Assignment Details You have been working on your Unit 9 Assignment throughout this entire term, so none of this information will be new to you. Your primary objective in this course is to demonstrate your mastery of the skills noted in the program outcomes by developing your Unit 9 final research paper - a  10 page analysis of a significant historic/cultural event  that has influenced human behaviors, human expression, ethics, and which you can analyze and provide future recommendations. Before you submit your paper, take another look at the Assignment Requirements below to make sure you have included all the necessary elements: Final Research Paper Overview (written in third person): Introduction (1 page) Brief background of topic Why topic is important to analyze Thesis Analysis of Humanities (3 pages) Human Behavior Human Expression Ethics Critical Analysis of Situation & Recommendations (3 pages) Relevance to contemporary issues/future concerns Recommendations for future considerations and future areas of study Evaluation of recommendations: rationale for recommendations to address the topic, and why they would be successful Conclusion (end of research paper) (1 page) Reiteration of thesis Reiteration of why topic is important Personal Reflection (separate section written in first person) (2 pages) Lessons learned from completing this project Critical analysis of process challenges: what would you do differently? Critical analysis of process positives: what did you do well? Application of critical analysis to professional/personal life Final thoughts Title Page The title page needs to adhere to the APA format required by the University. There is a sample of an APA formatted title page in the Writing Center. For the title page, create an interesting and catchy title that motivates your audience to read your paper. Introduction (1 page) Your paper’s introduction should include the background or history of your chosen event, why the topic is important to research and analyze, and your thesis. First, the introduction should provide a bit of background for your reader. Do not assume your reader knows about the topic and its history. Share with your reader the time and place that the event occurred and provide a little background. Include a brief review of what led up to the event, why it was such a significant or historic moment, who it involved, etc. Then, add in the introduction why this is an important topic for research and analysis both for current and future concerns. Finally, the thesis is the main point of your paper. You should consider your objective (what is the main point you want your reader to remember), consider your audience, and make the thesis connect to what will be covered in your paper. Since the Final Research Paper specifically requires that you discuss how the event influenced human behavior, human expression, and ethics, your thesis should reflect this.

1. Assignment Details
You have been working on your Unit 9 Assignment throughout
this entire term, so none of this information will be new to you.
Your primary objective in this course is to demonstrate your
mastery of the skills noted in the program outcomes by
developing your Unit 9 final research paper - a
10 page analysis of a significant historic/cultural event
that has influenced human behaviors, human expression, ethics,
and which you can analyze and provide future
recommendations.
Before you submit your paper, take another look at the
Assignment Requirements below to make sure you have
included all the necessary elements:
Final Research Paper Overview (written in third person):
Introduction (1 page)
Brief background of topic
Why topic is important to analyze
Thesis
Analysis of Humanities (3 pages)

2. Human Behavior
Human Expression
Ethics
Critical Analysis of Situation & Recommendations (3 pages)
Relevance to contemporary issues/future concerns
Recommendations for future considerations and future areas of
study
Evaluation of recommendations: rationale for recommendations
to address the topic, and why they would be successful
Conclusion (end of research paper) (1 page)
Reiteration of thesis
Reiteration of why topic is important
Personal Reflection (separate section written in first person) (2
pages)
Lessons learned from completing this project

3. Critical analysis of process challenges: what would you do
differently?
Critical analysis of process positives: what did you do well?
Application of critical analysis to professional/personal life
Final thoughts
Title Page
The title page needs to adhere to the APA format required by
the University. There is a sample of an APA formatted title
page in the Writing Center. For the title page, create an
interesting and catchy title that motivates your audience to read
your paper.
Introduction (1 page)
Your paper’s introduction should include the background or
history of your chosen event, why the topic is important to
research and analyze, and your thesis.
First, the introduction should provide a bit of background for
your reader. Do not assume your reader knows about the topic
and its history. Share with your reader the time and place that
the event occurred and provide a little background. Include a
brief review of what led up to the event, why it was such a
significant or historic moment, who it involved, etc.
Then, add in the introduction why this is an important topic for
research and analysis both for current and future concerns.

4. Finally, the thesis is the main point of your paper. You should
consider your objective (what is the main point you want your
reader to remember), consider your audience, and make the
thesis connect to what will be covered in your paper. Since the
Final Research Paper specifically requires that you discuss how
the event influenced human behavior, human expression, and
ethics, your thesis should reflect this. For example, “World War
II was a significant historic event that had a tremendous effect
on society’s behaviors, resulted in a diverse range of human
expression, and raised ethical considerations that may influence
society for years to come.” You will want to make a connection
between your thesis and the discussion to follow. In this way,
your reader is given a preview of the content of the paper and
why it is important.
Discussion/Analysis
This is the main body of your paper. Now that your reader
knows your main point and has the necessary historic context
for the event, you can analyze how the topic influenced human
behavior, human expression, the ethical considerations related
to the event, your critical analysis, recommendations and
evaluation of the recommendations.
Human Behavior, Human Expression, & Ethics (3 pages)
In your discussion on human behavior, you should identify the
behavioral response to the event. Keep in mind that sometimes
behaviors are connected to human expression; therefore, you
may find that your discussion on human behavior overlaps with
human expression. As you explore the human behavior related
to the event, consider the following:
What were some of the behavioral responses to the event (war,
riots, celebrations, the manner people dressed, actions they

5. took, causes they joined, etc.)?
What emotions were tied to these behaviors (anger, joy, grief,
etc.)?
Why did people respond the way that they did?
Did distinctive groups (cultural, religious, genders,
geographically different, socioeconomically different, etc.)
respond differently to the event? If so, why?
What were the effects on the way people dressed, how political
they became, changes in traditional roles or society’s
expectations?
When you discuss human expression, keep in mind that often,
human expression is exhibited through behaviors. Therefore,
you may find overlap as you write about these two areas. For
example, joining a political movement is both a behavior and an
expression of beliefs. Some examples of human expression are:
films
literature, poetry, plays
music/songs
art, architecture, photography, sculpture
political/social causes
dance
fashion

6. protests/tributes
culinary art (food dishes)
politics/debate
social causes
philosophy/religion
pop culture
technology
Other questions to consider as you research human expression
related to your topic are:
What was the emotion that led to the expression (shock, horror,
triumph, fear, joy, etc.)?
How does diversity affect the expression (example: do some
ethnic groups produce certain forms of art, how is art connected
to gender, religion, race, etc.)?
When analyzing ethical issues, there are two ways to approach
this topic. You can either consider how ethical issues led to the
event (for example, the morality of slavery leading to the Civil
War) or how the event itself resulted in ethical
dilemmas/conflicts. An example of this might be the ability of
technology to conduct stem-cell research, is it ethical to do so?
In your paper, you may opt to take either approach or address
both of these aspects if they both apply to your topic. Some

7. questions that will help you develop this discussion of your
paper are:
What are the opposing perspectives on this issue?
Are there extenuating circumstances that sometimes make this
event viewed as “right” or “wrong”?
How do religious beliefs, nationality, ethnicity, gender,
economic status, and other aspects of diversity influence the
interpretation of this event?
Who is (was) talking about this event and whose voice is (was)
not heard or included?
What are the elements of power and privilege that are relevant
to this event?
What bias, agendas, stereotypes and/or prejudices are evident?
Has hindsight changed the views of the ethical issues?
Be sure to present a balanced view in your ethical discussion.
Even if you strongly affiliate yourself with a particular view on
the topic, use your critical thinking and research skills to also
present opposing viewpoints to provide an objective
presentation. Remember, this is a research paper, not an opinion
paper.
Critical Analysis of Situation & Recommendations (3 pages)
For this section, use critical thinking skills to analyze the event
and provide discussion on the relevance of the topic to
contemporary issues, as well as future concerns that the event

8. may create. Since your topic is on a significant historic/cultural
event, there are likely some lasting consequences or influences
that resulted from it. Questions to help with the analysis in your
discussion:
How did the event change the world or at least change some
aspect of society?
How did the event raise concerns for the future and/or how does
the issue continue to evolve?
What are the “lessons learned” from the event?
What will people do differently now than they did before?
How are governments, education or other parts of the social
structure responding to the event?
What laws have been put in place because of the event?
What organizations or movements continue to be active?
How does the topic background/ context/ outcome relate to
current issues?
Is the topic ongoing or can it happen again?
What can be learned from the topic/ outcome that can be applied
to future considerations?
What areas of future study would you recommend to understand
this topic?
The last aspect of this discussion area should be

9. recommendations to address the topic/ event and rationale for
why the recommendations would work.
If the topic is ongoing, how to manage it, end it and/or how
society can take steps either that it does not happen again or to
promote its further existence and broadening (depending on if
the topic is a societal positive or negative).
What specific recommendations could be/ can be applied to the
situation?
Explain why these recommendations would work short and long
term.
Conclusion (1 page)
Your conclusion should tie your entire paper together. It should
strongly reconnect with your thesis (the main point of your
paper), briefly summarize the discussion section and reiterate
why the topic is important.
The conclusion is the end of your research paper that is written
in third person. However, for the critical thinking process, it is
necessary to analyze and evaluate your reflection into the
process. Add a separate section that is written in first person
(your personal narrative) including these elements:
Personal Reflection (separate section written in first person) (2
pages)
Lessons learned from completing this project
Analysis of process challenges – what would you do

10. differently?
Analysis of process positives - what did you do well?
Application of critical analysis to professional/personal life
Final thoughts
References
Remember that your References page must be completed in APA
format. There are many sample papers in the Writing Center and
there are helpful documents throughout the class on proper
editing and formatting of an APA paper. An academic paper
such as this one must include proper APA in text citations
throughout that correspond to the Reference page entries.
Requirements for the Capstone Paper Sources
There must be at least 10 sources and the sources need to
include the following:
1 primary source (interview, speech, etc.)
3 peer reviewed articles from scholarly journals (from the
Library)
1 source originally published as a book
5 other sources (book, scholarly journals, newspapers,
primary/secondary sources, websites, etc.)
Your paper must also include the additional elements listed

11. below. When adding these to your paper, include a summary of
each in terms of the content, the meaning, what the topic of the
information is, and why it is relevant to support your Final
Research Paper topic.
Five examples of quantitative data: Four noted as statistics and
at least one chart or graph incorporated in the discussion
One video: Add the website link to the video in your discussion
on the topic (could be your primary source of interview, speech,
etc., or something else that is relevant to the topic). Remember
to check the link to make sure it works before submitting the
final version.
Be sure to accurately cite these materials in APA format with
both in text citations in the discussion (body of the paper) and
with a corresponding reference on the Reference page.
This Assignment is assessed by the following course level
outcome:
LI499-3:
Professional Competencies: Use critical thinking and effective
communications in locating, presenting, and analyzing
information.
Submitting Your Assignment:
Create your Assignment as a Word document. Save it in a
location and with a name that you will remember. When you are
ready to submit, select the
Unit 9 Assignment Dropbox
and upload your file. To view your graded work after your

12. instructor has evaluated it, please use the Dropbox or the
Gradebook.