Guidelines for Week Three

World History Summer 2011
Week 3 Guidelines

The following group activity compensates for the May 30/31 holiday, which otherwise would reduce our time together by an entire week’s worth of class hours.


PREPARATION

1) Form yourselves into groups of four (4) based on schedules and working styles. Exchange appropriate methods of communication. The four members of your group are:

__________________________________ _______________________________

__________________________________ _______________________________

2) Each of the four must choose one chapter from Part 2 of our textbook. The chapter you have chosen is: _________________________. This chapter will hereinafter be referred to as “your chapter.”

3) Read your chapter.

4) Prepare a presentation of your chapter, no more than 40 minutes in length, that includes:
a) A written summary of the chapter, and b) 3-5 small group discussion questions.


MEETING

5) Your group must meet face-to-face no later than Tuesday, May 31. At this meeting, each person will present their chapter to the others. This meeting may take place in any mutually agreeable format, e.g.: in-person, skype conference call, youtube videos with real-time chat, etc. Our regular classroom space will be available on Tuesday, May 31 (St. Mary’s 208), and may be available on Monday, May 30 (St. Mary’s 207) by arrangement with Campus Security.


FOLLOW UP

6) After your presentation, please post your written summary and your discussion questions to your blog. This will count as your Reading Journal / Blog entry for the week.


ASSESSMENT

7) For our class meeting of June 6 / 7, please select two of the discussion questions from your chapter for inclusion in a Quiz to be administered in class. It should take 5-10 minutes to answer each question.

8) Write what you consider to be good 5-10 minute answers to both of your own questions.

9) Bring copies of your two questions and your two answers to class with you on June 6 / 7. Bring copies for each member of your group, plus one copy for Ms. Andrews.

10) Our Quiz on June 6 / 7 will include the two questions from each chapter, plus a brief evaluation of the job done by the other members of your group.