Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar
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Recap for Section 005
Assignment
following Week #12
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Prepare for the exam that will be given in class on December 7:
Exam Study Guide
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Continue formal preparation for your
Final Debates.
- Remember your scheduled meetings with Steve in his office: At this
meeting you should be prepared to give a rough description of the types of
things your group will be arguing in the debate. It will also be an
opportunity for your group to ask questions regarding things such as
organization, sources, and format of your debate:
- Team A (Gunville/Wilichowski): Wed. Dec 2, 8:00 am.
- Team B (Lyons/Drefs): Thurs. Dec. 3, 4:00 pm.
- Team C (Buvid/Knoll/Brittnacher): Thurs. Dec. 3, 12:00 pm.
- Team D (Downey/Bichler/Mastey): Thurs. Dec. 3, 10:00 am.
- Team E (Aguilar/Harmeling/Shmirler): Wed. Dec 2, 3:00 pm.
- Team F (Zychowski/Halter/Mann):
- You will be meeting with your group for the last hour of class on Monday,
December 7 (after the section exam). At that time, the group should be
prepared to hand in a typewritten outline of the plan for your debate. The
outline need not be extensively detailed, but should provide a sense of the
overall structure of your group’s argument, including which tasks your team
members will be taking on. The outline should not be longer than one
side of a page. During that last hour on December 7, you will have time
to work with your group on your preparation. This will not be "free
time." You are required to be meaningfully productive during that time -
remember from our
course syllabus that
20 points of your grade are assigned to final debate
preparation. Make certain that you make a careful plan of action for
your group and that your activities are productive.
- A couple of reminders regarding your final debates:
- Each debate will be 25-30 minutes long. Each group will have 8-12
minutes, depending on group size, to present its position (so planning,
organization, and concision will be essential), with the remaining 10
minutes allotted to follow up and audience discussion.
- Each group must prepare an effective visual aid (PowerPoint, handouts,
poster board, etc.) to delineate, support, or otherwise illustrate its
position.
- Each student will submit a typed skeletal outline of the group’s
presentation along with a detailed outline of his or her section of the
presentation.
- Each section of the presentation, and its accompanying outline, should
be grounded in effective, selective, and credible research. There is no set
number of sources, but the sources should be good ones and properly
acknowledged in the presentation.
- We will score your debates using a
Final Project Assessment Rubric
(Students will also assess their colleagues, and we will factor that
feedback into our assessment).
- Read
any emails I send you, and respond if requested.