Final Presentation: Expression of Protest

A creative project asking you to examine the state of your world and your solutions to its plights

 

Throughout the year you have examined different modes of expression. Through his text, McBride describes the struggles he experiences as child during 1960’s. In essence, his memoir is a perfect example of subversion for his ability to raise questions about the state of segregation, racial prejudice, poverty, education, family, etc, existent in the United States.

 

For your final project, you will be asked to examine an issue that is occurring in America today and through a mode of expression; express your thoughts, concerns, and solutions to this issue. For example, you may want to consider the plight of the homelessness in American and specifically in San Diego. For this issue you may want to research the numbers and types of people who are homeless, and present a presentation in which you express your insight in this area, your concerns about the financial and social obligations and your solutions to delineating homelessness in San Diego and America. The mode in which you present is up to you. You may want to write and present a play, create poems, create a documentary or another mode in which you feel is an acceptable form of presentation. Additionally, to aide you in your creative discovery, you will be allowed to work in groups of no more than three people.

 

You will be graded on

1. Your depth of understanding into the issue
2. Use of visual aides
3. Effectiveness of mode of expression
4. Length of presentation: No more or less than ten minutes

 

 

Submission of Project Outline due _______________________

            Projection outline will include:

1.      The issue you will be presenting

2.      The mode of expression you will utilize

3.      Three resources you have found in your issue

 

The presentations will occur___________________________.

On presentation day: you will turn in:

1.      Copy of presentation (see me for digital copy alternatives)

2.      An Annotated list of your references (minimum of five)

3.      Your rubric evaluations scored by the class

 

 

Rubric:

5- Exemplary

4- Commendable

3- Meets requirement

2- Partially meets requirement

1- Unacceptable

 

1. Presentation of Issue: How well do you understand the issue you are presenting?

 

5                      4                      3                      2                      1                      ______ x 5

     

2.     Use of visual aides: Do you show a multiple perspectives through pictures? Are the visual aides appropriate? Do they effectively support your position on the problem?

 

5                      4                      3                      2                      1                      ______ x 5

 

3.     Mode of Expression: Is the mode of expression effective and appropriate? Is it detailed and well developed?

 

5                      4                      3                      2                      1                      ______ x 5

 

 

 

4.     Presentation: Time length: Did you use all the time allocated to you (10 minutes) effectively to present the issue, pose concerns and propose solutions, leaving minimal time for questions?

 

5                      4                      3                      2                      1                      ______ x 5

 

 

5.     Overall Presentation: Was the presentation well rehearsed, thoughtful and creative? Was the presentation organized efficiently? Was the presentation engaging and appropriate to the level of understanding within the class?

 

5                      4                      3                      2                      1                      ______ x 5

 

 

                                                                               Total Score          _______/100