Viwing the Issue/Event through General Education Lenses

Overview: For the first part of your final project, the critical analysis portfolio, you will select an issue or event in wellness and critically analyze it through the
four general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences. By viewing the issue/event through these lenses, you will
gain insight into how the interconnected nature of wellness 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.
For this first milestone, due in Module Two, you will select an issue/event to analyze through the four general education lenses. You will explain the issue/event
and its relationship to wellness, as well as describe its connection to all four lenses.
Prompt: First, review the module resources you have so far encountered, as well as your work in Module One. In addition, it is suggested that you visit the IDS
402 Research LibGuide (linked in the Start Here section of your course) for guidance on how to select a topic. Select one issue/event in wellness and write a
paper that addresses how this issue/event fits into the framework of wellness, and then addresses how each lens influences perceptions and attitudes toward
the issue/event, wellness, and society. The paper should outline each lens’s impact and framing of the issue/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 issue/event in wellness 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/event within wellness has or has not influenced modern society.
II. Lens Connections: In this section of your assignment, you will describe the connections between your issue/event and each of the four general
education lenses.
A. What is the connection of your issue/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/event to the lens of the humanities for determining its impact on various institutions? Utilize evidence
from theory and research to support your analysis.
C. What is the connection of your issue/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/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 begin the research process early and use evidence from your research to support your responses. Refer to course resources, the LibGuide for
this class, and any other pertinent resources to support your responses. Although at least two sources are required for each lens, note that you may use
the same source for more than one lens if applicable. Relevant current news sources may be used with instructor approval. Incorporate instructor
feedback into your final project.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One should be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Word document. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and
one-inch margins. Begin building your references list for Final Project Part One, which requires you to support your responses with at least two sources for each
lens from the assigned course resources or other scholarly sources located independently via the Shapiro Library. Note that you may use the same source for
more than one lens if applicable. Cite your supporting sources in APA style.
Please note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Part One Rubric will include an
additional “Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission, as well as additional
elements to address.