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 a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) 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: 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. 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. 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. What Price Progress? Essay:  Economic Change and Consequences. 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.946);   Sketches by Boz (p. 947); Dombey and Son  (p.951), and Hard Times (pp.952-953).  Select just one of these readings. Then write an essay that includes the following: Summarize the main ideas in the selection you chose, including the thesis or main point, and five important details. Considering descriptions in our class text and other sources, explain conditions in London at this time, including housing, labor, and family life. 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. Describe two lessons you learn from this inquiry about the problems and responsibilities and skills needed in facing today’s unrelenting economic changes. Other topic choice recommended and approved by the professor and supported by the grading rubric.  The Project Paper will be graded on: The level to which the instruction ...

1. 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 a three to four (3-4) page
paper (750-1,000 words) 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:
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.
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 presentatio n (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.
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.
What Price Progress?
Essay: Economic Change and Consequences.
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.946);
Sketches by Boz
(p. 947);
Dombey and Son
(p.951), and
Hard Times
(pp.952-953). Select just one of these readings. Then write an
essay that includes the following:
Summarize the main ideas in the selection you chose, including
the thesis or main point, and five important details.
Considering descriptions in our class text and other sources,
explain conditions in London at this time, including housing,
labor, and family life.
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.

3. Describe two lessons you learn from this inquiry about the
problems and responsibilities and skills needed in facing
today’s unrelenting economic changes.
Other topic choice recommended and
approved
by the professor and supported by the grading rubric.
The Project Paper will be graded on:
The level to which the instructions were followed.
The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were
addressed.
The adequacy of information, examples, and details which
support the general claim or main idea.
The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions.
Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, and
mechanics.
The inclusion and
use of the sources identified above for your topic (the Sayre text
book and any other sources/links given).
Also, the use of at least one other relevant, good quality
source found in our online Library. (Other sources not meeting
these criteria should not be used).
The sources used will be documented in your paper using the

4. SWS style (see below).
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
This course requires the use of
Strayer Writing Standards (SWS)
. The format is different than others Strayer University
courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS
documentation for details.
Include a title page containing the title of the assignment, your
name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date of
submission. The title page and the source list are not included
in the required length (750 words minimum). The body of the
paper must be double-spaced between lines and must use
paragraphing.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions
contribute to historical changes.
Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and
artistic expressions within a historical context.
Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and
socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic
expressions.
Identify major historical developments in world cultures
from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.

5. Use technology and information resources to research issues in
the study of world cultures.
Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper
writing mechanics.
What Price Progress?
Essay: Economic Change and Consequences.
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.946);
Sketches by Boz
(p. 947);
Dombey and Son
(p.951), and
Hard Times
(pp.952-953). Select just one of these readings. Then write an
essay that includes the following:
Summarize the main ideas in the selection you chose, including
the thesis or main point, and five important details.
Considering descriptions in our class text and other sources,
explain conditions in London at this time, including housing,
labor, and family life.

6. 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.
Describe two lessons you learn from this inquiry about the
problems and responsibilities and skills needed in facing
today’s unrelenting economic changes.
Other topic choice recommended and
approved
by the professor and supported by the grading rubric.
The Project Paper will be graded on:
The level to which the instructions were followed.
The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were
addressed.
The adequacy of information, examples, and details which
support the general claim or main idea.
The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions.
Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, and
mechanics.
The inclusion and
use of the sources identified above for your topic (the Sayre text
book and any other sources/links given).
Also, the use of at least one other relevant, good quality
source found in our online Library. (Other sources not meeting

7. these criteria should not be used).
The sources used will be documented in your paper using the
SWS style (see below).
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
This course requires the use of
Strayer Writing Standards (SWS)
. The format is different than others Strayer University
courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS
documentation for details.
Include a title page containing the title of the assignment, your
name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date of
submission. The title page and the source list are not included
in the required length (750 words minimum). The body of the
paper must be double-spaced between lines and must use
paragraphing.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions
contribute to historical changes.
Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and
artistic expressions within a historical context.
Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and
socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic
expressions.

8. Identify major historical developments in world cultures
from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
the study of world cultures.
Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper
writing mechanics