For this third milestone, you will reflect on content that will inform your multimedia presentation, which you will include in Final Project Part Two. You will reflect on the intersectional nature of diversity and its impact on one’s individual framework of perception, one’s discipline of study, and society in general. The milestone will be submitted as a presentation draft that includes speaker’s notes. Please note that for this milestone assignment, audio narration is not required.
Make sure you support your response with the readings from this module and additional resources.
To complete this assignment, review the Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric PDF document.
IDS 400 Milestone T hree Guidelines and Rubric
Diversity, You, and Society
Overview: In Final Project Part Two, you will develop a multimedia presentation in which you will have a chance to reflect on what you have learned about your
issue or event, yourself, and diversity through analyzing its impact on society. You will also be able to apply your communication skills and integrate multimedia
elements to communicate your message to an audience. This milestone is due in Module Five.
In developing this presentation, you will be able to use your analyses from the first part of this project as a starting point. The reflective nature of this activity
prompts you to dig deeper and consider the implications posed by the critical analysis of your issue or event in diversity. How does studying diversity affect how
you understand yourself, as well as the world around you? You’ll also be challenged to incorporate a dash of creativity to enhance your message.
Multimedia Presentation: For the second part of the project, you will create a multimedia presentation that incorporates audio narration and visuals to
articulate how critically analyzing your issue/event in diversity impacts your own framework of perception and ability to constructively engage in society.
PowerPoint: You are required to include a combination of text and visuals in order to support your PowerPoint presentation. Use the Check File Compatibility
With Earlier Versions and Are You Having Video or Audio Playback Issues? resources to help you check compatibility between versions of Office. Also, follow the
instructions on the Microsoft Support page to compress your presentation as a zipped file. You may upload a zipped file when submitting this assignment.
Reducing the size of the PowerPoint presentation file by compressing it makes it easier for your instructor to download and grade.
Microphone: While it is not necessary to purchase a microphone for this project, you will need to have access to a microphone to record the narration of the
presentation. This could be the external microphone of your device, a set of earbuds, or equipment borrowed from a friend. This assignment is graded on the
content of the narration, not the quality of the recording.
Prompt: First, review the module resources you have encountered so far and create a presentation draft (PowerPoint with speaker notes) that analyzes the
issue/event under study (the one you selected in Module Two).
Specifically, the following critical elements (which align to the critical elements required of the presentation in Final Project Part Two) must be addressed:
I. Issue/Event: For this section of your presentation, you will introduce the issue/event and how it relates to issues of diversity and any of the topics that
have been discussed in the course.
A. Using appropriate research strategies, describe a social or global issue/event that is related to issues of diversity.
i. What is the origin of the issue?
ii. What is the issue about?
B. Using appropriate research strategies, describe the impact of the issue/event on society.
i. Who is impacted by the issue?
ii. What is important to know about them?
C. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess how society impacts the chosen issue.
II. Yourself: This section of your presentation explores how studying diversity influences your individual framework of perception with respect to your
discipline of study or profession.
A. How has critically analyzing your issue/event in diversity informed your individual framework of perception? Consider how it has altered the way
you perceive the world.
B. How can critically analyzing diversity influence your field of study or profession? How can studying diversity inform your understanding of the
next big topic of study in your field or profession in the next five to ten years?
III. Society: This section of your presentation explores how studying diversity enhances your ability to engage constructively in society.
A. How does critically analyzing diversity add value to how you interact with people and understand social or global issues/events? Supplement
your reasoning with examples.
B. Recommend strategies for using this kind of critical analysis for meeting your personal and professional goals. What might this look like in your
everyday life? Consider how diversity can be used to address the day-to-day responsibilities or questions faced by practitioners in your field or
discipline.
IV. Conclusion:
A. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in diversity.
B. Explain how critically analyzing diversity adds value to interactions with people in personal and professional contexts.
V. Presentation: Throughout your presentation, you will be assessed on your ability to use effective communication skills to deliver your message to your
audience.
A. Construct your presentation in a way that ensures the audio and visual elements are logically organized in order to convey your message to your
audience.
B. Provide supporting evidence in your presentation that supports the importance of the chosen issue/event and its impact within diversity.
C. Develop the audio narration to logically flow with the presentation to articulate the importance of critically analyzing the chosen issue/event
and its impact within diversity.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Three should be approximately 10 to 12 slides. You are required to include a combination of text and visuals in order to
support your work. Support your presentation with relevant resources cited in APA format and noted on a separate slide. If you require alternative
accommodations for completing this assignment, reach out to your instructor directly for more information.
Note: Turnitin, the originality report feature used in the course, is not able to check PowerPoint submissions for plagiarism. Thus, you should submit your speaker
notes in a separate Word document. Both files (PowerPoint and Word) can be submitted through the Milestone Three submission item.
Please note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Part Two Rubric will include an
additional “Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Issue/Event: Social or
Global Issue/Event
Describes a social or global issue/event
and how it relates to problems in
diversity, using appropriate research
strategies
Describes a social or global issue/event
and how it relates to problems in
diversity, but description is cursory or
research strategies are inappropriate
Does not describe a social or global
issue/event and how it relates to
problems in diversity
9
Issue/Event: Impact on
Society
Describes impact of the issue/event on
society using appropriate research
strategies
Describes the impact of the issue/event
on society, but the description is
cursory or research strategies are
inappropriate
Does not describe the impact of the
issue/event on society
9
Issue/Event: Society
Impacts
Assesses how society impacts the
chosen issue, using relevant research or
diverse perspectives
Assesses how society impacts the
chosen issue, but explanation is cursory
or utilization of relevant research or
diverse perspectives is inappropriate
Does not assess how society impacts
the chosen issue
9
Yourself: Individual
Framework of Perception
Explains how critically analyzing an
issue/event in diversity has informed
individual framework of perception
Explains how critically analyzing an
issue/event in diversity has informed
individual framework of perception, but
explanation is cursory
Does not explain how critically
analyzing an issue/event in diversity has
informed individual framework of
perception
6
Yourself: Individual Field of
Study or Profession
Explains how critically analyzing
diversity can influence discipline of
study or profession
Explains how critically analyzing
diversity can influence discipline of
study or profession, but explanation is
cursory
Does not explain how critically
analyzing diversity can influence
discipline of study or profession
9
Society: Interact Explains how critically analyzing
diversity adds value to interactions with
people and to understanding social or
global issues/events
Explains how critically analyzing
diversity adds value to interactions with
people and to understanding social or
global issues/events, but explanation is
cursory
Does not explain how critically analyzing
diversity adds value to interactions with
people and to understanding social or
global issues/events
9
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Society: Strategies Recommends strategies for using
critical analysis for meeting personal
and professional goals
Recommends strategies for using
critical analysis for meeting personal
and professional goals, but
recommendations are inappropriate
Does not recommend strategies for
using critical analysis for meeting
personal and professional goals
9
Conclusion: Benefits and
Challenges
Assesses the benefits and challenges of
addressing issues in diversity, using
relevant research or diverse
perspectives
Assesses the benefits and challenges of
addressing issues in diversity, but
analysis is cursory or utilization of
relevant research or diverse
perspectives is inappropriate
Does not assess the benefits and
challenges of addressing issues in
diversity
8
Conclusion: Adds Value Explains how critically analyzing
diversity adds value to interactions with
people in personal and professional
contexts
Explains how critically analyzing
diversity adds value to interactions with
people in personal and professional
contexts, but explanation is cursory
Does not explain how critically
analyzing diversity adds value to
interactions with people in personal and
professional contexts
8
Presentation: Organized Constructs the presentation in such a
way that it ensures the audio and visual
elements are logically organized
Presentation is constructed with audio
and visual elements, but the
organization is somewhat illogical
Does not construct the presentation in
a way that ensures audio and visual
elements are logically organized
6
Presentation: Evidence Provides supporting evidence in the
presentation that supports the
importance of the chosen issue/event
and its impact within diversity
Provides supporting evidence, but
evidence does not sufficiently support
the importance of the chosen
issue/event and its impact within
diversity
Does not provide evidence that
supports the importance of the chosen
issue/event and its impact within
diversity
8
Presentation: Flow Develops the audio narration to
logically flow with the presentation to
articulate the importance of critically
analyzing the chosen issue/event and
its impact within diversity
Develops the audio narration, but it
does not logically flow with the
presentation to articulate the
importance of critically analyzing the
chosen issue/event and its impact
within diversity
Does not include audio narration to
articulate the importance of the chosen
issue/event and its impact within
diversity
6
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main
ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent
understanding of ideas
4
Total 100%
Diversity (Final Project Milestone One)
Introduction
The LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Tran-sexual and Queer) community suffers perennial discrimination in their normal and workplace life. The principal reason that describes the unwavering segregation to workers belonging to this community is because their sexuality is not the norm. Despite the constitutional affirmation that the LGBTQ community is legally recognized, some people have a negative tendency towards them. Many companies have scandals about sexuality discrimination that originates from the management or peer-to-peer cases. It is a critical diversity issue that organizations must openly address. An optimal work environment is devoid of discrimination on sexuality, religion, ethnicity, and other non-work variables because every employee is employed for their professional qualifications. The modern workplace has, therefore, become revolutionized as employees belonging to the LGBTQ community seek equality in treatment. In normal lives, the LGBTQ community undergoes constant ridicule, disapproval, and stigmatization even from their family members. The rationale is that the constitution stipulates that the LGBTQ community is legally recognized, and a section of the society and organizations perpetrate covert or open discrimination towards them.
Lens Connections
Lens of History
The LGBTQ community is believed to have existed in every society in history because all the documented cultures provided evidence that same-sex love occurred. It has been a taboo for non-heterosexual people to come out and identify as LGBTQ because of the traditional values of many communities (Morris, 2019). Homophobia started from historical times because the peculiarity of these sexual orientations was deemed ungodly (Morris, 2019). In effect, the world has treated the LGBTQ in a discriminatory manner before different governments such as the federal government constitutional recognized the community (Morris, 2019). Even though, the discrimination is rampant in all the social institutions in the society from healthcare facilities, educational institutions to religious houses.
Lens of Humanities
The LGBTQ community lacked an environment to come out as a non –heterosexual community for many years. In history, homosexuality and other sexuality preferences that were not heterosexual were highly condemned. Other critics termed them as satanic people that went against God’s will in the respective religions that believe in God (Evans et al., 2019). The condemnation that came from religious principles is the origin of the discrimination that the LGBTQ community faces. In the normal lives, these people are segregated because they are seen as agents of evil (Evans et al., 2019). It is unfair because the hatred has become systematic and thereby affecting them in major ways. For instance, healthcare accessibility has become a problem for some people belonging to the LGBTQ because the physicians and hospital staff treat them with disdain. Patients that contracted Sexually Transmitted Diseases and they are gay, or bisexual can be highly victimized as compared to other patients with the same diseases but identify as heterosexual (Evans et al., 2019).
Lens of Natural Sciences
Natural sciences describe the LGBTQ community as people that are born with different preferences due to their biological factors. There us contention surrounding the research on the proof for biological factors that contribute to homosexuality (Swartz et al., 2019). However, a modicum of the studies’ results affirms that hereditary factors prove that some people inherit some genes that can trigger same-sex romantic feelings. The society must, therefore, promote this reality and accept the people belonging to this community as their equal human beings (Swartz et al., 2019). They are human and their sexual orientation does not undermine or belittle their value as human beings.
Lens of Social Science
Social sciences are the commonest theoretical explanations towards understanding the origin of non-heterosexual relations. Human beings are social because it is in their intrinsic nature. In many instances, research has shown that the environment that a person grows up in is a principal contributory factor of influence into the LGBTQ community (Gross, 2015). The friends that an individual keeps are also another important factor that can contribute to the sexuality choice. The place of work that a person works can also contribute to their choice of sexuality (Gross, 2015).
References
Evans, R., Nagoshi, J. L., Nagoshi, C., Wheeler, J., & Henderson, J. (2017). Voices from the stories untold: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer college students’ experiences with campus climate. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 29(4), 426-444.
Gross, M. (2015). Gay, lesbian, and trans families through the lens of social science: A revolution or a pluralisation of forms of parenthood?. Enfances Familles Générations. Revue interdisciplinaire sur la famille contemporaine, (23).
Morris, B. J. (2019). History of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social movements. American Psychological Association.
Swartz, T. H., Palermo, A. G. S., Masur, S. K., & Aberg, J. A. (2019). The science and value of diversity: closing the gaps in our understanding of inclusion and diversity. The Journal of infectious diseases, 220(Supplement_2), S33-S41.
