Assignment: Cultural Activity Report
As a way of experiencing the Humanities beyond your classroom, computer, and textbook, you are asked to do a certain type of "cultural activity" that fits well with our course and then report on your experience. Your instructor will require you to propose an activity and get instructor approval before you do it and report on it (students should look for any instructions in that respect). Every effort should be made to ensure that this is a hands-on experience (not a virtual one), that this activity fits the HUM 112 class well, and that the activity is of sufficient quality for this university course. The two (2) key types of activities are a museum visit or a performance. Note: This must not be a report on the same activity (and certainly not the same report) as done for another class, like HUM 111. For instance, one might go to the same museum as done for HUM 111, but this HUM 112 report will focus on entirely different works and displays.
1. Visit a museum or gallery exhibition or attend a theater, dance, or musical performance before the end of Week 10. The activity (museum or performance) should have content that fits our course well. Have fun doing this.
2. Write a two to three (2-3) page report (500-750 words) that describes your experience.
-Clearly identify the event location, date attended, the attendees, and your initial reaction upon arriving at the event.
-Provide specific information and a description of at least two (2) pieces.
-Provide a summary of the event and describe your overall reaction after attending the event.
-Use at least the class text as a reference (additional sources are fine, not necessary unless required by your content). Your report should
-include connections you make between things observed in your activity and things learned in the course and text.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
-Explain the importance of situating a society's cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
-Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
-Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
-Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.