DAY and CE Prehistoric Cultures Extra Credit papers are due Friday, 7 December 2012
AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

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On-Line Writing Assistance

If you have not had a lot of experience writing term papers, this option provides an excellent opportunity to develop your writing skills. It also usually results in a higher grade for the course.

You may write on any topic related to this course, but your paper must reflect work and include materials not considered a normal part of this course.

Essentially the extra credit paper should be a "normal" term paper. In Prehistoric Cultures extra credit term papers usually run 8 - 12 pages, including a title page and a separate "Works Cited" or "References" page.

A-grade papers receive up to 90 - 100 points

B-grade papers receive 83 points

C-grade papers receive 73 points

"The Curve"

(*percentages will vary a little bit depending on the final number of Forum topics for the term)

Extra credit term papers:

• You may do one lecture extra credit lecture option and / or one extra credit term paper
  
  
• will not be accepted if they are late, unless you have received prior permission to hand in the paper after the deadline
  
  
• Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as Andrea Lunsford’s The St. Martin's Handbook, 6th Ed., (NY: St. Martin’s, 2008)
  
  
• Style: For the Paper, academic
  
  
• Format: Any standard format and citation convention (APA, MLA, Turabian-Chicago . . . )
  • doublespaced
  • with one-inch margins all around
  • with body type font 11 or 12
  • illustrations, tables, figures, diagrams . . . may be included, but must be properly placed and cited

• Or you can follow the Sociology-Anthropology Department writing guide on the web at <http://www.d.umn.edu/socanth/home/guideind.php>.
• Other web resources such as (the Purdue Online Writing Lab) <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/>
  
  
• or Paradigm Online Writing Assistant at <http://www.powa.org/>
  
  
• Other useful information is available on the "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page
  
  
• For your footnotes, "bibliography" ("Works Cited" or "References"), and other matters like that, use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, the CMS (Chicago) style, or the CBE (Council of Biology Editors) style. Don't make up your own

 

It is fine for you to begin a project by consulting with Wikipedia (and similar on-line sources of encyclopaedic-type information) but you should be aware that the Wikipedia entries are open-source and are not checked and verified in the same manner as other reference materials. And sometimes the entries are confusing (have a look at "Macedonia," for example). And Wikipedia, should you use it, should only be a starting point. Wikipedia more information on using Wikipedia in class A caution before citing Wikipedia Citing Wikipedia APA style MLA style Chicago style CBE/CSE Style Turabian style It is also OK to start out your research by consulting reference works such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and lexica, glosaries, other general reference works, and the like, but this stage should only be a preliminary preparation for more focused and in-depth research work. For a college research paper you should also have a look at other references, either traditional materials from the library, or on-line materials from sources like UMD E-Journal Locator, JSTOR, etc., or books and manuscripts On-Line. That is to say Wikipedia and the other reference-type sources listed should not be your only source of information. And you must add your own evaluations, comparisons, development, criticisms, critiques, and the like to any reference materials used. Simply cutting and pasting information from sources is not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of either a required or extra-credit research paper. Your paper should reflect a synthesis and evaluation of materials researched.

On-line Resources which might be helpful include:

• Infotrac®
• JSTOR©
• LEXIS-NEXIS®
• Soc-Anth-Hum/Cl-Cultural Studies Search Engines and Reference Works
• UMD On-Line Library Resources
• General Reference Works
• Books and Manuscripts On-Line

for your research papers try the UMD Library > Research Tools and Resources > Assignment Calculator <http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/assign/>   Paper is due to assigment area

APA Sample Papers Sample APA Paper: Definitions of Online Communication Sample APA Paper: Adolescent Depression MLA Sample Papers MLA Undergraduate Sample Paper: Andrew Carnegie MLA Sample Papers: Nineteenth Century Farming Handbooks

call your file your emailname_paper_name
something like this: rouf0013_Hobbits

Handing in Extra Credit Papers
  Information on Uploading your Files

DAY and CE Prehistoric Cultures Extra Credit papers are due Friday, 7 December 2012
AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

You may do one lecture extra credit lecture option and / or one extra credit term paper

Extra Credit Film / Lecture Review Option

On-line Lectures, Movies, and Videos

(Please Note: For the Film / Lecture Review Option you must choose a feature-length film or a documentary relevant to the class that is not assigned in class.)

As mentioned in the "Note on Videos and Visual Anthropology" one of the four main characteristics of American Anthropology is fieldwork, and the next best thing to hopping a bus or plane is going to places and viewing subjects by film.

Although in Prehistoric Cultures we view a substantial number of videos, in the area of Prehistoric Cultures many hundreds of quality films exist--including feature films, documentaries, "shorts," interesting YouTube vignettes.

For the Film / Lecture Review Option choose a feature-length film or a documentary that is not assigned in class and review it, as you might for a column in your college newspaper.

Recommended "Optional" and "Supplementary" videos are listed on the class Video Page. This same information is also available for the semester on the "Video Schedule" pages (DAY Video Schedule) (CE Video Schedule).

Feature-length films and major documentaries (that qualify for Extra Credit) are listed on the class video page.

Public lectures are often given at the Depot in Duluth, at the Fairlawn Mansion and Museum in Superior, and on the college campuses in the Twin Ports area. You can receive extra credit by attending a public lecture relating to Prehistoric Cultures, and writing up a brief paper on the event. Qualifying lectures will be announced in class and on your personal e-mail account as opportunities arise.

The public lectures extra credit option could include approved lectures available on-line from Open University type lectures availble from some universities.

See, for e.g. . . .

A-grade papers receive up to 28 - 30 points

B-grade papers receive 25 points

C-grade papers receive 20 points

"The Curve"

(*percentages will vary a little bit depending on the final number of Forum topics for the term)

A public lecture summary paper should contain at least two parts:

• You may do one lecture extra credit lecture option and / or one extra credit term paper
  
  
• reviews may be short (two to three well-written high-quality pages)
  
  
  • figure about 250 words per normal double-spaced page with one-inch margins and 11 or 12 point fonts
    
    
• are due within forty-eight hours of the event
  
  
• Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as Andrea Lunsford’s The St. Martin's Handbook, 6th Ed., (NY: St. Martin’s, 2008)
  
  
• Style: For the Paper, academic
  
  
• Format: Any standard format and citation convention (APA, MLA, Turabian-Chicago . . . )
  • doublespaced
  • with one-inch margins all around
  • with body type font 11 or 12
  • illustrations, tables, figures, diagrams . . . may be included, but must be properly placed and cited

• Or you can follow the Sociology-Anthropology Department writing guide on the web at <http://www.d.umn.edu/socanth/home/guideind.php>.
• Other web resources such as (the Purdue Online Writing Lab) <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/>
  
  
• or Paradigm Online Writing Assistant at <http://www.powa.org/>
  
  
• Other useful information is available on the "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page
  
  
• For your footnotes, "bibliography" ("Works Cited" or "References"), and other matters like that, use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, the CMS (Chicago) style, or the CBE (Council of Biology Editors) style. Don't make up your own

for your research papers try the UMD Library > Research Tools and Resources > Assignment Calculator <http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/assign/>   Paper is due to assigment area

Handing in Extra Credit Papers
  Information on Uploading your Files

DAY and CE Prehistoric Cultures Extra Credit papers are due Friday, 7 December 2012
AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

Manuscript outline and format suggestions
Handing in Extra Credit Papers
On-Line Writing Assistance

• Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as Andrea Lunsford’s The St. Martin's Handbook, 6th Ed., (NY: St. Martin’s, 2008)
  
  
• Or you can follow the Sociology-Anthropology Department writing guide on the web at <http://www.d.umn.edu/socanth/home/guideind.php>.
• Other web resources such as (the Purdue Online Writing Lab) <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/>
  
  
• or Paradigm Online Writing Assistant at <http://www.powa.org/>
  
  
• Other useful information is available on the "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page
  
  
• For your footnotes, "bibliography" ("Works Cited" or "References"), and other matters like that, use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, the CMS (Chicago) style, or the CBE (Council of Biology Editors) style. Don't make up your own

  APA Sample Papers Sample APA Paper: Definitions of Online Communication Sample APA Paper: Adolescent Depression MLA Sample Papers MLA Undergraduate Sample Paper: Andrew Carnegie MLA Sample Papers: Nineteenth Century Farming Handbooks

  for your research papers try the UMD Library > Research Tools and Resources > Assignment Calculator <http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/assign/>   Paper is due to assigment area

  call your file your emailname_paper_name
  something like this: rouf0013_Hobbits
  

  Handing in Extra Credit Papers
    Information on Uploading your Files

  DAY and CE Prehistoric Cultures Extra Credit papers are due Friday, 7 December 2012
  AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.
  

  You may do one lecture extra credit lecture option and / or one extra credit term paper

[more information on your title]

"The Hobbit":

Small Creatures Make Big Waves

in Prehistoric Cultures




by George Bush, Jr.




Prehistoric Cultures

Extra Credit

Professor Roufs

02 December 2024

[more information on an Introduction]

Put your paragraph(s) summarizing the Texas A & M WebSite (Anthropology in the News) here.

Put a transitional statement about finding a item of interest here that's a good example of some current trend or new discovery.

Body [Give this section an interesting subtitle, something other than "Body"]

Describe and discuss your chosen topic(s) here. (If you do a comparison / contrast paper you will need more than one topic, otherwise a single topic is fine.) Use some form of organizational structure. The "Journalist's Questions," Who,What, When, Where, How and Why are often helpful. Use the Paradigm Online Writing Assistant if you do not have much experience writing college papers. Conclusions

Put your conclusions here.