A vital component of this course is researching and writing a culture-history review paper about a Pacific Island. Simply, a culture-history review highlights the past, present, and future of an island community. This is a 3000-word paper based upon no less than five academic sources that will cover topics as:
1) Geographic and environmental context;
2) Prehistoric culture and development;
3) Contact and colonial history; and
4) Contemporary lifeways.
Out of the 5 resources, three of them have to be primary sources such as books, articles, and journal publication.