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Instructions
Before beginning this assignment, make sure to watch / read all of the following:
Where art meets activism – BBC Newsnight (5 min)
Searching for Truth (17 min)
The purpose of the response paper is to give you the opportunity to meaningfully engage with the issues presented in each set of videos. As such, they are an opportunity for you to practice your critical thinking skills, demonstrate that you’ve watched the week’s videos, and practice your writing skills—particularly at the sentence level. As such, you should NOT use ChatGPT to assist you with writing this response paper.
I will read and grade your responses, but you will not receive written comments back from me. Responses will be graded as either completed or not completed. So long as they meet the basic assignment requirements, you will receive credit for them. Hastily or sloppily written response papers that don’t meet the basic assignment criteria will not be given credit.
To receive full credit on your response papers be sure to submit this assignment as a MS Word document (.docx format), DO NOT type your submission into the text book.
Your response paper should be divided into section headings corresponding to and titled after each of the required readings/screenings above. Within EACH of the section headings you should:
Share a short quote from that reading/screening that both speaks to the required reading’s central themes and which you found to be compelling, confusing, or frustrating.
Cite your quote using in-text and end-of-text citations in the MLA format. (I will allow you to use ChatGPT to help you with proper MLA formatting for this assignment, but using it in any other way for this particular assignment is forbidden.)
Write a 4-8 sentence response to each of these quotes. You do not need to answer each of the following questions, but you can use them for inspiration and guidance while formulating your response:
What inspired you to choose this quote?
Do you agree to disagree with this quote?
How does this quote challenge your prior understanding of the world?
What is surprising or unsettling about this quote?
What questions does this quote bring up for you?
