University of Maryland African American Transgender Adolescents Discussion

Final Project, Part 1. Selection of Topic.

This part of the final project is your choice of topic.

Choose one of the following subjects or propose one of your own.

• One particular emotion or state of mind such as anger, jealousy, fear, gratitude, confusion, etc.
• One specific fairy tale, myth, fable, or classic story
• One religious or spiritual lesson or belief such as humility, hope, enlightenment, renunciation, reincarnation, the Trinity, the eight-fold path, ahimsa (non-violence), etc.
• One political or social theme such as social justice and injustice, social inequality, social progress, political conflict, etc.
• One form of cultural/societal identity such as race, sexual-orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, or class, or you could combine two of these such as “black women,” or “Chinese-American fathers,” or “LGBTQ Native-Americans.”
• A specific fictional character such as a character from a novel, play or film or a specific public personality such as a news anchor, a reporter, a politician etc.
• One natural force or element of the natural world, like a kind of weather (snow, rain, sun), an animal (cat, dog, horse), a kind of landscape (mountain, oceanic, desert), etc.

Explain two reasons for your choice in a short paragraph of 4-5 sentences. Be sure to include the significance of your choice to your own thinking about the world and/or its cultural significance.

STOP: Before you hand in your assignment, make sure to ask yourself the following questions:

1. Have I clearly identified an appropriate topic?
2. Have I explained two reasons for my choice explaining the significance of the choice to my own thinking about the world and/or the topic’s cultural significance?
3. Have I edited and proofread my writing for grammatical, structural, and spelling errors that might impede someone from understanding what I am trying to say?

Due Date for Part 1: This submission is due during Week 3, with the final day of submission being the Tuesday of the third week (11:30pm ET). Please see the Course Schedule for the exact final due date for this submission. The submission should be carefully edited and proofed for standard use of English.