Applied Final Project – Domestic Violence Awareness Project
You will work on a project that promotes awareness of domestic violence issues to the community of your choosing.
The focus of this project will be to devise a specific activity, event, or “deliverable” (brochure, pamphlet, handbook, poster, presentation, writing and performing a song using online media, etc.) that will promote awareness of domestic violence and advocate for its victims. Be creative!
Your presentation should include relevant information from original sources (e.g. statistics, research, resources).
Identify at least 10 original sources of research from scholarly sources and incorporate the findings of this research into the final project. At least 3-4 of your sources must have been published within the past 3 years. Scholarly sources include peer-reviewed journals that can be found in the UMGC Library databases.
Please post this in 3 different documents, example: Part 1 is 1 document, Part 2 is a different document, etc…
Part 1: Group Proposal (15 points, 5%)
Give itself a name and submit one proposal consisting or a one page abstract, summary or outline of your Project idea.
1. First, your proposal should identify the community you are targeting. One way to find a community is to use information gathered from the 2010 Census that presents a profile of a community (http://www.census.gov/2010census/data/). For example, use the demographic profile of your community to justify the need for a domestic violence awareness project. The Census is only intended to help narrow down a community.
2. Once you identify a community, identify the type of domestic violence (e.g. elder abuse, bullying, child abuse, stalking, etc.) you will address in your project. For example, if your community is the aging veteran population (between the ages of 65 to 75) in the East Coast who live in a nursing home, the a type of domestic violence you might be interested in is elderly abuse with a specialization in financial abuse.
3. Lastly, you will identify a specific activity, event, or “deliverable” (brochure, pamphlet, handbook, poster, presentation, writing and performing a song using online media, etc.) that will promote awareness of domestic violence and advocate for its victims. Be creative! You will be creating this so make sure it is a feasible endeavor. For example, if your community is the female adolescent group (between the ages of 16 to 19) in NYC school system, the type of domestic violence you might be interested in is child abuse and a specific activity can be creating a Facebook page that promotes awareness, resources, and advocacy.
Scoring of proposal:
Excellent Good Fair Poor Missing or Not Acceptable
Target community identified Target community is clearly identified and information and a profile of the community using census data is provided.
(5 points) Target community is clearly identified and information and a profile of the community using census data is provided, with minor omissions
(4 points) Target community is clearly identified and information and a profile of the community using census data is provided, with major omissions
(3 points) Target community is identified but supportive census information is not provided.
(1 point) Target community is not identified.
(0 points)
Type of domestic violence to be addressed is
identified Group clearly identifies a specific form of domestic violence for the final project and provides a clear working definition.
(5 points) Group clearly identifies a specific form of domestic violence for the final project and provides a definition that is mostly correct but missing some minor detail.
(4 points) Group clearly identifies a specific form of domestic violence for the final project and provides a definition that is mostly correct but missing some major detail.
(3 points) Type of domestic violence being addressed in the project is not clear or is poorly defined.
(1 point) Does not identify the type of domestic violence being addressed by the project.
(0 points)
Rationale for project Excellent justification for the proposed domestic violence awareness project. Clearly aligns the demographics and needs of the target population with the goals of the final project.
(10 points) Good justification for the proposed domestic violence awareness project. Aligns the demographics and needs of the target population with the goals of the final project, but with 1-2 minor details omitted.
(8 points) Fair justification for the proposed domestic violence awareness project. Does not clearly align the demographics and needs of the target population with the goals of the final project, but the purpose of the project is clear.
(6 points) Poor justification for the proposed domestic violence awareness project. Does not clearly align the demographics and needs of the target population with the goals of the final project and the purpose of the project is not clear.
(4 points)
No rationale provided that links the need for domestic violence awareness project to the target community. Purpose of the project is not clear
(0 points)
Part 2: Annotated Bibliography (20 points, 5%)
Annotated bibliographies provide you with the opportunity to cite, summarize, and compare and contrast resources you will use in a project. You will cite each resource in APA style, write an approximately 150-word description that summarizes the central theme and scope of the resource, and compare and contrast it with other resources. For more information on annotated bibliographies, consult UMGC’s How to Write an Annotated Bibliography https://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_tutorial.cfm
For this project, you are to identify at least 10 original sources of research from scholarly sources. At least 3-4 of your sources must have been published within the past 3 years.
Depending on the assignment, the annotated bibliography may serve a number of purposes, including but not limited to reviewing the literature on a particular subject, illustrating the quality of research you have done, providing examples of the types of resources available, describing other items on a topic that may be of interest to the reader, and/or exploring the subject for further research.
Annotated Bibliography, specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
• Summarize the central theme of the resource.
• Include a paragraph in which you do the following:
o Evaluate the author’s authority or background.
o Explain how this resource will work in conjunction with other cited works to illuminate the topic of interest.
In preparing your project, pay attention to the rubric below:
Excellent Good Fair Poor
APA Citation Work is correctly cited and formatted in APA style with no errors in formatting, style, or information Work is correctly cited and formatted in APA style with only one or two minor errors in formatting, style or information Work is not correctly cited in APA style. There are several errors and/or important information omitted or the wrong style is used. There is no APA citation or the APA style is incorrect.
Summary of Sources The sources are clearly, accurately and concisely summarized. The main argument of the source is clearly stated and only important details are given. The source summarized and the main argument is clearly stated. Some details are included. The main argument of the source is not stated or not clear or inaccurately stated. No details are given or too many details are given. Sources are not effectively summarized.
Analysis of Sources Annotation concisely discusses several significant aspects of the methodology, disciplinary perspective, types of evidence or audience of the source. Its strengths or weaknesses are mentioned and how it might be useful or limited Annotation discusses at least one significant aspect of the methodology, disciplinary perspective, types of evidence or audience of the source. Its strengths or weaknesses are mentioned and how it might be useful or limited. Annotation fails to mention an important aspect of the source’s methods, discipline etc. and/or does not in any way assess its quality or usefulness. There is no analysis of the sources.
Quality of Sources The source are reliable, credible and substantial and clearly would provide useful information on the topic for a scholarly investigation. The sources are reliable. It contains at least one demonstrably useful form of information for a scholarly investigation of the topic. The sources lacks credibility or is not substantial enough to be useful to a scholarly investigation of the topic. The sources are not reliable, credible, or substantial.
Style and Technical correctness: paragraphs, etc Elements of the annotation are smoothly integrated so it reads as a coherent whole. There is obvious effort to integrate the elements of the annotation. There are some minor technical errors. There are a number of technical errors that interfere with the paper’s clarity and coherence. There are serious errors. The paper is very difficult to read and lacks logic and organization.
Part 3: Presentation – Please pick one (brochure, pamphlet, handbook, poster, presentation, writing and performing a song using online media, etc.)
Now that you have the proposal and the annotated bibliographies, you must complete the project. Again, devise a specific activity, event, or “deliverable” (brochure, pamphlet, handbook, poster, presentation, writing and performing a song using online media, etc.) that will promote awareness of domestic violence and advocate for its victims. Be creative!
In preparing your project, pay attention to the rubric below.
Scoring of presentation:
Category Excellent Good Fair Poor
Presentation
(20 points) Interesting presentation that holds audience attention.
Excellent responses to classmates during presentation week
(20 points) Interesting presentation that holds audience attention most of the time.
Good responses to classmates during presentation week.
(16 points) Delivery not terribly interesting, but able to maintain interest of the audience some of the time.
(12 points) Delivery not interesting at all; audience attention often lost or not engaged.
(8 points)
Content
(25 points) Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.
(25 points) Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.
(20 points) Includes essential information about the topic about there are a few factual errors.
(15 points) Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
(10 points)
Incorporation of relevant research
(15)
Incorporates relevant references to at least 10 scholarly sources
(15 points) Incorporates relevant references to 7-9 scholarly sources
(12 points) Incorporates relevant references to 4-6 scholarly sources
(9 points) Incorporates relevant references to fewer than 4 scholarly sources
(6 points)
Originality
(10 points) Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive.
(10 points) Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights.
(8 points) Uses other people’s ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking.
(6 points) Uses other people’s ideas, but does not give them credit.
(4 points)
Workload
(10 points) Presentation reflects the substantial efforts of a full team.
(10 points) Presentation reflects the sufficient efforts of a full team.
(8 points) Presentation is adequate, but could have been more substantial given the size of the team.
(6 points) Presentation is meager given the size of the team.
(4 points)
Mechanics
(5 points) No misspellings or grammatical errors in materials.
(5 points) A few minor misspellings and/or mechanical errors in materials.
(4 points) Several misspellings and/or mechanical errors in materials that do not detract from the presentation.
(3 points) Several misspellings and/or mechanical errors in materials that detract from the presentation.
(2 points)
Bibliography and Sources
(5 points) Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. All documented in desired format.
(5 points) Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. Most documented in desired format.
(4 points) Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes but not documented in desired format.
(3 points) Very little or no source information collected.
(2 points)
Use APA Style to format the report and all citations (in-text and in the references list).