Instruction
Paper 1:
In an essay of about 4-6 full paragraphs (4-5 sentences each):
Use reliable, scholarly sources from UMUC's library, when possible, to help you choose five objects that represent your group and explain their significance to the story of how they relate to the group's history. For instance, if your groups was Hackers in the U.S. in the 1980s, you might include a push button telephone as an item of material culture and explain its significance to the history of the group by talking about the history of phreaking or a famous phreaker in hacker culture.
Rely on some of the information in Weeks 2 and 3's Learning Resources and Discussions about Material Culture and History to inform your decisions and explanations.
Cite your sources using MLA format.
Carefully edit and proof your essay for standard use of English.
Paper 2:
In an essay of about 5-7 full paragraphs (4-5 sentences each):
Use reliable, scholarly sources from UMUC's library to help you describe or tell your group's origin story, its creation myth. Remember that this is myth, not history, so compose the creation story as such. In other words, mythologize the history of the group's beginnings. It does not have to be true, but it should be rooted in some kind of actual historical event.
Include elements of creation myths that you discovered in Week 4's Learning Resources and Discussions.
In your creation myth, include one or more of the group's "others" whether they be monsters, villains, or enemies using some of the information you learned in Week 5's learning resources. Against whom does your group define themselves and why? This "other" should have some roots in the actual history of the group. For instance, hackers might define themselves against cyber security experts, who could be made into an "other" in the story.
Cite your sources using MLA style.
Carefully edit and proof your essay for standard use of English.