Group Presentation Guidelines
The Group Project allows you to engage in independent research into a subject of your own interest in the history of American youth. Also, it gives you the chance to work closely with several of your peers and to present the fruits of your labor to the class as a whole.
Group Projects will be presented to the class as part of our month-long discussion of the most explosive 'episode' in the history of youth rebellion in this century--the 1960s. Once we have decided on topics of sufficient interest to the class, I will assign specific dates for each group. Project presentations by one or more groups will be woven into the broader class discussion for that day (but each group should be prepared to lead discussion on its topic).
Once project groups have been formed, you will be expected to do the following:
If you have any questions about possible avenues of research or ways to best present your work to the class, please feel free to consult me (I want the presentations to go well at least as much as you do!).
The short paper assigned as part of this project should simply outline the work that you put into preparing for your presentation. The paper, an individual effort, should give me a sense of what you learned while doing your research and how you learned it (e.g., a synthesis of the works you consulted; or, a discussion of how your topic 'connects' to broader class discussions or themes). Papers should be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day following your presentation.
Project grades will be determined according to the following formula: individual paper (50%); individual role in group presentation (25%); group presentation as a whole (25%). All group members will receive the same grade for that last portion of the project.
The Group Project is worth 25% of your final grade.
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