The project will be graded for the care and thoroughness with which you observe and record your observations, and the insights and thought you include in your write-up. The projects can be carried out with another person, or in some cases with two other people. A short research paper examing the challenges of survival for indigenous groups in the contemporary world. Your sources will include the media, web sites and journals. You will be asked to come prepared to discuss the assigned material, and I will often ask you to prepare in an informal manner to respond to questions about the material we are covering in class.
All assignments are due on the dates specified.
In an effort to give some weight to these dates, and to ensure fair and equal demands on everyone in the class, I will subtract two points from your assignments for each day that any of these assignments are turned in late. As you can see, the total of all of the class requirements adds up to 100 points. I often see students only when they are having problems, and certainly that is part of my function, so I don t want to discourage you from doing this. My attendance policy attempts to strike a balance, encouraging you to attend regularly, but not punishing you if you must be absent a few times during of the semester. Accordingly, you may be absent from the course fives times during the semester without penalty.