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Assignment 2: Project Paper<\/strong>
Due Week 7 and worth 200 points<\/p>\nThe 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! <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
For the topic you choose:<\/p>\n
\n- 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.<\/li>\n
- The listed topics each have a certain writing genre with it (written speech, memo, poem with essay, scripted dialogue, etc). From this you can see that there is a fun, creative writing aspect to this assignment. In most cases students should stick with the genre as listed. However, your instructor might suggest some alternative genre on one of the topics. As a student, you also can propose to your instructor some alternative genre for the topic you choose\u2014something different from what is listed. Since not all such proposals can work, be aware that your proposal will get consideration, but may or may not be approved. Also, if you make such a proposal, please do so before the end of Week 5.<\/li>\n
- Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text.
Note<\/strong>: Wikipedia<\/em> 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. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\nNote<\/strong>: Your instructor may require you to submit your topic choice for approval before the end of Week 5. <\/p>\nTopic choices (pick 1): <\/p>\n
\n- Office Art Memo<\/u>. Memorandum<\/em>. Your boss, who knows you have been taking a humanities class since he pays for your tuition reimbursement, has tasked you with managing the art budget for your company, expecting you to choose various pieces of art for the new corporate offices. (Note: Replicas of the works are acceptable since they are more cost-efficient and you are working on a budget.) Include the following:\n
\n- Identify three (3) examples of 19th century Impressionist painting or sculpture and three (3) Post-Impressionist works. Explain how the six (6) pieces of art fall into these two (2) styles. <\/li>\n
- In a memo, describe the appearance of your six (6) choices to your CEO so he or she will know what the art looks like and where it would be placed in the corporate offices. <\/li>\n
- Explain why each piece is considered to be historically significant. <\/li>\n
- Explain how each piece \u201cfits\u201d your company\u2019s overall (or desired) corporate image. Keep in mind that a piece of art is supposed to \u201csay\u201d something about the owner, so describe what would these pieces of art say about your company. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- New Composition<\/u>. Speech<\/em>. Your uncle\u2019s birthday is in two (2) months, and everyone knows that he loves almost all kinds of music. As a birthday gift for him, you want to have a special piece of music composed in his honor which will be played at a family birthday celebration. Write a speech that you will make to the composer\u2019s agent. Include the following:\n
\n- Narrow your choices down to three (3) composers you\u2019ve studied in this course. Choose one (1) of the composers and explain why you want him to write the \u201cbirthday present\u201d music. <\/li>\n
- Explain why the other two (2) composers were ultimately not selected. <\/li>\n
- Specifically identify the musical elements in the composer\u2019s style that you would like to be included in the new music written for your uncle. <\/li>\n
- Describe what sort of emotion is generated by listening to the works of your selected composer; in other words, what do you want your uncle to \u201cfeel\u201d as he hears the music, and why is this composer so perfect for this composition?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Harlem Renaissance Poets.<\/u> Essay & Poem<\/em>. Choose two (2) poems by different authors from the Harlem Renaissance. Write an essay that:\n
\n- Describes each author\u2019s role and importance within the Harlem Renaissance. <\/li>\n
- Identify the elements in each of their poems in which you see evidence of the \u201cdouble-consciousness\u201d being expressed by each author. <\/li>\n
- 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. <\/li>\n
- Write your own poem that expresses these identified themes of the Harlem Renaissance. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Women\u2019s Roles Then & Now.<\/u>Script<\/em>. Script a conversation between two (2) notable women from the 18th and \/ or 19th century on the roles women should play in society. Within the dialogue, include:\n
\n- Biographical information for each woman. <\/li>\n
- The historical status for women in general during the time period in which each woman lived.<\/li>\n
- What opinions each of the women might have on the role the women should play in society during their lifetimes. <\/li>\n
- What each of the women might think about women\u2019s current roles.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n