Here are two sample assignments. Read them carefully and answer each set of questions.

Sample Assignment I

Give a 10-15 minute oral presentation on media ethics. Your presentation must be based on at least 5 recent scholarly articles. You will be asked to turn in a bibliography of the sources you consulted. You must use video, slides, or other graphical media to illustrate your ideas.

• What type of assignment is it?
  1. speech/oral presentation
  2. literature review/critique
  3. summary/annotation
  4. short essay/paper
  5. term paper/senior project

• Is currency an issue?
  1. current information required
  2. historical information required
  3. information over time required

• Do you need information from a particular type of publication?
  1. scholarly/professional
  2. trade
  3. government publication
  4. popular/general interest
  5. tabloid

• Do you need information in a particular format?
  1. visual/graphic
  2. numeric
  3. audio
  4. electronic

Sample Assignment 2

Write a term paper outlining the opposing ideological positions of the Northern and the Southern states that led to the American Civil War. The term paper should be 5-20 double-spaced pages of text not including endnotes and a bibliography citing a minimum of 20 sources. At least five of your sources must be primary sources (e.g., diaries, letters, etc.).

• What type of assignment is it?
  1. speech/oral presenation
  2. literature review/critique
  3. summary/annotation
  4. short essay/paper
  5. term paper/senior project

• How much information do you need?
  1. brief summary/overview
  2. detailed comprehensive info

• Do you need to use primary sources?
  1. yes
  2. no

• Is point of view an issue?
  1. need a single point of view
  2. need opposing points of view