Extra Credit Options (due by 12/6)

Each assignment is worth up to 2 points toward Final Average with a maximum total of 3 points.

Option I: Read a Book

• Read a book set in, written in, or about any aspect of the time period covered during the semester.
• Compare the work to the textbook information about its time period and briefly discuss of your personal thoughts about it.
• Type your report and submit in class by the week before the semester’s end.

Option II: Visit a Museum or Gallery

• Choose an appropriate Museum
• Visit the Museum and View the Collection
• List and describe 10 examples from the collection of paintings, sculptures, glass, china, pottery, and so forth from the particular period or periods studied in class.
• Discuss both positive and negative aspects of the visit.
• Evaluate the benefit of the visit in terms of viewing primary materials on site, and comment on the arranged displays of artifacts.
• Submit the typed assignment in list form.
• Local Museums of Interest (although students are not limited to the immediate locale)
• Jacksonville: Cummer Museum (1 of the 30 finest small galleries in the US)
• Permanent Collection
• Revolving Collection
• Museum of Southern History
• St. Augustine: Lightner Museum

Option III: Volunteer or Help a Charity

• Provide documentation of volunteer work or charitable donations to demonstrate involvement in your community either on or off campus.
• Have your pet spayed or neutered works as community service. A copy of the vet receipt will serve as documentation. (Attach a cute photo of your pet if you can so I can brag on him or her.)

Option IV: Attend or Participate in a Performance

• Attending or participate in a live performance.
• Include your ticket stub (when applicable), a brief description of the performance (3-4 sentences), and what you found most impressive about the performance, whether it was the quality of the performers or the theater itself.
• Turn in your typed description by the week before the semester ends.