Kaplan HU250 final project

Unit 9 final project assignment
HU250:
The
Final Project
This is the scenario for
the Final Project Assignment. A popular publishing company just asked you to
write a travel guide about the beginnings and development of the Humanities
throughout the world. Throughout your exploration in the Humanities this term,
you learned about civilizations and cultures as well as their artistic
products.
Just as you might pick up
postcards on vacation and share some of your experiences with people who are
not on the same journey, you’ll be making a set of postcards from Units 1-9 in
the course. This will serve as a review of an element from each unit, as well
as a chance to reflect on the items and ideas that stood out to you most
clearly in the course. You’ll give your newly-discovered historical context for
the materials on your postcard, and then you will explain the reason that the
work became memorable to you.
Look for the ideas that
connect with you, or that make you curious to learn more. You put together a
travelogue in the form of postcards corresponding to each of the course units.
In your travel guide, you will explain the history and meaning of what you
learned about at least one site for each unit.
For this Project, you will
create post cards from the PowerPoint template in Doc Sharing.
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Begin with an introductory letter to your reader. In the letter,
explain the significance of your travels and introduce the key themes visitors
will encounter in your collection of postcards. Remember the reader is
intellectually interested in knowing about the sites that he/she will
encounter.
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Then, decorate the front of your postcard with images from your
travels, or titles and composers for pieces of music.
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Complete the back of the postcard with a description of the
culture or site you visited, commentary regarding your experience, and
information about the location and its relevance. Explain what the image or
piece of music is, and then explain why it mattered to you. Also, tell your
reader why you think it would resonate with others as well.
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Each postcard must include citations to your readings. You are
also welcome to use another credible resource to give more context.
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End your travel guide with a conclusion and farewell to your
reader.
The
work for this Assignment must be original to the Final Project and may not be
writing and research from your Discussions or prior projects.
You can, however, use the
material you developed in the Journal Tool throughout the course. If you used
this tool to review the units as you moved through the course, much of the
content for this Assignment should already be complete.
You will submit nine
postcards documenting your travels for Units 1-9. Each card must be at least
150 words and incorporate key concepts from the course. Since citing sources
demonstrates your ability to synthesize information and adds credibility to
your claims, sources and images or links should be cited on each slide or in
the speaker notes area. The Project should also have a reference slide.
This essay should be at
least 1650 words. This includes the following: 150 words per postcard, 150
words for an introduction, and 150 words for a conclusion. The word count does
not include the title slide and the references slide.
The Final Project is due at
the end of Unit 9.