Coculture Essay

American Intracultural Research Project

Due Dates:

Proposal of American Co-Culture is due Monday, October 6. (You may not change your paper topic after October 6.)

American Co-Culture final paper is due Monday, October 27.

To understand other cultures, you must first understand your own culture. For this assignment, you will (1) research an American co-culture (2) write a brief proposal (3) write research paper about the co-culture. Your paper must have an argument and you must use sources to defend your argument.

Objectives:

Students will demonstrate the ability to

• Locate source material relevant to intracultural issues using online and database search logic.

• Evaluate, analyze, and synthesize others’ ideas so as to develop and support an original argument using course content as an analytical framework for writing.

• Identify and incorporate intercultural research sources.

• Paraphrase, summarize, and quote source material with accuracy and sophistication

• Provide correct attribution (in-text and reference page) for a variety of source materials (scholarly, popular, on-ground, and online) using APA citation format

Instructions:

Choose an American co-culture of which you are not a member and research the following:

1. What is the origin of the group?

2. What are the major features of the group?

3. What is the composition of the membership?

4. How does a person become a member?

5. Approximately how many members exist of this co-culture?

6. Are the members found among particular racial or ethnic groups?

7. Where are the members located geographically?

8. What are the goals and objectives of the group?

9. What are the beliefs and values of the group?

10. Are there official organizations that represent the group? Describe them.

11. What are the group-specific activities in which the group members participate?

12. Is there specific language or jargon which is associated with the group?

13. What is...