Complete the Final Exam Review, which is also your Semester 2 Not Yet Project worth up to 45 extra credit points.
Answer all of the questions on the Final Exam Review in preparation for your Final Exam on Monday/Tuesday. You may use notes, homework, previous quizzes, etc. in completing this review, however you may not use any of those things on the test. You can use this review to study from, as most of the material listed on it will be on your Final Exam. We will add this assignment to the gradebook, so get it done.
All of the questions must be answered in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
For our TV Project, you must follow all the steps listed in this assignment. Between now and our next class (Monday/Tuesday) you must watch at least 5 hours of television. In that 5 hours you must cover each of the following:
A half-hour of news and/or TV journalism (Dateline, 60 Minutes)
A half-hour of comedy sitcom (Family Guy, Everybody Hates Chris)
A half-hour of drama (NCIS, Law and Order)
A half-hour of reality television (American Idol, Cheaters)
A half-hour of commercials
A half-hour of music videos
Beyond those 3 hours, whatever you decide to watch for this project is up to you. Just be sure to record the show you watched on the attached TV Log.
As you watch the shows, chart violence and moral issues on the attached charts. Each time you see one of the chartable occurrences (shooting, racism) happen, make a mark in the column for the show you are watching.
Commercial Assessment Chart: As you watch commercials answer the 5 Questions on the chart for each commercial.
Write a 2-page analysis of your television watching experience.
Compose a written assessment, based on what you saw, of what television is “selling” to the average American viewer. Be sure to discuss issues of fashion, physical shape, music, family values, violence, and global issues.
What images are presented most often? Why do you think this is so? How is mass media used by various businesses (via advertising), governments (news), the entertainment industry (dramas, comedies) and individuals (videos, movies)?
Hypothesize why Americans are so easily influenced by television, and how that influence affects the way we interact with others.
This paper can be hand-written, but you will get 5 extra credit points if you type it.
Respond to the following prompt on the back of the article: Given our studies of “media” in class today, compose a paragraph detailing other messages, besides bling, that are in rap music. Pick one and explain how it influences young people.
Use the Eurasian Conquest DBQ assignment, your understanding of Eurasia’s advantages, and Documents A, B, C, and D to answer the following question: Why were Europeans, such as Pizarro, so greatly advanced beyond the Native American populations, and thus able to defeat them and not the other way around?
Your Assignment: Compose a 5-paragraph response to this question following the steps listed below in the exact order they are listed.
Step 1: Write a quick brainstorm of ideas (should be no more than 5 sentences) in response to the question.
Step 3: Using the Essay Development Outline on the back of the document analysis chart design your own thesis statement (argument) supported by 3 ideas.
Step 4: Write your 5-paragraph essay in response to the DBQ question.
Important rule! In answering the question, you must reference (make written mention of) at least 3 of the 4 documents.
Example: “As shown in Document B, it is clear that Eurasia was engaged in a vigorous trade between its various cities and countries.”
