General Instructions

Group Summary Project

Purpose: Practice skills in problem-solving, research, annotating, summary writing, creating test questions, note-taking and making presentations.

• With your group, decide on an issue or topic to research.
• Each group member will research and find an article related to one perspective on the issue or topic. Articles need to be 2-3 pages in length and must be approved by the instructor. Provide a link to the article in google docs. The article must be a complete piece of writing about the topic and not a part of a larger work.
• Each group will give a panel presentation during which each individual will discuss his or her article and take questions from the class. The group will also share their visual aid, their conclusions and lead a discussion or activity with the whole class.

Individually you will do the following:
o Locate an appropriate article on the topic (see notes above)
o Read and annotate the article
o Write a summary of the article (20-25% as long as original, in student’s own words, word processed)
o Develop a detailed concept map or web of the article that reflects the article’s organizational pattern
o Take the Project Test

With your group, you will do the following:
o Create a Visual Aid that shows the different perspectives on the topic and the information the group gathered.
o Write 5 test questions on the material your group will present to the class.
o Write a group conclusion. Group conclusions can be made a part of the visual aid (for example on PowerPoint slides in google docs) or word processed document in google docs. Include the group’s responses to the following:
• What have you learned about the topic?
• How does your group feel about it?
• What differences of opinion were expressed in your group?
o Make a panel presentation to the whole class (see notes above)

All of the above will be done using Google docs. You MUST create a document that is "shared" with all group members and me (anita122478@gmail.com). Similarly, if you decide to create a power point presentation using google docs, this presentation should be "shared" as a group. Your individual assignment will only be "shared" with me(anita122478@gmail.com).

Project Deadlines

Group Project Due: Monday, October 4th
Group Presentations begin: Monday, October 4th
Individual assignments due: October 4th

Online Resources for Research

JSTOR is a good place to start looking for journal articles. They are reputable. Click on this link:
JSTOR

EBSCO Host--UNM subscribes to this service. You have to access this link while on campus and you have to enter your NetID and password. Click this link for EBSCO Host: EBSCO Host

Google: You may use Google as a last resort and only use articles that have a COPYRIGHT DATE at the bottom.

Example Group Google Document

Team [Fire]
Names: Jacob, Edward, Bella, Carlisle

Topic: Global Warming
Jacob--Specific related topic to global warming
Edward-Specific related topic to global warming
Bella-Specific related topic to global warming
Carlisle-Specific related topic to global warming

Jacob--"Article Name" [www.website.com] --must have a link for instructor approval
Edward--"Article Name" [www.website.com] --must have a link for instructor approval
Bella--"Article Name" [www.website.com] --must have a link for instructor approval
Carlisle--"Article Name" [www.website.com] --must have a link for instructor approval

Visual Aid: Google docs presentation/poster/your choice

Conclusion: This is a paragraph stating all the information you found in your articles. It must contain information that was contributed by ALL group members.

Discussion Questions for presentation:

Test Questions (At least 5 questions):
1. Question?
2. Question?
3. Question?
4. Question?

(The test questions may be part of your visual aid as well.)