IDS 400 ( week 4)

Overview

For this ac�vity, you will consider influences on construc�ve engagement with your topic. You will also propose how your ideas to transform conversa�ons about your topic might influence how we as a larger society perceive it. This ac�vity

contributes to your dra� of the cri�cal analysis sec�on of your project. It also provides an opportunity to obtain valuable feedback from your instructor that you can incorporate into your project submission.

Direc�ons

In this ac�vity, you will work on the second part of the cri�cal analysis of your topic in diversity. You should consider the feedback from your instructor on the previous ac�vity and use your responses to inform this assignment. Throughout

the process, you will support your analysis with reliable evidence from varied sources, which include at least two resources from course materials and two resources from the library. For this ac�vity, you will assess factors that may influence

engagement with your topic and then explain one poten�al obstacle that could interfere with construc�ve conversa�on about your topic. Finally, you will describe a possible outcome of your proposed engagement that might influence

societal conversa�ons about your topic.

You are not required to answer each ques�on below the rubric criteria but may use them to be�er understand the criteria and guide your thinking.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Integrate reliable evidence from varied sources throughout your paper to support your analysis.

a. It is important to draw from a more diverse pool of perspec�ves from varied sources to support the analysis. This is different from the Cita�ons and A�ribu�ons rubric criterion.

b. Reliable evidence from varied sources should be interwoven throughout the paper itself, while ci�ng and a�ribu�ng sources will be represented as APA in‐text cita�ons and a reference list at the end of your work.

c. You will be evaluated on both criteria.

2. Assess at least two significant factors that could affect your topic, such as biases, beliefs, assump�ons, and/or values.

a. In the previous ac�vity, you iden�fied posi�ve elements in conversa�ons about your topic and elements that might benefit from change. Now, determine factors that might influence how insiders and outsiders engage with

your topic. What might change their percep�ons of the topic or how they talk about it?

3. Explain how at least one poten�al obstacle could interfere with the popula�on’s engagement with your topic.

a. In the previous ac�vity, you iden�fied conversa�onal elements that present opportuni�es for change. Now, determine a possible obstacle that could interfere with this construc�ve engagement.

4. Describe a possible outcome of your proposed engagement that might influence the societal conversa�ons that add to cri�cal awareness of diversity.

a. You have cri�cally examined how insiders and outsiders of your chosen popula�on engage with your topic. How might your ideas for more construc�ve, transforma�ve engagement impact how we, as a greater society, talk

about your topic?

What to Submit

Submit your short paper as a 1‐ to 2‐page Microso� Word document with double spacing, 12‐point Times New Roman font, and one‐inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide

for more informa�on on cita�ons.

Module Four Ac�vity Rubric

Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Reliable Evidence from Varied Sources

Integrates reliable evidence from varied sources throughout the paper to support analysis

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include drawing from a more diverse pool of perspec�ves, using more varied sources to support the analysis, or integra�ng evidence and sources throughout the paper to support the analysis

Does not a�empt criterion 20

Significant Factors Assesses at least two significant factors that could impact the topic, such as biases, beliefs, assump�ons, and/or values

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include assessing at least two significant factors that could impact the topic or providing more support of the assessment

Does not a�empt criterion 20

Poten�al Obstacle Explains how at least one poten�al obstacle could interfere with the popula�on’s engagement with the topic

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include providing more detailed explana�on of the obstacle or providing more support of how the obstacle might interfere with the popula�on’s engagement with the topic

Does not a�empt criterion 20

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Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Societal Conversa�on Describes a possible outcome of the proposed engagement that might influence societal conversa�ons that add to cri�cal awareness of diversity

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include providing more details about how the cri�cal analysis could influence societal conversa�ons about the topic or how it might add to awareness of diversity

Does not a�empt criterion 30

Ar�cula�on of Response Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstra�ng an understanding of audience and purpose

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, nega�vely impac�ng readability

Submission has cri�cal errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preven�ng understanding of ideas

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Cita�ons and A�ribu�ons Uses cita�ons for ideas requiring a�ribu�on, with consistent minor errors

Uses cita�ons for ideas requiring a�ribu�on, with major errors

Does not use cita�ons for ideas requiring a�ribu�on

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Total: 100%

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