LBSU 304: WEEK 4 SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENT – INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY (including Video/S
LBSU 304: WEEK 4 SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENT – INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY (including Video/Screencast) Instructions: We live in a world full of challenges. In many places, people are experiencing rising unemployment, political violence, poverty, and looming ecological disasters, most of these problems created by or related to human activity. As individuals living in a free society, we are also free to pursue our private satisfactions independently of others. Yet we are embedded in a broader societal context that includes our family, our communities, and our nation – not to mention that it is common today to speak of an even wider global community. In addition to these challenges, consider how social media, new media technology and even automation are changing and shaping the world. **Please read carefully** This assignment includes two parts: 1) A 750 word written response to the questions below and 2) A video or screencast of this written assignment. Your presentation will discuss – using fluent, academic arguments (meaning ideas argued from academic sources with a creative, compelling, logical and an imaginative use of language) – the following questions: • In your opinion, what is the role of the individual in helping to solve some of the problems mentioned in the paragraph above? • Are we more likely to solve the problems if we embrace a sense of common purpose and public spirit focused on the collective good? Or, • Should we focus on our private pursuits and a market mentality that says our consumption is what makes the world go round? Does your argument account for a differing points of view? Explain. • Is there a balance between what the individual is responsible for and what our role should be in the public sphere? • To place the topic of this presentation into broader historical, political, and/or social context, search for three academic sources (e.g. books, peer-reviewed journal articles) and reference those sources in your analysis of the individual’s role in society. • Your presentation should be organized in a manner that allows the reader to follow the logical progression of your arguments, your ideas are well developed, and they follow a coherent pattern from introduction (thesis), through the body of the presentation, to the conclusion. Part I – Written Portion of the Week 4 Assignment: 1. Submit the written portion of this presentation in the assignment folder labeled WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT – INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY. Your writing assignment must be in proper APA format and will include references. You should include a minimum of 3 sources, and your sources will be credible academic sources (no Wikipedia, Ezine articles, Cliff Notes, or random stuff from the Web). In other words, you will have to either visit a brick and mortar public/university library or use Brandman’s Leatherby Libraries’ website to find relevant articles that address the role of the individual in society and provide details regarding whether or not the assignment question presents a valid picture of our world by asserting or disputing that, in many places people are experiencing rising unemployment, political violence, poverty, and looming ecological disasters related to all the other issues mentioned on this short list of problems. Save your paper as a doc or rtf with your name and the assignment name in the file, using Last Name_Assignment. So, if your name were Alicia Jackson, and this is the Individual in Society Essay, you would title it Jackson_Individual in Society. Upload your paper by clicking the “WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT – INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY” link above. Part 2 – Video or Screencast Presentation Create a well-prepared 5 to 7 minute video or PowerPoint screencast presentation highlighting the key points of your written assignment. There are tools built into PowerPoint 2010 and 2013, up to the latest versions of the software that allow you to record your presentation. However, you may also use Kaltura to create a video presentation or Screencast-o-matic, Jing, Camtasia, among other tools, to help create your screencast presentation. This is a video or screencast presentation of the information in your written assignment. Please try to stay within the allotted 5 to 7 minutes. Bear in mind that writing and speaking are two different things, and you may need to adjust your written reflection to better fit the screencast presentation. In other words, writing for a reading audience differs from writing that will be presented to listening/viewing audience. This screencast presentation will consist mostly of images that reinforce and clarify the written text. The images should be compelling, they can include interesting graphs or charts, and they must somehow complements the written text (not replace it). Your narration should be clear and intelligible, as if you were presenting in person to an actual audience. Do not weigh down your slides with text. Make this a visually interesting presentation about an interesting subject. The screencast of your presentation will be uploaded to Blackboard in the folder labeled Signature Assignment for Week 4. Save your screencast of the PowerPoint presentation with your name and the assignment name in the file, using Last Name_Assignment. So, if your name were Alicia Jackson, and this is the Individual in Society Essay, you would title it Jackson_Individual in Society Ppt. Upload your presentation by clicking the Signature Assignment link for Week 4.