Focus on helping the audience understand what it is like to live in the country given its history, geography, particular set of needs and available alternatives to dealing with needs, that is, the formal and informal social service systems. The key is integration and analysis of information. The oral presentation must be accompanied by an annotated bibliography of your sources. At least one-third of your sources must be from a print source. Attendance at each other's presentation is essential for learning about the breadth of social service systems around the globe.
Punctuality is also essential.
Each two unexcused tardiness will count the same as an unexcused absence and will adversely affect your grade in the same way. The term paper will be prepared individually and will cover in written form all of the material read and presented in class. The paper will be a comparison, contrast, and evaluation of all the systems those you have read about and reported on as well as those presented in class by your colleagues relative to each other and to their own circumstances. In your paper you must show clearly and convincingly that your understand the systems of each country and that you understand the similarities and differences between them. You must show that you can analyze the global scene in terms of the sorts of issues raised in the accompanying statement of goals and methods of the class.