Thesis on "Cultures in Texas the United States"

Quoted Instructions for "Cultures in Texas the United States" Assignment:

Competency 601.3.3: Cultural Awareness, Understanding, and Acceptance - The graduate understands and is sensitive to differences in cultural values, norms, and mores of the families of culturally diverse students and is committed to respecting these differences.

Objectives:

601.3.3-03: Describe the culture (e.g., lifestyles, values, mores, and other characteristics) of at least two minority cultural populations living within your home state.

601.4.3-01: Locate information from library resources.

601.4.3-02: Locate information using the Internet.

601.4.3-04: Gather information using a library and from the Internet.

601.4.3-05: Review and organize information.

601.4.3-06: Synthesize information from multiple sources.

601.4.3-07: Summarize information from multiple sources in a logical manner.

601.4.3-08: Create a bibliography that includes books, Internet documents, and professional journal articles.

601.4.3-10: Write in-text citations and bibliographic citations in a standard format.

601.4.3-12: Write a problem or thesis statement for a research project.

Given:

In this task, you will use selected resources to research and report on the lifestyles, values,

mores, and other characteristics of at least two sub-cultures living in your state.

For organizational ease, include the following task headings: label section C Concept Map,

label sections D-G the paper title you choose, label section H Personal and Professional

Relevance. Keep the work organized in the same way the task is outlined.

Task:

A. Write a statement of purpose for your research project on subcultures living in your

state.

*****¢ A statement of purpose is a sentence that defines what you want to learn about in

your research project and acts as a guide for your research.

Note: Your statement of purpose will go into the introduction of your paper. (See D1 below)

B. Locate and gather sources of information from the library, the Internet, interlibrary

loan, or from organizations that directly represent the cultures you wish to study.

1. Secondary sources: Locate at least two non-Internet sources on each culture

(four sources total). Seek various types of sources (e.g., textbook, library

monograph, brochure, etc.). Do not include encyclopedias as part of the four

required sources.

2. Primary sources: Locate at least three sources for each culture (six sources total).

Seek various types of materials (e.g., pictures, documents from authoritative

bodies, poetry from members of that culture, etc.).

a. Include at least one primary source for either culture from the Internet.

b. Include at least one primary source for either culture from an official

government or public policy source (e.g., U.S. Supreme Court or U.S.

Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division), which are available on the

Internet at sites indicated by *.gov rather than *.com or *.edu.

C. Create a concept map or an outline for each culture (two maps or outlines total) and

upload them with your research paper. Each concept map or outline should represent

at least three common themes, concepts, and ideas (e.g., beliefs, foods, arts and

entertainment, educational aspirations, political tendencies, traditions, family life,

holidays, languages spoken).

*****¢ You can find explanations of concept mapping and outlining on the Internet by

entering *****concept map***** into a search engine.

*****¢ If you create the concept maps by hand, scan a copy of each map and save the

images as JPEG files. If you use software, such as Inspiration, save the file in

either Rich Text Format (*.rtf) or in JPEG format (*.jpg).

D. Write an introduction (suggested length of 1*****“2 paragraphs).

1. Place your statement of purpose at the beginning of your introduction.

2. Identify the cultures you researched.

3. Briefly describe the common themes, concepts, and ideas of each culture you will

address.

E. Write a results section to describe each culture (suggested length of 1*****“2 pages per

culture).

1. Present the information you found on each culture.

2. Cite any information you include using APA in-text citations.

F. Write a discussion and conclusions section (suggested length of 1*****“2 pages).

1. Discuss how the two cultures are similar (at least two similarities).

2. Discuss how the two cultures are different (at least three differences).

3. Explain at least three ways the information from this project could be applied in a

classroom.

G. Create a reference list in APA format.

H. Clearly describe the materials and methods you employed (suggested length of 1*****“2

paragraphs).

1. Briefly describe the methods you used to find your resources.

2. Explain which sources were most important and why.

3. Describe how you reviewed and synthesized the information you found in the

sources.

4. Describe why the report is important to you personally and as a teaching

professional. Explore your feelings and make connections between the information

you learned and your future as a teacher.

Note: Please save word-processing documents as *.rtf (Rich Text Format) files

Thank you for doing this paper. I would attempt it myself but my husband is going through chemo treatments and I just got out of the hospital from surgery myself so I am really not up for the challenge. Please pay careful attention to the details of the paper. They are wanting the paper to have sections that are clearly labeled. Also, you do not need to do the concept map. I will do that part after the paper is done. Finally, the sources do not necessarily have to be verifiable...just believable.