Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes. • Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context. • Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures. • Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.