IDS 403 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.

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 403 LibGuide for guidance on how to select a topic. Select one issue or event in technology and write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses how this issue/event fits into the framework of technology and then addresses how each lens influences perceptions and attitudes toward the issue/event, technology, 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 technology 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 technology 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 begin the research process early and use evidence from your research to support your responses.

Refer to course resources, the LibGuide for this class, as well as 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.

Milestone Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Final Project Milestone One should be submitted as a Word document, 2 to 3 pages in length, double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins. Begin building your references list for the final project, which requires you to support your responses with at least two sources for each lens from the assigned course resources and/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

In this activity, you will analyze your topic using the general education lens you chose in the previous module in order to determine how the topic has affected institutions. During your analysis, you will also describe an element related to your topic that could benefit from change and assess the benefits and challenges associated with addressing wellness. Finally, you will analyze how modern social practices have been impacted by wellness.

Include diverse perspectives from varied sources to support your points. You should continue to gather the sources you will integrate into your project. These sources will include two resources from the module resource sections of this course and two resources that you find through your own research using the Shapiro Library. It may be beneficial to identify more than the number of sources required for the project so that you can eventually choose the most useful and credible ones. Look to the SNHU Shapiro Library for assistance in finding evidence and resources from outside the course.
You are not required to address each item below the rubric criteria, but you may use them to better understand the criteria and guide your thinking and writing.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Integrate reliable evidence from varied sources throughout your paper to support your analysis.
It is important to draw from a more diverse pool of perspectives from varied sources to support the analysis. This is different from the Citations and Attributions rubric criterion.
Reliable evidence from varied sources should be interwoven throughout the paper itself, while citing and attributing sources will be represented as APA in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your work.
You will be evaluated on both criteria.

Analyze your chosen issue or event through one of the general education interdisciplinary lenses to determine its impact on various institutions.

Apply the perspective of the general education lens you chose in the previous module to your topic. Then determine how the topic might affect institutions such as politics, community, family, economy, education, or market-driven organizations.
Describe at least one specific element that could benefit from change within your topic.
Consider how your topic has been discussed and represented. What approaches could be more constructive? What could be done differently to encourage, promote, or transform your topic? This response is not simply your opinion but should be supported by reliable evidence.
Assess the benefit and challenges of addressing issues in wellness.
What may be the positive impact of critically analyzing wellness? Conversely, what are the more difficult aspects of addressing wellness? This part refers to wellness overall and is not specifically about your project topic.
Analyze how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern culture.
How have contemporary social practices been influenced by wellness? For example, consider practices such as communication, cultural expression, governance, or caregiving.

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Include diverse perspectives from varied sources to support your points. You should continue to gather the sources you will integrate into your project. These sources will include two resources from the module resource sections of this course and two resources that you find through your own research using the Shapiro Library. It may be beneficial to identify more than the number of sources required for the project so that you can eventually choose the most useful and credible ones. Look to the SNHU Shapiro Library for assistance in finding evidence and resources from outside the course.

You are not required to address each item below the rubric criteria, but you may use them to better understand the criteria and guide your thinking and writing.

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Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Integrate reliable evidence from varied sources throughout your paper to support your analysis.

It is important to draw from a more diverse pool of perspectives from varied sources to support the analysis. This is different from the Citations and Attributions rubric criterion.

Reliable evidence from varied sources should be interwoven throughout the paper itself, while citing and attributing sources will be represented as APA in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your work.

You will be evaluated on both criteria.

Analyze your chosen issue or event through one of the general education interdisciplinary lenses to determine its impact on various institutions.

Apply the perspective of the general education lens you chose in the previous module to your topic. Then determine how the topic might affect institutions such as politics, community, family, economy, education, or market-driven organizations.

Describe at least one specific element that could benefit from change within your topic.

Consider how your topic has been discussed and represented. What approaches could be more constructive? What could be done differently to encourage, promote, or transform your topic? This response is not simply your opinion but should be supported by reliable evidence.

Assess the benefit and challenges of addressing issues in wellness.

What may be the positive impact of critically analyzing wellness? Conversely, what are the more difficult aspects of addressing wellness? This part refers to wellness overall and is not specifically about your project topic.

Analyze how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern culture.

How have contemporary social practices been influenced by wellness? For example, consider practices such as communication, cultural expression, governance, or caregiving.

The paper attached is my topic I decided to write about but I wasn’t able to clearly combine the topic, the population, the societal situation, and the choice of one general education in my thesis. So please for this paper have the thesis right.

The Four General Education Lenses

Each time we approach a question or project, we are informed by certain perspectives, or “lenses.” At any given time, we are looking through multiple lenses, but often, one may be more dominant than the others. Throughout your academic journey, these lenses coincide with disciplines or fields of study. Here at SNHU, we’ve prioritized four of these lenses: the Humanities, History, the Sciences, and the Social Sciences. Professionals in these fields all ask questions in order to gain information, but they may ask them in different ways that will help them examine different aspects of a topic. We can think of these as four different telescopes, and each lens has different characteristics. Thus, depending on the lens we are looking through, the cultural artifacts we encounter—the constructed items that convey the benchmarks of a particular culture or social group—will tell a different story.

The Humanities

At the core of the humanities is human creativity, and they explore the things that humanity creates and how they offer insight into the way people experienced their present, interacted with their culture, and comprehended abstract concepts and big questions about humanity’s place in the universe. The humanities broaden perspectives and promote an understanding of multiple experiences, cultures, and values through various mediums of creative human expression—such as literature, fine art, dance, photography, philosophy and religion, film and television, music, even the internet and social media— many of which are taught as separate academic disciplines. Within the humanities, both the artist’s (or creator’s) intent and audience reception of a creative artifact are considered to help understand cultural values and why they matter. They celebrate cultural diversity while also highlighting cultural similarity. View these brief videos for more on the lens of the humanities: What Are the Humanities and Why Are They Important? (1:53) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytR3wxwVBd0

; IDS-100: Humanities (3:22). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9imTDR_dUk

 

History

Many of us are familiar with history as being a list of dates, events, and people to memorize, but history is so much more than simply dates and memorizing facts. Your primary exposure to history could have been in grade school required classes or in documentaries about subjects you find interesting. There is so much more to history, however. History tells the stories of our past to help us better understand how we got to the present. In addition to dates, events, and people, history encompasses first-hand accounts of experiences that include artifacts from an era (tools, clothes, toys, etc.), letters or diaries from people who lived during a certain time, documents from a time period, photographs, and, when possible, interviews with people who lived through the events that historian’s study. Together, these historical remnants help write a story of a particular time, which is then folded into the stories of history we are living and making today. View these brief videos for more on the lens of history: Thinking Like a Historian (8:47); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIdMgO-tfyE

What Is History For? (4:13); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLE-5ElGlPM

What is Historical Thinking (7:41). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSJLmWnxrPg

 

 

The Natural and Applied Sciences

The natural and applied sciences study the physical world to help us better understand ourselves and our place in nature, and nature’s role in shaping us. The natural sciences include fields such as biology, chemistry, and physics, while the applied sciences include STEM-related fields such as mathematics and

technology. Together these fields explore the questions and curiosities humans have been pondering for ages, and scientists often develop questions and use a scientific process—the scientific method—to describe, predict, and observe the natural world. This method of developing and researching hypotheses can also be applied to the other lenses as a way to organize the questions one might ask to gain a deeper understanding of our world and experiences. View these brief videos for more on the natural and applied sciences: The Scientific Method (4:05); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9sKe-UGIKc

IDS-100: What Is Science? (2:01); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BfkVnSYiAc

IDS-100: Neil deGrasse Tyson Describes Scientific Thinking (2:52). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEkE7C-gU40

 

The Social Sciences

As people are social beings, social science is the study of society and the relationships between people. Subjects included in this lens are psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, and geography. This study of human behavior and interaction can sometimes overlap with the humanities lens, which also studies different cultures. Studying society, culture, and human relationships will lead us to an understanding of how people live and how to improve our lives. Social scientists use a variety of methods to arrive at conclusions within this lens, such as interviews, participant-observation, and primary and secondary sources. The social sciences can also intersect with the other lenses. For instance, like for the history lens, social scientists may look at the past to gain an understanding of the social relationships that took place. How do we interact? How do we work together? Asking questions similar to these has given us the opportunity to evaluate causes and effects related to people in our society. Consider how the social science lens helps us interact with the world around us and uses cultural artifacts to make changes in our lives to promote better living or promote interactions we normally would not have with others. View these brief videos for more on social science: An Animated Introduction to Social Science (4:35); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIdaTSG2Gg

What Is Social Science? Part 1 (2:50); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUApnFN2vGk

What Is Social Science? Part 2 (2:37). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTRjAqC61s