Project+Instructions


 * Democracy and Active Citizenship **
 * Project Instructions **

Fall 2009

Introduction:
You have all been working on your democracy projects for at least a few weeks. The purpose of this project is to apply what we have learned in class and to provide a service to the community. Many of your projects have attempted to do exactly that. One additional aspect of the project is to construct a portfolio of your project for future students. These portfolios will serve multiple purposes: 1) they can provide a history of the local issue that you have worked on; 2) they serve as a model for future students to follow; 3) they demonstrate successes and illustrate potential obstacles; and, 4) they provide inspiration to future students.

Organization of the Portfolio
Your portfolio should serve as a guide to people who want to learn from what you have accomplished. Therefore the problem you addressed, the strategies you employed, the outcomes of your project, and your reflections about your work need to be clearly communicated. The portfolio will consist of 5 sections as follows:

a) The background and definition to the exact problem and why you chose to address this problem
 * 1)** **Introduction to the problem**
 * The earth is literally sick right know due to a lack of care for the environment. Simple changes can be made to improve, bit by bit, the condition of our earth. Since our group has proposed to create a new restaurant in NK, we figured that implementing environmentally friendly aspects into the restaurant would be beneficial.

a) A step-by-step narrative of the way that your group attempted to address the problem
 * 2)** **Strategies employed**
 * 1) Researched environmental problems
 * 2) Researched possible places for a restaurant in NK: Ryan's Market, Quonset
 * 3) Created the idea of making the restaurant not only eco-friendly, but also teen friendly
 * 4) Contacted people: Sheldon Whitehouse, Owner of Job Lot (who purchased the former Ryan's Market)
 * 5) Created posterboard and prepared for exhibition on Wednesday, January 13.

b) Include discussion about which steps were successes and what you may do differently next time
 * Next time our group would definitely stay more organized with the project information. We definitely would want more free time to work on the project since all of our schedules have conflicted and postponed the project.

a) A discussion of your achievements and limitations b) Suggestions for what could be done next a) Each member of the group must submit a reflection which includes their thoughts about: i) what they learned about democracy from participating on this project ii) what they learned about themselves from working on this project iii) what they learned about cooperating with others from working on this project a) Each portfolio must include a minimum of one artifact from each of the following sub sections. You should include all artifacts that were actually created and you may also add ones which you did not use but could have used. i) __Public Education__ (1) Leaflets, Flyers, Posters, (2) Newsletters (3) Reports (4) Public Hearings, Candidates nights (5) Film or video screenings (6) Internet, blogs, Pod casts ii) __Direct Action__ (1) Boycotting/Buycotting (2) Picketing (3) Demonstrations and Protests (4) Strikes (5) Nonviolent Civil Disobedience iii) __Citizen Lobbying__ (1) Writing a bill & finding a sponsor (2) Testifying at committee hearings (3) Persuading Legislators iv) __The Media__ (1) Letters to the Editor (2) Op-Ed Articles (3) Earning Media in Feature Articles (4) Call-in shows/ Guest Shows (5) PSAs (6) Radio Shows (7) News Releases / News Conferences (8) Media Events b) For students working alone there must be one entry per category c) For group with 3 or less members there must be two entries per category d) For groups with 4-5 members there must be three entries per category a) Please compile the portfolio in a professional manner i) Title & Date ii) Credits: Contributors, Class Period, Date iii) __Introduction to the problem__ iv) __Strategies employed__ v) __Outcomes of the project__ vi) __Reflections on the Project__ vii) __Appendix: Ways of Acting__ b) All entries should be typed, double spaced, 1” margins, and Times New Roman c) All media productions (audio or video) should be saved on a CD/DVD and should have descriptions entered into the Appendix d) All contributors to your project should be credited = =
 * 3)** **Outcomes of the project**
 * 4)** **Reflections on the Project**
 * 5)** **Appendix: Ways of Acting**
 * 6)** **Format of the portfolio**
 * e) **** All portfolios will be uploaded to [|http://nkdemocracyproject.wikispaces.com] **