Week 10: Tue 3.29/Thu 3.31 – Australia (No class—Spring Break)

The Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney

Week 10: Tue 3.29/Thu 3.31 – Australia (No class—Spring Break)

Upcoming:

Week 11: Tue 4.5/Thu 4.7 – New Zealand
Class: Multimedia presentations; Lecture—"Finding the Middle Ground: The Rogerian Argument
Due: ARISTOTELIAN ANALYSIS

Week 12: Tue 4.12/Thu 4.14 – Chile
Class: Multimedia presentations; Lecture—"Infographics: A How-To”
Due: REFLECTION 3 AND REFLECTION 4

Week 13: Tue 4.19/Thu 4.21 – Brazil*
Class: Multimedia presentations

*It is advised you be up to slide 4 in your Research Project this week

Week 14: Tue 4.26/Thu 4.28 – Mexico*
Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—“The Self-Reflection Essay and ePortfolio: A How-To”
Due: ROGERIAN ARGUMENT: INFOGRAPHIC -FIRST DRAFT I (NO TURN IN, BUT HAVE DRAFT 1 READY TO SHARE IN CLASS)

*It is advised you be up to slide 8 in your Research Project this week

Week 15: Tue 5.3/Thu 5.5 – Cuba*
Class: Multimedia presentations
Due: ROGERIAN ARGUMENT: INFOGRAPHIC -FINAL DRAFT

*It is advised you be up to slide 12 in your Research Project this week

Week 16: Tue 5.10/Thu 5.12 – The United States of America*
Class: Class wrap-up
Due: RESEARCH PROJECT

*Last regular class meeting of the semester

Final Exams:

Week 17: Sec. 12 Final Exam: Wed 5.18 from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. (Details TBD)
Due: SELF-REFLECTION ESSAY AND ePORTFOLIO (SUBMIT VIA CANVAS BY 8 P.M.)

Week 18: Sec. 14 Final Exam: Tue 5.24 from 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. (Details TBD)
Due: SELF-REFLECTION ESSAY AND ePORTFOLIO (SUBMIT VIA CANVAS BY 8 P.M.)

Final Research Project

For your final research project, you are tasked with creating marketing and fundraising collateral for a new, but fictional, international animal welfare organization to be aimed at a Gen Z audience. The goal is to create a compelling presentation promoting the organization’s mission and enticing potential donors.

Directions:

1. Choose one of the following animal issues:

• Trophy Hunting—Every year, thousands of wild animals around the globe are killed by hunters targeting, often endangered, animals for trophies and bragging rights.
• The Exotic Pet Trade—Though largely illegal, the exotic species trade has flourished in recent years, often with detrimental results for the owners, the animals, and the environment.
• Poaching—All around the world, illicit markets exist specializing in the trade of poached species, such as elephants and tigers.
• The Cetacean Trade—Cetacean transactions happen through an intricate, often shadowy, marketplace designed to match these animals with anyone who can afford them.
• Retiring Circus Animals—Animals that are charged with entertaining humans are often animals that suffer, especially in circuses. 
• Invasive Species—Whether done intentionally or not, the introduction of an invasive species into a new environment can wreak havoc.
  

2. Imagine a new organization dedicated specifically to one of the above causes—this will be the organization for whom you will create a presentation. Consider what your target audience would find most appealing.

3. Give your organization a:

1. Name: Name it so that your organization's purpose is clear (e.g. WWF: The World Wildlife Fund). Consider what kind of name Gen Zers would find attractive.
   
2. Mission Statement: What are the specific goals of your organization (and why)? These should be lofty goals, but also realistic. For example, instead of promising to eliminate tiger poaching completely, perhaps it's better to  focusing on reducing poaching on the Indian subcontinent by 30% in five years.
   

4. Create a 15-slide multimedia presentation designed to persuade fellow Gen Zers to support your cause—this is important because your target audience has its own unique characteristics.

Your presentation must:

• Have a cohesive, professional design—how does the overall design support your goal attracting young donors? Also, impeccable spelling and grammar are a must.
  
• Introduce your organization, including mission statement—what is you organization and what does it do?
• Contextualize the issue—what does this organization do for animals and why should Gen Zers care?
• Present 2-3 case studies—what are specific examples that might persuade your targeted donors? Your argument should be persuasive without relying on fallacies of logic.
• Address “common myths”—illustrate commonly misunderstood points associated with your specific cause.
• Include a "call to action"—an invitation to Gen Zers to join your cause, either in person or financially.
  
• Conclude with a persuasive argument—what is your closing argument to potential Gen Z donors?

Requirements:

• MLA Style, including parenthetical citation 
• Works Cited
  

Due: Thu 5.12 (Note: There is no submission window for this assignment)

Week 9: Tue 3.22/Thu 3.24 – Indonesia

The Borneo Lowland Rainforests, Kalimantan

Week 9: Tue 3.22/Thu 3.24 – Indonesia
Read: FOREVERS—Part 4: Up and Out
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations

Upcoming:

Week 10: Tue 3.29/Thu 3.31 – Australia (No class—Spring Break)

Week 11: Tue 4.5/Thu 4.7 – New Zealand
Class: Multimedia presentations; Lecture—"Finding the Middle Ground: The Rogerian Argument
Due: ARISTOTELIAN ANALYSIS

Week 8: Tue 3.15/Thu 3.17 – Japan

Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo

Week 8: Tue 3.15/Thu 3.17 – Japan
Read: FOREVERS—Part 3: A Little Wildness
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—"What’s the Appeal?: Aristotle’s Modes of Persuasion
Due: BURKE’S DRAMATISTIC PENTAD

Upcoming:

Week 9: Tue 3.22/Thu 3.24 – Indonesia
Read: FOREVERS—Part 4: Up and Out
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations
Due: ARISTOTELIAN ANALYSIS

Dramatistic Pentad

As a medium, film is tremendously influential in teaching American filmgoers about the world around them. Often an American’s first trip aboard comes courtesy of a film. For example, before we’ve set foot in Paris, we’ve likely already experienced the city in a movie. Burke’s Dramatistic Pentad offers us a useful tool for deciphering the motivations film scenes, including those of Americans overseas. Below you will find scenes from several films. You will use the Dramatistic Pentad to identify specific rhetorical elements in three of those scenes. Additionally, you will analyze how a specific ratio functions in all three scenes.

Directions:

1. Choose three scenes from below.
2. Using the Dramatistic Pentad, identify what you believe to be each of the five elements (agent, agency, etc.) for each of the three scenes (or “artifacts”)—see model below.
3. Choose one "ratio" to examine all three scenes—for example, scene-agent or act-purpose.
4. In one page, examine how your chosen ratio functions in each of the three scenes. For example, what is revealed by examining the scenes through this specific ratio? Are there similarities? What are the differences? You might also consider how this particular ratio informs us versus another.
   

Example:
Commercial: “Start the Day 'Write'” from Kellogg’s
Artifact Description: A boy sluggishly wakes up for school. After a bowl of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, he is more animated. Later, at school, the boy enthusiastically answers his teacher’s questions thanks to the boost he got from the cereal.

The Dramatistic Pentad:
1. Act: A boy’s morning sluggishness is only helped by eating a bowl of Frosted Flakes cereal.
2. Agency: With the goal to pep up her sleepy son, the boy’s mother purposefully serves him a sugary breakfast cereal.
3. Agent: The boy’s mother, who is motivated to wake her son up.
4. Scene: Split between his home and his classroom.
5. Purpose: The boy’s mother, needing an efficient means to ready her sleepy son for school, feeds him a bowl of sugary cereal.

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Choose three scenes from the following for your analysis:

"The Mouth of Truth" from Roman Holiday (1953)

"I'm Sally Bowles" from Cabaret (1972)

"The Slaughtered Lamb" from An American Werewolf in London (1981)

"Is this the Bus to Cartagena?" from Romancing the Stone (1984)

"So, I'm the Crude, Dumb, Vulgar American ..." from Before Sunrise (1995)
"I Don't Know Why People Say This Country is Civilized" from The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

"Are You Married?" from The Quiet American (2002)

"Suntory Time!" from Lost in Translation (2003)
"Dancing Queen" from Mamma Mia! (2008)

"He Got You a Suitcase?" from Leap Year (2010)

"Actually, Paris is the Most Beautiful in the Rain" from Midnight in Paris (2010)
"Is There Anything You Don't Know?" from Call Me By Your Name (2017)
"What Are You Doing?" from Midsommar (2019)

Required:

• MLA Style, plus works cited page

Submission Window: Thu 3.17 - Tue 3.22 (via Canvas)

Week 7: Tue 3.8/Thu 3.10 – India

The Taj Mahal, Agra

Week 7: Tue 3.8/Thu 3.10 – India
Read: FOREVERS—Part 2: The Business of Burning
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—“Inside the Narrative: Burke’s Dramatistic Pentad”

Upcoming:

Week 8: Tue 3.15/Thu 3.17 – Japan
Read: FOREVERS—Part 3: A Little Wildness
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—"What’s the Appeal?: Aristotle’s Modes of Persuasion
Due: BURKE’S DRAMATISTIC PENTAD