HISTORY 033 CASE STUDIES GUIDELINES W17
These project is designed for the following purposes:
a. Build your skills in finding and using credible sources
b. Familiarizing you with important college resources, especially the Library, the Learning Support Center and your Instructor
c. Connecting events of today (and those in your future) to our studies of the past.
d. Developing skills of critical thinking, analysis, team work and presentation.
Begin by reading the information in your case study. Look at the sources we provide and find other sources using our suggestions. If there is anything that you do not understand, ASK!
Break the work up in your group, and keep checking in and helping each other. You are responsible for your group!!!
Find useful, credible sources. Verify information from more than one source – especially when you are collecting data.
Once you collect all this information, share with your teammates and discuss what you think this all means.
Make a display that shows what you have learned in response to the questions asked for your case. Please read the questions carefully. Use your research skills! Your grade will focus on the research skills and your understanding of the issue more than a pretty display, though your display does need to get everyone’s attention. Use pictures and other visuals, and make everything BIG..
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Research points
Well done |
Pretty good |
Missing something |
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Understanding of all sides of an issue is presented clearly and is based on evidence found in research. 20 points |
Missing clarity, connection to evidence, or consistency |
Lack of evidence, only one side is presented, understanding not clear. Opinions not evidence. |
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Answers to questions are provided – based on more than one source, facts and opinions are sorted out. 20 points |
Basic questions answered, only one source, blurred lines between fact and opinion. |
Missing several answers, facts and opinions are not sorted out. |
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Sources are cited completely 5 points |
urls only, missing pieces- including author, publish date, etc. |
No citations or only part of citations |
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Sources are credible and appropriate for the question. Also, appropriate for the time frame. 5 points
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Sources credible, but may not be up to date or appropriate |
Lack of credible sources. |
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Display 15 points
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Information is clearly written; anyone can understand it. Lots of visuals. 15 points |
Information needs some work to understand. General, or vague in places. Sentences confusing. Few visuals. |
Really hard to understand. Didn’t edit or proofread. No visuals. |
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Information is organized so it the questions and evidence are clear and easy to follow..105 points |
All the information is there, but might be hard to follow the logic of the organization. |
Disorganized. Can’t figure out the flow. Did not follow guidelines. |
Case Studies Scoring Rubric 75 points total
This scoring is based on the display that your group presents. To earn points, individual students need to have contributed research to the display and participated in organizing the display.
Organizing your display
Summarize the situation. Explain the basics. Assume no knowledge of the situation. If a child walked in here and saw your presentation she should be able to understand the issue, the questions and the information you found.
Organize the information related to the questions – What did you want to learn and what did you learn? Use the questions as headings if you want. Do not copy and paste everything directly from your sources; write in language we all can understand.
Things to think about….