Assignment: The Fate of the Mountain Gorillas
This assignment is designed to get you to think about the fate of the mountain gorillas.
You will find a form in the Lesson 03 folder of ANGEL called "The Fate of Mountain Gorillas" Submission Form. This is where you will submit your responses to the questions listed below.
Suggestions for tackling this assignment:
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Copy the questions below to a Microsoft Word file and work there on developing your responses. This is a safeguard against any Internet and/or ANGEL glitches that might occur while you are drafting your work.
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When finished, submit your paper to the Turnitin.com Inbox for "The Fate of the Mountain Gorillas" to confirm you have no accidental occurrences of plagiarism.
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After you have your report back from Turnitin.com, copy the sections from your MS Word document and paste under the appropriate questions in the online submission form for this assignment. The online submission form is titled "The Fate of Mountain Gorillas" Submission Form; it is included in the Lesson 03 folder of ANGEL. You must submit this form by the due date mentioned on the Course Calendar in ANGEL.
Keep in mind... I am going to assume that everyone knows nothing about mountain gorillas! So your job in this course is to prove to me that you are learning something! I will look for details and evidence that you have thought about the material. And trust me, I can see through "fluff" that is copied directly from the Internet!
Deadline
All responses must be uploaded in to ANGEL no later than 11:00 PM on the due date (see Calendar tab in ANGEL). Note that is 11:00 PM by ANGEL's clock, not by the clock on your computer! The submission form will disappear at 11:00 PM, and this assignment will not be accepted late under any circumstances. I have no problems giving students a zero for an assignment if they do not take the responsibility to submit by the deadline, so don't even think about trying to submit this late!
Assignment Questions:
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At least 500,000 people died in Rwanda’s four-year civil war. Should the mountain gorillas even be considered when allocating resources to rebuilding Rwanda? Why or why not?
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What benefits are there to Rwandans in saving the gorillas? What benefits are there to the rest of the world?
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Which Rwandans benefit the most from saving the gorillas? Who benefits the least? Explain.
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Will research scientists live at the research center in Rwanda under the current political situation, and will tourists visit? Explain.
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Is it feasible for scientists and conservationists in Rwanda and Zaire to work toward saving mountain gorillas now? What problems need to be resolved before another comprehensive conservation program like the Mountain Gorilla Project can be successfully implemented or continued in the future?
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Which references did you use to complete this assignment? (List your references in APA format)
Grading criteria
Here is how the assignment will be graded.
Each question is graded on a scale of 1-5. You will start with a grade of 3, and I will adjust up or down. Total score is out of 25 points. As for your references, I am looking for correct format in APA style. If you do not have the correct style, then I reserve the right to deduct 15 points off of your final assignment grade (once it is scaled to 100%) for inaccurate documentation. If there is an academic integrity violation, I will puruse the procedures outlined in Lesson 0.
Your final assignement score will be scaled out of 100%.
How do you find out your assignment grade?
One week after the assignment is due, the submission form will become "active" again. You need to go back into the form and click on your responses to see your score and my comments. Again, I will be recording in my gradebook your score based out of 100%.
If you have any questions...
...on this assignment, on Africa, on anything! Don't hesitate to get in touch with me via phone or email ASAP. I would not recommend waiting until the last minute to contact me, as I cannot guarantee a response before the assignment deadline.
