Group Presentations

 

 

 

General Description of Presentations:   Class will select five topics for Group Presentations and all class members will be assigned to the group that most closely matches their interests.  In the third and last section of the course, each group will have two days (two fifty minute periods) to present a power point presentation on their topic to the class.  With that period of time, the recommendation is for four-five presentations (four may be best).  One-two members can be "techies" responsible for finding good photos - putting together catchy presentations (the presenters should worry about content not appearance).  Other duties include finding general readings and drafting questions.   The Goal is to teach the rest of the class about this topic so that they can intelligently discuss the questions that will be proposed at the end.

 

Discussion of Controversial Questions In all presentations you are to allocate somewhere between 20-40 minutes for class discussion of controversial questions relevant to your presentation (depending on the number of presentations you give).  You may have a short, focused discussion after each presentation (typically if you limit your presentations to no more than four) OR you may have one presentation at the end. If you do presentations at the end of each section – be very careful not to exceed your allocated time.  Of course, this applies to the presentation itself.  Following is an example of

 

Sample Presentation: Individual Presentations Will Vary By Subject

 

Day One: Parts 1 & 2:

 

 

1. Introduction & Theoretical Overview: (15 minutes presentation - 10 discussion)

  • Global Crime Now and Past
  • Compare/Contrast Global Criminal Organizations & MNCs
  • Global Crime and Global Terrorism
  • Brief Survey of Crimes Not Covered (e.g. counterfeiting, laundering, arms sales, blood diamonds, archaeological finds, etc).
  • Class Discussion

2.  Sub-Type of Problem: Human Sexual Trafficking (15 minutes presentation - 10 discussion)

  •   Description of Scope of Problem
  •   Political, Social, and Economic Consequences
  •   Current Laws and Efforts to Curtail
  •   New Proposals: Legalize & Regulate? Internet photos of "Johns"?
  •   Class Discussion

Day Two: Parts 3 &  4

3. Sub-Type of Problem: Piracy  (15 minutes presentation - 10 discussion)

  • Piracy of Old v. New Piracy
  • Scope of Problem
  • Political, Social, and Economic Consequences
  • Current Laws and Efforts to Curtail
  • New Proposals: Arms ships? Raid land bases?
  • Class Discussion

 

4. Sub-Type of Problem: Drug Trafficking (15 minute presentation - 10 discussion)

  • Piracy of Old v. New Piracy
  • Scope of Problem
  • Political, Social, and Economic Consequences
  • Current Laws and Efforts to Curtail
  • New Proposals: Arms ships? Raid land bases?
  • Class Discussion

 

Ideas for Presentation (Not limited to These Topics):

 

1. A General Global Problem: WMD Proliferation, Global Climate Change and Depletion of Resources, Economic Globalization: Positive or Negative Force? Human Rights,

2. A Conflict:  Some examples would be Israel-Palestine, India-Pakistan, Civil War in Iraq, Kosovo, etc. Presenters will want to describe the conflict, discuss its causes, and discuss past and future possible responses.

3. A Country or region that might threaten the U.S. Some examples would be Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China.  Presenters would discuss what leads to the potential conflict with the U.S. and what can/should be done to mitigate the chances of an economic or military showdown.

 

Duties for Groups and Individual Members:

  1. The first order of business is to conceptualize the component parts to your presentation (Dr. Rogers will assist) and then assign roles.  Not everyone has to present.  One person should be designated as your "techies." That person might make the power point presentation aesthetically pleasing and ensure that noone section is too long.  Those people are responsible to put the entire power point presentation together as one presentation from the separate presentations that other people have developed and upload it to PALS/files.  That individual or another individual  might also be responsible to post your required readings and group questions (as described below).  That individual might also keep track of the rough length of each segment.  Finally, that individual might inform Dr. Rogers is one or more people in the group are not pulling their weight and reassign duties accordingly.
  2. The second order of business is for the group to select one good summary website or several shorter websites (at least one week before presentation is scheduled) for general information on topic for class to read on this topic. These must be posted on PALS/Links.
  3. Third, the Group must prepare a high quality power point presentation that describes important facts.  Do not simply copy/paste from website (e.g. Wikepedia) and do not fill page with too many details.  Fill w/ key facts.  Also, keep the slides legible - be careful of using photos or colors as background that make it difficult to read the text.  The techie should upload their final power point presentation to the PALS/Files..
  4. The Group gives their presentation and leads the class in a normative discussions of controversial issues associated with this topic.
  5. The Group must define some possible essay questions for the final exam and then the techie should send Dr. Rogers bring a hard copy of these questions to Dr. Rogers.  Ideally, we want to post these asap. But no later than Monday 30 November.
  6. Finally, each member of group will bring a hard copy to Dr. Rogers  (1) evaluating the quality of their own participation in the group presentation, (2) describing their role in presentation (should send own notes as attachments) and (3) evaluating their peers on the quality of their participation.