Assignment 2: Project Paper Due Week 7 and worth 200 points The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, history, or literature, with important examples and themes that still resonate today for one’s professional or personal life. The project will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical thinker you already are! Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write paper 750-1,000 words (APA writing 285 words per page ) (Title and Reference page does not count) that responds to each of the items described in the topic. (Exception is the video presentation of the first topic below which is a different communication form). For the topic you choose: 1. Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If there are questions or points associated with your chosen topic, be sure to answer all of the listed questions and address all of the items in that topic. If your topic asks you to do several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things listed. 2. The listed topics each have a certain presentation format or writing genre with it (video, essay, poem, etc), and each topic involves looking at a distinct form of presentation (oral speech, novel, visual art, poetry, etc.  And each topic involves some sort of challenge or theme that is relevant to modern work and life.  Be creative and admire the creativity of others. 1. Follow the instructions below for what sources to use and what formatting to use in layout and referencing.  Avoid sources that are not good academic quality for college writing (Wikipedia is one example).  Do NOT use any source that provides or sells college essays. Topic choices (pick 1): · Harlem Renaissance Writers. Choose two different authors from the Harlem Renaissance and one work by each author. Write an essay that: 1. Describes each author’s role and importance within the Harlem Renaissance. Discuss their literary careers and relationships with other writers. 2. Summarize the main ideas from one work by each author, using 8-10 sentences for each summary (two paragraphs total). 3. Describe their writing styles, the types of images and themes they use in their work (one paragraph about each author). 4. Explain how these authors and their works have impacted your own life. How will you apply their ideas to your career? · Women Challenge their Audience.Essay. Lessons in Public Speaking:  Two women of very different backgrounds and language skills gave effective speeches in the cause of abolition.  Read the speeches and the background of them. Angelina Grimke Weld’s speech in Philadelphia in 1838:  http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/grimke.html   ;   the background of that speech is at   http://eloquentwoman.blogspot.com/2016/09/famous-speech-friday-angelina-grimkes.html .  Sojourner Truth’s famous 1851 speec.

1. Assignment 2: Project Paper
Due Week 7 and worth 200 points
The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art,
history, or literature, with important examples and themes that
still resonate today for one’s professional or personal life. The
project will reflect your views and interpretation of the
topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind
and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical
thinker you already are!
Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices
below. Read the topic carefully. Write paper 750-1,000 words
(APA writing 285 words per page ) (Title and Reference page
does not count) that responds to each of the items described in
the topic. (Exception is the video presentation of the first topic
below which is a different communication form).
For the topic you choose:
1. Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If
there are questions or points associated with your chosen topic,
be sure to answer all of the listed questions and address all of
the items in that topic. If your topic asks you to do several
things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things
listed.
2. The listed topics each have a certain presentation format or
writing genre with it (video, essay, poem, etc), and each topic
involves looking at a distinct form of presentation (oral speech,
novel, visual art, poetry, etc. And each topic involves some
sort of challenge or theme that is relevant to modern work and
life. Be creative and admire the creativity of others.
1. Follow the instructions below for what sources to use and
what formatting to use in layout and referencing. Avoid sources
that are not good academic quality for college writing

2. (Wikipedia is one example). Do NOT use any source that
provides or sells college essays.
Topic choices (pick 1):
· Harlem Renaissance Writers. Choose two different authors
from the Harlem Renaissance and one work by each author.
Write an essay that:
1. Describes each author’s role and importance within the
Harlem Renaissance. Discuss their literary careers and
relationships with other writers.
2. Summarize the main ideas from one work by each author,
using 8-10 sentences for each summary (two paragraphs total).
3. Describe their writing styles, the types of images and themes
they use in their work (one paragraph about each author).
4. Explain how these authors and their works have impacted
your own life. How will you apply their ideas to your career?
· Women Challenge their Audience.Essay. Lessons in Public
Speaking: Two women of very different backgrounds and
language skills gave effective speeches in the cause of
abolition. Read the speeches and the background of
them. Angelina Grimke Weld’s speech in Philadelphia in
1838: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/grimke.html
; the background of that speech is
at http://eloquentwoman.blogspot.com/2016/09/famous-
speech-friday-angelina-grimkes.html . Sojourner Truth’s
famous 1851 speech and its
background: https://www.nps.gov/articles/sojourner-
truth.htm . Also see background in chapter 29 (p986) of our
class text. Then write an essay that includes the following:
1. Biographical information for each woman, emphasizing
elements especially relevant to the speeches.
2. Describe the obstacles and limitations each faced that
normally would hinder the making of these speeches.
3. Using specific lines, show or illustrate effective speaking
methods that helped them connect to the audience.
4. Describe two lessons you learn from these examples that
could be of value to you for communications in your

3. professional life.
· What Price Progress?Essay: Economic Change and
Consequences. Chapter 28 of our class text has four short
reading selections from Charles Dickens, known for his literary
realism in the mid-1800s, when many struggled trying to adapt
to unrelenting economic changes. The readings are Old
Curiosity Shop (p.944); Sketches by Boz (p. 947); Dombey and
Son (p.951), and Hard Times (pp.952). Select just one of these
readings. Then write an essay that includes the following:
1. Summarize the main ideas in the selection you chose,
including the thesis or main point, and five important details.
2. Considering descriptions in our class text and other sources,
explain conditions in London at this time, including housing,
labor, and family life.
3. Define literary realism and show how Dickens uses the
technique in this selection. Identify Dickens’ reasons for
wanting changes for the struggling poor in London.
4. Describe two lessons you learn from this inquiry about the
problems and responsibilities and skills needed in facing
today’s unrelenting economic changes.