The Practice Instructions Project ask you to analyze one of the assigned historical records of Asian practice, paying attention the interaction of the three elements of culture. You then draw on what you learned to write and/or draw a set of instructions that could be used to facilitate the similar contemporary practice described in the relevant scenario.

Goal & Overview of the Report

As you read about the Asian practice and review your contemporary practice research, keep in mind the goal of the City Repair staff members who are consulting you, as per the releveant scenario:

• in Unit 1a, the City Repair staff wants to initiate a practice that reinforces the social web of the neighbors involved in it.
• in Unit 1b, the staff wants to draw on relationships between people in that social web to find practices that people will want o perpetuate through ongoing participation.
• in Unit 2a, the City Repair staff wants to initiate a group practice that will deepen the reflection of young adults.
• in Unit 2b, the staff wants to nurture reflection that strengthens young adults' engagement in and commitment to some regular practice.
• in Unit 3a, Rakeesha wants to find a form of religious reflection that strengthens the social web of people engaged in it.
• in Unit 3b, Huang is looking for a career-related community that supports meaningful reflection of some kind.

Once you choose a scenario, contemporary practice and corresponding historical record, you complete the following steps on the way to writing and/or drawing your final set of instructions:

Step 1: Complete your research of the contemporary activity, using the Practice Research Form (MS Word/PDF). This activity must correspond to the historical record analyzed in Step 2.

Step 2: Annotate the historical record of the Asian practice that corresponds to your contemporary activity (Step 1). This requires reading the source three times; highlighting a different element of culture with each pass; and integrating details from slides, videos & EB articles.

Step 3: Fill out the Planning Worksheet to identify lessons from the historical record that you can use to adapt the contemporary activity.

Step 4: Have someone read your background materials (Steps 1-3) & fill out the  Peer Review pages at the end of the worksheet. Then fill out your portion at the end.

Step 5: Using the background materials (Steps 1-3) and comments gathered from your reviewer (Step 4),
create your final Practice Instructions:

   *EITHER* a poster or series of sketches;

   *OR* a set of prose instructions;

   *OR* a narrative describing someone facilitating the practice with participants.

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