Instructions
for Final Assignment
Due Date: May 24, 2023
The
final project consists of two (2) parts,
Create an infographic on a course
theme of your choice.
Write a 600-800 word paper to
explain the infographic.
The goal is to present
information/knowledge through the use of an infographic that represents a
topic/theme that we have covered in class.
Be creative, submit your own
original work
Do not use other posters from online,
you will fail the course.
What
is an infographic?
An infographic is a
graphic visual presentation that can include data, images, and words to present
a topic. Think about this assignment as if you are creating a poster based on a
course theme that you want to write about.
Examples
1. course theme: Chicanx/Latinx
Mobilization; Infographic: focus on civil rights movements
2. course theme: Chicanx/Latinx
contributions to U.S. society; Infographic: Harlem Renaissance
Instructions
Choose a course theme that you
would like for your infographic to cover.
You can choose a topic, event,
concept, theory, organization, or person that we discussed in class to
discuss the course theme you want to address in your infographic.
Think about what you want to
include in your “digital poster.”
What
should you include in your paper?
For your paper, you
want to explain your infographic, highlight the course theme that your
infographic addresses, and share why you selected the theme you are discussing.
You must include at least 3 pieces of
evidence from the course material Your infographic should help the
reader understand/learn/become more aware of the theme you selected. Also,
demonstrate your use of theories and/or concepts that we have learned in class
to explain your infographic. Show that you have mastered the course theme you
decided to write about.
Tips:
Think about the course theme you
want your infographic to cover.
Reflect on what you want your
message to be in your infographic.
You could use a PowerPoint slide
or canva.com to create your infographic.
What images would you like to use?
Charts? Quotes? Facts? Concepts? Theories? Terms?
Your infographic can be about a
particular era, person, event, movement, social problem, or timeline about
a particular topic.
Examples
of different forms/templates to create an infographic:
Category: Ethnics
After you Watch 13th by Ava DuVernay provide an analysis by demonstrating how the themes discussed in the documentary connect to your readings on this week’s module (PIC module). How does the information analyzed through this documentary connect to our class themes/topics/readings beyond The PIC module? Think about how people’s identities (Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Social Economic Status, Sexuality etc.) intersect (Intersectionality) to form their experiences, for example as women; women of color; women of color from low working class backgrounds; women of color from low working class backgrounds who are LGBTQplus etc. (Use multiple sources to support your analysis). A large percentage of people in the Prison Industrial Complex experience multiple forces of marginalization and oppression do to the intersectionality of their identities and how those identities are on the margins of our society.. Keep this in mind as you watch the documentary.
13th by Ava DuVernay: https://youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8?si=VU_pSwpBV9_DkGDv
Mass incarceration in the U.S. Intro Clip: https://youtu.be/NaPBcUUqbew?si=e6_kkcYSPEcd_9nn
PIC PowerPoint Viedo: https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cYhF3UkxUG
PIC/Immigration and Prison Labor: Billions Behind Bars: https://youtu.be/HfJvWL_BPO0?si=TZiUL_L2njfIDYD5
This writing assignment will demonstrate one’sability to identify and explain African society’s from an African-centered perspective. The paper will examine a topic to the broader course theme and written in an appropriate essay format (Introduction, thesis statement, supportive evidence, conclusion) in the MLA or APA format. The project will be completed as follows: a 5 page double spaced paper.
For your midterm, you will be asked to reflect on one film/documentary/clip that we have seen in any of the modules so far in the semester and that you will pick and discuss it in terms of the course at large as well as in relationship to our assigned readings.
Please open the attached PowerPoint and PowerPoint Video for instruction details. Your submission should be in a word document following APA format(DOCX or PDF), Times New Roman, one inch margins, and at least 750 words double spaced (not including the reference page, nor cover page). Your papers will be submitted to a plagiarism review on canvas when you submit your paper, so please be aware to give credit to the sources you use for your essay. If you use direct quotes, limit those to two-three direct quotes only. You can paraphrase for the rest of your resources.
Also, you will be able to submit the assignment as many times as you want until the due date. I am mentioning this so that if the plagiarism review states that you have more than 15 percent similarity to other sources, you make the arrangements and resubmit it. Your paper should not be more than 15 percent other people’s words (including quotes).
Film that will be reflected/analyzed: https://youtu.be/5gW84cAN2Pw?si=Ph9BuBvFmaW9TDCp
Instructions video: https://go.screenpal.com/watch/c3eQVXVF236
sources: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-16/after-el-paso-latinos-reflect-on-heritage-history-of-racism-in-united-states
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/c3e2YJVFw22
Review these two stakeholder bios that you saw in the first module:
Afet volunteers with homeless populations, who are particularly vulnerable to developing severe cases of COVID-19. Her work requires her to keep careful track of any potential exposure to the virus. However, Afet has been deeply troubled by stories about companies buying and using people’s personal data for goals she disapproves of, such as building facial-recognition systems from publicly shared photographs. She is concerned about the contact tracing app tracking and storing private data for unknown future purposes.
Olufemi is a doctor at a downtown hospital. An important part of his job is keeping patient details confidential. He would never share private health data with anyone outside the hospital, without the patient’s explicit permission. Recently, however, he’s been working back-to-back shifts in the emergency room, and he knows how close the hospitals are to being overwhelmed. He worries that if the new variants cause a third wave, his hospital will have to start rationing ventilators — choosing which patients to treat and which to let die. Olufemi believes that contract tracing is the only way to keep the number of patients manageable and prevent this catastrophe.
Review the two versions of the contract tracing app that you saw in this week’s activity:
App A prioritizes public health. It uses GPS to track users’ location and travel history. It stores this data permanently, so that it can be used by government agencies for future health research. App A also shares location, travel, and identity information with other government services like the police, to enforce social distancing.
App B prioritizes privacy. It uses Bluetooth to record when two users have come into contact, without collecting any other information about either individual. App B also doesn’t store records for more than two weeks. Since App B doesn’t collect or store location or travel information, that information cannot be used by public health agencies for future research or by police to enforce social distancing.
Decide which version of the contact tracing app you think is best. [You don’t have to use the same version that your group decided on in class.]
Once you’ve picked a version of the app, you’ll need to think about how to justify your choice to both stakeholders (see below for specific instructions).
In your homework, you will answer these two questions for each stakeholder:
Highlight how your chosen version of the app accomplishes some of what the stakeholder wanted.
Explain why your chosen app doesn’t make exactly the tradeoff that the stakeholder was hoping for. (For example Why couldn’t public health/privacy have been prioritized even more? What might the stakeholder have overlooked about the importance of prioritizing privacy protections/public health needs?)
Answer these questions in two separate paragraphs — one paragraph about each stakeholder. Begin each paragraph with a topic sentence that identifies what version of the app you’re defending and who you’re defending it to (“First, I’ll explain how I’d justify app A to Afet.”) Then in the rest of the paragraph highlight how your chosen version of the app accomplishes some of what that stakeholder wanted and explain why the app doesn’t make exactly the tradeoff they were hoping for. Repeat the same steps in the second paragraph for the other stakeholder (“Now I’ll explain how to justify app A to Olufemi…”)
Grading Note: Students will receive full credit if they a) write two paragraphs with clear topic sentences, b) in each paragraph, match particular features of the app to particular details about the stakeholder, and c) acknowledge that not all of the stakeholder’s desires are being met by this version of the app. You must write at least 250 words.