The artifacts and theme can be any of your choosing.
Overview
Your first step in developing Project Part One for the course is to identify the two artifacts you want to compare and the theme that is common to both artifacts. While you will analyze and compare these artifacts in Theme: Examining the Humanities, you want to make some initial observations. In this step, explain how you see the theme expressed in both of your artifacts. Then, reflect on how the theme itself is connected or relevant to you personally. For example, is this a theme you find particularly inspiring? Has this theme been particularly relevant to a past experience?
Prompt
Choose two cultural artifacts to analyze. These artifacts may take the form of any artistic medium, such as literature, poetry, music, film, dance, painting, and sculpture, and so on. However, it is important to choose two artifacts that have been created by different artists and were created during different time periods (ex. separated by at least 50 years). Then, identify an initial theme (or themes) that is common to both of your chosen artifacts. You will analyze these artifacts and their expression of the identified theme in Theme: Examining the Humanities and Theme: Impact of the Humanities.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Describe the cultural artifacts that you have chosen. Consider questions such as these in your response: What is the name or title of the artifact? Who is the author or artist? What is the date or time period when the artifact was created? What is the cultural location or physical setting of the artifact? In addition, you could consider including a photograph or image of each cultural artifact, if they are visual artifacts.
Identify at least one common theme that will serve as the framework of your exploration document. How is the theme expressed in your artifacts?
Reflect on how the theme you identified is related to your personal experience. For instance, you could discuss how the expression of the theme in your cultural artifacts is connected to you personally.
What to Submit
Your artifacts and theme selection should adhere to the following formatting requirements: 1 to 2 pages in length, double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. You should use current APA style guidelines (or another format approved by your instructor) for any potential citations or references.
Project Part One Artifacts and Theme Selection Rubric
Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Cultural Artifacts Describes two selected cultural artifacts Describes selected cultural artifacts but with gaps in detail or clarity, or does not identify two artifacts Does not describe selected cultural artifacts 30
Common Theme Identifies at least one common theme to serve as framework of exploration document and initially explains how theme is expressed in artifacts Identifies at least one common theme to serve as framework of exploration document and initially explains how theme is expressed in artifacts but with gaps in clarity or detail Does not identify common theme to serve as framework of exploration document 30
Personal Experience Reflects on how identified theme is related to personal experience Reflects on how identified theme is related to personal experience but with gaps in clarity or detail Does not reflect on how identified theme is related to personal experience 30
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 10
Total: 100%
