Purpose: To introduce your reader to 5-6 essays, presentations, or projects (AKA “artifacts”) that inform the way you currently think about your essay’s wicked question/problem. In other words, these should be important projects that you can remember and reflect upon.
My wicked question was … “What are some ways to use dance therapy’s positive effects to help people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds overcome social barriers and achieve general well-being?”
Types of Artifacts: Choose at least 1 artifact from each knowledge area. These may be essays, lab reports, presentations, or other projects from courses you have taken or internships you have completed. Be sure to include 5-6 artifacts.
Length: At least 5 paragraphs long. / Approximately 1,000+ words / Approximately 4-5 pages
Citations: Each artifact should be cited according to MLA or APA. You are the author. Include the title of the artifact, the date it was created, the course it was created for, and type of project it is (ex. Essay, PowerPoint, Lab Report, etc.). See the template that follows.
Note: Each artifact need not be directly related to the question you are addressing in your capstone essay. For instance, your question may be: How can we help teenagers to be more empathetic? You might reflect on an essay you wrote in an art history class about the Degas painting Two Laundresses, noting that the subject of this painting are women who are weary from work. Your essay may have examined Degas’s empathy for his working-class subjects. In your capstone essay, you will be proposing using artwork to help students tune into the problems of others.
Again, be sure to choose at least 5 artifacts, at least one from each of the 3 knowledge areas your
· Source 1: Artifact- Social experiment project for an entire semester (I had 2 mentors in my Counsel Underrepresented Stu BLK 420 course which supplied culturally sensitive counseling methods, and my perception of the importance of modified strategies improved significantly, which is vital when implementing dance therapy in mixed communities.)
Your last name, your first name. “Title of Your Paper: Subtitle of Your Paper.”
Date. Name of the Course, Institution, Type of Work.
Summary: [1 paragraph]
What is the purpose of the essay/project? What is its central claim or hypothesis? Explain what genre or type of project it is. What are its main pieces of evidence? What conclusions does it reach?
Evaluation/ Reflection: [1 paragraph]
Why did you choose to include this artifact in your capstone portfolio? Why are you proud of this work? How does this essay/project inform your capstone project?
Source 2: Artifact- Paper on The Black Woman BLK 221 where this class focused on the triad of race, gender, and identity, providing us with essential insights into the experiences of black women, and it underlined the classical importance of cultural sensitivity in designing dance therapy sessions.
Your last name, your first name. “Title of Your Paper: Subtitle of Your Paper.”
Date. Name of the Course, Institution, Type of Work.
Summary: [1 paragraph]
What is the purpose of the essay/project? What is its central claim or hypothesis? Explain what genre or type of project it is. What are its main pieces of evidence? What conclusions does it reach?
Evaluation/ Reflection: [1 paragraph]
Why did you choose to include this artifact in your capstone portfolio? Why are you proud of this work? How does this essay/project inform your capstone project?
Source 3: Artifact- Attended an event for spoken word on Hip Hop Culture BLK 372 where I gained an intimate knowledge of hip-hop culture, which I found to be a rich multicolored canvas where the dance was a medium for expression, and hence, the role of dance movement in the building of communities and identities authority became very clear to me, and these insights may be used in future dance therapy applications in cultural contexts.
Your last name, your first name. “Title of Your Paper: Subtitle of Your Paper.”
Date. Name of the Course, Institution, Type of Work.
Summary: [1 paragraph]
What is the purpose of the essay/project? What is its central claim or hypothesis? Explain what genre or type of project it is. What are its main pieces of evidence? What conclusions does it reach?
Evaluation/ Reflection: [1 paragraph]
Why did you choose to include this artifact in your capstone portfolio? Why are you proud of this work? How does this essay/project inform your capstone project?
Source 4: Presentation in Introduction to Theatre THE 235, this class helped me delve deeper into the wonderful ways the theatre can promote empathy and understanding made me realize the immense capability of art to bring about transformation, and helped me learn how to utilize dance as a tool for social change.
Your last name, your first name. “Title of Your Paper: Subtitle of Your Paper.”
Date. Name of the Course, Institution, Type of Work.
Summary: [1 paragraph]
What is the purpose of the essay/project? What is its central claim or hypothesis? Explain what genre or type of project it is. What are its main pieces of evidence? What conclusions does it reach?
Evaluation/ Reflection: [1 paragraph]
Why did you choose to include this artifact in your capstone portfolio? Why are you proud of this work? How does this essay/project inform your capstone project?
Source 5: Annotations of a reading in my Gender & Sexuality in Hip Hop WOM 324 course where, I learned how identity and representation connect, guiding activities for my inclusive dance therapy spaces.
Your last name, your first name. “Title of Your Paper: Subtitle of Your Paper.”
Date. Name of the Course, Institution, Type of Work.
Summary: [1 paragraph]
What is the purpose of the essay/project? What is its central claim or hypothesis? Explain what genre or type of project it is. What are its main pieces of evidence? What conclusions does it reach?
Evaluation/ Reflection: [1 paragraph]
Why did you choose to include this artifact in your capstone portfolio? Why are you proud of this work? How does this essay/project inform your capstone project?
