GEO2500 Photo Essay Assignment
Hello everyone. I have an essay assignment due tomorrow at 8 PM eastern time so meaning in LESS than 24 hours. The class is called Global and Regional economies. I need all original work and the essay is supposed to be at least 1000 words excluding the references and work cited page. Here I am attaching the instructions for the assignment. Let me know if you can help. Thanks
Instructions
Title:“Major Technological Innovations of the 20th
& 21st Centuries: Impact on the Economy – Local and Global”
Do research on the internet, magazines, or other graphic sources and find photographs and/or other images of at least 7 products or services technological innovations that were introduced during the 20th and 21st centuries.
Organize your Photo Essay as follows:
Page 1
: Title (see above)
Your name
GEO2500 Online, Semester & Year
Pages 2 to xx:
· Each page of the Photo Essay should have at least one photo of the innovation.
· Page title is name of the innovation
· Insert photo of innovation after title at the top of the page. Make sure that you keep the source of each photo (website, etc.) for the References/Works Cited Page. If you took the photo, type: Source: Author.
· After the photo describe that technological innovation: its purpose, when it was first introduced, its target consumers, how it is used, how did it impact the economy (local or global place) in which it was introduced. You may use quantitative and/or qualitative data/information in the description.
· The innovation may be a product or a service: for example, the automobile, color television, spray laundry starch, mobile phones, ball point pens, internet, speedy-delivery services, health care innovations, recreation, athletic shoes…the list goes on. This is descriptive information that creates a profile of the product or service. The descriptive text for each photo should be about 125-150 words.
Conclusion Page: On this page summarize your Photo Essay, give your thoughts and opinions about the innovations. Have you used or been personally impacted by any of them?
References/Works Cited Page. For each photo and its descriptive information, cite the source of the photo/image and the descriptive information using MLA Format:
http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm#websites (Links to an external site.)
.
Examples:
· Page 1: Google Earth.
· Page 2: Author. Date/Year. “3-D printing of Body Parts” (article); website URL, or other source of information.
Minimum word count (excluding References/Works Cited Page): 1,000 words. Type the Word Count at the end of the Conclusion page.
Submission
Submit your essay to this assignment page by uploading a document. This course uses the Turn-It-In feature in Canvas to determine the originality of your written assignments. Your Turn-It-In score must be no more than 30%.