Cultural Event – Performance or International Speaker
Faculty Contribution to General Education Capstone Course
Event/Experience Details and Guideline Form
Discipline covered in General Education: Multicultural Valuing
Event experience title: Cultural Event/ Performance or International Speaker
Anticipated learning outcome:
Demonstrate an understanding of the evolving nature of societies and the interdependence among all peoples.
Identify, analyze and articulate their own values as well as those of others and recognize how these values affect opinions, decisions and behaviors.
Make and defend conclusions using relevant evidence and reasoned arguments.
Guidelines or rubric for accomplishment of event:
Attend an international cultural event, performance or a guest speaker. After attending the event, write a one to two page paper, using the following questions and prompts as a guideline:
- State specifically what the event was and the venue.
- What new knowledge did you gain from the event?
- What most impressed you that perhaps changed a previous attitude or belief?
- Find a universal theme that could attract any audience and articulate an informed personal position on that theme.
- Learn more about one aspect of this particular culture by doing some research and incorporate it into your paper.
- Did you experience any emotions during the event that took you by surprise? Did the performer or speaker exhibit any unexpected emotions?
- Describe any mannerisms, different patterns of interactions, idiomatic expressions that you noticed.
- Make a connection with this experience to your own culture.
Contact Name: Arts and Entertainment section in the Post-Dispatch, Riverfront Times
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Estimated Time: 2-4 hours
Created by: Jane Zeiser
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Did essay fulfill SCC competency? YES NO PARTIALLY
Did essay fulfill event guidelines? YES NO PARTIALLY
