The Hypothetical
    The Republic of Amistan has brought an action in the International Court of Justice [ICJ] against Malevoland, for violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Both are parties to the convention. There is ample proof in expert reports and the media that Malevoland has targeted a religious minority group by: 1) Confining and, in some cases, executing the groups religious and political leaders who have resisted Malevolands assimilation policies, and 2) Removing children from the group to place them in camps where the children are forbidden from speaking the language of their group or engaging in other cultural practices. At this point it is unclear whether Malevoland intends to return the children. The ICJs jurisdiction in this matter, under article IX of the Genocide Convention, hinges on whether Malevolands actions amount to genocide under article II of the convention. You will conduct an interpretation

Annotated Bibliography (Part 1 of the Semester-long "Big Picture" project)

For your Bibliography, you need to provide a collection of at least twenty (20) resources that are related to your "Big Question" identified for your semester project and discussed in your "Big Question" journal entry. You should draw upon these sources as you seek an answer to your question. You should identify these sources through your own research.

Your sources can include Web sites, books, movies, YouTube clips, online photo archives, songs, etc. For those sources that are available through the Internet, include a link to the Web page, video, song, etc. in addition to the title of the source and the name of the author.  For those sources that can't be linked to on the Internet, you'll need to provide the full MLA style citation for the source (see The Citation Machine (Links to an external site.) ).

The majority of the sources should be from scholarly Web sites including ".edu" dom

After discussing in class, you will write a discussion post.  In the post, share three annotations with at least one from the Chapter on Surveys (Schensul & LeCompte, CHAPTER 9, PG 241) and an additional two from either of the short articles on quantification debates (1 Merry 2 Porter). What are some current debates and trends on quantification and give one or two ways in which these issues apply to your topic of research. Write a 350-400 word summary.

How is Western Christianity manipulated in American Supernatural Thrillers like It Follows to produce a social map of judgment and condemnation? Are these types of films extensions of religion? Why can't young people have sex outside of marriage? How is all this emotional maelstrom regarding sex ultimately linked to the Counterculture of the 1960s? Use my documentary link below on the 1978 American Horror film Halloween as an example that connects sex, the counterculture, and sin.

I've restated the information above as a numbered list to constitute the basic assignment rubric:

1.  How is Western Christianity manipulated in American Supernatural Thrillers like It Follows to produce a social map of judgment and condemnation?
2.  Are these types of films extensions of religion?
3.  Why can't young people have sex outside of marriage?
4.  How is all this emotional maelstrom regarding sex ultimately linked to the Counterculture of the 1960s?
5.&

How is Western Christianity manipulated in American Supernatural Thrillers like It Follows to produce a social map of judgment and condemnation? Are these types of films extensions of religion? Why can't young people have sex outside of marriage? How is all this emotional maelstrom regarding sex ultimately linked to the Counterculture of the 1960s? Use my documentary link below on the 1978 American Horror film Halloween as an example that connects sex, the counterculture, and sin.

I've restated the information above as a numbered list to constitute the basic assignment rubric:

1.  How is Western Christianity manipulated in American Supernatural Thrillers like It Follows to produce a social map of judgment and condemnation?
2.  Are these types of films extensions of religion?
3.  Why can't young people have sex outside of marriage?
4.  How is all this emotional maelstrom regarding sex ultimately linked to the Counterculture of the 1960s?
5.&

How is Western Christianity manipulated in American Supernatural Thrillers like It Follows to produce a social map of judgment and condemnation? Are these types of films extensions of religion? Why can't young people have sex outside of marriage? How is all this emotional maelstrom regarding sex ultimately linked to the Counterculture of the 1960s? Use my documentary link below on the 1978 American Horror film Halloween as an example that connects sex, the counterculture, and sin.

I've restated the information above as a numbered list to constitute the basic assignment rubric:

1.  How is Western Christianity manipulated in American Supernatural Thrillers like It Follows to produce a social map of judgment and condemnation?
2.  Are these types of films extensions of religion?
3.  Why can't young people have sex outside of marriage?
4.  How is all this emotional maelstrom regarding sex ultimately linked to the Counterculture of the 1960s?
5.&

Your Research Paper assignment is a 1200 to 2000 word (not counting your bibliography) informative research paper on a topic of your choosing, as long as it pertains to biological/physical anthropology. Font will be 12pt in Times New Roman (or something very similar), one-inch margins and double-spaced. I will require a header at the top each page with your name and class, in a similar fashion to the header at the top of this page. Please include page numbers on a corner of each page of your paper. Do not include a title page, rather a bolded title at the top of the first page (similar to this document). Do not over-space the top of the document. The format of your paper will be in accordance with the American Anthropology Association (AAA) style guide. I have posted the AAA style guide on Canvas.

Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to, evolutionary theory, primatology, paleopathology, human skeletal biology, genetic studies, forensics, etc. This can be a fun invest

Chapter 6
What were the liberal and conservative views on the power of art in society? How did they, respectively, think that art should be regulated? How did art and censorship become central to politics in the 1980s and 1990s? What were some of the big controversies and legal cases pertaining to music, movies, television, and the arts mentioned throughout this chapter? From your own experiences and having read this chapter, how do you feel about the power of art and about censorship? 

Chapter 4
What is your understanding of the "color line," as discussed throughout the chapter? What does "postracial" mean and how does the author argue that America did not become postracial after the Civil Rights Act and Voting Act supposedly brought about equality for blacks? Why weren't blacks ACTUALLY equal? Why is "colorblindness" an ineffective approach to creating legal policies in America? What was Affirmative Action meant to do and how was it contested? How did institutions, like universities, become a battleground in the fight for racial equality?

Please watch this SAGE Original Video Speeches in Action 15.1: Effective Informative Presentation.  https://edge.sagepub.com/edwards2e/student-resources/chapter-15/sage-original-video

1. After watching the video, provide the speaker with peer evaluations of his speech. For example, what could the speaker have done to make his speech more effective? What did you enjoy about his introduction? What could he have improved in his introduction? What transitions did the speaker use? Could the transitions have been better? If so, how? What signposts did the speaker use? Was the body of speech effective? Why? How? What could the speaker do to improve his conclusion? Was his clincher effective? If so, what did you like about it? If not, what could he use instead? Provide at least five (5) constructive criticisms to help this student improve his speech.
2. Chapter 5 discusses several listening problems that can make evaluating messages difficult. What listening problem(s) do you re