Group Student Presentations

(For In Class Sections)
         
           You will be assigned a presentation group based on your interests.  Each individual in the group will research and prepare about 4-5 minutes worth of a powerpoint presentation on the topic as part of a group presentation.  Depending on your style of presentation, this is roughly 4-8 slides of material.  Your group  has about 24 minutes total and must not exceed 25 minutes in order to allow two groups to present during a class period!

            Your presentation must directly relate to issues of world hunger, and include an ethical discussion of the topics presented as well as the social, political, economic, and environmental implications of it where appropriate. 

Each individual must include an ethical argument in their presentation.  Address whether an issue is or is not morally acceptable, giving a reasoned argument based on an ethical theory or principle.

            The direct tie-in between what you talk about and hunger, especially in developing nations, must be made clear and central to your presentation.   The tie in to other topics in the class related to world hunger should also be made clear, especially ethics.  Presentations must be well-researched, informative, thought-provoking, and based on the synthesis of facts and ideas from a wide variety of authoritative references.   Grades usually reflect the amount of effort put into the project.  Do not use class lecture materials or the book as references for your presentation.   Do not remake a presentation you or someone else made for another class!

Each individual presentation must use at least two scholarly references (peer reviewed journal articles), in addition to at least one other print or internet reference.  References should be discussed in the context of the presentation. References must be listed on your slides, or at the end of an individual's presentation referencing each topic discussed.   Scholarly references must include the authors, name of article, journal, volume, page, and date.

Each slide must have your name on it.  Each individual must turn in a printout of all the slides (6 to a page) in their portion of the presentation, plus a written transcript of your talk (or at least what you were planning to say!) Your grade will be based on your individual work as well as the success of the group as a whole.  FSHN students will add their presentation to their portfolio.

Grading Rubric:

A:  Well researched, informative, thoughtful presentation of your topic and excellent analysis of the ethical, social, political, economic, and environmental implications of it.  Report integrates and interrelates your topic with other concepts and ideas covered in class relating to poverty, ethics, agriculture, women’s status, etc.  Scholarly references are used and discussed in the context of the presentation. 

B:  Informative presentation of your topic and good analysis of the ethical, social political, economic, and environmental implications of it.   Does more than a minimal job of integrating and interrelating your topic with other concepts and ideas covered in class relating to poverty, ethics, agriculture, women’s status, possible policy changes, etc.  Scholarly references are used and discussed in the context of the presentation.

C.  Fair presentation of your topic and analysis of the social, ethical, political, economic, and environmental implications of it.  Integrates the topic with other concepts and ideas covered in class relating to poverty, ethics, agriculture, women’s status and policy changes.  Scholarly references are used and discussed in the context of the presentation.