Final Project
Final Project Outline
The purpose of this project is to watch a documentary film about disability and investigate it in depth, to a level that that enhances your own understanding of the topic in a way that is relevant to you and your career, and prepares you to creatively share this information with others.
Components of the Project:
Summary of a documentary film: (no more than ½ page) Pick one of the documentary films from the sign up page by October 1 and watch it. Write about summary of the documentary film.
- Research: (at least 3 pages) Based on what you watched, research on the topic related to the film. Include at least three reputable scholarly resources (journal, books)
* The campus library system will have the needed resources (books, journals on-line and on the shelves)
*Can also search the Internet—but only use reputable sources. Wikipedia IS NOT a reputable source for this project.
- Mock Interview: (1 page) Imagine that you have a chance to interview a person from the documentary film. What kind of questions do you want to ask? And why? Based on what you found from research, please specify at least 5 interview questions.
- Self-reflection: (1.5 pages) Include what you have learned, and how it addressed your questions, what you still want to learn, and how your new knowledge is going to be useful to you in your future career and/or daily life.
Final Product:
(1) Comprehensive report on the topic, designed to share what questions, assumptions, and rationales guided the project, what was learned (and how it changed your prior assumptions), why what you learned is important for you, members of this class, and the larger society, any other important/interesting things learned, and suggestions for classmates who may need this info in the future.
The report should include a description of documentary film topic, description of the site of your research, written in APA style, and a summary of your overall findings.
