HALF THE SKY Book

You will be required to critically evaluate a news report or a piece of entertainment media, in terms of how they relate to topics in the course. Select one example from the following categories:

• Recent news report (election coverage, newspaper opinion piece, popular press description of gender research, etc.)

– Recent entertainment media (television program, film, song lyrics, etc.)

Write 3-5 pages relating your example to a specific topic covered in the course (Psychology of Gender) (examples below). For your submission, you must provide either the original source (e.g., the news article) or a description of the source (a movie summary or a description of your personal experience, which will not count towards the page count) Attach this as an appendix. Your journal (typed in APA format) should explain how the example relates to a topic covered in psychology of gender (use course calendar for topics). To receive full points, you must address the following:

• Fully explain how your example relates to class material (including at least 3 scholarly references, 1 of which should be from the suggested readings for that topic). (Half the Sky was our 1 of the reading)
• Describe how knowledge of psychology of gender affects your interpretation of the example.
• Discuss your personal reaction to these examples. – Address how you would respond to these in front of an audience (i.e., what would you do? say?), either in the moment or in a later discussion/presentation

– Proper APA formatting, including writing style and grammar, etc.