Assignment 1: Discussion: Assessing Sources for Credibility

Last week, you completed an annotated bibliography as part of your Final Project. For this Journal, consider how you determine whether a resource is credible and how awareness of divisive views is important for addressing a social issue.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review the explanation of “Walden University’s DEEP-C Model General Education Learning Outcome Evaluation” included in the Syllabus.
• Consider the resources you selected for your Annotated Bibliography.
• Consider the types of resources to be the most credible and what makes them more or less reliable and more or less credible than other sources.
• Consider the bias and deception you have seen in sources and why it is important to identify bias and deception.

Explain how the sources you selected for your Annotated Bibliography are credible? What makes them so? Explain, in what ways does the ability to conduct research strengthen your understanding of the city?

By Day 3

Post your discussion.

By Day 5

Respond to a colleague posting providing additional insights on the credibility of resources.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:
Discussion Rubric

Post by Day 3 and Respond by Day 5

To participate in this Discussion:
Week 5 Discussion

Assignment 2: Final Project: A City Museum

Now that all of your important decisions have been made, it is time for you, as the chosen Director of the new city museum, to write and present your Final Museum Proposal to your City Officials.

In this final proposal your decisions and the reasons for them should be made evident:

• Why did you decide on the this particular focus for the city museum?
• Why do you think that the permanent exhibit you have chosen will appeal to the city’s diverse citizens as well as to foreign visitors?
• What is your reasoning for deciding on this particular museum site? What documentation have you found that would support your decision? Do you anticipate any opposition to your site selection? How will you answer their concerns?

All of these questions should be answered in your Final Museum Proposal.

To prepare:

• Go back and review your Instructor’s feedback on each of the previous Project Milestones. Make any necessary revisions, and incorporate any needed Instructor feedback. Then, pull together all of the information, ideas and resources you have collected to complete your Final Museum Proposal.

By Day 7

Submit this completed worksheet.

In order to receive full credit, all Assignments are due on time. Should you encounter an unanticipated and uncontrollable life event that may prevent you from meeting an Assignment deadline, contact the Instructor immediately to request an extension. Your Instructor's contact information is in the Contact the Instructor area in the course navigation menu. For a full description of the late policy, please refer to the “Policies on Late Assignments” section of your Syllabus.

Note: Do you have questions about this Assignment? If so, post them in the Contact the Instructor area. That way, everyone in the class will see and benefit from the Instructor's response.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

• Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK5Assgn2+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
• Click the Final Project Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
• Click the Week 5 Assignment 2 link.
• Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK5Assgn2+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
• If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
• Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:
Final Project Rubric

Check Your Assignment Draft for Authenticity

To check your Assignment draft for authenticity:
Submit your Week 5 Assignment 2 draft and review the originality report.

Submit Your Assignment by Day 7

To submit your Assignment:
Week 5 Assignment 2