HUM210 students
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Jan. 14, 2002
HUM 210 Final Project—Teaching Unit
Below you will find instructions for the project given three times, in three
different ways. But they all say the same thing!
I. Overview of Project (See Concept Map)
Topic and Subtopics--After choosing your main topic, you will choose four subtopics.
Each subtopic will go with one of the four main components of the project—lecture notes,
reading, writing assignment, or test.
Objectives and study questions—Formulate 4 objectives, one per subtopic, and then
4 study questions per objective (16 altogether).
Lecture Notes--Prepare a lecture on one subtopic. There should be enough material
for a 30-minute lecture (you do not have to give the lecture). You should include
examples--images, music, readings, dance, videos, Internet, etc. You must also cite your
sources for the info in the outline.
Reading- From the texts you use to research your topic, choose one (or a section of
one) to give the class that talks about a different subtopic than the lecture notes. It should
be at 8 pages long. (Or you may write your own reading for the class as I did with the
Corollary Sheets.) You need to make a copy for me. But most importantly, you need to
make an outline of the reading which shows that you understand the main points. You
must also cite your sources for the info in the outline.
Writing Assignment—You must devise a writing assignment on another subtopic of
your project (different from the Lecture Notes and the Reading) and then create a detailed
outline of what you would expect an A paper to contain. In other words, the outline must
contain the exact information on that topic that the written paper would contain. You must
also cite your sources for the info in the outline.
Test--You must devise a test which assesses how well the class has taken in the
information on a fourth subtopic that you pretend to have taught. It may be multiple choice,
essay, concept map, or any combination of these. Or you may come up with some other
activity which requires the class to demonstrate what they have learned. You must also cite
your sources for the info after each question or whatever you choose to use as an
assessment.
Creative assignment--This will be an assignment that the students do outside of class
or as a group activity in class which allows the student a chance to be creative. Then you
must actually make the object that you have assigned.
