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ANTH2410/UGEA2180: Chinese Culture and Society Fall 2014 Prompt for the final response paper Answer one of the following two questions. Due Tuesday, December 9. Please draw on various elements of the course (i.e., readings, lectures, discussions, tutorials, videos and news pieces) to write the paper. Even though the argument(s) you choose to address is possibly the focus of one of our weekly topics, it is important that you use course materials from multiple weeks in your writing. It is also required that the materials you use should include at least some from WK7-13. Please use in-text citation in the following format (author's last name year: page #) – for example, (Yan 2003:3) – plus reference cited at the end. For reference format, please follow the style of our syllabus. Beware of plagiarism. Make sure you distinguish between quoting and paraphrasing and cite your sources in each case. Submit both your paper and a signed copy of your Veriguide receipt on Blackboard. No more than 5 pages (not including reference), standard margins, 12-point or larger font, double-spaced. You can answer in either English or Chinese. 1. Choose and answer anthropologically one of the questions (or concerns) you raised in your weekly assignments. You can elaborate or revise your original words but cannot choose a topic that is not a part of your feedback. Please give a title for your essay and start by quoting your own original words and indicating the week it is from. The essay will be graded based on the quality and originality of your argument, your understanding of course materials, and the succinctness of your writing. 2. Design a 1-hour guest talk on a topic related to Chinese Culture and Society to a primary school class of 10-12 years old students in the society you are from. One of the goals is to show how appropriate understanding of Chinese Culture and Society is related to these kids’ lives and futures. Your identity as a guest speaker is an anthropologist and therefore...