the contemporary period

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student

Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Assignment 2: Project Paper Due Week 8 and worth 200 points

The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, architecture, history,

music, or literature. The project will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic.

This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities to be the

creative, innovative, and critical thinker you already are!

Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic

carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that responds to

each of the items described in the topic.

For the topic you choose:

1. Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If there are questions or points associated with your chosen topic, be sure to answer all of the listed

questions and address all of the items in that topic. If your topic asks you to do

several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things listed.

2. While some of the topics tend to lend themselves toward particular writing genres, you are not restricted to the specific format suggested for the individual

topic. For example, you may do an “interview,” a “proposal,” a “letter,” a

“short story,” a “blog,” an “essay,” an “article,” or any other written genre for

almost any of the topics. The project is intended to be fun as well as

informative, so feel free to be creative with the delivery of your information.

3. Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text.

Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic

resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top

of your Blackboard page.

Note: Your instructor may require you to submit your topic choice for approval

before the end of Week 5.

Topic choice

Harlem Renaissance Poets. Essay & Poem. Choose two (2) poems by different authors

from the Harlem Renaissance. Write an essay that:

1. Describes each author’s role and importance within the Harlem Renaissance.

2. Identify the elements in each of their poems in which you see evidence of the “double-consciousness” being expressed by each author.

3. Fully describe at least two (2) primary themes you see in the poetry written during this time period, referring to specific lines in each of the

poems.

4. Write your own poem that expresses these identified themes of the Harlem Renaissance.

The Project Paper will be graded on:

 The level to which the instructions were followed.

 The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were addressed.

 The adequacy of information, examples, and details which support the general

claim or main idea.

 The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions.

 Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

 The inclusion of three (3) required references (two [2] additional sources

besides your textbook) documented using APA style.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-

inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA Style format. Check

with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic.

(Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the Additional

Resources section of their Student Center within their course shell for

reference)

 Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name,

the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the

reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to

historical changes.

 Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions

within a historical context.

 Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic

forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.

 Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance

to the contemporary period.

 Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of

world cultures.

 Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing

mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the

paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/HUM/112/1142/Week8/Week%208%20Assignment%202%20Grading%20Rubric.html