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HSB 4M0 - Challenge and Change in Society
Famous Social Scientist Assignment
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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.
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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!
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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)
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- 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.
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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
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Total
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