1. Read the articles on Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, and Caster Semenya.
2. Watch the Life and Times of Sarah Baartman documentary.
3. Write a reflection of 1000-1200 words on the similarities and/or differences in the manner in which Sarah Baartman, Michelle Obama, Caster Semenya, and Serena Williams have been described/talked about in public space.
4. Please note that you are required to have at least two sources with APA citation style given in-text (within your discussion), plus full citations at the bottom of your posted discussion. You are free to cite any other sources, including the sources assigned for this assignment readings. You will lose points if you do not follow the APA citation style.

• Cultural Informative Speech Outline Instructions Assessment  Overview You are required to create a cultural informative speech delivery outline for your second speech. This speech is an assessment of the skills and abilities that you acquired from the Understanding Human Communication textbook (chapters 3 and 11-13) and the lectures. You are required to use the topic that you posted in the discussion boards from Learning Module Two. You are also required to research cultural values and to explain the cultural values through analysis. You must pick a culture or co-culture that is different and distinct from your culture. Use information obtained in the course textbook and research to analyze three of the following cultural values:    High-Low context   Individualism – Collectivism    High-Low Power Distance   Masculinity – Femininity   Competitive and Cooperative   Talk-Silence   Uncertainty Avoidance  Additionally, you must identify how the cultural values are displayed or practiced within the culture through verbal and nonverbal means. Research is required for this speech and you must locate at least two different sources from the CCBC Library and a total of four sources to integrate into your speech. You cannot use Wikipedia, About.com, or E-how. If you decide to use sources from the Internet, remember to evaluate your sources. You should consider using CCBC’s Research Guide: Countries and Cultures. Navigate to the CCBC Library at http://libraryguides.ccbcmd.edu/countries  Format: You must have four sections of your outline (Introduction, Body, Conclusion, and Bibliography) and each section must have the appropriate heading. This outline must be in full sentence format.  The introduction and Conclusion must have Roman Numerals next to each of the elements in the section. Each element must be on a separate line. The main points in the body of the outline must have Roman Numerals, and the supporting details must have uppercase letters. The supporting details and sub-supporting details must be Arabic numbers and lowercase letters. You can review the sample outlines in the Learning Module Two – Public Speaking Tools folder. Just remember that you have to adjust your outline to this assignment.   Nonverbal behavior: Indicate nonverbal signals throughout your outline.   Introduction: You must have the following elements in the Introduction. First, attention getter/grabber, second: credibility, third: thesis, and last: preview. Each element must be separate and have a Roman Numeral next to it. Please see the example below.
• Example:   Introduction I. Believe it or not, chocolate is good for us to eat! (Look at audience and smile!) II. Not only am I a chocolate lover, I am a professional baker and I specialized in chocolate desserts.  III. There are many benefits of eating chocolate.  IV. Today, I’ll explain the health benefits and psychological benefits of eating chocolate.   Body: You can only use one organization pattern to organize your main points and your main points must be parallel. You must have between two to five main points that are subdivided. Each main point should have at minimum two supporting points and at maximum five supporting points. You must consistently separate all points (main, supporting, sub-supporting, etc.) by using the appropriate Roman Numerals, uppercase letters, Arabic numbers, and lowercase letters. All supporting points and sub-supporting points must be indented appropriately.  All transitions, internal summaries, or reviews and signposts must be in either brackets or parentheses. (If you use material or information from another source, please do not forget to cite your source.)   Conclusion: You must have the following elements in your conclusion. First, review the preview, then write the memorable thought and last include thank you. Again, all elements must be separate and have a Roman Numeral next to it. Please see the example below:   Example:   Conclusion I. You should now know the health and psychological benefits of eating chocolate.  II. A quote from Michael Levine in Brenner’s text The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars. “Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world’s perfect food.” (Walk to center of room and smile!) III. Thank you  Bibliography  Brenner, Joel. The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars. New York, NY:    Broadway Books. 2000. Print.   Citation: You must use MLA 8 citation style for the bibliography. However, you should integrate your citations within the other sections of your outline. Remember, if you cite a source within the introduction, body, or conclusion it must appear on your bibliography page. If you have sources on your bibliography page, then they must appear in either the introduction, body, or conclusion.

300 words answer one of this questiond from the attach document  Include references and citations where necessary

Please answer one of the following questions:

1. Many people believe the failure of Reconstruction was primarily a failure of leadership; how might of the outcome of Reconstruction been different had Lincoln lived? (Chapter 15)
2. Why did white southerners (and groups like the KKK) use terror as a weapon in their journey to regain political control of the South? (Chapter 15)
3. In 1865 the South began to enact Black Codes targeting freed slaves; how can this action be considered a turning point in Reconstruction? (Chapter 15)

Must follow instructions exactly as described also must review grading rubric before starting which will be provided. Must be willing to send preview two days prior to due date. 

Overview

For this essay, you will need to interview a person who experienced one of the historical events listed below. From your interview, you will write an analytical essay to relate the interview and its historical context.

Instructions

Follow these instructions to complete your essay:

1. Choose an individual to collect an oral history of their experiences of one or more of the historical events listed below (remember, these can overlap depending on the time). This individual can be a family member, a friend, a community member, an educator or anyone else who lived through or has direct knowledge about this selected time and its legacies:
   1. Living under Jim Crow
   2. The Great Migration
   3. The Civil Rights Movement
2. Follow these guidelines when collecting your oral history:
   1. Be clear in your own mind what you want to find out.
      • Only conduct your interview after you have completed the associated learning module so you know a little more about your subject of inquiry. Bring along or share other sources of information that you have, such as news clippings, photographs, or course readings. Also, ask your source to bring anything they can share with you, such as a scrapbook, a photo album, or other important media. These materials can help spark memories or deepen the conversation.
   2. Acquire Informed Consent.
      • Please make sure you explain to the interviewee prior to the conversation the purpose of the interview, what you hope to accomplish, and that you will only use what is spoken about for the oral history essay you have been assigned for class. Tell them why you selected them and what you hope to find out. Then explicitly as for their verbal permission or consent to undertake the interview. You are required to keep the conversation anonymous and not share any of the information to anyone other than your instructor via your essay. If you choose to use a tape recorder, you must ask for permission to record the conversation and once you have used the data obtained from the recording, you must destroy the content of the recording. Again, you are only allowed to use this information for the purposes of this class assignment.
   3. Create a list of questions to use as a guide.
      • Use open-ended questions rather than general questions that can only be answered by “yes” or “no”. For example, “What are some of the things that you can remember happening to you at school?” NOT “Do you remember what happened to you this school year?” These questions are meant to help prompt your source to begin discussing their experiences.
   4. You do not have to follow your list exactly.
      • Undertaking a semi-structured interview means that you only use your list of questions as a guide. Anticipate that the conversation will flow organically out of these questions, but may go in a different direction than you originally intended. It is important that you learn from the information being conveyed to you so some interesting items will emerge that you might not have thought to ask about. Of course, if the conversation gets seriously off topic, then you can bring it back using another question on your list.
   5. You do not have to write everything that is said.
      • It is important not to distract yourself with writing down every word that the interviewee says, but rather to take short notes to remind yourself about what was said after the interview is over. Sit down and write out what the person said as soon after the interview as possible. Remember to also right notes about your own impressions, feelings, and reflections about what was said. If you have access to a tape recorder you can use it during the interview and transcribe what was said later, again not necessarily transcribing each and every word that was said, but point to things that made an impression on you.
3. Write an analytical essay about your oral history. Your essay must include all of the following components, in no particular order:
   1. In Module Two, Paul E. Lovejoy introduces us to the importance of methodology in the consideration of African American histories.
      1. You must provide the context for your interview by framing the historical period/moment in your own words, drawing from your knowledge gained in the course. Please cite all sources used.
      2. Position your oral history as a text that contributes to the production of knowledge within African American Studies. What do oral histories offer us as we attempt to redress the silence of African American experiences within the dominant canon of U.S. history? How can oral histories be viewed as a “revisionist” approach to the historical study of Jim Crow, the Great Migration, and/or the Civil Rights Movement?
      3. What are some methodological considerations that you must attend to in writing an oral history? Do you focus on demographic details in determining the why, when, and how of individual lives? Do you focus on geography and the spatial aspects of social relationships? To what extent might you weave into the story biographical accounts? A sociological analysis of the process by which individuals formed new communities and new identities? How might you “unpack” the use of categories and labels “in context”? How might you manage the problem of chronology and time? (Please review Lovejoy’s discussion and Chapter Two lecture presentation, as well as the WPA Slave Narratives readings).
   2. You must then share the selected parts of your oral history that stood out or made an impression on you. Tell us a bit about your interviewee and the experience s/he shared with you. What new information did you learn? How has your understanding of the topic deepened? Be specific.
      1. Use Chapter Three of CG Fleming’s Soon We Will Not Cry as a model for how to write from an oral history. You must analyze the information gained through applying concepts, ideas, and arguments encountered in the course.
      2. Reflect upon what you learned from undertaking an oral history? Why do you think oral histories are important to your understanding of the topic at hand? What did you learn that no academic reading could teach you?
   3. To what extent does your oral history help to correct the largely absent “herstory” of African American Studies? Beverly Guy-Sheftal urges “a new angle of vision” and “new questions” to be asked when taking a black feminist approach to African American Studies. What new questions might offset the dominant conceptual frameworks that have been shaped by a “hegemonic black nationalist discourse” that conceptualizes black liberation as heavily focused on “recuperating black manhood, constructing patriarchal families, and ending racism,” while at the same time silencing other intersecting forms of oppression (gender, class, sexuality)? Can you provide an analysis for how gender, race, and class intersect in the experience of your interviewee?
   4. Please attach a bibliography and your list of questions as an appendix to your final essay (Note: not included in the 7 page minimum).
4. Format your essay according to these guidelines:
   • Length: 5-7 pages
   • Line spacing: double-spaced
   • Font: 12-point Times New Roman
   • Margins: 1-inch
   • Footer and/or header: include your name and page numbers
   • Bibliography: follow the APA Formatting and Style Guide; this is not included in the page minimum.
   • File format: .doc or .docx
   • File name: “yourname_essay2”