Subject Asian Studies

Topic     Research Essay

Type      Essay

Level     High School

Style      APA

Sources                1

Language             English(U.S.)

Description

1. The first Presentation (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RmSxdpqfyFzt59Ie9PU5UCTkvpEBdMirUJnusCdX640/edit?usp=sharing): Racial Mixing in a Race War: Lessons from Japan.
2. The second presentation: Film: <Nanjing: Memory and Oblivion> : This film is about the history. 1937 Japanese aggression China. In August, Japanese soldiers attack Shanghai. Then in Dec.12, Japanese attach Nanjing. Because Japanese are stronger then Chinese at that time. They killed more than 300,000 Chinese in one month, including a lot of women and children.
3. Briefly summarize and describe the presentation and movie:%u0420%u2019%u0420%u2019 What was the primary argument, point, or claim? What main pieces of evidence, or examples did the speakers offer to support the primary argument?
4. Analyze them: What methodology did you see used in the presentations you chose? (Refer to the folder posted in our Blackboard course space for background and basic descriptions of research methodologies within the various disciplines.) What did you see as strengths of the methodology used? What could be challenges of this particular methodology? Note: You may also have noticed aspects of different methodologies used. Please include this in your analysis.
5. Explore the topic and/or methodology you found most interesting: Using library search engines, CHOOSE ONE of the presentations or movies from the workshop and find a recently published after 2005, peer-reviewed, scholarly article that is similar or closely connected to the topic and/or methodology.%u0420%u2019%u0420%u2019 %u0420%u2019%u0420%u2019
6. Make some connections: Students will need to briefly summarize their found article, including descriptions of its primary argument and the evidence and/or examples the author presents.%u0420%u2019%u0420%u2019 Then, describe the research methodology used in this scholarly article and examine how it compares to those of the presentations or film from our Asia 301 program.
7. Reflect: What have you learned from this assignment?%u0420%u2019%u0420%u2019 In a few sentences, offer any insight or perspective you may have gained from this exercise.

Spacing Double

Pages    4