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For this assignment, you will choose a virtual cultural venue from the instructions below to visit online and write a short 500-800 word report about your visit.

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to the process of engaging with the cultural venues and communities. This will inform you personally of the Humanities and groups that support it.

Skills
This assignment will help you practice the following skills that will be useful to you in your professional and personal life beyond school.

Identify cultural venues and inform you with deeper knowledge about the cultural form chosen.
Organize reflections about engaging with a cultural experience and community
Use concepts and skills learned in class to describe and interpret cultural experiences and communities
Use appropriate and proper grammar, organization, and academic-style formatting in order to communicate
Knowledge
This assignment will help you become familiar with the following important content knowledge in the Humanities.

Available virtual cultural venues and communities
Methods of interpretation within the Humanities
Instructions
For your report, choose one virtual venue from this pre-approved list that most interests you, or contact your professor for approval of your own online choice. If your choice below has both a website and a video, make sure you examine both. If you need special accommodations to complete this assignment, please inform your instructor and contact the Accessibility Accommodations office for guidance.

Please watch the entire performance or thoroughly explore the venue you choose.

THEATER PLAY

Shakespeare

First Encounter: King Lear (adapted for children)

Hamlet

Othello
https://youtu.be/LZAElnmqpiw
The Tragedy of Richard II

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

NEW MA by Dora Dee Hunter

Watch a full performance of one of the plays on this list of full length plays available on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4UvHdqgzgxyW8nqcnS5NU1FhIkL3NRyC

Watch a full performance of a Broadway musical that is available for streaming on various paid services. A list is available here: https://www.playbill.com/article/15-broadway-plays-and-musicals-you-can-watch-on-stage-from-home

POETRY OR BOOK READING, AUTHOR EVENT, OR SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE

Author interviews

Toni Morrison on “The Bluest Eye” and “Paradise”

Inside the Imagination with China Miéville

William Gibson: Technology, Science Fiction & the Apolcalypse

A conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin

George R.R. Martin On Strombo: Extended Interview

Salman Rushdie on Storytelling

Alice Walker

Poetry Readings

Joy Harjo

Leslie Marmon Silko

Rita Dove

Naomi Shihab Nye

Arthur Sze

Heather McHugh

Juan Felipe Herrera

An Evening with Robert Pinsky

Poetry Festivals, Slams and Spoken Word

The BreakBeat Poets

The Last Word Festival- Poetry Slam Final 2018

The Last Word Festival –Poetry Slam Final 2017

Louder than a Bomb (Millennial Stage)

Henry Rollins “Up for It” spoken word performance (includes some obscenities)

Kate Tempest spoken word performance on KEXP

FILM COMMENTARY BY A DIRECTOR OR CINEMA EXPERT

Watch an entire DVD/Blue Ray film with the “audio commentary” special feature as long as the commentary is by or includes the director or a film historian/expert, not just the actors/actresses or commercial film critics.

Examples of a few films on DVD/Blue Ray with director’s commentary:

Get Out, commentary by Jordan Peele
Lord of the Rings films, commentary by Peter Jackson
Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, commentary by Martin Scorsese
Pan’s Labyrinth, commentary by Guillermo Del Toro
Das Boot, commentary by Stephen Spielberg
National Treasure: Book of Secrets, commentary by Jon Turteltaub
A list of older films with DVD/Audio commentary is available here, just make sure you are listening to directors and film experts: http://www.ratethatcommentary.com/top100.php

Listen to a director’s commentary on a film on this podcast: Watching With…..by NetFlix: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1464225558

RELIGIOUS SERVICE, CEREMONY OR RITUAL

Your choice should be different from one’s own religion, if practiced. Please view all videos under the ritual, service, or ceremony you choose.

JUDAISM

Passover Seder Meal

The Passover Seder: What to Expect

Model Passover Seder

Yom Kippur

What is Yom Kippur?

Yom Kippur Neilah (Concluding) Service
https://youtu.be/KChQ1nDHVnk
Yom Kippur Ritual: Kaparot in Israel

CHRISTIANITY

Baptism rituals

Catholic Baptism


Evangelical Full Immersion Baptism

Baptists in India

Baptist Ceremony

Rituals of the Eucharist

Catholic Sacrament of the Eucharist 101

Orthodox Communion

Baptist Communion Service

Evangelical Communion Service

ISLAM

Ramadan

The Adhan: Call to Prayer during Ramadan

What is Ramadan?

Welcoming Ramadan: Shaykh Abdul Moez Nafti

Hajj

Hajj: BBC News

Hajj: real footage from Mecca to Medina

Bosnian Hajj Pilgrims (transcript/translation of speakers in video notes)

HINDUISM

Upanayana Ceremony

Upanayana Adhar: A Rite of Passage

Upanayana: Thread Ceremony example 1

Upanayanam ceremony example 2

Puja

Why is Puja necessary to maintain Hinduism?

Daily Puja ritual example

Puja Temple Service

BUDDHISM

Heart Sutra Ritual

Heart Sutra Chanting

How to Chant the Heart Sutra Mantra: Robert A.F. Thurman

Heart Sutra Translation

New Heart Sutra translation by Thich Nhat Hanh

Ordination Rite

Ordination and Closing Ceremony

Becoming a Buddhist Monk

Ordination Procedure in the Theraveda Tradition
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/ordination1.htm

Restrictions: The experience should be viewed during the current semester. If this is impossible, contact the instructor to arrange for alternatives. You may not report on a cultural experience viewed prior to this class.

Write a report after you have explored or viewed the online resource.

Your report should include the following information. Include photos or links that help convey the information. As always, be sure to document all sources you consult in preparing your work. This includes any learning resources from the class, or information from the websites that informed you about the particular item you explored.

Name and location of event or name and director of the film, writer’s name etc. If there is on-line information about what you viewed, be sure to include a link to it within the text of your essay in an appropriate place.

Type of event. For example is it a film, ritual, service, ceremony, poetry reading, festival, author interview etc. Make sure to include the name of the authors, directors, producers, speakers, author of your favorite poem (if poetry festival or event).

Briefly describe the general setting by talking a bit about the location (you can research the location online) and the general overall “vibe” of the place or places viewed.

Describe at least one aspect of what you viewed that you found especially interesting. For example, you might write about the different ways the same ritual is conducted by different groups, a poem you really liked from the reading or poetry festival, something an author or direct said that really struck you. Explain what impressed or affected you, and why. Your reaction can be positive or negative, as long as you offer an explanation.

Identify and use at least two tools, concepts or methods that you have learned about in this class in the Learning Resources to talk about your viewing. For example, if you view a director’s commentary, you might point out what the director says about lighting or the set, or if you view to a ritual, talk about the myth the ritual is based on, or if you watch a spoken word or poetry reading, you can talk about specific literary language or imagery. Make sure you are explicit in identifying the tools/concept/methods you are using and the specific learning resources they come from. Be sure to inform the reader about the tool/concept/method through a quote or paraphrase from the learning resource. Then, make sure to tell the reader how you interpret and/or analyze some elements of what you experience with the tools.

Be sure to cite the learning resources you have used in MLA format. Please see http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm

Reflect on the relevance–if any–of your viewing to your everyday life. How did the experience engage your feelings or emotions, if at all? What does this tell you about human culture, and/or about yourself?

For this assignment, you will choose a virtual cultural venue from the instructions below to visit online and write a short 500-800 word report about your visit.

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to the process of engaging with the cultural venues and communities. This will inform you personally of the Humanities and groups that support it.

Skills
This assignment will help you practice the following skills that will be useful to you in your professional and personal life beyond school.

Identify cultural venues and inform you with deeper knowledge about the cultural form chosen.
Organize reflections about engaging with a cultural experience and community
Use concepts and skills learned in class to describe and interpret cultural experiences and communities
Use appropriate and proper grammar, organization, and academic-style formatting in order to communicate
Knowledge
This assignment will help you become familiar with the following important content knowledge in the Humanities.

Available virtual cultural venues and communities
Methods of interpretation within the Humanities
Instructions
For your report, choose one virtual venue from this pre-approved list that most interests you, or contact your professor for approval of your own online choice. If your choice below has both a website and a video, make sure you examine both. If you need special accommodations to complete this assignment, please inform your instructor and contact the Accessibility Accommodations office for guidance.

Please watch the entire performance or thoroughly explore the venue you choose.

THEATER PLAY

Shakespeare

First Encounter: King Lear (adapted for children)

Hamlet

Othello
https://youtu.be/LZAElnmqpiw
The Tragedy of Richard II

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

NEW MA by Dora Dee Hunter

Watch a full performance of one of the plays on this list of full length plays available on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4UvHdqgzgxyW8nqcnS5NU1FhIkL3NRyC

Watch a full performance of a Broadway musical that is available for streaming on various paid services. A list is available here: https://www.playbill.com/article/15-broadway-plays-and-musicals-you-can-watch-on-stage-from-home

POETRY OR BOOK READING, AUTHOR EVENT, OR SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE

Author interviews

Toni Morrison on “The Bluest Eye” and “Paradise”

Inside the Imagination with China Miéville

William Gibson: Technology, Science Fiction & the Apolcalypse

A conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin

George R.R. Martin On Strombo: Extended Interview

Salman Rushdie on Storytelling

Alice Walker

Poetry Readings

Joy Harjo

Leslie Marmon Silko

Rita Dove

Naomi Shihab Nye

Arthur Sze

Heather McHugh

Juan Felipe Herrera

An Evening with Robert Pinsky

Poetry Festivals, Slams and Spoken Word

The BreakBeat Poets

The Last Word Festival- Poetry Slam Final 2018

The Last Word Festival –Poetry Slam Final 2017

Louder than a Bomb (Millennial Stage)

Henry Rollins “Up for It” spoken word performance (includes some obscenities)

Kate Tempest spoken word performance on KEXP

FILM COMMENTARY BY A DIRECTOR OR CINEMA EXPERT

Watch an entire DVD/Blue Ray film with the “audio commentary” special feature as long as the commentary is by or includes the director or a film historian/expert, not just the actors/actresses or commercial film critics.

Examples of a few films on DVD/Blue Ray with director’s commentary:

Get Out, commentary by Jordan Peele
Lord of the Rings films, commentary by Peter Jackson
Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, commentary by Martin Scorsese
Pan’s Labyrinth, commentary by Guillermo Del Toro
Das Boot, commentary by Stephen Spielberg
National Treasure: Book of Secrets, commentary by Jon Turteltaub
A list of older films with DVD/Audio commentary is available here, just make sure you are listening to directors and film experts: http://www.ratethatcommentary.com/top100.php

Listen to a director’s commentary on a film on this podcast: Watching With…..by NetFlix: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1464225558

RELIGIOUS SERVICE, CEREMONY OR RITUAL

Your choice should be different from one’s own religion, if practiced. Please view all videos under the ritual, service, or ceremony you choose.

JUDAISM

Passover Seder Meal

The Passover Seder: What to Expect

Model Passover Seder

Yom Kippur

What is Yom Kippur?

Yom Kippur Neilah (Concluding) Service
https://youtu.be/KChQ1nDHVnk
Yom Kippur Ritual: Kaparot in Israel

CHRISTIANITY

Baptism rituals

Catholic Baptism


Evangelical Full Immersion Baptism

Baptists in India

Baptist Ceremony

Rituals of the Eucharist

Catholic Sacrament of the Eucharist 101

Orthodox Communion

Baptist Communion Service

Evangelical Communion Service

ISLAM

Ramadan

The Adhan: Call to Prayer during Ramadan

What is Ramadan?

Welcoming Ramadan: Shaykh Abdul Moez Nafti

Hajj

Hajj: BBC News

Hajj: real footage from Mecca to Medina

Bosnian Hajj Pilgrims (transcript/translation of speakers in video notes)

HINDUISM

Upanayana Ceremony

Upanayana Adhar: A Rite of Passage

Upanayana: Thread Ceremony example 1

Upanayanam ceremony example 2

Puja

Why is Puja necessary to maintain Hinduism?

Daily Puja ritual example

Puja Temple Service

BUDDHISM

Heart Sutra Ritual

Heart Sutra Chanting

How to Chant the Heart Sutra Mantra: Robert A.F. Thurman

Heart Sutra Translation

New Heart Sutra translation by Thich Nhat Hanh

Ordination Rite

Ordination and Closing Ceremony

Becoming a Buddhist Monk

Ordination Procedure in the Theraveda Tradition
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/ordination1.htm

Restrictions: The experience should be viewed during the current semester. If this is impossible, contact the instructor to arrange for alternatives. You may not report on a cultural experience viewed prior to this class.

Write a report after you have explored or viewed the online resource.

Your report should include the following information. Include photos or links that help convey the information. As always, be sure to document all sources you consult in preparing your work. This includes any learning resources from the class, or information from the websites that informed you about the particular item you explored.

Name and location of event or name and director of the film, writer’s name etc. If there is on-line information about what you viewed, be sure to include a link to it within the text of your essay in an appropriate place.

Type of event. For example is it a film, ritual, service, ceremony, poetry reading, festival, author interview etc. Make sure to include the name of the authors, directors, producers, speakers, author of your favorite poem (if poetry festival or event).

Briefly describe the general setting by talking a bit about the location (you can research the location online) and the general overall “vibe” of the place or places viewed.

Describe at least one aspect of what you viewed that you found especially interesting. For example, you might write about the different ways the same ritual is conducted by different groups, a poem you really liked from the reading or poetry festival, something an author or direct said that really struck you. Explain what impressed or affected you, and why. Your reaction can be positive or negative, as long as you offer an explanation.

Identify and use at least two tools, concepts or methods that you have learned about in this class in the Learning Resources to talk about your viewing. For example, if you view a director’s commentary, you might point out what the director says about lighting or the set, or if you view to a ritual, talk about the myth the ritual is based on, or if you watch a spoken word or poetry reading, you can talk about specific literary language or imagery. Make sure you are explicit in identifying the tools/concept/methods you are using and the specific learning resources they come from. Be sure to inform the reader about the tool/concept/method through a quote or paraphrase from the learning resource. Then, make sure to tell the reader how you interpret and/or analyze some elements of what you experience with the tools.

Be sure to cite the learning resources you have used in MLA format. Please see http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm

Reflect on the relevance–if any–of your viewing to your everyday life. How did the experience engage your feelings or emotions, if at all? What does this tell you about human culture, and/or about yourself?

1–Was Reconstruction a success? Explain the criteria by which you are evaluating the success or failure of Reconstruction. How, if at all, is the legacy of Reconstruction relevant in contemporary politics and society? 2–What was the primary conflict during the Cold War? What was the policy of containment, and how did the United States execute its policy of containment? How did the Vietnam War serve as an example of American Cold War policy?

Your final project in this class will be writing an analytical paper based on Michael Johnston’s Deep Democratization theory (the second textbook) to analyze corruption problems we may have discussed in prior weeks. Johnston uses recent events such as the global economic crisis and the Arab Spring, to demonstrate that we can assess vulnerabilities to corruption and the effects of reforms, and use this information to identify potential new practices to control or even prevent corruption. He offers a fundamental reappraisal of ways to check abuses of wealth and power. You may state your analysis on any kind of corruption (corporate fraud, financial fraud, government corruption, etc), or corruption in general (that may imply a rather deep issue within their culture). The paper must integrate wherever appropriate literature, theoretical explanation/elaboration, arguments, and issues are examined during the whole course. Students should draw on the feedback/comment offered in the class discussion on the working paper. MOST IMPORTANTLY, this paper’s content should integrate the best readings around the paper topic. Library and online research are expected for this paper and it is IMPORTANT that the paper must reflect research beyond the readings for the class (including your critical comments that reflect your learned knowledge from assigned readings). Please do NOT write a book review for this assignment.

Your final project in this class will be writing an analytical paper based on Michael Johnston’s Deep Democratization theory (the second textbook) to analyze corruption problems we may have discussed in prior weeks. Johnston uses recent events such as the global economic crisis and the Arab Spring, to demonstrate that we can assess vulnerabilities to corruption and the effects of reforms, and use this information to identify potential new practices to control or even prevent corruption. He offers a fundamental reappraisal of ways to check abuses of wealth and power. You may state your analysis on any kind of corruption (corporate fraud, financial fraud, government corruption, etc), or corruption in general (that may imply a rather deep issue within their culture). The paper must integrate wherever appropriate literature, theoretical explanation/elaboration, arguments, and issues are examined during the whole course. Students should draw on the feedback/comment offered in the class discussion on the working paper. MOST IMPORTANTLY, this paper’s content should integrate the best readings around the paper topic. Library and online research are expected for this paper and it is IMPORTANT that the paper must reflect research beyond the readings for the class (including your critical comments that reflect your learned knowledge from assigned readings). Please do NOT write a book review for this assignment.

Students will choose a significant educational policy initiative that is of particular interest to them. A list of possible topics (however not limited to these topics) is provided on in the syllabus. The analysis will include: A tightly organized discussion of the problem(s), issue(s), values, and influences that precipitated and shaped the policy. An illuminating description of the major objective(s) of the policy, that is, of the intent of the architects of the policy to the extent that such intent can be determined or plausibly inferred An outline and critique of the policy development process An explanation of the key policy instruments used and a critique of their appropriateness. A description and critical analysis of the implementation process with particular attention to the resemblanceor lack thereofof policy outcomes to the original intent of the policy-makers involved and to probable reasons for this state of affairs. For very recent policy initiatives, this task may require plausible speculation on outcomes, both intended and unintended. Appropriate use should be made of relevant theoretical approaches to understanding educational policy-making, both those considered in class and those in the policy literature that are pertinent to the policy you are analyzing. An evaluation of the policy on its own merits as you perceive them in the given context. Where negative critique is offered, viable policy alternatives should be at least suggested. The analysis should be approximately 10 to 12 pages in length (recommended). The paper should double-spaced, 12 point font and New Times Roman.

Step 1.Define and summarize the specific psychological process, behavior,or phenomenonthat is investigated in your article. Be sure to provide enough detail so that a nave reader could fully understand the topic of the article. Step 2.Identify the features of the groups (cultures) that are being comparedin the study. Are these people from different countries? If so, what countries? Are they groups within the same country who are raised within separate subcultures or communities? Describe the groups in enough detail so that it is clear where they were recruited and how they differ from each other. Step 3.Describe the findings of the articlethat is, how do people from the different groups or cultures respond or behave differently? Step 4. Explainthe findings. Explain whypeople from these different groups orcultures are theorized to differ in their behavior, perceptual processes, or other psychological phenomenon.Describe the unique life experiences, backgrounds,or prior learning that presumably accounts for the observed findings. Please follow the guidelines. This is a psychology paper and the topic is Pain Perception. I have attached the article that you have to read and write about. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE.

Dear Writer,

Please answer the following questions per our usual detail and format.

1. What specifically are we referring to when we say, “public sector,” and why is the public sector involved in global business? Put emphasis on policy-making.
2. Provide justifications for government intervention in the global economy.
3. How can we take full advantage of market opportunities in the presence of potentially excessive government intervention?

Dear Writer,

Please answer the following questions per our usual detail and format.

1. What specifically are we referring to when we say, “public sector,” and why is the public sector involved in global business? Put emphasis on policy-making.
2. Provide justifications for government intervention in the global economy.
3. How can we take full advantage of market opportunities in the presence of potentially excessive government intervention?

SOURCING: Describe Walmart’s sourcing methods in identifying the candidates. Evaluate their effectiveness. RECRUITING: Who are recruiters? Evaluate if they do/did a good job. ASSESSMENT: What kind of assessments/tests the company recruitment uses? Are they reliable and valid? EXTERNAL/INTERNAL CANDIDATES: How does the company assess the external candidates? How does the company assess the internal candidates? Include a closing paragraph to tie together key points made in the paper.