Pop Culture Name: __________________________________ Shen Pop. Culture Final Project YOUR ASSIGNMENT: ➢ Choose a pop culture topic that we have NOT covered in class. ALL TOPICS MUST BE APPROVED BY ME. ➢ Research it. ➢ Prepare an 5-7 minute presentation about your topic for the class. Your presentation should be informative, fun & try to incorporate some type of brief discussion with the class. ➢ THIS WILL SERVE AS THE BULK OF YOUR FINAL EXAM GRADE IN THIS COURSE! You are choosing to profile something that interests you – do your best to interest the class too! Integrate audio/visuals, clips, artwork, etc. to enhance your presentation. I will be grading you on content and presentation so please be thoughtful with your resources & time. Grade Breakdown: Project proposal/outline (10 points) Presentation (50 points) Written reflection (20 points) - more details to follow on this as we get closer to exams Block 5 Block 6 Week of June 4th – research (project outline/proposal due by end of class Tuesday) (10 points) Tuesday, June 12th – presentations begin in class (50 points) Monday, June 18th – History exam: written reflection on the presentations (20 pts) & movie unit test ( ___ pts) Week of June 4th – research (project outline/proposal due by end of class Tuesday) (10 points) Monday, June 11th – presentations begin in class (50 points) Monday, June 18th – History exam: written reflection on the presentations (20 pts) & movie unit test ( ___ pts) SOURCES: For this project, you MUST use at least 3 sources ● TWO of them must originally have been in “print” form, i.e., a newspaper article, a magazine article, etc.. (Sources which were originally in print, like a magazine article, still counts as a print source.) Databases which may be useful include Pop Culture Universe, GVLR, U.S. History in Context (GALE), Biography in Context (GALE.) ● Consider using some of the resources posted on our class website under “Pop Culture Resources” ● You also must have at least 1 primary source that you somehow work into your presentation. This primary source could be episode(s) of a show, music, an interview, artwork, copies of comics, etc. As always, keep track of all of your sources - you do need a bibliography. If you have somehow gotten this far and still don’t remember how to access the databases ( ♀ ), here’s how: ➢ Go to www.lsrhs.net. Go to “Quick Links”, click on “Library” and then look for the box on the right side of the page that says “Browse Databases by Subject Area” and find the link for “History.”