Taking part in an international meeting of students
Scenario
You are taking part in an international meeting of students from around the world. Its goal is to provide critical accounts of the identity and world views of the participants. The process involves each participant producing a creative art piece that demonstrates his or her identity and then providing an explanation of the significance of the piece to help everyone understand one another better.
Task
Write an essay in which you express your Canadian identity and world view, demonstrate your understanding of your “place” within Canada, and compare and contrast your world view with the prevalent world views of other Canadians.
Instructions
1. Use your critical-thinking process to reflect on your creative art piece in a 1,000-word essay containing an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. You must draw from the information provided in Modules 1, 2, and 3 and use appropriate terminology and concepts to support your reflection.
2. Insert your art piece in the space below. For the scanning procedure, refer to How to Make a Concept Map (course resources).
3. Insert in the spaces below the concept map and the outline that you created in your Final Evaluation Preparation.
4. The body of your essay should explain the symbolic importance of your art piece. Consider the following:
• What does your art piece convey about your identity, world view, and “place” within Canada?
• How is your world view similar to or different from the prevalent world views of other Canadians? (This part of your essay will likely incorporate some of the answers you found while doing your final evaluation preparation. Be sure to provide the definition of a world view and to explain how world views shape our lives.)
• Your concept map, which should reflect your world views as a Canadian.
5. Incorporate a minimum of three references (articles from the Text Collection, Workbook, or films you watched throughout the course) in your essay. Be sure to cite all of the sources (including your own) in the MLA style (described in the Study Guide) and to include a Works Cited list at the end of your essay. (This list is not part of the word count.)
6. In your essay, apply the revision strategies found in Guidelines for Revision Strategies (in the course resources), and use the checklists for the final exam.
7. Once you have finished your essay, write a 250-word paragraph at the end of this written exam to explain how you used the revision strategies and how they are reflected in your work.
