How democratic is our democracy

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Assignment:

• Narrated Presentation OR Video (your narrated audio must be between 5-8 minutes long) You can think of this as a curated online museum exhibit/photo essay, or a mini-historical documentary. See Women's Suffrage Sample Presentation or the short introductory storytelling videos at the beginning of each chapter for reference and examples. See the Starting Your Presentation page and accompanying links for reference.

Task:

Choose one of the following overarching themes:

Democracy and diversity: How democratic is our democracy?
Identity: What does it mean to be an American?
Culture: How has culture unified or divided Americans?
Politics and Citizenship: What does it mean to be an American citizen?
What is the role of the government?

You may want to focus on the evolving timeline of a certain topic (see the Timeline Activity in Unit 2 to refresh your memory on this) or you may choose to narrow your topic by limiting it to a certain time period - here are some suggestions:

1865-1890
1890-1920
1920-1945
1945-1968
1968-present

Think about the the claim or argument you want to make or the question you want to answer, and how best you can present your research to achieve that goal. Make that question or argument clear in the title of your project, and remember that you will need to provide analysis for your sources, and not merely summarize facts or events.

You'll have some help developing your ideas through the Final Project Brainstorm

Then, prepare your interview questions and/or collect your sources, documentation, quotes, photos, songs, etc., citing them appropriately in your bibliography or Works Cited slide (you'll work on annotating two of your sources for your Final Project Part I: Topic, Working Thesis, and Format, but for your final turn-in your bibliography doesn't need to be annotated.)

Finally, after you've completed your project, write a 1 page (2-3 paragraph) reflection on how this process went for you - what came easy, what was frustrating, how you feel about your results. This will likely be a project that will push you out of your comfort zone, precisely because you have so much freedom.

Did this freedom feel liberating, or was it overwhelming?
What did you learn about your topic?
What did you learn about yourself and your process? What questions did you want to explore but didn't?
How do you feel it represents your learning in the course overall?

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