- "The Strike Zone" in Grading
- "Grading Gymnastics . . ."

Extra Credit Film / Lecture / Event Review Option (for up to 18 points)

(Please Note: For the Film / Lecture Review Option you must choose a feature-length film or a documentary relevant to the class that is not assigned in class.)

Extra Credit points are simply added to your total score.

- You may earn extra credit by writing a review of a public lecture or event, or by doing a film / lecture / event review on an optional qualifying film or video lecture presentation
- As mentioned in the "Note on Videos and Visual Anthropology"Arrow to external link one of the four main characteristics of American Anthropology Arrow to external link is fieldwork, and the next best thing to hopping a bus or plane is going to places and viewing subjects by film.
- Although in Global Cultures we view a substantial number of videos, in the area of Global Cultures many hundreds of quality films exist--including feature films, documentaries, "shorts," interesting YouTube vignettes.
  - For the Film / Lecture Review Option choose a feature-length film or a documentary that is not assigned in class and review it, as you might for a column in your college newspaper.
  - Recommended "Optional" and "Supplementary" videos are listed on your Canvas page "Topic Presentations" sections. This same information is also available for the semester on the "Video Schedule" page.
  - See also the information on reviewing films.
- Qualifying public lectures will be announced as opportunities arise. The public lectures extra credit option could include approved lectures available on-line from Open University type lectures available from some universities.
  - On-Line Lectures from Other Universities and Organizations.
- Extra credit Film / Lecture Reviews can receive up to 18 points -- if they are turned in on time.
  - NOTE: The Gradebook entry for Extra Credit requires that “out of zero” be used when setting up an Extra Credit assignment.
    Don't be distracted by that.
  - Extra Credit points are simply added to your total score.
  - AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?
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  - Boiled down to the essentials, the requirements for a review extra credit paper are fairly simple:
    - For the film / lecture / event review extra credit you need to watch/attend a film or a lecture
    - LENGTH: Your report should be a page and a half or so (about the length of a movie review in a newspaper or magazine), with two parts . . .
      - a summary of the film or lecture or event, and your reaction to and evaluation of it
      - additional information on style, length . . . xxx
      - If you have other films or lectures in mind, just check in with their titles or other information.
  - You may do two Extra Credit Film / Lecture / Event reviews
  - Upload your Extra Credit Paper(s) in your Week 13 Section
    - Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as Lunsford, Andrea A. (2015). The St. Martin's Handbook, Eighth Edition. New York: St. Martin's.
    - STYLE: For the Paper, academic
    - LENGTH: Your report should be a page and a half or so (about the length of a movie review in a newspaper or magazine), with two parts . . . (1) a summary of the film or lecture or event, and (2) your reaction to and evaluation of it
    - - doublespaced
      - with one-inch margins all around
      - with body type font 11 or 12
      - illustrations, tables, figures, diagrams . . . may be included, but must be properly placed and citedFORMAT: Any standard format and citation convention (APA, MLA, Turabian-Chicago . . . )

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- - - Other useful information is available on the "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page
    - For your footnotes, "bibliography" ("Works Cited" or "References"), and other matters like that, use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, the CMS (Chicago) style, or the CBE (Council of Biology Editors) style. Don't make up your own.