Submit your final portfolio, your analysis of a popular-culture artifact through the four general education lenses: history, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Note: Be sure to incorporate instructor feedback from your final project milestones into this final submission—particularly Milestone One, Milestone Two, and Milestone Four.

A. Introduction: In this section of your portfolio, you will describe your artifact and explain how it relates to popular culture. i. Why is your artifact a piece of popular culture? Describe what it is about your artifact that tells you it is a product of popular culture’s mediation. In describing these components, consider what social, theoretical, and historical statements your artifact may be making.

. Conclusion: In this section of your portfolio, you will explore what is gained by studying popular culture and analyzing your artifact through each of the four general education lenses. i. How does integrating all four lenses help you understand how popular culture impacts society? What is the interconnection or feedback loop between your artifact and society? ii. Describe strategies for how you can utilize popular culture in your field of study, profession, and/or everyday life, providing suggestions on how to use it and incorporate it. iii. Describe ways in which you can utilize the four lenses for approaching critical analysis in your field of study, profession, and/or everyday life. iv. Explain how analyzing popular culture can help you interact with those of a different viewpoint, culture, and perspective.