POPULAR CULTURE MEDIA PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT EMS 301 POPULAR

POPULAR CULTURE MEDIA PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT EMS 301

POPULAR CULTURE MEDIA PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT This assignment allows you to examine popular culture as the pulse of a generation or time period. You (and up to two other students) will research a time period and present your findings to the class. The purpose of the assignment is to teach the class about what was popular during your assigned decade and to offer analysis regarding what these items reveal about the values, attitudes and beliefs of the time. You will introduce your decade and offer some analysis regarding social norms and values.

Categories You will divide your research into the following categories: Celebrities (5) Icons (3) Slang (2) Fads (2) Fashion (3) Music (2) Technology (2)

Visual Component You must present your findings in Power. Point or Windows Movie Maker (or equivalent) format. Your presentation must depict examples of popular culture from your assigned decade and include all of the categories listed above.

Visual Component Each member of the team must have their full name on the slides they produce or on the title slide for the section(s) they produce. (In the bottom right corner 8 pt font is sufficient) Ima Student

Written Component Each member of your group will choose one item from your research and write a paragraph introducing the significance of the item and what this item reveals about the time period. Each written assignment must be no more than one page in length.

Evaluation Your presentation will be evaluated based on the rubric provided. Each member will be assessed an individual participation mark in addition to the group assignment mark.

POPULAR CULTURE: A LOOK BACKEVALUATION RUBRIC Criteria Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Knowledge/ Understanding research rarely reveals insight in the selected decade research sometimes reveals insight in the selected decade research usually reveals insight in the selected decade research always reveals insight in the selected decade Thinking/ Inquiry presentation includes limited detail and analysis presentation includes some detail and analysis presentation includes sufficient detail and analysis presentation includes thorough detail and analysis Communication presentation reveals limited clarity, research and structure presentation reveals some clarity, research and structure Presentation reveals sufficient clarity, research and structure Presentation reveals considerable clarity, research and structure Communication paragraph is communicated with limited originality and creativity paragraph is communicated with some originality and creativity paragraph is communicated with sufficient originality and creativity paragraph is communicated with considerable originality and creativity Communication visual component offers limited originality, research and creativity visual component offers some originality, research and creativity visual component offers sufficient originality, research and creativity visual component offers considerable originality, research and creativity Application use of language conventions is limited (spelling, grammar) use of language conventions is inconsistent (spelling, grammar) use of language conventions is accurate(spelling, grammar) use of language conventions is thorough (spelling, grammar)