At the end of the class, you will have proposed and answered a research question about something in that will be a continuing or prominent issue in global affairs. This is not a summary report as it will require you to work with multiple scholarly and/or reputable news sources, present a persuasive argument using multiple sources and views, make predictions or offer solutions based on your research, and share your argument through a fully developed and sourced presentation with a voiceover video. Whatever issue you address, you will look at it globally: not just the US, but other developed and developing countries. This assessment, over the course of the block, is designed to introduce you to quality sources in the discipline, while also emphasizing critical thinking through the process of experiential learning. Over the course, you will complete multiple assignments (milestones) that build to your Final Project. This is for your benefit and mine: this lets you work steadily toward the final project (instead of all at once at the end) and it lets me see what challenges I need to help you with for you in finishing your project. Every week, you are asked to make your thinking visible as you process how you will use the various resources in your final project. You will identify a subject for investigation. • The selection and assignment will require instructor approval as there is a range of subjects. • Themes covered during class and your newspaper will help with ideas. • For the most part, you will be asked to narrow your focus. You will be asked to look at a small aspect of your subject so that you can cover it adequately in your presentation. • Whatever topic you pick, you must look at it from an international perspective. You cannot pick a topic that only affects the US and you must consider developing countries (not just already industrialized countries). • You have to think about your topic persuasively: o Why do you think people should know or care about your topic? o What do you think is important to know about the issue or topic? o How do you want people to think or act after they’ve looked at your presentation? All resources used for this project must be from the listed periodicals for the class or any other multimedia resources that your instructor approves. • Please remember that whether your outside sources are text, video, or podcast, any ideas that are not your own need citation (summary, paraphrase, and quotes). • Be careful when you are citing your sources. It’s better to source too much than to under source. • Informational sources need a traditional in-text citation and an entry on the References page; graphics only need the web address in a text box directly underneath the graphic. • Whether you mean to or not, if you plagiarize, you are held responsible for errors in citation. At the end of the course, your presentation will have the following elements: • 12-15 slides (not including the title slide and References slides). • The second slide will preview your argument by presenting your issue, your opinion, and your points. • Six sources. o You cannot use private corporations, encyclopedias, or clearinghouses. You must go back to the original sources. • Ten graphic elements, five of which are informational. • In-text citations for all information from outside sources. • A references page.
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