Your community is opening a brand new community center.  Now that you are an expert in the field, you have been chosen to lead a development team that will create a proposal for interactive, fun, and educational programming activities that will be provided for children and adolescents in this center. Utilize problem-solving techniques in exploring developmental issues, grounded in child development, in order to assess what activities and items should be included in each program. Once you have chosen these features, you will present your ideas to a mock city council board (i.e. your instructor) with a written proposal describing the programming.

You have been asked to propose programming for five different age groups in the community center:

• Infant (0-1 year)
• Toddler (1-3 years)
• Early Childhood (3-6 years)
• Middle/Late Childhood (7-12 years)
• Adolescence (13-18 years)

In your proposal, you will identify and describe at least 2 weekly activities for each age group (for a total of 10 activities) that address their developmental domain pathways: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial.  All three domains of development must be addressed within your classes or activities.  For example, you may have one activity which enhances cognitive and psychosocial development and a second activity which enhances physical development for a particular age group. In addition to identifying these activities, you will demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the age group’s developmental continuum by explaining your reasoning for choosing each activity, based on your analysis of theory and current child development research. 

Additionally, you will search for at least 1 age-appropriate game, toy, picture, or other “play” item to enhance the chosen activities within each age group. Keep in mind that this may include things like art, music, technology, or safety gear as you deem fit.  For each item that you recommend, your proposal will provide a link to a website from which the item can be purchased by the city, as well as an explanation for why the city should purchase the item informed by research and theory. 

The overall goal of the final project is much like that of a grant proposal, in which a developer must convince the city council that their new business or activity is both cost-effective and beneficial to the community.  You are encouraged to be creative and persuasive in your proposal, but remember that everything must be supported by the theories and research covered in our class. Included is a Community Center Proposal Template, demonstrating what information should be included in your written portion of the project.

SPECIAL NOTES: 
You will utilize the PSY104 Written Proposal template to create and submit your proposal.  Enter the requested information on the title page where indicated. Where you find the text “This is where you will…” within the proposal, please remove that and enter your own content. The headings in bold and the outline formatting with numbers and letters should not be altered.

In your Community Center Proposal, you must include the following:

1. Please complete each section of the template including the information requested.
2. Within section “iv” for each room, you will be asked to justify your activities and items by analyzing interactions of the major themes: Health and Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture and Gender as factors influencing the developmental physical, cognitive and psychosocial pathways.  Your written proposal must address how you have accounted for each of these themes in its associated room as they relate to physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development. Each theme must be included in at least one room, and each room must address one or more themes. (Please see these samples for ways to explain how you have accounted for this.)
3. Cite your sources according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online course. The EBSCOHost and PSYCinfo databases in the Ashford Online Library are helpful sources of information, as are the required and recommended resources found in your course materials. To locate EBSCOHost and PSYCinfo, visit the Ashford Online Library through the tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online course and select “Databases by Subject” and then “Psychology.” (For further assistance in researching scholarly sources, please access the tutorials page on the Ashford University Library website.)

The Community Center Proposal:

1. Must be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:

• Title of Community Center
• Student’s name
• Course name and number
• Instructor’s name
• Date submitted

1. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement, in which you introduce the topic and your Community Center.
2. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought within each of the designated age groups.
3. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis and thanks the mock city council for their time and consideration of your proposal.
4. Must use at least 2 scholarly sources, including a minimum of 1 from the Ashford Online Library.
5. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Please follow this format for your design briefs:

Name:

Class:

Project Number & Title:

Concept Statement:

This should be the one sentence concept statement written at the beginning of the brief (thesis

statement).

Description of Project:

The description of the project should include details about the targeted demographic, mood and

tone of the project, product function/purpose, what makes it unique and separates it from its

competitors. In essence, an in-depth description of the general concept. This description should

be one to three paragraphs.

Description of Projects Physical and Visual Attributes:

The description of the physical and visual attributes should discuss the design elements, color

palette, and typographic possibilities. This section should be one to three paragraphs.

Topic about this brief:

You are to design a label for Quartered Artichoke Hearts. You may choose to package
your product in a can or glass, but I would recommend researching if one or the other
makes more sense for the product.
You will be responsible for developing the brand logo and overall look of the label. Use
your own images. Artichokes are readily available at the grocery store to use for photo
shoots or you may choose to illustrate one or many. Use your imagination, but don’t
discount traditional methods of showing food in an appetizing fashion.

Elements that must be included on the label are:
Brand name (mark), Product Name, Weight, Ingredient copy, Nutrition information, Bar
Code, Variety

Optional elements:
Directions/recipes

For our purposes the Brand name will be Nature’s Bounty.

Ingredients: Artichoke Hearts, Citric Acid and Ascorbic Acid to Preserve Color.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/2 cup (133 g)
Per Serving % Daily Value*
Calories 36
Calories from Fat 0
Total Fat 0.0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 415mg 17%
Carbohydrates 6.0g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.1g 4%
Protein 1.1g
Vitamin A 4% · Vitamin C 4%

Calcium 4% · Iron 6%

Adam’s powers as the Anti-Christ finally realize themselves and the apocalypse begins. On the following pages, we get glimpses of Adam’s character:

• pgs 230-231
• pgs 310-312
• pgs 371-373

In at least three paragraphs, describe what Adam’s character is like in these pages using examples from the text to support your point.

To get the 10 points for the Quiz #10, discuss the following:

1. On page 372, everyone is expecting the Devil to show up. However, on page 373, Mr. Young shows up instead. He tells Adam to, “Come back here this instant!” but the text then says, “Adam seldom did what his father wanted” (page 373). That line has an incredible amount of weight for the text and can refer both to Adam’s character and to recurring themes within the text. What is the significance of that last line? (How does it provide insight into Adam’s character? How does it refer to themes? Hint: Which father is it referring to?)

The PDF Book attached to the file.