Each student is responsible for making a presentation (about 10 minutes) and turning in a short case analysis outline on an article in the Cases in International Relations text. You have already signed up for ONE article to read, analyze and present to the class.
This assignment is worth 10% of your course grade (5% = power point presentation; 5% = paper).
After all the presentations, the ENTIRE CLASS will discuss the cases AND then take a relatively straightforward quiz to close the class. EACH presenter MUST submit their papers THE DAY OF THEIR PRESENTATION.
I don't accept late work, so failure to turn in your paper will result in the loss of 10% of your total course grade so make sure to have it done that day. You will be graded both on the quality of your outline (see details below = 5%) AND the quality and clarity of your presentation (see details below = 5%).
Presenation Guidelines
Part of your presentation grade centers on the quality of your visual aids. Use Powerpoint when discussing your chapters. Focus on summarizing and then critiquing the chapter.
I'm looking for a classic outline (typed, probably single spaced within the text but double between paragraphs) in which you provide a description, or summary, of the chapter's argument (section 1) and an analysis (section 2) of that argument.
In your analysis you need to answer questions such as:
1) Does the chapter square with your own personal view of this situation?
2) Is the argument convincing? Why/why not.
3) Is the evidence/data presented very convincing? If not, what would have been a better argument or better supporting evidence?
4) Did you learn anything you didn't know before reading the chapter? What did you learn specifically?
5) What were the most and least interesting things about the chapter?
6) What are the larger implications, if any, of the argument being proferred for the world?
Below I provide an example of a model informative/analytical outline (under construction...jk...coming later today):