This assignment involves identifying a news stories about the Japanese history and culture. Begin with a summary and evaluation of the news story that includes the title of the story, author, and publication.

The Japanese history and culture.

Final Exam Process: 1. Select one of the news stories about Japan from the list (on Moodle). 2. Read the article carefully and evaluate it. What are the key points or arguments? Are there any errors or misleading statements? 3. Next, prepare to discuss the article. What context or additional information might a general reader need to understand the article? Draw on our lectures, textbook, and primary sources as you prepare. 4. Share the article with someone who is relatively unfamiliar with Japanese history and culture and evaluate the article including a discussion of its significance, explaining and giving context as necessary.

The Japanese history and culture.

Answer any questions they might have. 5. Reflect on the experience of reading the article and discussing it and write your final essay according to the following instructions. Final Essay (~5 pages, no more than 1500 words): 1. Begin with a summary and evaluation of the news story that includes the title of the story, author, and publication. Be thorough but concise – this should be no more than 1 page of the essay. 2. Evaluate and critique the article by drawing on our lectures, textbook, and/or primary sources. You must refer specifically to at least two primary sources. Be sure to cite your sources.

The Japanese history and culture.

3. Tell me who you discussed the article with and describe your conversation about the article. What did you have to explain? What questions were raised and how did you respond? 4. Reflect on how your understanding of this story has been informed by our class – what do you see or understand now that you would not have seen or understood before taking the class? Format & Requirements: • Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1-inch margins. • Include a word count at the end of the essay. • Draw on at least two primary sources in your essay. Your references must be specific and substantive.

The Japanese history and culture.

• You must include citations, and they should follow the format used in the analytical papers, ex. (Lecture, 4/12) (Gordon, 93) (Musui’s Story, 103) Notes on Grading: An A essay will address all four elements of the assignment thoroughly. It will demonstrate the student’s ability to summarize and evaluate an article about Japan, as well as their ability to put that story into a wider historical context through meaningful engagement with the lectures, primary sources, and/or the textbook from our class. It will not contain any factual errors.

The Japanese history and culture.

It will also contain a serious and thoughtful reflection on the discussion of the article as well as the student’s experience in the class. A B essay will address all four elements as noted above, but the discussion, summary, and/or reflection may be uneven in quality. The essay may include minor errors of interpretation, but no major factual errors. Engagement with the lectures, textbook, and/or primary sources may be uneven or limited. A C grade will reflect a student who left out one or more elements of the assignment and/or made a significant factual error in their discussion or analysis.

The Japanese history and culture.

Reflection might be shallow or incomplete and the essay may lack meaningful engagement with the lectures, textbook, and/or primary sources. D grades will show some effort to address the assignment but may contain multiple major errors of fact or be missing significant pieces of the assignment. The essay might address all parts of the assignment but lack any references to primary or secondary sources. Components: Summary & Evaluation Preparation for Discussion Discussion Reflection.https://youtu.be/uQX8UwV87Os

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