Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.

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  • 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! Note: Your instructor may require you to submit your topic choice for approval before the end of Week 5.
  • For the topic you choose:
  • 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.
  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 requires you to do several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things listed.
  1. 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.
  1. 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 quality as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page.

Topic choices (pick 1):

  • Self-Portraits. Journal. The Renaissance artists Titian, Rembrandt, and Durer have each painted self-portraits. Imagine yourself as one of these artists (or another artist of your choice that has painted a self-portrait) and write a journal expressing your thoughts on “your” art (in other words, the journal entries the artist would probably write.) (1) Explain “your” primary reason for painting a self-portrait. (2) Describe “your” artistic choices in composition: use of color, space, etc. (3) Explain what the portrait represents about “you” (as the artist.) (4) Explain “your” choices of subject with regard to at least three other specific pieces “you” have painted.
  • Ladies & Gentlemen. Survey & Report. Some may believe that being “gentleman” or a “lady” in today’s society is an outdated notion, but others may disagree. (1) Briefly summarize the main characteristics of a well-rounded person, “I’uomo universal” referring to specific sections within the excerpt from The Courtier which identifies these characteristics. (2) Create a “survey” based on the identified characteristics and “poll” at least ten people to find out whether or not the characteristics are relevant for a “gentleman” or “lady” of today. (3) Tabulate and discuss the responses in terms of gender, age, vocation, etc. of your survey participants, making note of any interesting or surprising results which show up in your poll answers. (4) Finally, explain whether or not you agree with the characteristics expressed by Castiglione in The Courtier.
  • BayeuxTapestry Experience. Letter. Imagine yourself as one of the figures in the battle depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry; in a letter home, you describe your experience to your family. (1) Write a first-person account of this historical event from the perspective of one of the figures in tapestry. (2) Use your senses to describe your impression of the event. (3) Describe specific elements of the scene such as uniforms, weaponry, fighting styles, etc. (4) Explain why you believe your side was justified in participating in the battle and how you would like the battle to be remembered.
  • Ancient Emperors. Deathbed Memoir. Pretend you are one of the emperors we have studied, such as Shihuangdi, Constantine, Ashoka, or Charlemagne. You are on your deathbed and want to write a brief account of your life. As you look back over your life, what do you consider your greatest accomplishments in 1) politics, 2) art / architecture, and 3) religion, philosophy or intellectual life? Finally (4), describe and explain anything you have done for which you fear history will judge you harshly, or present the proudest aspects of your legacy.
  • Other topic choice recommended and approved by the professor and supported by the grading rubric.

The Project Paper will be graded on:

  1. The level to which the instructions were followed.

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

11.The adequacy of information, examples, and details which support the general claim or main idea.

12.The relevance of the explanations and descriptions.

13.The inclusion of three (3) required references (two additional sources besides your textbook) documented using APA style.

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

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 course shell for reference)
  • Include a cover page containing the tile 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 during the eras of antiquity to the Renaissance.
  • 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.

How did religion shape Colonial American culture? Using the lectures and the textbook, select one example of a religious event in Colonial history and examine how that event shaped Colonial American culture.

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King Philip’s War

Part One: King Philip’s War 

The following passage is a letter conveying to the British government how the Colonists were accommodating “King Philip” – Metacom, the leader of the Wampanoag people. Source: John Easton, “A Relation of the Indian War” in A Narrative of the Causes which Led to Philip’s Indian War. (1858), pp. 5-15. Reduced and edited by Lesley Skousen, PhD.

  • “Philip charged it to be dishonesty for us to put off the hearing of his just complaints, so we consented to listen. He said they had been the first in doing good to the English, and the English the first in doing wrong. He constrained other Indians from wronging the English, and gave the English corn and land.
  • But the King’s brother (Massasoit) came miserably to die by the English. Indians testified that when their King sold land, the English would say that it was more than they agreed to in price. The English then took away more land than the Indians could spare.
  • The English made them drunk and then cheated them in bargains. Another grievance: the English Cattle and horses still increased, so that the Indians could not keep their corn from being spoiled. We had cause to think in that had been tendered it would have been accepted. We endeavored that however they should lay down the War, for the English were too strong for them. The Indians replied that the English should do to them as they had done when the Indians were too strong for the English.”

Questions: 

  • Write 150 or more words describing the Indians’ complaints.
  • What did King Philip (also known as Metacom, King of the Wampanoag people) mean when he suggested that the English should do to the Indians as the Indians had done for the English when they had been the stronger party?

Part Two: Short-answer essay (150-200 words)

  • How does environment affect how a person lives? Select two colonial regions and describe how the environment shaped that economy, society, or political decision. Use only the lectures and the textbook for your answer.

Part Three: Short-answer essay (150-200 words)

  • How did labor differ in the different colonial regions? Choose three colonies and discuss what kinds of labor, skills, or occupations dominated each one. Use only the lectures and the textbook for your answer.

Part Four: Short-answer essay (150-200 words)

  • How did religion shape Colonial American culture? Using the lectures and the textbook, select one example of a religious event in Colonial history and examine how that event shaped Colonial American culture.

Discuss the genocide of girl’s as it is related to the preference of boys over girl’s in China and the limit on child births per family

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Assignment 3
1. As discussed in the Introduction chapter of carter’s book, how has religion been used by all faiths to justify the sexual discrimination against women?
2. Discuss (page 14, 15, 16) in Carter’s book how the Preamble and the following Articles listed are related to faith in fundamental human rights and in the equal rights of men and women?
3. In Chapter 4 of Carter’s book he discusses how violent crime has not increased, but yet our prison population has sky rocketed. What is his philosophy on our Mass incarceration of violent/nonviolent offenders?
4. What are some of Carter’s key points of sexual assault and raped as discussed in Chapter 5 of his book.
5. What are his thoughts on War as discussed in Chapter 6?

Assignment 4

1. Discuss the video on human trafficking as it is related to Chapter 12 in your Carter book.
2. Discuss the relationship between gender discrimination and women’s health as discussed in Chapter 8 of Carter’s book.
3. Discuss the genocide of girl’s as it is related to the preference of boys over girl’s in China and the limit on child births per family (Chapter 10).
4. Discuss the issue of rape as is pointed out in Carter’s book (Chapter 11).
5. Discuss some of the things that have been done across the globe to help improve the lives of women? What are some things we can continue to do to make the lives of women better? (Chapter 18)
Assignment 5
1. According to the documentary “Killing Us Softly 3” what are the major contributors to the negative female image and the negative concept of male masculinity? What can we do to bring about change?

2. In “Falling Down” what were some life events that brought us to the conclusion of the movie. Be specific on things that occurred to the lead character throughout the movie that drove him over the edge.

3. According to Short Rage (Chapter 9) what are some physical characteristics that limit and oppress these populations from attaining success? Having access to what important resource (that has been controlled predominately by white males in this country) helps narrow the economic gap between those groups who are discriminated against based on genetically inherited physical characteristics.

4. According to Short Rage (Chapter 5), is the government interested in lowering the amount of crime that takes place in this country? Do they know how to lower the use and distribution of illegal drugs? Does the government want to win the “war on drugs,” why? Or why not?

5. What have you learned from this class that you think you will take with you for a long time? Why?

Describe the background information of each of the societies you have chosen. You need not analyze this background information, only provide details regarding these societies.

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Anthropologists are interested in framing broad hypotheses about human behavior. In order to do this, it is imperative to use examples from multiple cultures to ensure that their conclusions are not grounded in a single case.

In this assignment, you will be taking on the role of an ethnologist, using multiple ethnographic accounts to study human behavior and culture.

Do the following:

  • Identify two to three societies to compare, such as an African society (for example, Ethiopian, Liberian, etc.), Indian, Chinese, Korean, or one of the many Native American groups (for example, the Cherokee, the Inuit, etc.).
  • Choose one aspect of human culture discussed in the course:
    • Domestic life and kinship
    • Subsistence and economy
    • Religion
    • Culture change

Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, write a research paper to include the following:

  • Describe the background information of each of the societies you have chosen. You need not analyze this background information, only provide details regarding these societies.
  • Analyze the aspect of human culture you selected for each of the societies.
  • Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the societies in relation to the topic you chose—for example, standard of living, education, or employment opportunities.
  • Summarize and address human behavior in relation to your topic and based on your examples.
    • Address the realities of life for the cultures you have examined.
    • Examine some of the social problems and public policy issues that become apparent.