Category: Community and Society

CULTURAL ARTIFACT SHARE (SHARE #2)
Research a cultural artifact (FROM A SPECIFIC CULTURE/COUNTRY/REGION) and discuss its significance for the culture to which it belongs. DO NOT DO ANY TYPE OF FOOD/DRINK (that was the first share).
Artifacts you might consider: Clothing, jewelry, historical landmarks, musical instruments, recreational objects, specific types of piercings or markings, ceremonial objects, home furnishings, tools, etc. If you’re not sure about the artifact you are considering, talk to me.
Info to include about your artifact:
the name of the artifact
the culture to which it belongs
why you chose this artifact
any history of the artifact
cultural significance of the artifact
how/when/where/why/by whom the artifact is used
a photo of the artifact with the name of it typed below the photo
BE SURE TO MENTION YOUR SOURCES IN YOUR WRITING (for example– “According to _____” or “_____ states…”) whenever you mention information you got from research/articles. DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA AS ONE OF YOUR SOURCES.
On the day you decide to share, make sure you have submitted your typed portion and be prepared to talk to the class for 3-5 minutes.
It must be at least 400 words (preferably 12-point font).
PERSONAL NOTE:
I would like my paper to be written about the vietnamese woman’s 
traditional dress called the Ao Dai. Please try to finish before the deadline. 
please keep it simple and try not to sound too sophisticated or too “smart” the purpose is to be able to read this and speak the information in class. 

Instructions will be left attached . The video link is 
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1.  Review of company communications paper (50 points, 3-5 pages, double-spaced, Word document. Use APA 7 student paper format and citation style – due Sunday of Week 5). This paper requires research, so plan accordingly!
This paper answers the question how does the company present itself to its stakeholders?
Paper should focus on the company’s website, particularly the sections about reputation, brand, mission/values, corporate social responsibility, media relations/online press room, and employee communications, and the company’s official social media channels.
Paper must have a clear introduction, body, and conclusion, as well as appropriate transitions.
Edit and proofread carefully; spelling, grammar, punctuation, word usage, and APA format/style all “count” in the evaluation of the paper.
2.  Review of media and social media coverage of company (50 points, 3-5 pages, double-spaced, Word document. Use APA 7 student paper format and citation style – due Sunday of Week 7). This paper requires research, so plan accordingly!
This paper answers the question how do stakeholders perceive the company?
Paper should focus on summarizing and analyzing major news coverage and social media conversation about the company during the preceding 12 months. What topics were covered, what was the tone (positive, neutral, negative) of the coverage, what publications covered the company? What was written about the company in social media?
Paper must have a clear introduction, body, and conclusion, as well as appropriate transitions.
Edit and proofread carefully; spelling, grammar, punctuation, word usage, and APA format/style all “count” in the evaluation of the paper.
3.  Final paper (100 points, 8-12 pages, double-spaced, Word document. Use APA 7 student paper format and citation style – due Sunday of Week 11). This paper requires research, so plan accordingly!
Based on your instructor’s feedback, correct and revise the review of company communications and review of media and social media coverage papers. Join the two papers with appropriate transitions. Add your research-based recommendations to improve the company’s corporate communication.
Recommendations will typically focus on company policies and communication practices that should be changed to enhance the brand/reputation.
Recommendations must be clear, specific, and research-based.
Paper must have a clear introduction, body, and conclusion, as well as appropriate transitions.
Edit and proofread carefully; spelling, grammar, punctuation, word usage, and APA format/style all “count” in the evaluation of the paper.
Final paper will be submitted for grading AND to the Week 12 forum on the discussion board.
Tips for Success
Use the Writing Center, The Bellevue University Writing Center staff will assist any BU student, whether local or at a distance.
Use the library. The Bellevue University Library staff will assist any BU student, whether local or at a distance.
Make time, not excuses. This project requires careful time management and planning. Do not procrastinate.
Master APA 7 student paper format and citation/reference style. Use the APA Help Center under Resources in the left-hand navigation column of the course to support your success.
If you do not understand an assignment, ask your instructor well before the due date. The instructor is present to support your success. The only “dumb” question is the one you do not ask.
Proofread your work. Errors diminish the integrity of your ideas and your credibility as an author. Check out the editing and proofreading tips in the Toolbox, located under Resources in the left-hand navigation column.

Write and Answer FIVE questions from every chapter in the textbook. Please make them detailed and specific to the text . I will upload the chapters 

For this first milestone, due in Module Two, you will summarize the program and community that you chose to focus on for your final project. You should describe the program in terms of the theoretical basis and evidence base for program effectiveness. Community needs will be described in terms of socio-demographic characteristics, the distribution of the health issue, and disparities and social determinants that impact risk and health outcomes. The purpose of this activity is to provide the program and community context for your final project, the mock program evaluation plan.
Prompt
First, provide an overview of the selected program and the public health issue targeted by the program. Next, you will research the community characteristics and health needs that will be addressed by the program. Include a review of the theoretical basis for the program and available scholarly evidence in support of the program effectiveness. See the critical elements below for an outline of the questions you should answer in this milestone paper.
The following critical elements must be addressed:
Introduction:
Describe the CDC program and community selected for the evaluation and the public health issue addressed by the program.
Describe the “logic model” for your program components. (Refer to the CDC evaluation guide for examples of written and visual descriptions of the relationships among program components.)
Identify community stakeholders for this program evaluation.
Provide an overview of the public health issue targeted by the program using current published literature. Support your response with any relevant programs, evaluations, campaigns, and/or studies that have addressed your selected issue. This should include community socio-demographic characteristics, target populations, and description of the distribution of the targeted health conditions in this community.
Discuss what you are hoping to accomplish or determine by conducting an evaluation of the selected program and what audience(s) this evaluation would be most relevant for.
Develop goals for conducting your evaluation. Justify the appropriateness and relevance of your goals using current published literature.
Explain the social theories or health behavior models that apply to this program model.
Describe how health disparities will impact the conduct of this program evaluation.
Describe how social determinants of health in the selected community will impact the conduct of this program evaluation.
Be sure to:
Use federal, state, and local health department resources to specify the socio-demographic and health distribution characteristics for the chosen community.
Reference scholarly resources to support the theoretical basis of the program and the evidence base on the program effectiveness.
Describe how social determinants and disparities impact this health topic. Include risk and protective factors related to the distribution of the health condition in the population.
Incorporate instructor feedback on this milestone into your final project submission.
What to Submit
Milestone One should be submitted as a 3- to 5-page Word document, with double-spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and the latest edition of the APA manual for formatting and citations. You should expect to have a minimum of 3 sources cited. (Note: To meet “Exemplary” criteria for this critical element in the final project grading rubric, you will need to include 4–8 sources.) The resources should be a combination of governmental citations related to community characteristics and scholarly resources related to the program and health condition.

VERVIEW: 
The goal of this assignment is to reflect back on the ways in which you have made group decisions in the past in the various groups that you are a part of in your life. We rarely take the time to think about the ways in which we make decisions and how these decisions might have been improved by a different decision making process. In Chapters 9-10, your textbook discusses many different decision making processes (i.e., majority vote, leader-led with consultation, etc.). I want you to think about situations where you have used these and how the final decision resulted in either a successful decision or one that you thought was the poor choice. 
ESSAY STRUCTURE & DELIVERABLES
Formatting:
800 words (2-3 pages double spaced)
1-inch margins
Times New Roman font
12 pt. font
Double-spaced
Word count in the heading
Please bold key terms in the paper
Use paragraphs. Every new idea/3-5 sentences should have a new paragraph with it.
Content, please include the following: 
A brief introductory paragraph that previews and summarizes your main ideas
2. A description of your “go-to” decision making strategies. In this section of the paper, I want you to describe 1-2 decision making strategies in a small group that you are (or were) a part of. Please do not use your taskforce as an example because your third reflection paper will ask you about your group work for this class. Briefly describe the group and then discuss how you utilized a specific decision making strategy. For example, you might have used majority vote to decide where to eat with your friends last weekend, but you need to provide how, where, when, and what did it look like to decide by majority vote. Be detailed. 
3. Evaluation of your decision making strategies. Discuss how the strategies you just mentioned have benefitted or harmed your small group and decision making in small groups. Were these approaches successful? In this section, I want you to discuss an additional approach that would (or could have) been a better way to make the decision in your small group and WHY. This section should be an analysis and not a description. Why did one strategy not work? What are the constraints of these different strategies and how have you experienced that? 
4. Conclusion. In the last paragraph, identify one strategy that you haven’t used much, but that you think will be an effective strategy moving forward in your small groups. 
Please put all key terms from the course in BOLD so that I can see where you are referencing course material. Do not put your name on the paper as I will grade it anonymously. 

Theory: Choose a theory that has been covered in class. In addition, read and cite at least one primary, academic source that helps you understand the theory.  
Application: Describe a personal social interaction and analyze it with the chosen theory. 
To write an effective reflection paper, consider the following structure: 
a.     Introduction: Use an attention getter and indicate why you choose the theory (5 points).
b.     Describe the theory fully. Show your understanding by identifying the major concepts, relationships among the concepts, and the critique of the theory (10 points). Besides the textbook, use at least two more primary sources.
c.     Describe your personal episode (10 points). Use a good storytelling technique to describe it. Use sufficient information (e.g., relational background, essential topic, conversations between the partners, consequences, etc.). This can be an ongoing issue, or an episodic issue.  
d.     Critically apply the theory to the understanding of the episode (10 points). Clearly identify what concepts or principles of the theory are demonstrated through what speech or behavior as described in the episode.
e.     Provide the moral of the story: What have you learned or realized through this application? What will you do in similar future situations (5 points)?
f.      Overall writing quality and APA style (10 point). The Writing Center’s service is free. It is highly recommended even for best writers. A paper will be automatically lowered to a “B-” if the paper does not use the APA style.
g.     Page limit: 6-12, double spaced, excluding the front and back matters.
The written work policies, a sample self-reflection paper, and a sample generic APA paper are found on Blackboard.

Ensure that your paper is approximately 4 pages, 12 point font (preferably Times New Roman), double spaced, and includes a reference page in APA format should you use concepts from the books used in the curriculum this semester.

Watch the following TEDTalks: Wendy McNaughton video, and then address the items under the video in your posts.
Library Video: TEDTalks: Wendy McNaughton – The art of paying attention
Running Time: 13:09 minutes
After watching the video, answer the following questions in your initial discussion post.
What was your perception of Wendy McNaughton before she started speaking?
How did that perception change after she talked about her idea?
What type of listening did you use while watching the video?
Was there anything within the video that was a potential barrier for you? What, if anything, did you do to combat that barrier?
For your response, write a 5-6 sentence reply to at least one classmate’s post. Within your response, compare and contrast your own opinions with your classmates’ opinions on both the perception and listening styles.

I want to do an paper on an ethnic studies paper revolving around Black Lives Matter and how to be actively anti racist in a society
a.  What challenge/problem is your Ethnic Studies Intervention addressing?  Why is this challenge/problem important and meaningful.
b.  How is your Ethnic Studies Intervention addressing the above stated problem?  
c.  What are the main themes of your project?
d.  what you hope to accomplish through your project?
e.  What challenges that you have experienced through this project?