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Theory-in-Practice Team Project

25 TOTAL POINTS

For this project you will work with several classmates to research and present diverse theoretical perspectives and actions feminists have advocated on an issue of your choice. The components of the project involve collaborative and individual work, though almost all the graded portions are individual. You will have some portions of class time to work on the project but must also be able to work online and perhaps meet outside of class as a team.

The project involves

1. Each team member locating, selecting, and writing up annotated bibliographies of three feminist theoretical discussions on/related to the topic you’ve chosen. The articles must present a wide variety of theoretical perspectives. Each team member must come up with her own annotated bibliography of three articles/chapters that no one else in her team has chosen. Good quality photocopies/print-outs of each article must also be turned in to me. I will choose 1-3 of from all those your team comes up with for the class to read during your team’s week. (15 points, individually awarded)

NOTE: If any of your individual articles is chosen for assigned class reading, you earn an additional 2 points extra credit (per article chosen).

2. Designing a whole-class session discussion of your articles and topic. The “designing” portion includes (a) making use of Vista Blackboard to draft and revise a lesson plan, with feedback from me (2 points, individually awarded) (b) leading a class session’s discussion/activity, including overhead(s), short writing prompt, and a handout of your combined annotated bibliography (3 points team-awarded) (c) giving peer feedback on classmates’ short writings (3 points, individually awarded) (d) writing a summary of your group process—your own and your teammates’ contributions (2 points, individually awarded)  Your commitment and participation will affect your total project grade (raising, maintaining, or lowering it). Format Details on the Annotated Bibliography (15 points): Your individually written annotated bibliography of three feminist theoretical articles/chapters on your topic must include the following for each article/chapter:
 * complete bibliographical entry (MLA format)
 * 1 brief paragraph abstract of the article/chapter, including author’s main point(s)
 * 1 brief paragraph discussion of the feminist theoretical perspective(s) used by the author
 * 1 brief paragraph discussion of why/how this article/chapter would be useful to help classmates better understand and complicate the issue/topic your team has chosen
 * 1 good (reproducible) photocopy of the article

Thus each annotation entry is 3 paragraphs long. Please single-space.