Research the history and traditions of a culture that is of special interest to you. You may research the arts, musical traditions, literature, significant historical events, and religions of your chosen culture.

“The Cultural Other”

• Research the history and traditions of a culture that is of special interest to you. You may research the arts, musical traditions, literature, significant historical events, and religions of your chosen culture.
• Armed with this background, create a portfolio of an invented person from that culture. The result will be a case study.
• Decide on the age, gender, socioeconomic class, family situation, and community role of the individual, as well as a personal crisis the individual has involving culture.
• Write up the case study. Include a key historical event that has some influence on the case.

Here is the grading rubric for this assignment:

Grading Rubric for APPLIED FINAL PROJECT: “THE CULTURAL OTHER”

5

4

3

2

1

0

Weight

Total

CONTENT

1. All topics are discussed in clear detail and are relevant to the assignment and course

X3

2. Author supports assertions correctly

X2

3. Ideas are interrelated coherently and logically

X2

4. Author creatively enhances the topic

X3

Professional Presentation

5. Project contains an appropriate degree of formality where required

X1

6. Text develops and elaborates on main ideas

X2

7. Final product is neat and attractive

X1

WRITING MECHANICS AND STYLE

8. Paper is free of mechanical errors (e.g., misspellings, typos, punctuation errors)

X2

9. Paper is grammatically sound (with proper sentence structure)

X3

10. Paper is submitted per instructions, on time, and in appropriate format

X1

Points awarded

Behaviors demonstrated

5

Paper contains no errors in this area.

4

Paper contains limited errors in this area; however, the overall presentation of the material is readable and appropriate.

3

Paper contains multiple errors in this area; however, the overall presentation of the material is acceptable.

2

Paper contains a number of errors in this area and the overall presentation is difficult to read.

1

Paper contains numerous errors in this area, which detracts from the presentation.

0

Not present.