      6. National identity
      7. Regional identity

VII. Bias(es)/Privilege – This section should not be completed until we cover Biases and Privilege in class. As we learned in this class, we all hold biases about groups of people who are different than us due to the “lens/lenses” we view the world through. We learned the biases we hold both implicitly and explicitly over a period of time as we grew from child to adult.

Questions:

1. 1. Using the examine your relationship to oppression, power, and privilege. Identify one privilege you hold. Explain this privilege. How will you go about acknowledging and being aware of your privilege?
   2. What are two biases (not opinions) you hold about other cultures or co-cultures? Feel free to focus on the biases you identified in section VI (Identity). Identify at least two biases you have about other cultures or co-cultures. Be specific. Be sure that the culture(s) or co-culture(s) you identify meet the definition of what a culture or non-dominant/co-culture is (see Culture module). Keep in mind that there is a difference between bias and opinion. Your goal for this assignment is to identify biases not opinions. For a review of the differences between biases and opinion, see the lecture (slide 13 of the PowerPoint presentation) on Biases in Week 5 of Modules. Also, please keep in mind that I am the only person who will be reading your journal. I cannot share what you write with anyone without your written permission.
   3. How will you go about keeping an open mind and monitoring your ethnocentrism with this culture or non-dominant/co-culture? Explain. Be specific.

*If you are having difficulty identifying your biases, here is a helpful tool. Try exploring your personal biases and preferences by taking the Implicit Association Test (IAT) sponsored by Harvard University. Go to

Be sure to choose the Project Implicit Social Attitudes option, then select from: the Race IAT, Skin-tone IAT, Arab-Muslim IAT, Sexuality IAT, or Disability IAT. (You may think you have a test figured out and that you can out-smart exposing any of your biases, however, stick with it. You will be surprised how subtle differences can influence what we think.)

VIII. Addendum Poem

Read the poem below and then thoughtfully write your own using the example or the template provided. Carefully consider what you have learned about your cultural identity as you construct your poem. Try to capture your discoveries in your poem. This will be the conclusion of your Cultural Identity Analysis Journal.

Poem Example:

Where I’m From by George Ella Lyon

I am from clothespins,

from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride

I am from the dirt under the back porch.

(Black, glistening, it tasted like beets.)

I am from the forsythia bush

the Dutch elm

whose long-gone limbs I remember

as if they were my own.

I’m from fudge and eyeglasses,

from Imogene and Alafair.

I’m from the know-it-alls

and the pass-it-ons,

from Perk up! and Pipe down!

I’m from He restoreth my soul

with a cotton ball lamb

and ten verses I can say myself.

I’m from Artemus and Billie’s Branch,

fried corn and strong coffee.

From the finger my grandfather lost

to the auger,

the eye my father shut to keep his sight.

Under my bed was a dress box

spilling old pictures,

a sift of lost faces

to drift beneath my dreams.

I am from those moments —

snapped before I budded —

leaf-fall from the family tree.

WHERE I’M FROM (Template)

I am from ____________ (specific ordinary item),

from __________ (product name) and __________.

I am from the _____________ (home description. adjective, sensory detail).

I am from the _____________ (plant, flower, natural item),

the ___________ (plant, flower, natural detail)

I am from _____________ (family tradition) and ____________ (family trait),

from ___________ (name of family member) and _____________ (another family name)

and _______________ (family name).

I am from the _______________ (description of family tendency)

and ____________ (another name).

From ______________ (something you were told as child)

and ____________ (another).

I am from (representation of religion, or lack of it. Further description.)

I’m from _____________ (place of birth and family ancestry),

____________ (two food items representing your family).

From the ______________ (specific family story about a specfic person and detail),

the ______________ (another detail),

and the ____________ (another detail about another family member).

I am from _______________ (location of family pictures, mementos, archives and several more lines indicating their worth).

Frequently Asked Questions

How long should my journal be?

The typical length is 12-15 pages, typed in size 12 arial font (or similar) with 1.5 line spacing, and .75 inch margins. Keep in mind that only relevant content in this paper is important. I will read up to 20 pages.

Do I need to provide page references and citations for this assignment?

Providing page references to the textbook or citing any other source is not a requirement for this assignment. Since the journal is all about you, there is no need to use MLA or APA formatting. You will not be defining terms or providing quotes from any sources in this paper. Because you will be analyzing and not summarizing, you will be applying relevant course terms to yourself and fully explaining how or why. Stated differently, you will be applying all the terms in the assignment outline (below) to yourself and describing what they look like in your life and in your behaviors. This assignment is much like a journal entry where your writing shows substantive self-reflection and thoughtfulness. Pictures/photos are not necessary as they do not help demonstrate your self-reflection on the topics.

Is it okay to use first person?

Please use first person (e.g. “I believe…”, “….importance to me”, and “my values…”) throughout this analysis assignment since the subject is all about you. This is your chance to talk about your cultural identity, beliefs, values, norms and practices.

Is it okay to re-use what Ive already posted on discussion assignments?

Feel free to use any original content you’ve posted on the discussion board throughout the quarter that applies to any of the questions asked in this assignment. Several of the discussion questions were designed to get you thinking about your cultural identity and prep you for this assignment.

What if I need extra help with writing?

If you need help with college level writing, be sure to plan ahead and utilize the BC Writing Lab for assistance. The Writing Lab in the Academic Success Center offers both in-person and virtual options for help

How do I stay on track with this assignment each week?

To stay on track with the Cultural Identity Analysis Journal, simply complete the section of the assignment outline that we cover in class each week. For example, by the end of week four, you should have section VI Identity completed, as that topic is being covered in class that week. Two weeks after that, you should have section VII on Bias(es)/Privilege completed. Continue working through the assignment outline as we cover respective topics each week.

Do you have an example journal I could look at?

Here are a couple excerpts from exemplary cultural identity analysis journals:

History

My countrys history has had more implicit than explicit influences on my psyche. As far as geography is concerned, I am identified as one who lives in the West, when compared to the rest of the world. This affiliates my thinking with western ideas and ideology such as capitalism, free trade, and democracy. Our government has made me love and cherish the freedom we as Americans share, one right, that of free speech, Im exercising right now in the sharing of my personal identity. Some stories Ive grown fond of from my culture are accounts of valor and self-sacrifice passed down to me from the Marine Corps. One such story is of a hero Sergeant Major Kasal, who served in the initial push into Fallujah. He heroically, without regard for his own life, in a building with several wounded Marines and four insurgents, attempted to retrieve his men. In the process he and his companion were shot in the legs, and after a grenade was thrown, laid his body on top of his fellow wounded Marine to shield him from the blast. They then waited for backup for an hour and a half, while Kasal held security for him and his men, fading in and out of consciousness in the bathroom with his M-9 Beretta drawn, He received a meritorious promotion to Sergeant Major and a Navy Cross, which is the nations second highest award. The story of this man inspires me to live a life that is willing to sacrifice my own comfort and well being for the good of others.

Events such as the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, and distribution of equal rights to all races, men and women have all affected my perspective. Dr. Martin Luther Kings speech and the events that took place in removing the racism and oppression of African Americans in the United States has given me eyes to see my own sinfulness in ethnocentrism. I tend to gravitate toward people I know and am comfortable with, yet these events remind me of the fact that we all are one race, created equally in the sight of God and it helps me to be more open to and less intimidated by other cultures

Criteria

• 25 pts – Completeness addresses every question in the assignment outline and provides an appropriate example from their life experience for every topic/element discussed in the assignment.
• 20 pts – Demonstrates analysis versus summary (see guide in Modules) throughout the journal. Demonstrates depth and thoughtfulness.
• 15 pts – Demonstrates a keen self-awareness of their own ethnocentrism.
• 15 pts – Identifies specific biases they hold and explains how they will go about keeping their ethnocentrism in check.
• 15 pts – Course concepts and terms are appropriately applied. Course terminology and concepts demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the subject matter.
• 10 pts – Journal is carefully proofread, organized, free of spelling errors, typos, run-on sentences, fragments and follows capitalization and punctuation conventions.

Here are some science questions you can use:

Easy:

1. What is the process by which plants make their own food?
2. What gas do humans need to breathe in to survive?
3. What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?

Moderate:

4. How does gravity affect objects on Earth?

5. What is the function of the human heart?

6. Why do we experience day and night?

Hard:

7. How does DNA determine the traits of an organism?

8. What is the difference between a chemical change and a physical change?

9. How do vaccines help prevent diseases?

As we have learned more about the environmental impacts on your personal health this week, I think you will find the following video interesting.

1. After watching post your thoughts on the following to the discussion board: (5 points)

• The topic in the video
• The places you have lived and what type of environmental issues to which you may have been exposed.

2. Reply to at least one of your classmates original post (hit the reply button below their original post). Do not reply to a reply. (5 points)

——-5 points for your original post and 5 points for replying to your classmates

As a reminder on your replies:

5 points for your replies to a classmate original posts, not on a reply they left for another classmate. (Click “Reply” at the bottom of their main post):

Your reply to a classmate must be at least 3 substantial sentences. The items below are example of brief, vague or “throw-away” response statements and will not receive credit. It is okay to include them in addition to your 3 substantial sentences, but not instead of your 3 substantial sentences.

1. • • • Hi David.
       • Nice to meet you.
       • I like your post.
       • Have a good semester.
       • I posted the same thing.
2. Your replies must be written in proper sentence for with emojis, emoticons, or text abbreviations (e.g. LOL)
3. Your reply must relate to what they posted, not only what you posted.
4. Your reply must be respectful, but may disagree.
5. If you post that you agree, disagree, like, or dislike something in their post, you must state what the item was and why you felt that the way you did.
6. Vague or short replies will receive very little credit.
7. Asking a question does not count as one of your 3 sentences, but you may ask a question in addition to your required response