American Society
anserplouisPrepare a two-page double-spaced paper on the topic: “A Look From the Outside – In”
Guidelines: Use the website: http://watchingamerica.com/WA/. You'll need to cut and paste the url in your browswer to access the link. ONLY the current articles posted on the web-site can be used.
“Watching America” is an online foreign news source that has numerous political, social, and economic stories of how the world understands us from their (foreign) perspective, not from an “American” view.
(1) Select and read an article of your choice (translated in English).
(2) Assume the role of a concerned citizen from the nation in which the article was written. Provide your own assessments of differences in a balanced and realistic outlook from a newsperson looking into and evaluating people’s values in the American Society. Is it possible for foreign personnel to look at people in the American Society in a “relatively fair” manner? Conclude by evaluating how you vision other nations’ “typical” values, using the cultural relativism perspective.
(3.) Present your paper in the general format of I. Introduction. II. Body/Narrative III. Summary.
Outstanding | Good | Needs Improvement | |
Background or introduction/abstract | Concisely introduces needed information, making it appealing to the reader. | Introduction is accurate and precise, and leads the reader to a well-understood summary of what is to be presented. | Introduces the subject, but does not cover all issues. Reader is somewhat prepared to understand the essence of the subject matter.
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Narrative with Evidence | Contains a highly accurate, precise description of the issues and problems, along with a careful consideration of possible alternatives or solutions. Contains relevant values' examples, and indicates the salient issues the examples highlight.
| Description of the problems and issues are accurate and precise. Possible alternatives or solutions are considered. Examples are typically contrasted between foreign and American society perspectives. | Description of the problems and issues barely cover the basic theme. The reader has a minimum grasp of evidence in foreign versus American society values' perspectives. |
Analysis/Synthesis | Breaks the argument, issue, or problem into relevant parts. Connections between the parts area clear, highly accurate, and articulate. Thoroughly and accurately applies the concept of cultural relativism. | Breaks the argument, issue, or problem into relevant parts. Connections between the parts are well done, accurate, and make a good critique of the comparisons. Applies the concept of cultural relativism. | Makes a fair attempt at addressing the problems and issues. Includes a comparison of values without a critical analysis. Does not apply the concept of cultural relativism. |
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