Directions, Devotions, and Democracy

Directions : Ethnic Cultural-Simulation Report for the Sim Report

Write at least 3-4 pages, about 750-1000 words. However, more is fine.

Take off 35 points a day for late submissions.

Some research is required for this assignment. Two sources other than our books that were required for this course on life. Academic sources would be best. Use something more than Wikipedia. Try Google Scholar.

Post it in within the unit on Sim found in the online menu.

Watch the trailer for "Rashomon."

Critical Creativity.

Stories often change when someone else tells them. This is known as the "Rashomon Effect" based on the movie by Akira Kurosawa which told the story of a murder and rape, but each witness provided a completely different narrative.

Choose: Black Narrative that We Read

Take an African American narrative from "Imaging America" we read for this class or "I Am Alfonso Jones," and place it in Tulsa during the "Race Massacre of 1921." Focus on one section of the tale, so don’t retell the entire story.

Therefore, modify and feel free to change the ending or leave the ending open. Be creative but respectful of the tragic ethos of the narrative. Try to focus on a character's point of view.

OR

Choose a different character instead of the main character. In this assignment,you can imagine that the narrative of a story is told from another person's point of view.

Research is required.

You can read something about the Tulsa Massacre or research about Tulsa, the Greenwood area, at the beginning of the 20th century. State in the conclusion how you used the sources.

Ah Factor.

Just because you changed the narrative doesn’t mean it is better than or as good as the original. Beware it should impress the reader. If the new change is boring, think again.

“B” is for BORING!

“A” is for AH!

POSSIBLE FORMAT:

Title:

Include the original title and author of the work so I know which story you are retelling. You can rename the title a bit to fit your retelling.

INTRO: Weekend and or Monday

Begin with an overview of your chosen narrative. Which story did you choose and why? Set up the narrative. Describe Tulsa, the Greenwood district, right before the massacre. Use the characters you have chosen to see through and show us what it was like as Memorial Day is about to occur. Perhaps is it Monday, a day before the massacre starts.

The Body Count: The Massacre

In the Greenwood District of Tulsa, an angry crowd appears and begins to destroy property and murder lives as the anger, the chaos and the massacre starts. Describe what happens to your character/sand the specific events you are using from a narrative.

OUTRO: Thursday and Beyond

What happens the day or weekend after with your characters? Describe in detail how Tulsa looks. You your imagination. Did the character leave Tulsa? You can leave the ending open.

AFTERWORD:

Explain how you used your two other sources in your creative narrative. These will be beyond Wikipedia.

Works Cited or References

List your two sources here! More is fine

C-SIM and SELF-EVALUATION

Copy and paste the prompts in the answer. Write at least 250 words total.

Prompts:

What was the hardest part of the Sim?

What is the strongest or best part of the Sim?

Write your own question and answer it.

Dr Wayne "Sundiata " Stein, The Hungry Lion

Research: Quality and Validity of Sources

Whenever you write a report, using evidence or support from variety of sources can only enhances theKsitigarbha veracity of the paper. Quality papers should demonstrate the use of quality sources, but keep in mind that not all sources are equal in value. Furthermore, just because you include a quantity of sources, that doesn't mean that your evidence is as accurate as you think. Because such inaccuracies can occur in a variety of sources, researchers must take pains to examine the sources in detail. The following list of sources explains why some sources are more prone to errors and mistakes while other sources tend to be more accurate.

Primary Sources

Be sure to examine and quote from the original documentation associated with the study such as interviews, journals, or work in progress. If you writing about a film or work of literature, be sure to include excerpts from key passages or scenes and note things you notice to be important.

Variety of Secondary Sources

One key rule is to have a variety of such sources. Another is to value and use sources that tend to be more accurate and specialized over those that are be less accurate and less specialized. If you only use one or two sources, some instructor may not give a high grade.

1) Scholarly journal articles. These types of sources often include documentation of sources in a variety of styles like MLA, APA or Chicago Style. Thus, such sources provide a map of origins of the citations, so that scholars can retrace the steps of the author. This is key, for it allows readers to re-examine the validity of such sources. Furthermore, such sources are peer reviewed by specialists, where other scholars read the drafts and required revision or expansion of arguments made in such essays. Such rigor may cause essays to be revised for a few years before they are printed. Such a process demands a certain level of accuracy and quality. Often times such articles have the highest value of quality. Professors like to see these sources in papers.Re-Cycle

2) Technical or specialized periodicals. Such sources may have some references listed in their articles. Often, such information is written by specialists while some amount of peer review may have occurred. The rigor can less less that the peer reviewed scholarly articles.

3) Newspapers and magazines. These types of sources often lack any documentation and often keep their sources confidential. Because such articles are printed right after key events, many inaccuracies can occur, including aspects of mere conjecture and speculation. However, such sources can be valuable because they include important quotations from prominent politicians, leaders, and citizens.

4) References Works. Encyclopedia, wikipedias, abstracts can provide valuable information when beginning to research a topic. However, the information tends to be generic and may lack depts. However, some specialized reference sites may possess quality information. If a paper only has general reference works as the key source of information, be prepared for a low grade.

5) Web Sites. Beware of overusing web sites. Personal web sites and blogs suffer from the same inaccuracies that newspapers and magazines can suffer from. Indeed, because a blogger can post within minutes of an event, many more inaccuracies can occur. Some web sites may be written by scholars. However, many sites may contain inaccuracies.