Research Paper

Research Paper Instructions

In this paper you will discuss various elements of a pre-approved cultural study. Some examples are below, but always confirm with your professor first:

AfricaAsiaAmericasEuropeMiddle EastOceania*More Specific TopicsAncient EgyptDravidian Culture (India)AztecClassical GreeceOttoman EmpireAborigines (Australia)Colonial AmericaNok CultureZhou Dynasty (China)MayaHellenistic GreecePersian EmpireAustronesian People18th Century HaitiMali EmpireHan Dynasty (China)IncaRoman RepublicHittitesLapita People19th Century PolandBenin EmpireSong Dynasty (China)OlmecRoman EmpireAncient IsraelTongan Empire20th Century Costa RicaMossi KingdomMaurya Empire (India)PuebloEtruscansPhoeniciansMoai CultureMedieval Ages FranceGhana EmpireGupta Period (India)AdenaCeltsBabyloniansMelanesian CultureRenaissance ItalyKingdom of SineHeian Period (Japan)HohokamMagyarsFatimid DynastyMicronesian CultureAlabama (1950-1980)Kingdom of NriMuromachi Period (Japan)ArawakVikingsAbbasid DynastyPohnpei People1950s AmericaZuluEdo Period (Japan)CamdebaMerovingian DynastyUmayyad DynastyChamorro CultureThe Modern Cherokee NationSonghai EmpireThree Kingdoms Period (Korea)IroquoisCarolingian DynastySumeriansPapuan People Ashanti EmpireKingdom of Nam-VietInuitTudor EnglandAssyriansKingdom of Hawaii Aksumite EmpireKhmer Period (Cambodia)TainoByzantine EmpireAkkadiansMaori Culture (New Zealand) Kingdom of ZimbabweMon Dvaravati Period (Thailand)ToltecVisigothsMedes *Using these ideas, you can also come up with your own – must be approved by professor.

Please provide the following information about your culture:

Content

1. Introduction with a thesis statement
2. Provide a brief history of your culture
3. Explain how your chosen culture is represented in the United States
4. Is your culture individualistic or collectivistic? Provide at least one example
5. What are some of the artistic (art, music, architecture, dance) contributions of your culture?
6. What are some values of your culture? Provide at least three examples
7. Discuss your culture’s religion(s)? Include name and basic belief system of at least one of the major faiths
8. What are some of the sex and gender role differences in your culture? Provide at least three examples
9. Discuss what we would need to know to acculturate into your culture (if a past one, what would we need to do for preparing for our time machine to fit in). Provide at least one concrete suggestion
10. Conclusion

Specific Paper Requirements:

1. Four page minimum: six page maximum (Times New Roman; One inch margins; Font 12; Double-spaced)
2. Quality of writing: must contain in-text citations in APA format
3. Spelling & Grammar
4. Correct APA format http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
5. Minimal Four credible sources (books, journal articles, magazine/newspaper articles, etc.) (4 points)

Paper Outline:

INTRODUCTION

HISTORY

CULTURAL CONTEXT

Represented in USIndividualistic/CollectiveArtisticValuesReligion

SEX AND GENDER ROLES

ACCULTURATION

CONCLUSION

References