Semester-Long Class-Planning Handout

Requirements	Project 1	Project 2	Project 3	Project 4
Paper #1
Paper #2
Visual Component
Presentation (Powerpoint, website or brochure)
Video and/or Website
Group Work

Research: You will need at least three sources per project. One source must be print-based and a second must come from the internet. Interviews with experts on the field are welcome but count as neither print nor web-based sources (they do count, they just don’t fulfill either requirement) and no matter how many people you interview, they count only as one source (in terms of fulfilling your three-source requirement. You will, of course, cite them separately). For the non-paper assignments, you will still need to provide me with a Works Cited page following MLA format.

Papers:
Papers must be 3-4 pages long and use MLA citation (refer to OWL for details on the latter). You are welcome to add illustrations to your papers, but the text total must still be 3-4 pages (meaning you can’t give me one page of writing and three of illustrations).

Visual Component:
The visual component should basically take care of itself. Your presentation and your video and/or website will all fulfill that requirement, but you’re welcome to keep the power of images in mind and if inclined, add visual elements to all or most of your projects.

Presentation:
You will need to present one of your projects to the class at one point during the semester. You can either create a Powerpoint presentation or a brochure or present your website to the class. Your presentation should be 5-8 minutes long.

Video and/or Website:
We will receive instruction on how to make videos and create websites. You will need to do either for one of your projects. You can also do both, in which case you would substitute it for the brochure or Powerpoint and would have to do your presentation on your website. The video should be between 4-12 minutes long.

Group Work:
One of your projects needs to be done working as a team with one or two other classmates. Videos, websites and presentations tend to lend themselves to group work more naturally, but you are very welcome to write a group paper. In that case the paper should be between 8-12 pages long. The presentation should be 10-12 minutes long and the video 6-15 minutes long. All times mentioned here are approximate, of course.

NOTE: If you want to write a play or a short story or have some other kind of “creative” approach to a project, please discuss it with me and we’ll find a way to fit it into these requirement guidelines if it is within reason.

Turning-in Work: You will email your work to hidalgoatpurdue@gmail.com. I will only use this email for receiving work, so if you need to reach me, you should still write to me at ahidalgo@purdue.edu.