Library & Information Science, Course 262: Resources for Young Adults.
Dr. David Loertscher
Summer, 2002

w1y

Mini-Expert Project

You should select one genre, sub-genre, author, professional literature exploration, research literature, web sites, non-fiction topic to learn a great deal about.

For your topic, do a substantial amount of reading, viewing, listening, or computing.

Create a web page about your mini-expert topical area. Try to help class members know as much as possible about your expertise.

You should prepare a bibliography, literature guide, or tip sheet to accompany your project to pass out to the class. This can be only one piece of paper printed front and back. When you are completed with your project, email your instructor its URL. If you would give your permission for your work to be on the 262 web site, please provide this to the instructor at the time you completeyour project. This is optional.

Projects should be ready to present during the last class meeting, but the class is too long to hear from everyone, so those of you who can present at the 3rd class meeting will be welcome. Your presentation with an accompanying handout may only be 2-minutes long, so practice. You will be timed. You might also email your URL to the class as a whole.

Rubric to get an A on the project:

• It is obvious that the project required a substantial amount of reading/viewing/listening as required by the topic chosen.
• The presentation is interesting and informative.
• The accompanying handout (if appropriate) is well presented and informative.
• The content of the presentation is of graduate level quality, i.e., you know your subject.
• Your web page is attractive and informative.

   

Sample Student Projects from Past Semesters

Nonfiction

Non-Fiction Travel Adventure: Materials for Teens: Adventures at Sea for Teens Who Wish to Journey, by Jeff Plumley, 1999. (w1JTravel.pdf)

The Best of the Best: Social Studies Resources, 1999, (w1Jsocial studies.pdf)

Social Injustice and the African American Experience, by Carol J. Forbes, 1999. (w1Jsocial justice.pdf)

Magazines for Young Adults, by Christine DeMartino, 1999 (w1JMagazines.pdf)

Holocaust Literature and Resources, by Rose Harrington. 1999 (w1JHolocaust.pdf)

When Someone You Care About Has Died, by Jean Admire, 1999 (w1JGrief.pdf)

The California Gold Rush of 1849, by Donald L. Rowe, 1999 (w1JGold Rush.pdf)

Feminist Literature & Links for Young Adults, 1999 (w1JFeminist Lit.pdf)

Exobiology, 1999 (w1JExobiology.pdf)

Environmental Education: Help to Save Our Plannet, by Dean Capralis, 1999 (w1Jenvironment.pdf)

Egypt, by Barbara Stevens, 1999 (w1JEgypt.pdf)

Southern California Natural History, 1999 (w1JCA natural history.pdf)

 

Authors

Karen Hesse. 1999. (w1JKaren Hesse.pdf)

Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1993), 1999 (w1JEarl Biggers.pdf)

Caroline B. Cooney, 1999 (w1JCaroline Cooney.pdf)

Fiction

Orest's Sci/Fi vs. Real Science, 1999 (w1Jscience fiction.pdf)

What Did You Do At School Today? by Gabriella Evans, 1999 (w1Jschool stories.pdf)

Female Protagonists in Fantasy Fiction, by Melissa Padaca, 1999 (w1JFantacy2.pdf)

If You Like Harry Potter...Fantasy Series for Young Adults, 1999 (w1JFantacy.pdf)

 

 

Return to top
Return to 262 homepage