Welcome to the Cultural Diversity wiki project. Each student will be assigned a topic and will contribute to the wiki on that topic. You may comment on, discuss, and participate in any other section of the wiki, but you will be graded on both your participation throughout the quarter and your contributions to your assigned project. You will be working with other students on the same topic and should collaborate freely.

The topics are listed below. You should type your name next to the topic on which you want to work (do this by clicking the "EasyEdit" button at the top of this page). There should be a maximum of five people per topic. Signing up is on a first come first served basis. Your participation will be graded on a weekly basis, and your contribution to the topic that you signed up for will be graded at the end of the project deadline.

After you have signed up, you will need to read everything in the "Getting Started" page and the "How To" page. Detailed information about your project is on the "Participation Guidelines" page. These are required reading! Please do not send me any questions about the Wiki without having read these pages first. Otherwise, your response will be, "See the guidelines in the Wiki for your answer."

You will also need to upload the text portion of your individual content area to Turnitin.com our anti-plagiarism website. See directions on Blackboard for how to submit the text portion of your assignment to Turn It In by the project deadline!


Cultural Diversity - Wiki Page Project - Description
Ethnic Groups in the United States
The goal of this project is to explore current ethnic diversity within the United States. Ethnicity means a sizable group of people sharing a common national, historical, religious, linguistic or cultural heritage. The class will be divided into teams of five members with each team assigned a different ethnic group to study. As stated earlier, you will need to sign up for a group below. Once there are five people signed up for a group then the group is closed to new members.

Once you have joined a group and read the instructions, you can begin contributing to the wiki page on your ethnic group. Your team will want to give an overview of the group you are describing. Please remember that you are describing ethnic groups in the United States, not the groups as they appear in their countries of origin. Your team may want to provide learning objects and divide the subjects into different aspects of the ethnic group's culture. For example you may want to have a category on dress, food, music, history of immigration, politics, religion, family life, customs, holidays, etc. Make sure that you cite any sources that you use if you are quoting someone, also remember to cite sources when you paraphrase another's words. Remember to put information in your own words, unless you are quoting someone. You may want to post pictures, links, videos, etc. The final result of the project is the wiki which your classmates can read to learn more about the ethic group your team described.

Wiki Page	Group Project Contributers (Maximum of 5 per topic)
Chinese-Americans - FULL	Brandi Harrison, Allison Vermillion, Lisa Davis, Charla Burway, Nichole Campbell
Japanese-Americans - FULL	Dye, Karla Jerry David, Michelle Neuman Dian Liff, Lisa Lawrence
Irish-Americans - FULL	Brent Jackson, Chris Beaver,John Brown, Amy Cramblett, Bethany Myers
The Amish - FULL	Nichole Guzick, Heather Roush, Dawn Nauman,Naomi Demain, Markie Black
Cuban-Americans	Kay Barton, Ryan Evans,Alicia Thomas, Marquita Hubby
Italian-Americans - FULL	Jessica Signoracci, Shivani Patel, Lindsay Hasler, Justin Romas, Gretchen Bowens