3rd Unit Essay: Creative Collective Memory Options
(These are just some of the possibilities for the 3rd unit essay)
UNIT 3 ESSAY, ENG 101/102, Spring 2006, Instructor: Michael Benton
The basic requirements for this essay: 6-8 pages (8-10 pages for 102 students)—at least four academic/print sources. I will look for the development of an authorial voice, successful communication of a statement/argument about your subject, and an awareness of your intended audience. Most important in my assessment will be the student’s overall effort in presenting their statement/evidence of research through successful integration of outside sources into the body of the essay, evidence of reflection on key concepts/terms, awareness of one’s own position, and attempt to communicate a perspective. The final draft will also include—attached to the front—a “statement of sources” which will detail what outside sources where used, why they were chosen and how they fit into the body of your essay. All sources must be documented both in the text and in the works cited page at the end of the essay—consult your St. Martin’s Handbook for a refresher on MLA documentation.
I AM OPEN TO CREATIVE PROJECTS—APPROACH ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE CAN NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED.
PAPER OPTIONS:
1) RESPOND TO A WRITTEN OR VISUAL TEXT (BOOK, FILM, DOCUMENTARY OR ESSAY) THAT PRESENTS A HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (implicit or explicit):
EXAMPLES:
Review Essay of The Many Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the
Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic By Michael Benton
2) RESPOND TO A PERFORMANCE, MONUMENT OR EXHIBITION THAT CRITIQUES OR CONFIRMS A COLLECTIVE MEMORY OR CULTURAL REPRESENTATION:
EXAMPLE—Visit this site Reconstruction
Go to the far right, on top, there is a button that says Archives , click on it now look at the middle of the screen and click on the link Number 4, Fall 2002 scroll down till you see Michael Benton on “Guillermo Gomez Pena s El Mexterminator and Cyber Vato” click on it and read the essay.
ZoneZero Exhibitions
There are multiple pages of exhibits (over a hundred exhibits)—to access more than the first page of exhibits go to the bottom of the page where there are a sequence of round buttons—click on them to visit other exhibit pages. WARNING: Some of these sites contain images of violence, sexuality, complex political and philosophical statements or critiques of belief-systems. These are all personal artistic statements. These are intended be used as examples/models for how this assignment could be approached.
3) DEVELOP YOUR OWN INTEPRETATION OF A KEY TERM OR QUESTION FROM OUR COURSE AND CREATE A DEFINITIONAL STATEMENT. USE OTHER SOURCES AND DRAW FROM YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. This "must" involve a clear argument of your perspective on the concept, how it fits into other understandings of the concept, and the possible uniqueness/importance of your position in regards to this concept.
EXAMPLES—
Collective Memory
SEEING AS BELIEVING—JUDITH BELZER (MULTIMEDIA)
WHAT IS CULTURE?
Visit Reconstruction
Go to the far right, on top, there is a button that says Archives , click on it now look at the middle of the screen and click on the link Number 1, Winter 2003 locate the essay title “What we write and why?” click on that link and read the essay.
ZoneZero Exhibitions
There are multiple pages of exhibits (over a hundred exhibits)—to access more than the first page of exhibits go to the bottom of the page where there are a sequence of round buttons—click on them to visit other exhibit pages. WARNING: Some of these sites contain images of violence, sexuality, complex political and philosophical statements or critiques of belief-systems. These are all personal artistic statements. These are intended be used as examples/models for how this assignment could be approached.
4) DEVELOP A GENERATIONAL STATEMENT IN WHICH YOU CRITIQUE THE WAY IN WHICH YOUR PARTICULAR GROUP, COMMUNITY, SUBCULTURE, ETHNICITY, CLASS, GENDER, REGION, OR FAITH IS REPRESENTED BY THE MEDIA.
Watch Spike Lee’s movies, especially Bamboozled, for examples of this method.
“MTV Generation or Generation X” by Kristina Ross
5) CREATE A “COMMON-PLACE BOOK” IN WHICH YOU USE VARIOUS SOURCES TO DEVELOP YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRODUCTION/REPRESENTATION OF A COLLECTIVE MEMORY OR BELIEF: (a common-place book is a scrapbook that is used to aid personal reflection on one's own views/perspective, an event, community, or belief-system)
EXAMPLES--
“The Human Ecology of Memory: A ‘Common-Place Book’”
SEEING AS BELIEVING—JUDITH BELZER (MULTIMEDIA)
ZoneZero Exhibitions
There are multiple pages of exhibits (over a hundred exhibits)—to access more than the first page of exhibits go to the bottom of the page where there are a sequence of round buttons—click on them to visit other exhibit pages.
WARNING: Some of these sites contain images of violence, sexuality, complex political and philosophical statements or critiques of belief-systems. These are all personal artistic statements. These are intended be used as examples/models for how this assignment could be approached.
7) PRODUCE AN ETHNOGRAPHY OR HISTORY OF A LOCAL CULTURE OR A SUBCULTURE.
Talk to me about ways of doing this project and possible models—this can be tailored to fit your proposal.
WHAT IS CULTURE?
8) RESEARCH A CONTESTED HISTORICAL EVENT, CULTURE, OR COMMUNITY.
Talk to me about ways of doing this project and possible models—this can be tailored to fit your proposal.
Writing a College History Paper
A Student’s Guide to the Study of History
9) CREATE YOUR OWN ARTISTIC, POLITICAL OR REPRESENTATIONAL METHOD FOR APPROACHING THE CONCEPTS OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY, LOCAL CULTURE, OR HISTORY—AS WITH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS YOU MUST GET APPROVAL FROM THE INSTRUCTOR.
UNIT 3 ESSAY, ENG 101/102, Spring 2006, Instructor: Michael Benton
The basic requirements for this essay: 6-8 pages (8-10 pages for 102 students)—at least four academic/print sources. I will look for the development of an authorial voice, successful communication of a statement/argument about your subject, and an awareness of your intended audience. Most important in my assessment will be the student’s overall effort in presenting their statement/evidence of research through successful integration of outside sources into the body of the essay, evidence of reflection on key concepts/terms, awareness of one’s own position, and attempt to communicate a perspective. The final draft will also include—attached to the front—a “statement of sources” which will detail what outside sources where used, why they were chosen and how they fit into the body of your essay. All sources must be documented both in the text and in the works cited page at the end of the essay—consult your St. Martin’s Handbook for a refresher on MLA documentation.
I AM OPEN TO CREATIVE PROJECTS—APPROACH ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE CAN NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED.
PAPER OPTIONS:
1) RESPOND TO A WRITTEN OR VISUAL TEXT (BOOK, FILM, DOCUMENTARY OR ESSAY) THAT PRESENTS A HISTORICAL NARRATIVE (implicit or explicit):
EXAMPLES:
Review Essay of The Many Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the
Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic By Michael Benton
2) RESPOND TO A PERFORMANCE, MONUMENT OR EXHIBITION THAT CRITIQUES OR CONFIRMS A COLLECTIVE MEMORY OR CULTURAL REPRESENTATION:
EXAMPLE—Visit this site Reconstruction
Go to the far right, on top, there is a button that says Archives , click on it now look at the middle of the screen and click on the link Number 4, Fall 2002 scroll down till you see Michael Benton on “Guillermo Gomez Pena s El Mexterminator and Cyber Vato” click on it and read the essay.
ZoneZero Exhibitions
There are multiple pages of exhibits (over a hundred exhibits)—to access more than the first page of exhibits go to the bottom of the page where there are a sequence of round buttons—click on them to visit other exhibit pages. WARNING: Some of these sites contain images of violence, sexuality, complex political and philosophical statements or critiques of belief-systems. These are all personal artistic statements. These are intended be used as examples/models for how this assignment could be approached.
3) DEVELOP YOUR OWN INTEPRETATION OF A KEY TERM OR QUESTION FROM OUR COURSE AND CREATE A DEFINITIONAL STATEMENT. USE OTHER SOURCES AND DRAW FROM YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. This "must" involve a clear argument of your perspective on the concept, how it fits into other understandings of the concept, and the possible uniqueness/importance of your position in regards to this concept.
EXAMPLES—
Collective Memory
SEEING AS BELIEVING—JUDITH BELZER (MULTIMEDIA)
WHAT IS CULTURE?
Visit Reconstruction
Go to the far right, on top, there is a button that says Archives , click on it now look at the middle of the screen and click on the link Number 1, Winter 2003 locate the essay title “What we write and why?” click on that link and read the essay.
ZoneZero Exhibitions
There are multiple pages of exhibits (over a hundred exhibits)—to access more than the first page of exhibits go to the bottom of the page where there are a sequence of round buttons—click on them to visit other exhibit pages. WARNING: Some of these sites contain images of violence, sexuality, complex political and philosophical statements or critiques of belief-systems. These are all personal artistic statements. These are intended be used as examples/models for how this assignment could be approached.
4) DEVELOP A GENERATIONAL STATEMENT IN WHICH YOU CRITIQUE THE WAY IN WHICH YOUR PARTICULAR GROUP, COMMUNITY, SUBCULTURE, ETHNICITY, CLASS, GENDER, REGION, OR FAITH IS REPRESENTED BY THE MEDIA.
Watch Spike Lee’s movies, especially Bamboozled, for examples of this method.
“MTV Generation or Generation X” by Kristina Ross
5) CREATE A “COMMON-PLACE BOOK” IN WHICH YOU USE VARIOUS SOURCES TO DEVELOP YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRODUCTION/REPRESENTATION OF A COLLECTIVE MEMORY OR BELIEF: (a common-place book is a scrapbook that is used to aid personal reflection on one's own views/perspective, an event, community, or belief-system)
EXAMPLES--
“The Human Ecology of Memory: A ‘Common-Place Book’”
SEEING AS BELIEVING—JUDITH BELZER (MULTIMEDIA)
ZoneZero Exhibitions
There are multiple pages of exhibits (over a hundred exhibits)—to access more than the first page of exhibits go to the bottom of the page where there are a sequence of round buttons—click on them to visit other exhibit pages.
WARNING: Some of these sites contain images of violence, sexuality, complex political and philosophical statements or critiques of belief-systems. These are all personal artistic statements. These are intended be used as examples/models for how this assignment could be approached.
7) PRODUCE AN ETHNOGRAPHY OR HISTORY OF A LOCAL CULTURE OR A SUBCULTURE.
Talk to me about ways of doing this project and possible models—this can be tailored to fit your proposal.
WHAT IS CULTURE?
8) RESEARCH A CONTESTED HISTORICAL EVENT, CULTURE, OR COMMUNITY.
Talk to me about ways of doing this project and possible models—this can be tailored to fit your proposal.
Writing a College History Paper
A Student’s Guide to the Study of History
9) CREATE YOUR OWN ARTISTIC, POLITICAL OR REPRESENTATIONAL METHOD FOR APPROACHING THE CONCEPTS OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY, LOCAL CULTURE, OR HISTORY—AS WITH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS YOU MUST GET APPROVAL FROM THE INSTRUCTOR.
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