Assignment Info, Rubrics, and Grade Criteria

4. Final Project (20%)

Please note: To ensure there is a variety of topics and novels explored for final projects, you will need to sign up for which novel you wish to present on. There is a maximum of 6 projects per novel.

The final project will be an assignment that focuses on an authentic assessment. This means that you will look at the real-world applicability of what we have learned throughout the semester. To do this, final projects will focus on human rights issues from our novels that we see in the real world around us today.

You will need to do the following:

1. Summarize the key human rights issues in the novel chosen.
2. Give a run-down of specific domestic and international human rights laws that apply and how they are violated.
3. Find a similar situation in the real world that you can showcase as a case study. Compare and contrast with the novel and repeat steps 1 and 2 for the case study.
4. Outcomes in the novel vs. outcomes in real life. What are they? How do they differ?
5. What can and should be done to alleviate the human rights issue. Here, I want you to think both as a human rights activist and as a realistic policy maker. If money is involved, where does the money come from? If specific training is involved, who will do the training? What sort of training is required.  
6. Anything else you want to include.

 You may present your information as: 

• A series of infographics (e.g., using Venngage or Piktochart) 
• A video (e.g., using iMovie or Powtoon) 
• A series of comic strips (e.g., using Pixton) 
• A podcast  
• A traditional PowerPoint presentation (with voice narration)
• A traditional 8-10 page essay   

There is no specific word limit because it will vary wildly depending on the type of assignment you choose. Post your final product on Moodle under Final Project by December 10, 2020.