Write 5 pages essay

5-page essay should accomplish the following tasks (see page length suggestions for each
section):
1. Articulate the following about your media artifact that represents your manifesto (about 1
page of the paper):
a. In what way(s) it is meaningful to you;
b. Why you selected it for this course and why you selected your particular form of
presentation;
c. Why you think you’ve selected an appropriate scope of work
(e.g. not so easy for you to do as to be unnecessary and not so hard to do that you cannot make any
meaningful progress on it in the second half of the quarter).
2. Discuss how your project will serve as a bridge between an individual/personal experience
and a social/institutional experience. This is the place to make use of Bronfenbrenner’s
systems approach: micro-, meso-, exo-, and macro-. You’ll need to provide some
discussion of how you’re mapping your personal ecology.
(about 1-2 pages of the paper)
3. Discuss how you anticipate your project will align with at least 2 of the course themes and/or
concepts from readings, lectures, or the film covered between Week 1 & Week 5 of the
course and listed below (NOTE: If you have an addition to the 6 options listed below, feel free
to suggest it to me; These may include texts from related courses.).
(about 2 pages of the paper)
a. Becoming articulate, persuasive, or effective (Richen; King; Berger, Boudin, Farrow)
b. Addressing approaches to civic participation (Bennett; Kawashima-Ginsberg & Levine,
Richen’s The New Black; Smoke Songs)
2-parts to the assignment:
1. Develop a Media artifact expressing your actual manifesto (your
plan/values/concerns)
2. 5-page written in-depth reflection
2(3)
c. Addressing cultural citizenship (Rosaldo; King; Richen’s The New Black; Smoke
Songs)
d. Addressing youth, conceptually or practically (Bennett; Kawashima-Ginsberg &
Levine; Richen; Smoke Songs)
e. Addressing democratic approaches/philosophies (Dewey, Ranciere, +)
f. Addressing evolving forms of media & practice (Documentaries, Bennett, King)
4. Discuss your plan for gathering evidence (types, frequency), reflecting & analyzing (codes,
categories, patterns) and refining your approach. Be sure to specifically address how you’ll
gather evidence about the bridge between individual/personal activities or experiences and
social/institutional systems. Also address how will your plan will help you refine your
understanding and approach to democratic practice. (about 1-2 pages of the paper)