HCC Chicano Literature Humanities Research Project PPT

First, you will need to simply read through the following various topics. This is a list of some specific areas of study in the humanities:
Democracy
The American Enlightenment
Poetics
Prehistoric Archaeology
Multicultural Literature
The Italian Renaissance
Normativity
Chicano Literature
Medieval Christianity
The Novel
Comics
African American Literature
Medical Humanities
Next, consider the topics listed above. Of the topics listed, which three seem most interesting to you? Write down the three topics you are interested in or would like to learn more about.
Then, access and view the videos for each topic you are interested in as addressed by the Stanford Humanities Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. here from their series on Defining the Humanities (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(each video is about 6 minutes long):
Democracy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
The American Enlightenment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Poetics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Prehistoric Archaeology (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Multicultural Literature (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
The Italian Renaissance (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Normativity (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Chicano Literature (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Medieval Christianity (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
The Novel (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Comics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
African American Literature (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Medical Humanities (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Finally, you’ll want to narrow your topic choice down to just one of the topics listed above and then follow the instructions provided in the Research Project Instructions page.
Your Humanities Research Project for our class will ask you to review the topics listed above, select one topic and submit a Power Point document according to the instructions provided on the next pages.
The project should include the following sections in this order:
Title Page
This is a one-page introductory slide that includes your name, your class, and your project title.
Table of Contents
A page that lists each section of your project in order.
Topic Selection Page
A page that identifies the one topic you selected from the list provided in the Individual Reflective Project Overview page. Give a brief, one-paragraph summary of the information covered in the video related to your selected topic.
Topic Research Pages
A series of, at minimum, three slides that each list one academic source available through the HCC library on your selected topic.
Each research source you present should address the humanities topic you selected and include a brief (2-4 sentence) explanation/overview/summary of the information contained in the source. You need to find a minimum of three academic sources, total.
Each source slide should include the source title, author(s), works cited entry, and your summary of the information in the source.
Find sources using the Conducting Research at HCC page in this module.
Please note, websites do not count as academic sources. The sources must come from the HCC databases and/or catalog.
Topic Explanation Slide
A page that gives a minimum two (and no more than three) paragraph explanation of the relevance of the topic. Based on your research, how does the topic you have selected relate to the study of humanities? How is this topic relevant in and important to humanities?
Conclusion
A slide that offers a brief conclusion for your reader/viewer.
Format: You can find an example formatted project in this module. Be sure to look through the example to see the formatting and additional page/slide explanations. You are welcome to use multiple slides if your text gets too heavy or crowded. In other words, you are not restricted to one slide per section, if that disrupts the flow/visual appeal of your submission.
Audience: Avoid using first person (I, me, my) and second person (you, your) in your academic Power Point presentation.
Style: You are welcome to use any Power Point style/template that you like. Your project should be visually appealing and organized.
Library Research Strategies
Research is a very important in our society today. We must learn how to research well in order to explain our ideas to others and to offer outside support for our opinions and beliefs. Good research requires that you obtain a variety of sources on your specific topic. The following information will help you do research through the HCC library. You can access the HCC library resources here:
http://library.hccs.edu/home
Utilizing the Library
There are several ways to fi