OVERVIEW

For the first part of the final project, the critical analysis portfolio, you will select an issue or event in globalization and critically analyze it through the four general education lenses: history, humanities, social sciences, and natural and applied sciences. 

By viewing the issue/event through these lenses, you will gain insight into how the interconnected nature of globalization affects society as well as both your own individual framework of perception and the choices, attitudes, and behaviors of others in the world around you. 

ASSIGNMENT

For this first assignment, select an issue or event to analyze through the four general education lenses stated above. Explain the issue or event and its relationship to globalization as well as describe its connection to all four lenses. 

Select one issue or event in globalization and write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses how this issue/event fits into the framework of global society and then addresses how each lens influences perceptions and attitudes toward the issue/event, globalization, and society. 

The paper should outline each lens’s impact and framing of the issue or event. 

Be sure to provide a working thesis statement and clear definitions for your key terms. 

Specifically, you must address the critical elements listed below. 

I. Introduction: You will compile a series of critical analyses of a single event or issue in globalization through the four general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences. 

     A. Topic: Using the four lenses, explain how an issue or event within globalization has or has not influenced modern society. 

II. Lens Connections: In this section of your assignment, you will describe the connections between your issue or event and each of the four general education lenses.

     A. What is the connection of your issue or event to the lens of history for determining its impact on various institutions? Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis. 

     B. What is the connection of your issue or event to the lens of the humanities? Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis. 

     C. What is the connection of your issue or event to the lens of the natural and applied sciences for determining its impact on various institutions? Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis. 

     D. What is the connection of your issue or event to the lens of the social sciences for determining its impact on various institutions? Utilize evidence from theory and research to support your analysis. Be sure to use evidence from research to support your responses.