- For your Week 3 paper, explore American foodways related to the Thanksgiving holiday, and compare and contrast them to the foodways of one non-industrial society of your choosing.
- To remind you, foodways are described on page 97 of Chapter 5 in the textbook.
- What must be in your own familys Thanksgiving meal? What is typical in an American familys meal? What cant be in your own familys Thanksgiving meal? How much of the Thanksgiving meal is produced/cultivated/grown by the people eating the meal, either in your family or in a typical American family? What is the gender division of labor of a typical American familys Thanksgiving meal? How does that compare with the gender division of labor of your familys Thanksgiving meal?
- Compare and Contrast these observations regarding an American Thanksgiving meal with observations of foodways of a non-industrial society of your choosing. What does a typical meal of your chosen non-industrial society look like? What does a celebratory meal of your chosen non-industrial society look like? How much of the typical or celebratory meal of your chosen non-industrial society is produced/cultivated/grown by the people eating the meal? What is the gender division of labor of a typical meal of your chosen non-industrial society?
- Create a 1-to-3-page, double-spaced paper describing the foodways. The paper must be formatted in APA Style, with an APA-Style title page, page numbers in the upper right, headings, parenthetical in-text citations, and a reference page. The headings must be centered on the line and formatted in bold and in title case. Include at least the following headings: Thanksgiving Holiday American Foodways, Foodways of (name the non-industrial society), and Conclusion.
- Paraphrase or quote and cite from the textbook and from at least one additional scholarly, outside source to support your points in the paper.
Rubric
Week 3: Foodways Assignment_ANT300Week 3: Foodways Assignment_ANT300CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeObservations (25%)Submission includes detailed observations of foodways of American Thanksgiving holidays and of foodways of a non-industrial society.25 ptsExemplary (25%)Meets all guidelines with no errors.20 ptsAccomplished (20%)Meets all guidelines; contains minor errors.18 ptsAcceptable (18%)Meets some of the guidelines; contains major errors.15 ptsInadequate (15%)Does not meet the guideline.0 ptsNo Submission25 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnalysis (50%)Paraphrases or quotations from the textbook are included to support points. Paraphrases or quotations from at least one outside scholarly source are included to support points. Foodways of Americans at Thanksgiving and of a non-industrial society are compared and contrasted in detail.50 ptsExemplary (50%)Meets all guidelines with no errors.45 ptsAccomplished (45%)Meets all guidelines; contains minor errors.35 ptsAcceptable (35%)Meets some of the guidelines; contains major errors.30 ptsInadequate (30%)Does not meet the guideline.0 ptsNo Submission50 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA (15%)Assigned number of sources are included in the submission.
Research cited is credible, scholarly, recent, and relevant.
Citations (both full and in-text) are in standard APA formatting, both within the body of the paper, and in a clear and corresponding full-citation on a separate references page.15 ptsExemplary (15%)Meets all guidelines with no errors.13 ptsAccomplished (13%)Meets all guidelines; contains minor errors.10 ptsAcceptable (10%)Meets some of the guidelines; contains major errors.5 ptsInadequate (5%)Does not meet the guideline.0 ptsNo Submission15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFormatting (10%)Submission meets length requirement.
Submission is in standard APA formatting (12 pt font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins)10 ptsExemplary (10%)Meets all guidelines with no errors.8 ptsAccomplished (8%)Meets all guidelines; contains minor errors.6 ptsAcceptable (6%)Meets some of the guidelines; contains major errors.4 ptsInadequate (4%)Does not meet the guideline.0 ptsNo Submission10 pts
Total Points: 100
