Part 1
Forum 2: Debate on Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (http://www.siecus.org/) (SIECUS) recommends a comprehensive approach to sexuality Education. Read the article Pop Culture Sex Ed: What Media Teaches Us About Sexual Health (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deb-levine/sex-ed_b_859192.html), and reflect on the questions, “At what age should sexuality Education begin in a public school setting? Is public or community Education an appropriate manner to teach sexuality? What should the curriculum include or exclude? Who should be responsible for developing and approving the curriculum?” Respectfully debate these questions with your peers.
Initial posts due 11:59 PM on Wednesday, 2 reply posts due 11:59 PM on Sunday. Initial posts must be a minimum of 250 words, reply posts a minimum of 150 words.
Criteria/ 200 Level Forum Rubric
Possible Points
Student Points
Initial post
Analyzed the question(s), fact(s), issue(s), etc. and provided well-reasoned and substantive answers.
20
Supported ideas and responses using appropriate examples and references from texts, professional and/or academic websites, and other references. (All references must be from professional and/or academic sources. Websites such as Wikipedia, about.com, and others such as these are NOT acceptable.)
20
Post meets the 250 word minimum requirement and is free from spelling/grammar errors
10
Timeliness: initial post meets the Wed deadline
10
Replies
Participated in the discussion by replying to a minimum of 2 classmates, asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with rationale, challenging a point of discussion, or making a relationship between one or more points of the discussion. Each reply post is unique and original in nature and meets the required minimum word count of 150 words
Reply #1
20
Reply #2
20
100
Part 2
Assignment 2: Popular Culture’s Perceptions of Sexuality and Elderly People
Complete a web search to find a cartoon or advertisement in the popular media that conveys an image or message related to sexuality and older people. Examine the medium’s portrayal of sexuality in older adults by answering the following questions. Also, attach or provide the url of your cartoon or advertisement with your assignment submission.
Using a minimum of 1000 words, answer the following questions. Be sure to use two references, other than your media item, to support your work. Your job is to convince me that you have a clear understanding of the issues surrounding sexuality and the elderly.
What is the message of the popular media cartoon, or advertisement?
What examples of physiological, psychological, or social aspects of sexual development are conveyed? Explain.
All assignments and forums in the class are designed for you to demonstrate your understanding and your knowledge of the material content. It is never acceptable or appropriate to simply provide information that is copied and pasted from a source any source. Even if the information were cited properly, copying and pasting does not demonstrate knowledge.
All assignments are submitted to Turnitin, which is a plagiarism checking tool. Any assignment receiving a score of 30% or better raises serious concerns about the originality of your work. An originality score should generally be no more than 20%. Originality scores between 20 and 50% will be graded with a point deduction. Any originality score over 50% after review will be graded with a 0. Please keep this in mind as you are submitting work.
Grading Rubric
Week 2 Assignment: Popular Culture’s Perceptions of Sexuality and Aging
Possible points
Student points and instructor feedback
The message of the media/cartoon/advertisement is discussed.
20
Examples of physiological, psychological, or social aspects of sexual development are clearly conveyed and evaluated.
40
Responses are thoughtful and engaging. The writer includes his/her unique experiences or view of the world as a basis for writing or to connect ideas in interesting ways.
10
At minimum, 2 appropriate references are used to support the writing and are listed according to APA 6th ed. formatting style.
Citations are included in the body of the paper to show how and where the references are used.
10
Writing Structure is clear and follows spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation rules.
10
Writing assignment meets the minimum 1000-word count requirement.
10
Total
100
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