1) Select one aspect of your own culture from the list provided for Part I.Be sure to review the relevant sections of the textbook for each topic. Once you've made your selection, please delete all other options.

Rites of passage

2) Select a source to use for Part I of the paper. You will be using your textbook and the article by Miner for this section as well, but for this assignment, include the source you found on your own. Review the tutorial onEvaluating sources and enter the reference in the space below.
Jacinto G, Buckey J. Birth: A Rite of Passage. International Journal Of Childbirth
Education [serial online]. January 2013;28(1):11-14 4p. Available from: CINAHL Complete, Ipswich, MA. Retrieved from EBSCOhost database.

3) Select one article from the listfor Part II. Once you've made your selection, please delete all other options.

Tsuji, Y. (2011). Rites of passage to death and afterlife in Japan. Generations, 35(3), 28-
33. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database

4) Summarize each of your sources.
Summary of your sourcefor Part I (include one to two paragraphs). Enter the summary in the space below.
Buckey Jacinto's article, Birth: A Rite of Passage (2013), is an article that offers adescription of a woman's rites of passage of from womanhood to motherhood. This article gives a detailed description of and the change in a woman's role during the three stages of the rite of passage structure (separation, limen, and aggregation). Jacintoassertsany problemsdeveloping during the different stages offer occasionsfor the birth educators to workwith the mothers through various experiences. The article also examines respecting changes in each stage and encouraging new mothers to welcome trials and tests that arelikely to come withparenting.

Summary of your source for Part II (include one to two paragraphs). Enter the summary in the space below.

Yohko Tsuji's article, Rites of Passage to Death and Afterlife in Japan (2011), discusses the differences between American and Japanese cultures regarding death. Tsuji explains the Japanese culture celebrates and incorporates death into daily living resulting in a smooth transition to death and the afterlife, while American culture treats it as a finality with little direction for the transition..

5) Write a working thesis statement based on your sources. See this example.

Working Thesis Statement:

Rites of Passages are "ceremonies such as christenings, puberty rituals, marriages, and funerals, which we hold whenever a member of society undergoes an important change in status within the lifecycle of the group" (Crapo, 2013). Many cultures use rites of passages to ensure the transition from one stage of life to the next is smooth. Over the course of this paper, I will be examining the rites of passage from childhood to adulthood in the American culture through an etic perspective in order to demonstrate understanding of cultural relativism as well examine misconceptions and ethnocentric beliefs concerning these ceremonies. An emic examination of the rites of passages from other cultures will also be provided in order to demonstrate understanding of cultural relativism as well examine misconceptions and ethnocentric beliefs concerning these ceremonies. Additionally, I will identify various similarities and differences between the Native American and American rite of passage from childhood to adulthood for women as well as rites of passages for death regarding Japaneseand American cultures.

Rsources: 1. Rites of Passage to Death and Afterlife in Japan By Yohko Tsuji

2. Birth: A Rite of Passage by George A. Jacinto, PhD LCSW CPC and Julia W. Buckey, PhD ACSW

3. "Body Ritual among the Nacirema"