Popular+Culture+Project

For this project we are going to take a look at Popular Culture and what it says about us as a society. Imagine you are someone who doesn’t know anything about our society and culture. All you have as a reference point is our methods of entertainment. What would you think about us as a race of people?

//Popular Culture is defined as cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.//

"Popular Culture." //Dictionary.com//. Dictionary.com. Web. 23 Mar. 2012. .

Requirements:
 * Pick one Popular Culture Topic
 * No two students in the same class may have the same topic
 * Must have upon completion: 2 resources, 15 facts, 1 image, 3-5 slides not counting bibliography and title slides

Final Product:
 * PowerPoint Presentation
 * [[file:Popular Culture Project Rubric.docx]]

Research Question: __What does popular culture say about our society today?__
 * Focus Questions, Note Facts, and Bibliographies are to be done in Microsoft Word and e-mailed to me at bjohnson@malden.mec.edu.
 * Notes must be in your own words.
 * **I will be checking for signs of just copying and pasting information and there will be consequences.**


 * [[file:Note and Bibliography Card Templates.docx]]
 * For Your Information:**
 * All of the aspects of this project are being graded and will be averaged together to count as your FINAL EXAM Grade.**

Project Due Dates:
 * Proposals: April 12th
 * Focus Questions :April 26th
 * Resource and Note Cards: May 10th
 * Presentations: May 25th