Graduate Level Psychology

Multiculturalism in the News - Assignment Overview

Assignment

Name

What to Do/Submit?

Week 1 N/A N/A Week 2 N/A N/A Week 3 News Stories Each team member will:

1- select one news story relevant to multicultural conflict

2- submit a one-paragraph summary of the selected news story

3-one-paragraph of explaining how that particular news story

illustrates a multicultural conflict (e.g. identify the cultural conflict

and the groups involved)

(note then that each person will write two paragraphs: one for the

summary and another for the explanation of the multicultural

conflict)

You will submit all of your news stories in a single document. If

there are 5 members in your team, the document should have 5

different news stories.

Please note that this is a pre-selection. For next week, you will select

one of these as the news story for your project.

Week 4 Thesis statement

and annotated

bibliography

Choose one news story from the News Stories for Multiculturalism

in the News assignment, due in Week Three, to use for the final team

project due in Week Six.

Gain instructor approval for the selected news story.

Develop an annotated bibliography. Each team member must list a

minimum of two sources from peer-reviewed journals that relate to

the news story.

Write a clearly worded thesis statement of no more than 350 to 700

words for the Multiculturalism in the News assignment due in Week

Six.

Format your annotated bibliography and thesis statement according

to APA guidelines.

Read the instructions above. Please note that you need to include

both a thesis statement and an Annotated Bibliography. The

instructions specify that the thesis statement should not be longer

than 350 to 700 words. This somewhat contradicts the thesis

generator application which presents the thesis statement as a

sentence (which we assume will be much less than 350 words), thus

a much shorter assignment. However, I want you to include, along

your thesis statement a brief paragraph in which you specify and

explain the multicultural conflict. That is, providing a rationale for

why there is a multicultural conflict. See the examples of

multicultural conflict which I posted in the announcements section. I

wrote a brief paragraph for each in which I explain the multicultural

conflict. That is exactly what you need to do. Add, after your thesis

statement (one sentence as explained in the thesis generator) a brief

paragraph explaining the multicultural conflict; that is, the perceived

or real incompatibility of values, beliefs, and/or behavioral

expectations between two different cultural or social groups.

Regarding the Annotated Bibliography, please note that UOP

provides an example of that as well. Several sentences (brief

paragraph) which briefly summarizes the article or chapter as it

relates to the topic in question.

Week 5 Outline for Final

Project

A detailed outline, that is.

Resource: Center for Writing Excellence Sample Outline

Develop a 350- to 700-word outline for the Multiculturalism in the

News assignment due in Week Six.

The thesis must be adequately supported by the content in the final

paper.

Format your outline according to APA guidelines.

Week 6 Multiculturalism

in the News

Develop a 10- to 12-slide presentation that covers how to bring

awareness to the conflict presented in the news story from the Week

Four Learning Team assignment.

Include the following in your presentation:

• An analysis of the social psychology and multicultural psychology aspects of the news story

• Clear application of the principles of social psychology or multicultural psychology in your plan

• The principles of multicultural psychology

• A resolution to the conflict in your plan

Include a minimum of five references from peer-reviewed journals.

Format any citations in your presentation according to APA

guidelines.