10.9 Chapter Assignment
Memorials, Commemoration & Remembrance Assignment
This chapter‘s materials focused on several types of memorials (official, grassroots, and personal). For this assignment, you are required to identify an official or grassroots “working memorial” (Bodner, 2009, p. 66 & 67) that is NOT focused on within the course materials and conduct research on it that will help you addresses a series of questions. Then, choose between two assignment options: (1) create a voiceover slide presentation (see instructions for Option 1 below); or (2) write a short essay (see instructions for Option 2 below). The working memorial can be one associated with the topic you chose for the genocide chapter assignment, or it can memorialize something altogether different.
It is important to: (1) complete all chapter materials (chapter content, including all embedded links to readings and videos, and the required course materials) prior to starting the assignment; and (2) cite relevant research AND course material (from current and previous chapters) throughout your assignment to support your points, credit sources of concepts/ideas, and demonstrate completion of assigned course materials.
Options for Chapter #10 Assignment
Option 1
Select a working memorial (see above) and conduct research on it. Then, create a narrated slideshow presentation using PowerPoint that addresses the series of questions outlined below. An excellent example of a narrated slideshow MP4, is Jessica Popescu’s (2022) video at the bottom of Chapter 5.10.
Assignment Formatting, Style & Length for Option 1
- Presentation must be 3-5 minutes in length (no longer than 5 minutes).
- PowerPoint presentations must include between 6 and 8 content slides (10 slides maximum including a title page slide and a reference slide). Be sure to build in slide transitions and slide animations to make the slide show more engaging.
- Presentations must include a cover slide that identifies the topic of the presentation (including the working memorial chosen), whose presentation it is, and the course number.
- The final slide must be a reference slide (APA format). Narration is not part of this slide.
- Be sure to include images and photographs (these must be properly cited sourced in the reference section ).
- Videos CANNOT be incorporated into the narrated presentation.
- Use proper APA in-text citation style to support points, credit sources of concepts/ideas, demonstrate research completed for assignment, and completion of assigned course materials on slides AND in the speaker notes for each slide. One citation at the bottom of the slide or after the last bullet point is not sufficient.
- Avoid putting too much text on a slide. If you are making the font smaller on some slides, then there is too much content. Remember that slide content is typically in point form and the narration allows for elaboration. Recording yourself simply reading the slide content is NOT the same as slide narration. Slide