Your final project for the course is to create a virtual time capsule that will be opened 100 years in the future. The time capsule should provide an overview of life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It must include: 1) a letter describing your daily life and dreams, 2) a discussion of morality, 3) your definition of happiness, and artifacts representing 4) literature, 5) art/architecture, 6) music, 7) film, and 8) popular culture. You must explain and justify the inclusion of each artifact. The project is due at the end of Unit 9 and should be submitted as a Word document through the assignment Dropbox.

1. Your Final Project for this course will be a virtual time capsule. A time capsule is a grouping of items for future
discovery. For our purposes, we will imagine that our time capsule will be buried at the end of the course and
opened 100 years later. The goal of our capsule is to provide an overview of what you believe future
generations should remember about the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The project can be
composed in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint. It can include multimedia if you wish. It should include the following
eight parts:
1. A letter of introduction to tell someone in the future about your day-to-day life. What is your
daily experience? Tell this person about your habits, your customs, your feelings about our present
time, and your dreams for the future.
2. An example of morality and decision-making in current culture in 100 words or more.
3. Your definition of happiness in 100 words or more, including how you came to this view.
Next, you will also choose an artifact for each of the following areas (4-8). You will explain the item in
one paragraph, giving it context, and describing it. Then spend at least one paragraph justifying
its inclusion in the time capsule: Why is this item worth preserving for the future, and what does it
communicate about our culture today? Why this object above all the other possibilities?
4. A significant literary work (poem, short story, play, or novel.)
5. A significant example of art or architecture.
6. A significant song or group of songs.
7. A significant film.
8. A significant item from popular culture (a toy, gadget, fad, etc.)
Please feel free to include examples that you discovered in our studies this term. Challenge yourself to choose
items that might be valuable for the future, though they might not necessarily be your favorites. Cite sources if
you use them. As always, contact your instructor if you have questions.
Your final project must be original work written for this class. This means that you must be the author
(turning in a project written by someone else is plagiarism and will not be tolerated) and you must not have
turned in your project (or another version of it) for a grade in another class.
The final project will be due at the end of Unit 9.
Submitting Your Assignment
Put your project in a Word document. Save it in a location and with a name that you will remember.
When you are ready to submit it, click on the Dropbox and complete the steps below:
Click the link that says Submit an Assignment.
In the “Submit to Basket” menu, select Unit 9: Project.
In the “Comments” field, include at least the title of your paper.
Click the Add Attachments button.
Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document.
To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your
instructor has evaluated it.Click the Dropbox to access it.
Make sure that you save a copy of your submitted assignment.