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HSB 4M0 - Challenge and Change in Society Famous Social Scientist Assignment ________________________________________________________________ Ms. Thresher There have been many important social scientists across the disciplines of psychology, sociology and anthropology, throughout history. Now that you understand what each discipline represents, it is important that you are familiar with some of the major players. This assignment is intended to do just that. You and you partner are going to do research and prepare a presentation on a social scientist from the list below. Task: You and your partner will choose an influential psychologist, anthropologist, or sociologist to present to the class. Psychologists Sociologists Anthropologists Erik H. Erikson George Herbert Mead The Leakey Family (Louis, Jean Piaget Karl Marx B.F. Skinner Emile Durkheim Howard Gardner Max Weber Sigmund Freud Dorothy Smith Abraham Maslow George Dei Alfred Adler Talcott Parsons Karen Horney Thornstein Veblen Harry Harlow Robert K. Merton Ivan Pavlov Charles Horton Cooley Carl Jung Herbert Spencer Soloman Asch Noam Chomsky Mary and/or Richard) Margaret Mead Franz Boas Ruth Benedict Marvin Harris Jane Goodall Criteria: You must include: 1) A one page visual graphic organizer outlining important about your social scientist. Person's name & brief biography date of study (era) school of thought and description/explanation What questions did they base their work around? What research methods did they use? famous or major contributions to the field of study (experiments, studies, thesis papers) What discoveries have they made and how does it contribute to the understanding of humans or society in general? (What is their legacy/significance?) Criticisms or problems with ideas What questions remain outstanding in their field of work? include a picture of the person and symbols that best represents him/her Remember: One page handout of your topic that is type written and distributed to the class (do not give all the information to students, have some fill in the blanks). You are responsible to make the correct number of photocopies for the class. Be sure to hand in to Ms. Thresher a list of references written in APA style of the sources that were used for your research. 2) A power point presentation to present your information. Create a PowerPoint presentation that will: Introduce your social scientist to the class Give an outline of his/her field of research Identify the important contributions to his/her field Why he/she is important to a study of the social sciences Display the information creatively to convey your message Here, you may include video clips, student activities, class discussion, etc… Anything to make the presentation engaging and informative! Your presentation must include the following criteria: Overview of the topic related to your secondary research using PowerPoint. Prepare three thought provoking questions that create discussion about your presentation. You will be assessed according to how you conduct the discussion and class involvement. All presentations must be a minimum of 7 minutes or a maximum of 10 minutes. Do not go over or under these limits or you will lose marks. You must present on the date noted on the next page, which is an ABSOLUTE DEADLINE or you will RECEIVE ZERO. You will be provided with two class periods to conduct your research and prepare a one page visual graphic organizer and a PowerPoint presentation. DUE DATE: Please choose your partner wisely. Failure to have your materials and/or visuals ready could jeopardize your mark. Both partners MUST be ready to present. This is NOT negotiable. Social Scientist Research & Presentation Assignment RUBRIC Group Members: _______________________ Social Scientist__________________________ Criteria Research & Written Elements T/I Graphic Organizer Com PowerPoint Construction App Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 - Exceptional research that includes extensive and meaningful info., images, and pictures - Variety of sources used (references) - research includes good info., images, and pictures - Good sources used (references) - research includes adequate info., images, and pictures -Adequate sources used (references) - Presents an exceptional synopsis of the theorist and topic with excellent use of images and symbols throughout. - Creative organization and original design. - Presents a well written synopsis of the theorist and topic with some use of images and symbols. - Good organization and design. - Presents a weak synopsis of the theorist and topic with few images and symbols used. - Adequate organization and design. - The PowerPoint is exceptionally well organized. - A superb blend of text, images and design. - Professional - Info. is point form, easy to see/read, free of errors - The PowerPoint is well organized. - Good blend of text, images and design. - Clean organized appearance. - The PowerPoint has some unorganized elements - Lack of balance between text and images. - Appears elementary Level 1 Total - Research lacks depth. Did not extend past a cursory level of research. -Limited sources used (references) /10 - Summary contains grammatical and spelling mistakes. Key elements of the theorist and topic are missing. - Limited use of visuals and symbols. - Poor organization and design. - The PowerPoint is disorganized. - All elements not apparent - Information is lost in a poor design. /10 /10 Oral Presentation Skills Comm - Very knowledgeable and prepared. - Eye contact consistently maintained. -No reading from a prepared text. -Clearly enunciates all the time. - Very Enthusiastic! - Knowledgeable and prepared. - Eye contact with the audience most of the time. -Little reading from a prepared text. -Clear enunciation most of the time -Enthusiastic! - Somewhat knowledgeable and prepared. Some eye contact made with audience -Some reading from a prepared text. -Clear enunciation some of the time. -Enthusiastic? - Lacks knowledge and unprepared. - Fails to make eye contact with audience. -Too much reading from a prepared text. -Unenthusiastic /10 Total /40